I survived 'killer clown' John Wayne Gacy at 15 years old - he lured me into his room but a mistake

A SURVIVOR of infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy has revealed how he walked away from a lifetime of encounters with the murderer. A Kentucky man recently chronicled meeting the murderer on multiple occasions, starting from his early teens.

A SURVIVOR of infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy has revealed how he walked away from a lifetime of encounters with the murderer.

A Kentucky man recently chronicled meeting the murderer on multiple occasions, starting from his early teens.

Gacy, often referred to as the "Killer Clown" thanks to one of his day jobs as a children's entertainer, was executed in 1994 over the murder of 33 young men and boys in the Chicago area during the 1970s.

The survivor, who only used his first name – Tony – during the interview, first came into contact with Gacy as a teenager near where he grew up off the Tennessee River.

In the summer of 1970, when Tony was almost 15 years old, he met Gacy by chance at the nearby state park, he told YouTube series Soft White Underbelly.

The predator invited the teen back to his hotel room for a beer, where he began showing him "sex books" full of "just boys" and a suitcase teeming with shackles and handcuffs.

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"I was starting to panic a little bit," Tony said he felt at the time.

After Gacy's demeanor began to change and he locked the deadbolt on the door, Tony knew something was wrong and began positioning himself for a swift exit.

The next time Gacy entered the bathroom, which already held a bathtub full of ice, Tony ran for the door and narrowly escaped the grabbing hands of the killer.

When asked how he thinks he was able to act fast enough to save himself, Tony credits his parents.

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They gave him "unlimited freedom,” he said, and his father taught him a lot by allowing him to sit in on his clandestine gambling nights with men from every walk of life.

Tony's next encounter occurred about four years later, when Tony was 18 and "full of p**s and vinegar," as he put it.

He literally ran into Gacy at the local marina where he worked and quickly went "chest to chest" with the murderer to confront him about what happened.

"Hey, do you remember me?", he asked Gacy.

"No, I don't remember you," Gacy replied.

"Yes, you do," Tony said as he got in his face.

The meeting ended when Tony's boss came outside.

Years later, in 1978, Tony would come across Gacy's face in the news when he was charged as a serial rapist and killer of dozens of boys.

The police and a reporter from the Chicago Tribune eventually recorded Tony's story to help investigators understand the full extent of Gacy's carnage.

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Tony's life has been full of shocking turns: after working at the marina for years, he spent three years in federal prison when found guilty of trafficking marijuana.

He later opened an insurance company and, at another point, was almost killed by two brothers who wanted to steal the $4000 he was carrying to buy a new car.

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