Beneath the Sequins: The Hidden Body of Dorian Corey

**When ballroom icon Dorian Corey died in 1993, friends packing her closet made a horrifying discovery: a mummified body hidden inside a vintage trunk. For 25 years, a secret had been sitting just feet from where she slept. Who was the man in the dark?** **This week on When Killers Get Caught, host Brittany Ransom pulls back the heavy layers of sequins, fabric, and history to dissect one of the strangest and most claustrophobic hidden-body cases in modern true-crime history.** **When investigators opened that green steamer trunk labeled "Halloween," they uncovered a meticulously concealed crime scene: the remains of Robert Worley, a man who had vanished off the face of the earth in 1968, shot a single time in the back of the head.** **How did a prominent cultural icon and star of the groundbreaking documentary Paris Is Burning hide a body in plain sight for a quarter of a century while hosting parties, mentoring youth, and living a highly public life?** **In this episode, we explore:** - **The Mother of the House: The immense cultural legacy, brilliant fashion design work, and unmatched wisdom of Dorian Corey.** - **Centering Robert Worley: Reclaiming the identity, struggles, and history of a victim who became a 25-year secret.** - **The Parallel World of 1968: A deep look into the mechanics of justice, and why a marginalized person in mid-century Manhattan would make the morally impossible choice to hide a body rather than call the police.** - **The Final Artifact: The unsettling fictional manuscript found in Dorian’s apartment that mirrored the real-world crime.** **Because justice isn't always delivered in a courtroom. Sometimes, it's delivered by time.** **Join the Case Closers Community:** **📱 TikTok: @caughtpodcast** **📸 Instagram: @whenkillersgetcaught** **🛒 Get the Gear: caught-podcast-shop.fourthwall.com** **📩 Case Submissions & Business Inquiries: CaseCloserSubmissions@gmail.com** **End credit music featured in this podcast is used with permission from Myuu.** https://open.spotify.com/artist/5sP3ci0jwrXUBo76t8pGTF?