A dark room in Glitter Ball City : murder, secrets, and scandal in Old Louisville / David Dominé.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dominé, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carroll, James (Murder victim)--Death and burial.

Carroll, James.

Mundt, Jeffrey--Trials, litigation, etc.

Mundt, Jeffrey.

Banis, Joseph--Trials, litigation, etc.

Banis, Joseph.

Murder--Kentucky--Louisville--Case studies.

Murder.

Trials (Murder)--Kentucky--Louisville--Case studies.

Trials (Murder).

Gay men--Violence against--Kentucky--Louisville.

Gay men.

Kentucky--Louisville.

LGBTQ+ people.

Communities (LGBTQ).

Kentucky.

Genre:

Case studies.

Trials, litigation, etc.

True crime stories.

Trial and arbitral proceedings.

Physical Description:

xvii, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Pegasus Books cloth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Pegasus Books, 2021.

Summary:

This true crime saga--with an eccentric Southern backdrop--introduces the reader to the story of a murder in a crumbling Louisville mansion and the decades of secrets and corruption that live within the old house's walls. On June 18, 2010, police discover a body buried in the wine cellar of a Victorian mansion in Old Louisville. James Carroll, shot and stabbed the year before, has lain for 7 months in a plastic storage bin--his temporary coffin. Homeowner Jeffrey Mundt and his boyfriend, Joseph Banis, point the finger at each other in what locals dub The Pink Triangle Murder. On the surface, this killing appears to be a crime of passion, a sordid love tryst gone wrong in a creepy old house. But as author David Domiň sits in on the trials, a deeper story emerges: the struggle between hope for a better future on the one hand and the privilege and power of the status quo on the other.As the court testimony devolves into he-said/he-said contradictions, David draws on the confidences of neighbors, drag queens, and other acquaintances within the city's vibrant LGBTQ community to piece together the details of the case. While uncovering the many past lives of the mansion itself, he enters a murky underworld of gossip, neighborhood scandal, and intrigue. --Publisher's website

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: PART ONE

1. Get Your Cash Today

2. Proud Neighborhood

3. A Dark Room

4. Whores in Hot Pants

5. Family Secrets

6. The Plot Thickens

7. The City That's Not Too Busy

8. Freedom Riders

9. The Pie Whose Name We Dare Not Speak

10. Road Trip

11. Dark Rooms

PART TWO

12. Gotta Know the Tricks

13. The First Jury

14. Opening Statement for the Prosecution

15. Opening Statement for the Defense

16. Witness for the Prosecution

17. Gay Guys are So Creepy

18. Redheaded Stepchild

19. Star Witness

20. Weird Rubber Stuff

21. Witness for the Defense

22. Verdict

23. Party on St. James Court

24. Derby

25. The Second Jury

26. Opening Statements: Round Two

27. Witness for the Prosecution: Round Two

28. Sex, Lies, and Videotape

29. Witnesses for the Defense

30. Pieces of Silver

PART THREE

31. You Should Know Better than That

32. Old Skeletons

33. Exploring New Territory

34. Doors to Nowhere

35. Three Degrees of Separation

36. It's a Dainty Thing

37. The Witches' Tree

38. Cabaret Obscura.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Hagen fund bookplate.

ISBN:

1643138634

9781643138633

OCLC:

1273555876