Editing John Wayne Gacy (section)

====Employees====
Much of PDM's workforce consisted of high school students and young men.{{sfn|Amirante|2011|p=1}} Gacy would often proposition his workers for sex, or insist on sexual favors in return for lending his vehicles, financial assistance or promotions.<ref name="Seymour Tribune"/>{{sfn|Cahill|1986|pp=165–172}} Gacy also claimed to own guns, once telling an employee, "Do you know how easy it would be to get one of my guns and kill you—and how easy it would be to get rid of the body?"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16613729/house-smelled-like-dead-rats/|title=House Smelled Like Dead Rats|newspaper=[[The Journal Gazette]]|date=December 23, 1978|via=Newspapers.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929093616/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16613729/house-smelled-like-dead-rats/|archive-date=September 29, 2020}} {{free access}}</ref>

In 1973, Gacy and a teenage employee traveled to [[Florida]] to view a property Gacy had purchased; while there, Gacy raped the employee in their hotel room. After returning to Chicago, this employee drove to Gacy's house and beat him in his front yard. Gacy told his wife he had been attacked for refusing to pay him for poor quality painting work.{{sfn|Cahill|1986|pp=112–123}}

In May 1975, Gacy hired 15-year-old Anthony Antonucci. Two months later, he went to Antonucci's home, knowing the youth had an injured foot. The two drank a bottle of wine, then watched a heterosexual stag film before Gacy wrestled Antonucci to the floor and cuffed his hands behind his back. One cuff was loose and Antonucci freed his arm while Gacy was out of the room. When Gacy returned, Antonucci—a high school wrestler—grappled with him, obtained the key, and cuffed Gacy's hands behind his back. Gacy threatened Antonucci, then calmed down and promised to leave if he was freed. Antonucci agreed and Gacy left. Antonucci continued working for PDM for nine months after this incident, and Gacy made no further attempts to assault him.{{sfn|Cahill|1986|pp=121–123}}

On July 26, 1976, Gacy picked up 18-year-old hitchhiker David Cram and offered him a job with PDM; he began work the same evening. On August 21, Cram moved into Gacy's house. The next day, Cram and Gacy had several drinks to celebrate his 19th birthday, with Gacy dressed as Pogo. Gacy conned Cram into donning handcuffs, his wrists cuffed in front of his body rather than behind. He swung Cram around while holding the chain linking the cuffs, then said he intended to rape him. Cram kicked Gacy in the face and freed himself.{{sfn|Cahill|1986|pp=165–172}}

A month later, Gacy appeared at Cram's bedroom door intending to rape him, saying, "Dave, you really don't know who I am. Maybe it would be good if you give me what I want." Cram resisted, straddling Gacy, who left the bedroom, stating, "You ain't no fun." Cram moved out on October 5 and left PDM (although he periodically worked for Gacy over the following two years).{{sfn|Cahill|1986|pp=165–172}}<ref name="Cram">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=slsxAAAAIBAJ&pg=1116,946568|title=Man Helped Dig Trenches at Gacy Home|newspaper=[[The Montreal Gazette]]|date=February 13, 1980|via=Google News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929093025/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=slsxAAAAIBAJ&pg=1116%2C946568|archive-date=September 29, 2020}} {{Open access}}</ref> Shortly afterwards, another employee, 18-year-old Michael Rossi, moved in.{{sfn|Linedecker|1986|pp=47–72}}{{sfn|Cahill|1986|pp=177–184}}{{sfn|Sullivan|2000|pp=184–188}} Rossi had worked for PDM since May 23, 1976.{{sfn|Sullivan|2000|pp=58–60}} He lived with Gacy until April 1977.{{efn|The same month, Gacy became engaged to a woman he had been dating for three months, who moved into his house. In June of that year, by mutual agreement, the engagement was called off and she moved out.{{sfn|Cahill|1986|pp=165–172}}}} Rossi sometimes assisted Gacy in clowning at grand openings of businesses: Gacy as Pogo and Rossi as Patches.{{sfn|Cahill|1986|pp=140–147}}{{sfn|Foreman|1992|pp=68–77}}