The Last Call Killer
- Jun 14, 2022
- 1 min read
In the early 1990s, fear and rumor swirled through New York’s LGBTQ community about a serial killer who targeted inebriated men leaving the city’s gay bars late at night. Their bodies, or rather body parts, were found wrapped in garbage bags and dumped at highway rest stops, far from the urban environs where they were last seen. Dubbed “The Last Call Killer,” it would take authorities almost an entire decade to stop him.
The way you detailed the case of “The Last Call Killer” really brings the history and the investigative challenges to life, and it’s clear how much effort went into presenting the story responsibly. I recently came across a similar discussion on a Texas-based review blog https://samedaydiplomas.com/, which also explored true crime storytelling and how it impacts public awareness in thoughtful ways.