I grabbed the hammer and hit Angel over the head [21], According to Riggs, he hit Melendez a total of three times on the head with the hammer. 45,190, 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved [26] Alig fled New York,[29] but was located by police in a motel room rented by his drug dealer boyfriend, Brian, in Toms River, New Jersey. Per The Guardian, the Club Kid scene started as an attempt to give people who had been outcasts in their own communities a place to belong. Previous Next. It took him a few seconds to figure out an answer, which involved citing fan mail from young people who were just coming out that looked up to him as a queer inspiration. 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Alig served 17 years in prison for killing Melendez (he pleaded guilty to manslaughter), and was released to much fanfare in 2014. 7:47am | Updated May 7, 2021 | 4:18pm. One of my first interactions with Alig had him entering a 1980s talent contest I judged at the wild and wooly club . [5] During his teenage years, Alig reported that he was often bullied because of his homosexuality. Or that I'm trying to exploit my situation. Alig, 54, was found dead on Christmas Eve just before midnight by his boyfriend in his Washington Heights pad of an apparent heroin overdose, authorities said. Riggs was released on parole in 2010. [15], However, Musto recalls: "By the time Alig sent out a party invite joking about the murder, a lot of people wanted to kill him (especially since a source was floating a more premeditated version of the killing). In 2014, Alig . We've received your submission. Alig recalled to The Post how he and Riggs beat Melendez to death, then dismembered his body and tossed the parts into the Hudson River. The final chapter of a story full of tragic twists and turns came on December 25, 2020, when Alig was found lifeless in his apartment in Manhattan. For one, it was hardly a safe space filled with hugs and pats in the back. Michael Alig (born April 29, 1966 in South Bend, Indiana) was a party promoter in the Manhattan club scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I used to hear a lot of drama from his place a lot of people screaming, next-door neighbor Elvis Miller, 27, told The Post on Friday. Alig who put together celebrated parties at famed clubs including the Limelight and Discoteria rose to infamy in 1996 after he was convicted of killing Andre Angel Melendez. It's easy to expect that if someone confesses to a murder, the person hearing it will immediately call the police. Photo: Getty Images. Michael Alig was a very real person, as are many of the other scenesters depicted in the movie up to and including Angel Melendez, who really was killed by Alig and his acquaintance. Riggs claimed that Alig was pouring "some cleaner or chemical" into Melendez' mouth, then duct-taped it with the help of Riggs. He had so much heroin in his body, there was no way he wasnt going to die. "And there wasn't even a cut on his head when they did the autopsy." I dont want to blame it on drugs because I was sober when I decided to take the drugs, so I have to accept responsibility for what I do on the drugs, but I can say that but for the drugs, it would not have happened. He cut his legs off and put them each in a separate garbage bag, then into separate duffel bags and threw them into the Hudson River. [1][14], Alig's parties also became notorious due in part to his own "bad behavior". The movie tells the story of a disenfranchised small-town kid called Michael Alig (Macaulay Culkin), who relocates to the Big Apple to look for better things. He reported being diagnosed with histrionic personality disorder, which is characterized by high levels of attention-seeking behavior, stating: "The doctor said I was the most extreme case he'd ever seen. There, in a pill-fused haze, Alig was deemed King of the Club Kids. [51] Alig hosted these virtual parties until his untimely death on December 25, 2020. It was liberating, he wrote of the wild scene, which included androgyny icon Grace Jones partying among about 300 other people. Michael Alig, who served 17 years for the murder of Angel Melendez, says prison is the best place to do drugs "because you have no responsibility." Club Kid killer reveals prison's secret sex spots A complete three piece set of the puzzle invitation is rare and hard to find. The co-founder of the 'Club Kids' underground party movement of the 1980s and 90s, Alig served 17 years in prison for brutally killing and dismembering his roommate over a drug debt. Michael Alig Photo by Inaki Vinaixa. One of his last photos taken in June shows him looking lost and perturbed. Alig spent 14 years behind bars before being released in 2014. "It's so easy to see me as this wicked, little thing, you know?" However, Melendez didn't have the same intense desire to lead that his friend had. A week before the June 25, 2015 art event, someone stole the box with the second middle pieces of the puzzle art invitation. Michael Alig, the flamboyantly costumed "King of the Club Kids" in late 1980s and early '90s Manhattan whose involvement in the sordid murder and . Alig was released from prison in 2014, but continued to chase his Club Kid heyday and do drugs. "He was a copycat, so we killed him," Alig spoke of Melendez. I must have wanted to stop me. Michael Alig died of an overdose on Christmas Day, 2020. Things took a wild turn changing Alig's life forever with the March 1996 disappearance of Andre "Angel" Melendez, a nightlife staple who DJ'd, wore angel wings and dealt drugs. And even with the particulars, even keeping the despicable act that defined his legacy in mind, thats a shame because all waste is a shame. Privacy Notice In the 1980s and 1990s, something truly extraordinary was brewing in New York. Melendez was a drug dealer and quite liberal about sharing, as it helped keep him in Alig's inner circle. "[23], On April 26, 1996, Musto reported rumors of Alig's involvement in Melendez's death in a blind item, in his Village Voice column. The overlap made me wary and a little queasy. After discussing what to do with Melendez's body and who should do it, Riggs went to Macy's to buy knives and a box. 1. Each week Outrage! Blair first agreed to split his ashes with the Club Kids, but then pulled the plug, telling Page Six she feltbullied by Aligs longtime confidante Rachael Cain. He was still trying, his little bug legs kicking aimlessly. became a successful party and Alig was working in nightlife promotions again. Being a user, he would have a tolerance There mustve been something like fentanyl mixed with it, the first source said. Although no names were used, Musto's reports included the details of murder. 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Alig's case has been featured on the TV series: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. But oh, was the gravy lumpy. He was one of the ringleaders of the Club Kids, a group of young New York City clubgoers who became a cultural phenomenon in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was always, like, acting a little bit out of his mind, like his nervous system wasnt OK, said Miller, who moved into the building four months ago. The ex-con moved into the Upper Manhattan apartment about six months ago, neighbors said and there was apparent trouble from nearly the start. ", Culkin prepared for the role with a four-hour meeting with Alig in prison, listening to the man and studying his movements and mindset. Alig . He started making Party Monster 2 movie, which was footage of when he got out of prison, the insider shared. Afterwards, he and Riggs threw the box into the Hudson River. Sitemap, Your California Privacy Rights Studio 54 had fallen apart and people were realizing then that cocaine was bad. We wanted a concentrated version of that because enough is never enough for us. Even his duplicity was telling, and I put it all in the piece, which you can read via the Wayback Machine if you are so inclined. According to the New York Police Department, law enforcement responded to a 9-1-1 call on West 159th on Dec. 25, where . The pair had placed the body in a bathtub, covered it with ice and baking soda, and continued partying inside the apartment for the next week as the victim's corpse decomposed. The city was in such a state of disrepair that it looked like Mad Max, with the subways and streetlights out and fires. the actor said. When he came clean about his ongoing issues and was asked why it took him so long to admit to them, he said, I didnt really want to publicize it too much because I didnt want it to end up on Page Six. I hadnt really known who Alig was before he killed someone alongside his roommate Robert D. Freeze Riggs (who also served a prison sentence) so in my mind, he was defined more by his crime than his creativity. 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