How Police Identified a Mummy Found in a Drag Queen’s Closet
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- In 1993, a mummified body was found inside a trunk at the Harlem apartment of a well-known drag queen weeks after she passed away. Dorian Corey may have been out and proud but kept a literal skeleton in the closet for over 25 years. But how did no one know about it? In this “New York Gritty” host Sal Bono explores the life and times of the "Paris is Burning" star and how cops created a science that helped them identify who the victim was long before modern technology.
I knew Dorian back in the 80's. She told all of us, she had a body in her closet. None of us actually believed her 🤷
Maybe if y’all had the person could have been out to rest with his family surrounding him. 😢😢😢
Wasn't he allegedly a robber and she killed him? Or it was a domestic violence situation?
I imagine it would go something akin to “you fill your mouth with something to stop talking or you’ll end up like the body in my closet.” To which the response was probably “oh honey I’m looking at that body and the make up holds up fine, nobody notices a thing.” Then puffed a long cloud of smoke adding it to the room like a fog machine in swirling lights. While everyone looks on trying to figure out who got read for filth and if anyone should start talking about it yet.
And everyone clapped.
😂
To think that that body was a few feet away as she was explaining the art of shade is fascinating
"He"... DNA doesn't care about his feelings.
You'd think that the whole apartment would have smelled of death...
@@mrbojangles9841 She. DNA do not determine femininity and thus do not determine feminine pronouns
I believe the abuse couldn't be tolerated anymore that's how he ended up being shot. Dorian would be punished for defending himself.
@@mrbojangles9841 im sure DNA doesn't have feelings to care about something, its DNA :)
Sadly they didn’t mention the Coca Cola bottle cap which was found within the vinyl wrappings which dated the crime to the 60’s. That was an intriguing snippet!!!
It was actually the pull tabs on old beer cans.
Wait...what you mean????
So she had the body hidden for many years 😮
how did she manage the smell?
@@lexismith3670Possibly lye.
Wow I did not know this was a real story. I remember seeing this on 'Pose' when that client overdosed.
OMG yeah and the lady who did the black market plastic surgery was trying to help them vacuum seal the corpse and stash it in Electras closet
Yes. & Of course some of the characters on the show were loosely based on real people & real events that happen during the time.
Yes that’s the first thing that I thought of.
cant watch things like Pose and not have watched Paris is Burning first lol
@@LaLagunz187Absolutely!
This is the more detailed version of this story I've seen. I wonder if that's why incense was burning during Dorian's part in Paris is Burning.
I this the incense was burned to mask the odor of death
she was also a chainsmoker perhaps to mask the smell with cigarettes
Not the first drag queen associated with foul odor for sure, it comes with the job often.
and the crew had no idea either..
@@DaytonaMeth7 Nah. Nobody during those times had a major issue with the smell of cigarettes like most people do today.
I recall a note being found with the body stating something along the lines of "This poor soul broke into my apartment and I did what I had to do to protect myself" when this story broke back in the 90's. Now I have to check the wayback machine to look up old articles.
ope i hope you find this
Yes I remember this as well.
@@apathybronsonreally?
But people say that they were a couple 🤔
Love the Wayback machine! And the archive, good use of gov resources!!
Both inside edition and some of the comments seem to be glorifying Dorian and her charm but they seem to be ignoring the glaring fact that she killed someone and housed the corpse until her own passing.
Her art and persona aside, does it not bother anyone that she murdered someone? Even if she was a matron of her community and a well respected figure, doesn’t the fact that she committed a grave crime take precedent?
No one knows who killed him. It's speculation only. She is guilty of hiding a corpse so far.
@@kingrp9587 drag queens usually go by she in drag, out of drag is he. Not always but most times.
@@kingrp9587 regardless of this person's sex identity I like something call respect. It doesn't change my life nor does it affect my finances if I call them the way they want to be call.
@@larahedge8960 when you murder someone you lose my respect
@@Cookiepoooo would you lose respect if that person did it out self defense? 🤔
In the beginning of the story i immediately thought she got into with a man she was sexually involved with, killed him, & hide his body in her house because she was scared she'd go to jail .
That is most likely exactly what happened
He broke into her house and she was defending herself. She didn't report it because the NYPD wouldn't have believed her.
