Hollywood actor Jack Merrill is telling his long-suppressed story of the night that he was abducted and raped by notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

Jack Merrill, an actor with credits including “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Eight Men Out,” and “Law & Order,” is reflecting on his harrowing encounter with

Law & Order actor Jack Merrill has opened up and shared that he once had a terrifying encounter with serial killer John Wayne Gacy. In a new personal essay for PEOPLE, Merrill recounts being abducted and raped by Gacy when he was a teenager.

An actor who has appeared on Law & Order and Grey’s Anatomy revealed that he survived an encounter with notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

Jack Merrill never told anyone he was assaulted by the infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy in 1978, for fear of being “remembered” only for that one event in his life—and as forever linked to the Gacy story.

Actor Jack Merrill is opening up about his terrifying encounter with serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Merrill, 65, whose on-screen credits include minor roles in Law & Order, Hannah Montana, Grey’s Anatomy and Sex and the City,

Hollywood is seemingly obsessed with serial killer stories, and one veteran actor is now relating his own, all-too real encounter with John Wayne Gacy. Jack Merrill, whose decades-long career includes parts in Eight Men Out,

A veteran actor who has appeared in “Law & Order” and “Grey’s Anatomy” revealed Wednesday that he was abducted, raped, and held at gunpoint by notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy more than 45 years ago.

Actor Jack Merrill is sharing a traumatic experience from 1978 when he was kidnapped by serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

Actor Jack Merrill is opening up about his terrifying encounter with serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Merrill, 65, whose on-screen credits include minor roles in Law & Order, Hannah Montana, Grey's Anatomy and Sex and the City,