Last Call: When A Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York is the rare true crime documentary series that focuses on the victims, not the killer.
True-crime documentaries are notorious for reducing the victims of homicide to a statistic, salaciously framing their deaths in harrowing detail while denying the people murdered their identity, an individual's entire life subjected to a single lurid account.
For many queer-identifying and LGBTQ+ people, violence or the threat of violence has been and still remains a part of their lived experience. The killings of trans women of color has become an epidemic in the United States, the Gay/Trans panic defense is still legal in 20+ states across America and the "Don’t Say Gay Bill" is reinforcing Far-Right rhetoric in government-funded buildings.
Max’s True Crime Docuseries Highlights The Victims' Legacies The immersive documentary offers wonderful anecdotal narratives for each of the four men who were killed. Between 1991 and 1993, a killer preyed on gay men in New York City. It begins with Thomas Mulcahey, a husband and devoted father who worked for Bull Information Services; he'd traveled to New York to give a presentation. He disappeared on July 8, 1992, and we learn about him from his daughter Tracey O’ Shea.
The third body was different from the others. Anthony Marrero was a 44-year-old Puerto Rican living in New York and working as a sex worker. Unable to come out as gay to his family, his brother Jose Luis Marrero was adamant his brother wasn’t gay. Author and activist Ceyenne Doroshow talks candidly about Anthony, about his work, how they’d play Monopoly together and when he disappeared from her world, it didn’t come as a shock.
How LGBT+ History Was Impacted In The Wake Of These Murders The serial murders preceded two homicide cases that gained global attention: the rape and murder of Brandon Teena in 1993 and the murder of Matthew Shepard in 1998. Both crimes horrified people on an international scale. Millions of people were sickened by these horrible crimes and wanted justice.
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