soft skull. This was the beginning of a long series of episodes in which John became the helpless victim of ferocious verbal and physical abuse. For many months following another similar accident, John sucked his thumb with disturbing frequency. But his mother noticed something even more disturbing by the time he was 2: his habit of picking up her underwear and rubbing it against his face. Also, at this age, John's constipation became a serious health concern.
The relationship between Dad and his son was not helped by John's lack of enthusiasm for his Christmas 1944 gift: a toy gun. John preferred to cuddle his teddy bear. At this point, Dad started referring to his son as a "he-she." While displaying great fondness for his daughters, John Stanley Gacy saw his son as a thorn in his side, and, besides he-she, he often called him derogatory names such as dumb and stupid, mama's boy, pantywaist and crazy little
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