@@regi7_ you do not know that and he was known to have a wiked temper.
@@isabellavalencia8026 I suppose we could either guess it was someone she was involved with or listen to what she said happened. She left a note.
@@regi7_ if that's true, she probably made the right decision because who knows if they would've believed her or not ? !
The ole adage of "Keeping your friends close, but keep your enemies closer."
"... keep your enemies CLOSET"! 🤣
“No family member claimed the body”Wow not even his brother wanted to deal with the funeral
Waste of money.🤷
@@donotsupportterroristgroups I mean with a crimal record like that I wouldn’t either
Probably put their family through alot
And on top of that he was missing for 20 years and no one ever reported it or bothered looking for him. Like he must of been a nasty person because wtf.
How about maybe his family threw him away because he wad obviously into guys, most families disown their gay members and refuses to claim their bodies, he's not the first, I know of many and we had to bury them, so it's not that he was so bad, it's that he was gay and a disgrace to them.
This brings new meaning to being "in the closet."
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Ba dum tiss🥁
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skeletons in the closet, henny
That's messed up. His brother or no family ever even reported him missing. How sad is that. Wtf.
He may not have had a good relationship with them. They probably disowned him for being gay. Therefore they didn't care if they never seen him.
@@sandracorley3944 .. So true.😔
He didn't have a good relationship with his family. He had been in prison for rape and was a violent drunk. Why would they care?
@@sandracorley3944 they disowned him for being a convicted rapist.
@Rolyat Ooooh! Well..that's a reason right there!
She knew the body would be found by someone once she died. I guess she figured she'd be dead too and it wouldn't matter.
damn.
*As an openly gay person I can’t imagine the fear of living a life like Dorrian’s in the early 80s/90’s. People like us were often killed & NOT CARED ABOUT or FOUND during this time because of insecure men. Trying to fight for OUR lives because of someone’s fear. Her act of murder was/is a crime, but NONE of us know what led to this attack. Dorrian seemed like a head smart person so I don’t think she would be killing someone just because. But also WHO REALLY KNOWS ? Still i do NOT glorify her murdering anyone , i just feel theres A LOT more to the story. Its not black & white*
Something in me is thinking he was the one who gave Dorian Aids , just a thought but I don't ever want to judge anyone, if that wasn't the case it was a drunken domestic situation
Thanks for justifying murder, it's fine if you're gay and cross dress, got it
Most probably self defense/ revenge due to the aids thing, also dorian knew she was not gonna be treated fairly during a trial, a typical anti lgbt propaganda would spread against her in the news.
@@Unbotheredasyoucansee I think you’re right because I was thinking strongly about it
Atleast u can hide it imagine it being ur skin
Excellent documentary! It’s amazing that body went unnoticed for as long as it did. I would think a decaying body’s odor would have permeated throughout the apartment building. It’s sad nobody came forward to claim Worley’s body. He was somebody’s son and relative.
Probably smelled like chicken
I saw on Ask A Mortian that most of his family no longer talked to him because he was a convicted r a p!st and had some charges for physical assault.
@@RawJuice_ Wow what a disrespectful thing to say.....
Thats what I thought too! Like how did the drag queen live through the stench of a decomposing body in that small apartment! Like how did any of her visitors not notice the smell
Likely used lots of perfume and febreze.
People saying she should’ve called the police because it was “self defense” didn’t listen apparently since in the video the cops probably wouldn’t have cared because back then being gay /drag was not favorable to the masses. She would’ve most likely been thrown in jail for life
Thats not how courts work
Cops loteraly dont decide that they gather the info hand it to the da the da pushes for worst sentense possible and your defence lawyer tries make excuse or give reason why you should have lower sentence plus no evidence she is even telling trith and not just pushing a pr script
Not to menrion people who knew her aledgidly claim she bragged about having a dead body 8n her closet which most believed was a jokd
No one whos killed in self defence besides sociopaths brag about it
No she wouldn't have been lmao the guy was black, if anything she would've probably gotten a slap on the wrist.
I love this longer format!! Please keep doing it
Dorian happily lived with the dead mummy. Stinking up the place‼️
That's some psychotic ish.
