Still, no one has confirmed whether the pair even knew each other at all.Īnother theory is that the pair were possibly strangers, and Worley had attempted to rob Corey, who killed him in self-defence. “My sense of it is that it was a dangerous situation that Dorian (Corey) needed to get out of.” “My sense is that we’re talking about someone who might be closeted about their homosexuality as well, and so there might have been all kinds of internalised hatred and internalised oppression. “Being in a relationship with someone who was abusive would make sense, especially when you’re talking about when men are attracted to trans people,” Flowers said in an interview with Atlas Obscura. Theatre performer and actor Reg Flowers, who created a one-man play that delves into the mind of Worley, believes he was frustrated with Corey as he was confused about his own sexuality.
In a still from TV series Pose (above), the body is covered in lye. It’s an unflinchingly gruesome plot line for the usually uplifting show - but it’s based on a very dark true story.ĭorian Corey, a drag performer who died of AIDS in 1993, is to this day at the centre of a mysterious suspected murder of a man named Robert Worley. Rather than call the police, Elektra enlists the help of her friends to cover up the death: She shoves the body into a suitcase, covers him in lye and mummifies him before hiding it in her closet. A gas mask tight across his face, he’s choked on his own vomit. In episode three of season two, transgender woman and BDSM mistress Elektra (Dominique Jackson) finds the dead body of one of her male clients in her dungeon after leaving him alone to do drugs. WARNING: Spoilers for the latest episode of Pose below. The puzzling true story is set to be dramatised in the latest episode of Pose - a dance musical drama series about the underground ‘ball’ culture of New York in the late 80s and early 90s, which is currently streaming on Foxtel.
A mummified body was found stowed away in a famous drag queen’s closet following her death, in a murder mystery that remains unsolved two decades later.