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Pennywise Is Short: the Story of ‘Pogo El Payaso’, a Serial Killer Who Could Inspire ‘It’

Summary by El Financiero
The It series, welcome to Derry is based on the story of Pennywise, the character of the writer Stephen King, who could be inspired by a serial killer to create it. It is John Wayne Gacy, who used a character called ‘Pogo’ the clown to hide the murders he carried out during the 1970s. The story of the serial killer is told in different productions, one of them is Conversations with a Killer: The Tapes of John Wayne Gacy, a documentary by Netflix.

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The It series, welcome to Derry is based on the story of Pennywise, the character of the writer Stephen King, who could be inspired by a serial killer to create it. It is John Wayne Gacy, who used a character called ‘Pogo’ the clown to hide the murders he carried out during the 1970s. The story of the serial killer is told in different productions, one of them is Conversations with a Killer: The Tapes of John Wayne Gacy, a documentary by Netflix.

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El Financiero broke the news in Mexico on Monday, November 3, 2025.
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