Episode 119: Dorian Corey: The Mummy In The Drag Queen's Closet

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True Crime, Comedy, Exhibit C

4.5 • 95.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Featured heavily in 1990's documentary on the Harlem drag ball scene, Dorian Corey was a legendary queen and an iconic performer. However, a dead man, partially mummified with a bullet in his head was found in her closet after her death in 1990 and instantly made her name synonymous with something decidedly less glamorous. What happened to this man? How did he get there? We may never know.

The New York Magazine Article about Dorian Corey by Jeanie Russell Kasindorf:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OeQCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=drag+queen+and+the+mummy&source=bl&ots=9P9lNELRMV&sig=ExToyAJtmc1naRfg0uv2HqUzj5k&hl=en&ei=KRw-TczzLMeh8QP_j4DbCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result#v=onepage&q&f=false

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