After a routine domestic disturbance call at a Louisville home, Jeffrey Mundt and Joey Banis shocked police by revealing a dead body was in their basement. The ex-lovers each accused the other of killing a drag performer during a ménage à trois, and being forced to help bury the victim beneath the dirt floor. With one defendant an ex-con and the other into sadistic kinks, attorneys used their pasts to paint each other as liars and killers. But years after their trials, their community still revels in the salacious crime and questions of whether justice was served.

“Murder in Glitterball City” from HBO Documentary Films looks at the 2009 case and tries to parse whether one - or both - of the suspects are responsible for the death of Jamie Carroll. It also uses a cast of unconventional community members reading aloud from a true crime book to explore themes of gay identity, toxic intimacy, and Old Louisville’s quirky subcultures.

OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "MURDER IN GLITTERBALL CITY" BEGIN IN THE FINAL TEN MINUTES OF THE EPISODE.

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