You got to understand…back then the police didn’t treat gay people nicely so the cops wouldnt have even heard dorian coreys story of self defense…they would have just took Dorian Corey to jail. look at the Dahmer story if you dont believe me
Hold on we’re supposed to feel bad for him? Come on inside edition seriously?? Y’all better than that. He is a murderer. Point blank period!
Inside Edition is misogynistic and pro RAINBOW INC, the entire story is propaganda glamourizing grooming culture of young boys and womanface.
@M I A They said it could of been a lovers quarrel. Either way noone knows what really happened its all speculation
What kind of lovers quarrel ends in someone being killed? That's called murder
@@bluered1322 Plenty of lovers' quarrel do end up in murder or severe injury.
Is interesting when a man kills a transgender woman of color! She always takes the blame and the guy called a victim! If a transgender woman commits the murdered over self defense she is a killer! Double standards 🤦🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
That's disgusting, how could you live that long with a dead body in your room??
Not only that but they said she moved once or two and took the body with her each time. Really strange story.
@@deealone5191 i think someone framed her, dropped it off at her apartment after she passed.
@@YeIsCorrectthat's what I was thinking
If you lived in New York at this time, you would understand.
So he literally got away with murder and were supposed to pretend he was some kinda great hero. Weird story
@@GhastlyCretin 😆 you're right how could I forget
Exactly
I'm with you bluered1322
4:55 “there’s a heart of gold in there”
The comment section is full of empathy and the way the video unravels the story, makes the killer look like a a hero. Like come on bro….
Wow, an actual news story on this with pictures of the dead body! Never thought I'd see this ever occur and what a treat. Way to finally have this nearly thirty years later when all you can find about the story was through articles and other folks talking about it, but nothing by the actual investigators involved in it.
Wait. Dorian was in the queen?
@@thedarthflagger No, but she was in Paris Is Burning where scenes of her were filmed in her apartment and who would have thought a damn dead body was lurking there the entire time....
'What a treat' ? Really?
@@devontehuntley6274she was in the queen.
@@thedarthflaggeryes.
The man that says he saw behind Dorian's tough exterior. Clearly he didn't see behind it. This person killed someone....that sounds like Dorian was rough behind the rough exterior, not to mention mentally disturbed if being capable of keeping a dead corpse in the closet.
Probably not th first.person he.killed,used drag queen to hide
Judgemental much?
@@ChucksCherubs3 he murdered someone …
@@slimesita9998 that could have been self defense. Why didn't she call the police? This was the late 70s to 80s, they would have taken her to jail no questions asked.
No. It was an accident. Watch Pose lol clearly u haven’t
So she murdered someone and kept not their remains, their BODY in her closet for years.
She still amazing?
He*
@@midnightg3593 happy to see another sane person.
@@midnightg3593 exactly
You can really judge a persons existence from just one moment in their life.
@@WithoutRemorse12 I mean 2 add murder on top of da drag stuff is something else
This was on an episode of Pose! One of the greatest shows ever written!
I loved that episode! In fact most of the storylines including this one were based on many of the real stories in the documentary “Paris is Burning”!
It’s a good show but best ever written is a huge stretch.
@@Garbeaux.I didn’t say that.
@@pythomas29 i mean you did say one of the greatest shows ever written lol i agree with ur comment though its up there with some good shows
Everything u saw in pose really happened even the first scene when they All got arrested it wasn't a museum tho it was store's on fifth avenue
Drag queen or not, a killer is a killer! Stop making him sound like a genius 🙄
I think their point was they don’t judge his entire character by one act. You can find something to appreciate in everyone.
@@DailyNaps True. But let's not going on too long to appreciate whatever that there was in a killer. A life was lost, period.
@@enyaktammy Maybe you don’t understand because you haven’t been persecuted your whole life for being a freak.
It's interesting how everyone who calls Dorian a murderer purposely uses the wrong pronoun. Seems to me it's more about homophobia than any supposed quest for justice.
You don’t know WHY the person was left dead. Dorian could have killed them in SELF-DEFENSE.
5 minutes in the video and they still haven't gotten to the mummy part 😤
It was shown a couple of seconds close to the beginning, im past 5 minutes now and still haven't learned anything about the mummy.
Ps. It's explained at 7 minutes in.
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They're basically just glorifying the killer and glossing over the killing part
Be patient dl doctor
Mummy part starts at 07:00.
