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Closet Monsters

Closet Monsters

By: roger quintana and brianna cardenas
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An LGBTQ+ themed true crime podcast.

True Crime
Episodes
  • 7 - before stonewall: the compton's cafeteria riot
    Sep 18 2025

    Before Stonewall, before rainbow flags, there was a dingy diner in San Francisco’s Tenderloin where drag queens and trans women said: “Hell no, we’re not taking this anymore.” In 1966, one steaming cup of coffee hurled in a cop’s face set off a riot that history tried to erase. Tables flipped, windows shattered, stilettos swung like weapons — and suddenly, the police weren’t the only ones with power. This is the untold story of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot, the messy, fierce, lipstick-smudged rebellion that lit the spark for queer resistance years before Stonewall.

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    44 mins
  • 6 - twofer
    Jun 23 2025

    in this powerful and emotional double feature, we take you deep into two stories that shook the LGBTQ+ community to its core.

    first, we revisit the night the music stopped at pulse nightclub in orlando. what was meant to be a safe space filled with dancing, laughter and PRIDE turned into the deadliest mass shooting in LGBTQ+ history.

    then we shift to a story you probaby haven't heard - the heartbreaking urder of mercedes williamson, a 17 year old transgender woman from alabama whose life was stolen by someone she trusted.

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    1 hr and 46 mins
  • 5 - the handcuff man
    Jun 11 2025

    get ready for a chilling tale! episode 5 is live, diving into the shocking story of the handcuff man who wreaked havoc on atlanta and florida for nearly 2 centuries.

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    1 hr and 10 mins
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