Greg Bedoe remembered hearing gasps from other witnesses. He did not gasp. In fact, he told me, there was nothing horrifying or shocking about it. Bedoe said, “I lost my father to a heart attack, [and] my mother to breast cancer. If I had my choice, I would choose to die the same way [Gacy died].” Bedoe continued, “Nothing was cruel or unusual about the way Gacy died. Cruel and unusual was the way those kids died.” Gacy’s last words were, “Kiss my ass.”