Talk about skeletons in your closet 😂
The fact that the body was there during the interview of “Paris is Burning “ is wild! I wonder if at that point did Dorian forget? There were so many people in and out of that apartment! Absolutely wild!
What? They’re defending her? Do they actually know the whole story or is this just speculation?
This is crazy but the fact that a prominent OG drag queen has a dead body in her closet is the same story line for Electra in the show Pose 😂
I just said the same thing ! This must be where they got the idea from
Yeah that storyline was inspired by this story. The character Candy is inspired by Venus Xtravaganza. Watch Paris is burning and you’ll see so many similarities within Pose.
The whole was based on true events within the ballroom scene
Omg when i saw the title I immediately thought about the same thing About elektra when she Hid a body in her closet and submerged it to the lake
This is what that storyline was based on.
How did that not smell? How did no one smell it?
Good question!
Insence burning?
It’s New York? 🤷🏻♂️
heard from another comment she disguised the smell using her cats as an excuse
The theory is Dorian was defending herself. The man in the trunk was a criminal. He attacked the wrong lady. She did what she had to do.
Apparently, she actually wrote a story about it, and left a note, apologizing for what happened. But given who she was at the time she was alive, there was no way she could rely on any protection other than a gun in her own hand. This doesn't excuse what she did, and it shouldn't, but I suspect it gives some insight into what the world was like back then. I like to think that things have improved since then.
Of course that would be the narrative.
@@theresahenderson3534I dunno if you’ve ever been involved in the drag scene, the older gay community, or even just seen Paris is Burning, but queens being attacked, hurt, or murdered was tragically common. I don’t know exactly what the truth is, but I can say the theory wasn’t just pulled out of someone’s ass.
He looks like a big, hulking bloke to me. No need to make excuses for this man.
@@carolinacrane1if you’re getting into a fight with another grown man who you know has intent to /kill/ /you/, isn’t the usual sentiment “do whatever you can to protect yourself/your family?”
your use of bloke makes it seem you’re not from america, which isn’t something i’m harping on you about, but at least half of the population here agrees that you should exercise your 2nd amendment right if applicable. we’ll never know exactly what happened that night, even with a note. nobody else was there. and like another commenter in this thread said it was a completely different time. it was his life or dorian’s and dorian continued to choose their’s.
They try to make you have sympathy for him when he shot another person in the head. What a p.o.s. Sorry you had come to the realization that someone whom you idolized was a monster.
@M I A what, in a fake leather bondage suit? They say Corey had an On Off relationship with him
That’s what they do for all white killers, might as well glorify another freak
@Michelle Vill exactly!
@@touriel8943 my cousins ex husband broke in her house and SA her. She shot him. U can’t be that dense.
@@touriel8943 just because u know someone doesn't mean they won't break I'm ur house???
Love how the show pose hints to this. Can’t believe that actually happened…
The show based that story line on this. They found the body years ago.
If you're interested in learning more about this case involving Dorian Corey. I highly recommend watching a video here on UA-cam by Caitlin Doughty on her channel Ask A Mortician. The video is called *The Cadaver in the Drag Queen's Closet*
First thing that came to mind when I saw this
@@jnichole8018 Ditto
Mostly everything they showed really happened
So this is where they got the character and storyline for Pose?
Yep
Yes they did
I read about this years ago. In fact it’s been at least 2 plus decades so I’m kinda surprised that this is even being discussed. Entertainment must be slow this month. IIRC correctly the New Yorker or New York post did a huge article in the early 90s and it was hypothesized That the deceased man possibly tried to rob or attack Dorian Corey or something along those lines. I think the man’s brother was also interviewed in that article. I’m sure the article is probably archived somewhere if anyone wants to hit up google.
I don’t care how much they hypothesized the murder of the young guy that madam was a white person all she had to say was her lover tried to rob her or rape her and she shot him so no, She was feeling guilty and scared she wouldn’t get away with it so she hid the body, so being white she would have never been charged. I think others knew about it and protected her because the smell was a dead give away
Rob where? Use logic. One will react and call the police immediately. That’s more of JEFFREY DAHMER THING. Stop playing. It’s obviously he’s pretending to be something he wasn’t. He was having unprotected sex. May the guy found out he had AIDS and they fought. Defending a grown 56 year old Drag Queen over a younger man.
