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S5 E3: The First Victim

November 1, 2026 · 11 min

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It is three in the morning in a Chicago bus terminal, and a sixteen-year-old boy waiting for his bus home will never board it. In this episode, Marcus tells the story of Timothy McCoy — John Wayne Gacy's first known victim — and the long, quiet years when young men vanished around Chicago and nobody saw the pattern. How did a boy on a layover become Body Nine, and why did the warnings keep arriving alone? New episodes daily — one complete case every season. Music by SINIUS (Free Music Archive, CC-BY 4.0).

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