Peacock Releases First Trailer for Devil in Disguise Gacy Miniseries

Peacock has released the first full trailer for Devil in Disguise John Wayne Gacy, a dramatized true-crime miniseries that chronicles the life and crimes of the notorious “Killer Clown.” The eight-episode series stars Michael Chernus as John Wayne Gacy and uses a narrative arc that begins with the missing-person case that led to the discovery of a mass grave under his Illinois home, then traces how a community and its investigators missed the signs for years. The project arrives on Peacock with the aim of balancing a detailed portrait of the killer with the voices of his victims and their families, while examining the systemic failures and societal prejudices that allowed the murders to go undetected for so long.

The series situates viewers in the 1970s Midwest, where 33 young men were kidnapped, murdered, and buried in a crawl space beneath Gacy’s house between 1972 and 1978. Gacy’s public image as a helpful community member—often described as charming, funny, and invested in neighborhood life, even volunteering as a clown for sick children—contrasts with the horror of his crimes. The trailer depicts detectives and lawyers pursuing both the personal and legal dimensions of the...