@@777sweet well personally I’d highly doubt that it was an argument over HIV/AIDS due to the fact that the actual murder itself occurred at least 25 years preceding being found in 1993 after Dorian Corey’s death. Scientists didn’t identify HIV until 1983 at the Institute Pasteur and that man had been deceased years prior to that. Futhermore the deceased man’s brother in interviews back in 1993 states his brother told him that he was knowingly and willingly dating a drag queen so I doubt that was a factor either
they actually show the New Yorker article around halfway through this video :)
Thank you for this. I have LOVED P.I.B. since it came out. A New York friend of mine told me that this is a TRUE Happening.
The show on Netflix, "Pose" had this murder in their story line.
Kind of odd way to set up the video about a Killer.
It would be like if you interviewed BTK's friends who had nothing by nice things to say about him and made a 5 minute intro talking about the dog catching scene in Wichita.
I remember the “Pose” episode. Now I see the inspiration for it.
Enjoyed this mini documentary, please continue to create them. Thank you, Inside Edition!
Great!! Let’s blame the murdered guy..Makes so much sense
Did I ever tell you the time that I found a dead body? - Tammie Brown
I'm confused. They're calling Dorian she. I thought drag queens were gay men, who liked to dress up as women. Not the same as Trans.
if im not mistaken drag queens go by she when in drag to maintain being in character and go be by he when not in drag
She was a transsexual but she performed drag shows but the terminology back in the day was Drag Queen as well. This was a different time, now it’s trans woman.
@@adrina911 how do you know how Dorian would have identified??
@@Cookiepoooo I’m pretty sure she viewed herself as a woman or transsexual. She said in a interview that she wouldn’t want a sexchange.
Paris is Burning was a phenomenal documentary!
Paris Dupree came to Philly and worked the clubs. Fav was Starrs. She would perform "In my eyes" for the last song of the night.
Miss those days...
She has no soul or she would of came forward with the knowledge of there is a dead man in her closet. Instead she chose to be silent even when she knew she dying.
He*
Maybe, but by then maybe she had forgotten about it, had dementia related symptoms from AIDS…. Lots of reasons
That’s not fair to say… you don’t know what happened that night she could have been scared to call the police.
I can not believe what I am hearing. You guy's totally made light of her murdering someone. How heartless of you! I see that if a person is not affected by things they have absolutely no care in their hearts for it. Sometimes you have to walk those shoes to have a true understanding and compassion. Adult men how disgusting.
To be fair we don’t know what happened. What if the person she murdered was someone who tried to solicite her for sec and then tried to kill her?? Maybe it was self defense? And maybe she hid it in the closet because law enforcement back then was horrible to their community.
@@gl3936 they tell you in the video he was her boyfriend so im sorry but no.
@@geminisabah and what does that change?? A boyfriend can be abusive and try to kill. And that also doesn’t change the fact that their community was heavily ignored by law enforcement.
@@gl3936 : Nobody established that the victim was abusive. And gay murder cases weren't new to NYC police back then.
Imagine trying to complain about the smell to the landlord , say I think its coming from the drag queens apt, and they say " DONT BE HOMOPHOBIC"
LOL, sounds like you can't comprehend that maybe it was building that already stunk and had issues with sewage. New York one of those major cities around world known for Rat infestation.
✨Just Gay Tingz✨
It wasn’t. My house founder said that he played cards on that trunk with her and others multiple times and didn’t have the slightest idea. So you can have several seats, with your ill informed self.
@@llandonross1372 ew
No, it only smelled if you entered her closet, which I her was restricted even to her children.
The guys friends of the murder, glorifying him, smiling while happily talking about the crime, they look like the knew about it and if they didn’t, they would’ve kept quiet.
*her and *she
Inside you have shown your blatant disrespect for the deceased and that your pride for the lgbtq community trumps even human decency
Exactly!! The deceased was a gay black man and they act like he was better off dead. None of these people even know him. They only knew the drag queen….the murderer who was known to be mean yet they glorify her fame in this story. Just disgusting.
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I knew a gay man who killed known 2 older and sick elderly gay men for their money and valuables. He was looked up to by many other gay men but even me being his friend, I question him bc of the things he said that didn’t add up most times. He told me ppl. in his home city always thought his mom was strange and weird. He had that strangeness like his mom and I guess ran in the family.
