John Wayne Gacy aka "The Killer Clown" and "Pogo the Clown" who was convicted of murdering 33 young men and boys and burying 29 of them beneath his home and in his crawlspace in Des Plaines, Illinois. Gacy executed via lethal injection by the state of Illinois on May 10, 1994.
 
8 1/2" x 11" one page typed letter dated September 23, 1982 discussing paintings Gacy had done on death row and the numbering system he used for them.
Includes the original mailing envelope postmarked Menard, IL September 24, 1982.