Barry E. Boschelli - Johnny and Me: The True Story of John Wayne Gacy

JOHNNY AND ME

The True Story Of John Wayne Gacy

A Memoir

BARRY E. BOSCHELLI

Childhood Friend

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Published by AuthorHouse 01/05/2017

ISBN: 978-1-4343-2184-8 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5246-5540-2 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4670-8648-6 (e)

Contents

CHAPTER 1
My Mother and Fathers Meeting

CHAPTER 2
In the Beginning Nagel and Roscoe 1946 5 years of age

CHAPTER 3
Monitor

CHAPTER 4
My Name is John Wayne Gacy And this is My Family

CHAPTER 5
Characterization of My Father

CHAPTER 6
My Love for Trains

CHAPTER 7
The Adventures of Johnny and Barry

CHAPTER 8
The Malt Shop

CHAPTER 9
Elmwood Park

CHAPTER 10
My Mothers Last Days

CHAPTER 11
The Theft of the Jewelry Box

CHAPTER 12
The White House

CHAPTER 13
Running from the Devil
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CHAPTER 14
Mental Analysis

CHAPTER 15
My Move to Florida

CHAPTER 16
My Final Thoughts

This book is dedicated to
My Dear Mother and Sister Connie.
They have since passed away.
I will always have these two special loved ones
in my heart and mind forever.

Johnny and Me is a true story about my childhood experiences growing up in the northwest side of Chicago with John Wayne Gacy. This story details the everyday life experiences in my and Johnnys homes. Details of our families are in the book along with the understanding of each of our parents as they raised us in the 1940s and 1950s. Many of these stories included are of my personal life before Johnny came on the scene in order to let the reader understand my point of view as my life unfolded. I have tried to show you the Johnny that I remember as a childhood friend and I hope that I have been as accurate as I can be on this subject.

Various moments of joy, anger, and fear are shared between the two of us as we tried to have a normal childhood in the midst of anxiety and confusion that was brought on by our fathers abuse of alcohol and demanding personalities. The story portrays how our environments molded our characters and helped us to make choices in our adult lives. Details regarding our reactions to everyday events supply hints of how Johnny and I would function in our separate social worlds as we matured.

Johnnys possessive nature is described as we went playing normal childhood games and making new friends. His religious experiences are mentioned and a complete description of his controlling personality is shared as one of Johnnys ways to cope with his surroundings. Other details of Johnnys life are revealed such as his early desire to be in the spotlight of social applause.

Several stories are shared of Johnny, by Barry Boschelli. Situations such as his manipulation of his heart trouble to gain an element of sympathy for his fathers good graces and attention.

The book concludes with my personal emotions about a friend whose life went the wrong way. His childhood, along with my own, could have been different.

The Trumans are residing in the White House. President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Truman are at the helm. Harry S. Truman was directing the policies and affairs of state from the Oval Office. President Truman had a plaque on his desk that read, The Buck Stops Here. It was laid on his shoulders and his conscious about the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb in the city of Hiroshima on the Island of Japan on August 6 th , 1945. Since the brave and honorable Japanese would not surrender, the President ordered another strike on the City of Nagasaki on August 9 th , 1945. Then finally the Japanese surrendered after the casualties of dropping bombs were estimated at 250,000 deaths from those two famous cities. World War II had just ended. The mood of the country is upbeat. The Baby Boom is in full swing. Television has come of age and Elvis Presleys Rock and Roll has taken the country and my generation by storm.

Now the entertainment world would bring laughter and tears personally to us each night as we glued ourselves to the television screen. What a marvelous invention! The world of news was now at our fingertips.

The newest fads, the TV dinner and the TV trays eventually placed kitchen tables and the dining room tables out of commission. This was known as the TV Generation. I wonder how many families eat at their kitchen tables today. At 66, I still use a TV tray. How funny it is that I still have that habit.

This will be a personal memoir by me, Barry Boschelli, who knew Johnny better than anyone outside his own family. We will travel that alley which divided Johnnys block from mine. Johnnys home was on the corner of Sunnyside and Marmora. My bungalow is on Monitor, four houses from the corner of Sunnyside up the alley. Both Johnny and I have walked that alley many times in happiness and sorrow. If that strip of ground could ever talk, what stories would be known about the decisions of our abusive alcoholic fathers that formulated the events of our adolescent and pre teen lives. I have written various episodes that we talked about as we walked that strip of alley from Johnnys house to mine.

There have been many books written about Johnny and his gore. I didnt write on that subject. I would like to give you a deeper insight into what Johnny and I were like. I hope that when you finish reading this book, you will have a much clearer picture of him, the other piece of the puzzle. My story is like a 20 ton Steam Locomotive. Imagine the Big Boy of Holiday Park in Cheyenne, WY that is on display while you are driving down Lincoln Way It starts out slowly, huffing and puffing. It picks up power and speed as it is going up Snowy Range towards Laramie, WY.

Johnnys sexual behavior and deceitfulness caught up with him. I hope by the time you have finished, some of your questions will be answered. Johnny and my friendship was never anything more than that childhood friends. There have been people that have thought that our relationship was more than it really was but again it was nothing more than a childhood friendship. I hope the medical and psychological professionals of this country will read my book and find it interesting due to the fact that Johnny stood alone and followed no serial killers pattern. Then I will feel that as an author I have done my job well.

Now come with me as I turn back the pages of time of the 1950s. Let us take that journey together. As I share some memories, some sad and some fond. Nevertheless, together they made up the various stories you are about to read. I opened up my mind and through my recollections; you will experience these unbelievable and incredible adventures.

In these adventures and events I use the word Lord. Johnny and I were guided by the Lords love and compassion for us both.

I would like to acknowledge that by writing this book, I realized my Lord has placed close friends and other people in my in my association. I made new friends and acquaintances that help me write Johnny and Me .

By writing Johnny and Me , I truly hope that I will help you form a vision of Johnny and me during our adolescents in the 1950s. Yes, Lord did have a unique childhood due to our environment and our alcoholic abusive fathers. I am writing this for the victims of mental and physical abuse due to alcoholism.

My overall view points on how I felt about writing this book

What I am about to write as an individual and my personal and emotional feelings. I started this endeavor right after Johnny was put to sleep May 10 th , 1994. It has been very emotional and at times very heart wrenching as I sit by myself with the Lord at my side recalling things that happened 57 years ago.