The fact that this person didn't have any guilt thru the rest of their life is truly the scariest part for me. Like where's ur conscience?
This queen was a psychopath, obviously
How would u know she wouldn’t talk about it because it obviously was a memory that she didn’t want to remember there were so many trans people killed by straight men and police did absolutely nothing about it. Didn’t matter how young they would leave them dead on the floor after hookups etc something like this could’ve happened and she had to defend herself
The guy she killed was also a rapist and abused women so isn’t a far reach to say he tried to hurt her and she had to protect herself.
No conscience present, -apparently-.
Somehow when I see DC in the video in her lifetime, she had something frightening in her personality. It is also said in the video that she had a tongue like a rapier.
And such people can scare others.
It had to be hell for them to live with that body in their closet for many years!
Look... having 2 Uncles that were in that scene... one passed from full blown AIDS.. in a time that HIV and FULL BLOWN AIDS were considered "taboo".. My Uncle Mike.. he was an international lawyer and his partner, that he was with until he passed away, was the most honorable and lovable... My Uncle Mike and his partner, who was a part owner of a very very successful vineyard, they met at a very informed infusion sight for those afflicted with HIV.. then when BOTH went from HIV+ TO FULL BLOWN AIDS... My Uncle knew how to handle it... and it makes my sad that I had to hide for him.. but at the end of the day, I would do that for him... again and again.. He Absolutely Deserved That... Maybe my Granny could not take it... but with my age and my love...My Uncle and His Partner, Both Deserved My Love and Their Love. I have to forgive my,,our..Granny.m but Both Michaels'... They have always Deserved thy Best. That is just who I am. I make no apologies and I make no excuses. Period.
Super weird take on this story. A man got away with murder and lived with a corpse for years. But oh just because he left a note saying he killed the man because he broke in We’re supposed to take that as factual…I don’t believe it. Living with a corpse is foul.
Ironically she died the week Freddie Mercury (who some have called "the face" of the Aids epidemic) hit number 1 with his posthumous release "Living On My Own".
The amount of disrespect shown to that man body is beyond sick…what was the point of showing those images & admiring this killer. Sham on you inside edition
He was a convicted rapist.
Firstly, I highly doubt Dorian is some sort of serial killer or anything that extreme. It's important to recognize the hostile environment the LGBTQ+ community faced during that time. Many struggled to find stable employment and were forced into risky situations just to make ends meet. In those days, violence against LGBTQ+ individuals, especially those who were people of color, was tragically common, and law enforcement often turned a blind eye to it.
So, if Dorian found himself in a situation where he accidentally killed someone who attacked him because of his sexual orientation or race, seeking help from the authorities would have been a potentially fatal decision. Concealing the body may seem ethically questionable, but given the circumstances, it was a matter of survival. Is it morally wrong? Most likely. But was it a strategic move to protect himself? Absolutely.
The man was a criminal and not a nice person. His family didn't even claim his body. That speaks volumes.
He was treated like egyptian faraon.
Not the bitter comments angry at Dorian when she was the real victim, Robert was abusive to her and she did what she had to do, or else she would have ended the same way Venus Xtravaganza did. People who've never been in an abusive relationship should shut up
Was Dorian a he trying to impersonate a female, what would make him a He.
THE CREATOR BLESS
I agree that abusive relationship can push u to do things as I’ve been in one but murder is still murder. But I see all points
You're making negative assumptions about the victim that were never proven.
How do you know that? Were you there? Did you know these people?
“Is he Nuts?! No he’s Insane”
Just at the moment i said to myself " it would make a good movie" they talked about it being in a tv show. That mini documentary is very well put.
What a wild case
I had met Dorian in the late 80s while visiting NY for a few months. She seemed nice and always in a good mood. Wow, it just goes to show, you never really know the people you rub elbows with. So, during this time, she had already had that body decaying in her closet. Glad I never visited that apartment!
The way they all glorified this person and spoke so admiringly of him and basically glossed over the murderous part is disturbing and sad.
I just recently rewatched the episode of Pose that was inspired by this event and I think that explains why they didn't make Dorian the villain.
The LGBTQ world of the 1960s for poor people of color was brutal. It was bad for anyone in that community back then but very hard for minorities. The repressed rage and passion were volatile. If it was a crime of passion done in self defense, all things considered, condemnation is mitigated.
