Murder in Glitterball City

Back in June of 2022, my sister and I had a brief stay in Louisville, Kentucky and I enjoyed that visit. While I was there, I stopped by the visitor's center and picked up a book titled A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City: Murder, Secrets, and Scandal in Old Louisville written by local author David Domine. The book focused on the true murder of a man whose body was found buried in the basement of a gay couple's home in Old Louisville. I was not familiar with the case before I read the book and found it both sad and interesting. I recently stumbled on a documentary on HBO based on the book called Murder in Glitterball City and just finished watching it last night. I love a good true crime documentary, but this one really had me shaking my head. Even though I had read Domine's book about the case, seeing the actual people involved and watching parts of the trials of the suspects in the documentary really made me angry. The couple both pointed fingers at each other about who was responsible for the murder of the guy in their basement. I think both of those dudes were guilty of murder. Only one is currently serving life in prison while the other is walking free after getting lesser charges and a shorter sentence. Neither guy seemed particularly upset about the man who was killed and they both lived for six months in a house with a dead body buried in the basement. Who does that? Some people are truly evil. 

What I learned from reading the book, seeing the documentary, and during my visit back in 2022 that, coincidentially, was during Pride week is that Louisville has a thriving gay community. That surprised me but, again, I really didn't know much about the city (and still don't) even though I set two of my recent short stories, Ray's Friend and Not Sweet Enough, there. But I plan to return to Louisville someday to see more of the city. It's definitely a place I'm interested in knowing more about.