“In something like this, you’ve just got to gamble,” Ewing told the Chicago Tribune afterward. Over the course of more than three decades at WMAQ-NBC 5 and WLS-ABC 7 in Chicago, Ewing often risked his life to negotiate with murderers and hostage-takers. “The cops couldn’t get him out, so I said, ‘Let me see if I can talk to the guy,’ ” Ewing later told the Associated Press. But in a 1982 interview with the Tribune, Ewing dismissed those concerns. Gacy, in Ewing’s retelling, really hated the bologna sandwiches that were served in jail, and eventually told Ewing his life story.

Source: National Post June 28, 2019 13:41 UTC