@@edbenti5007 Really proved people wrong by being perverts and murderers didn't they
So this is how they got the idea for this in the show “Pose”
Yes
Everything that happened in pose was true
There is a chance she didn’t do it and covered up for someone else
Saw this on Pose didn’t know it really happened in real life 😕
If you watch the documentary you’ll see a lot of pose was based on this, even candy’s death.
Me too
Also I'm on board with everyone else in the comments. For the person at the end to ridicule the mummified victim like that saying he "represents [what's holding] back the gay community" is absolutely appalling. The poor man was brutally murdered. And knowing how messy the club scene is I'm not buying Dorian's friends' claims that it was just drinks and fights that led to the victim's demise. Something else went down that we will sadly never know.
It’s appalling how they made the victim the villain and the villain a martyr
@Tats McGee 100%? I wouldn't be so sure. Methamphetamines weren't popular in NYC in the 1980s, especially since the city had a huge crack/cocaine epidemic at the time. And gay and trans men have a higher rate of domestic violence than in the hetero community.
The victim was also a convicted rapist
i mean it was a rapist so,,barely human
“Poor man”?? He was a convicted rapist.
I knew of this story years ago and when I saw how the show Pose incorporated it in the story it sent chills down my spine. I knew exactly what they were referring to.
Kinda gross glorifying a murderer
I agree. It's pretty disgusting
Wow, this story took so much time and effort, absolutely beautiful shots
How creepy and she got away with murdering someone.
The title of this story freaked me out and when i re-read the title i realized im terrified of every descriptor in the title: police, investigators, mummies, drag queens and closets. Hats off to the AI algorithm...??.
This was amazing! Lol I’m so glad y’all showed the mummified body. I’ve always wanted to see one. What helped her case is that no one was looking for the guy she killed. Now I’m wondering has she killed before?!!! So much mystery!
I like to think someone else killed that guy, and Dorian hid that person's secret in her closet. It just seems like the kind of thing she might have done to save someone in a bad situation. I'm not justifying it, just saying that in a dark moment, I could see her being "there" for someone she cared about.
He you mean
@@rosiemaughan2996 No, you don't speak for me. I meant "she." Trans folk don't make me feel threatened. I'm secure enough in my femininity to allow others to explore their own femaleness.
@@Sarappreciates but he is literally a man in a dress a drag queen not a man that thinks he is a women he knows knew he was a man but just liked drag he wasn't one off these " I'm a women" but yet have a big carrot down stairs ahahahhahaha
@@Sarappreciates He wasn't trans he was a drag queen.
what a glamorous and glorified way to talk about a murderer
how do you know it wasn't self defence?
it’s not the murder that’s the issue. it’s the mummification in the fetal position. that takes a long time and repeated maintenance. i’m genuinely shocked by that part more than anything else. ultimately she could have waited a few years and dumped the body somewhere.
He wanted that body close at hand ....hint hint.
What do you mean by repeated maintenance??!!!
@@sedwards6337 well because you know corpses smell? You’re gonna have to constantly be staying on top of the stench.
She was a psychopath! Imagine! Killing your lover and keeping them in a trunk! Pure evil!
They believe it was a self-defense killing and he attacked her. But you and I both know the police would not have listened to her side of the story. She would have spent life in prison or worse.
@@oliviac2585 Everyone on the comment section seems to overlook that fact. That no matter how she would’ve fell and hard no one at the time would’ve listend to her side of the story.
He
"lover"?
@@oliviac2585 : Who is "they?" And murders of gays wasn't that uncommon in large cities back then.
8:04 I love how UA-cam is consistent with what can and can’t be shown. Animated or painted bodies aren’t okay but literal decomposing body is fiiiine.
Damn ... So fabulous enough to it's okay to murder other humanbeing or just hiding an corpse disturbs all of us.
He might had AIDs and gave it to her so she killed him perhaps. Who really knows
Didn’t you listen. Murder happened in the late 1960s, way before AIDS
The murder happened in the 1960s.
@@WithoutRemorse12 damn .. Then she might not have committed murder but just keeping that suits case as most bizarre hobby collection ?
I remember the news story on Good Day New York when I was a kid, they never said who lived in the apartment. I found out many years later it was dorian corey apartment.
is it possible that someone in the house killed him and she held the secret. someone could have shot him when they thought he was hurting or threatening her?
Why was everyone laughing and smiling about it??? They're talking about murder.
"After a lengthy investigation, it is believed that Corey murdered Worley in her apartment in self-defense (possibly due to robbery) and hid his remains for over 26 years at her Harlem residence. Worley was a building superintendent for an apartment building on Edgecombe Avenue in the Bronx at the time of his disappearance. He had been released from Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York a year prior after completing his sentence."
Murder? Every time I've heard this tale it was a death cover up. That Bobby fell and hit his head and Dorian knew full well there would be no justice from police.
Did they determine cause of death?
I guess I don't think it's fair to label Dorian a murderer...
They seem to be praising the murderer! No one deserves to be murdered! It's not a joking matter!!! Then journalists like a story!!!
His own family didn’t claim his body… how much am i supposed to cry for him?
@@JL_Lux Not many families want to claim their gay relatives, especially back then. Still happens today.
Fukced up how they talked about the victim
The fact they refer to this man as a lady the entire episode is irritating. It's also disgusting that they call him a 'genuis'. If it was a normal man killing his wife and keeping it hidden I highly doubt people would speak the same way. Stop encouraging mental illness as if it's normal, okay or something to idolize or respect. The whole thing is disgusting. Also the man did not have a 'wise' or beautiful face. He looked like a man, because he was a man. Albeit a man making a mockery of what women actually look like.
Amazing how the people that make this mini documentary, wants to romanticize bad things and make it them look good.
Stop glorifying murders and criminals it is wrong.
Aye, I’ve heard from multiple people that she told many people she had a body in her closet. Nobody thought to look tho. Not HER fault. She DID say something. 😂😂😂😂
Mummy mystery starts at 7 minute mark. Remains identified at 10 minute mark.
thank you!
Why isn’t this pinned?
I always enjoyed the grit of NYNY in the 80s. well I only visited so it was easy for me. I find the clean up NYNY a drag..wish I could hv seen the actual Paris is burning. A brilliant documentary I found in 1993 in the corner of the VCR rental store
It's on UA-cam
We about to go back to that same grit in a minute 😅
I feel the exact same about my beloved Toronto. It had grit and character. Now everything is so sanitized and PC and boring.
I would love to see at least one picture of the victim and not several of the murderer..Smh..
Exactly! The way that this was reported overall is disappointing and disgusting.
I heard that Dorian read him to filth, before killing him.
🤣🤣 dark humour
And where did you hear that, sugar?
So forget about the victim huh? Glorifying a killer is crazy!
A black trans woman in the 80’s killed her lover/trick …they would have thrown the book at her. ANYWAY….as a black trans woman who lost many gfs because “he didn’t know” this story feels good 🥰🫶🏾😘
The victim was a convicted r*pist and an alcoholic, she likely had to to defend herself against him attacking her
I agree. While we don't know what truly happened to cause his death, to hide it & act as though nothing happened is horrible. And to be a minority back then one must've hoped that he would've been treated like any other human being, especially by one, according to his brother, he was dating. "The evil that walks among us" is a more fitting title. No excuse.
This story DESERVES a movie!
Everyone commenting she should’ve called the police and she’s a killer etc during these times so many trans people were killed and no investigation were being taken because they didn’t care. There was someone named Venus from Paris is burning she was in her 20s and she was strangled and left dead under the bead and the killer was never caught. So many of these instances happened so she could’ve been someone who went through this but had to defend herself in order to survive but if she had called the cops she would’ve gone to jail even if innocent because the system wouldn’t protect anyone who was in the gay community.
Also the guy was a rapist and assaulted women so he was clearly someone who would’ve tried to hurt her
Did you forget Dorian was a murderer?
The way these old gays rewrite the past. “She was a loving, supportive, member of the community”. He was an alcoholic murderer.
I always wondered what her apartment must have smelled like. Her costumes were beyond beautiful but the smell didn't permeate anything?
Dorian wasn't a drag queen, she was a transgender woman... the fact that this title called her a "drag queen" is highly disrespectful.
Umm anyone watch POSE ? Yeah ballroom plus Electra with what she hid in her closet!!
I did!
Wonderful documentary. ❤