A new Hulu series is set to unravel the horrific true story of a male nurse who murdered and dismembered victims from the LGBTQ+ community before dumping their body parts by the side of the road in eerie echoes of Jeffrey Dahmer.
The four-part documentary, titled Last Call: When A Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York, focuses on the gruesome crimes of sadistic killer Richard Rogers.
The nurse worked at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan for 22 years – where he specialized in pediatric care for children with heart conditions – but his wholesome façade would soon start to unravel.
As true crime fans get ready for the drama to reach their screens, FEMAIL exposes the disturbing true story which saw Rogers convicted of two murders – and suspected of at least two more.
The series, titled Last Call: When A Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York, focuses on the horrific true story of sadistic murderer Richard Rogers
The chilling tale began in the 1980s as reports began to circulate that there was a serial killer targeting the LGBTQ+ community.
In 1988, a 47-year-old man reported Richard Rogers after escaping his clutches and telling police that he had been drugged and attacked.
He told officers that he had blacked out at an apartment before waking up tied to the bed as Rogers beat him, according to the New York Post.
But ultimately Rogers was acquitted in a nonjury trial and was free to roam the streets once again.
Just a few years later, in 1991, investment banker Peter Anderson had been visiting Manhattan from Philadelphia to attend a political fundraiser.
The 54-year-old, who had come out as gay a year earlier, was last seen leaving his hotel late at night.
Days later his body parts were found wrapped in garbage bags and left in trash cans at two rest stops on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Court documents stated that he had suffered ‘gaping wounds to his chest’ as well as disclosing that his penis had been cut off and placed in his mouth.
The dismembered remains of computer sales representative Thomas Mulcahy, 57, (pictured) who was in New York on business, were also found discarded
Sex worker Anthony Marrero, 44, (pictured) was also one of the victims Rogers was convicted of killing and disposing of his body
The following year the dismembered remains of computer sales representative Thomas Mulcahy, 57, who was in New York on business, were also found discarded in a similar manner.
At the time of his death, he resided with his wife and their four kids in Massachusetts, while also having affairs with men, court documents said.
Medical examiners later determined Mulcahy’s cause of death to be multiple stab wounds.
And two further victims – 44-year-old sex worker Anthony Marrero and 56-year-old typesetter Michael Sakara – were identified to have met a similar fate.
But, at a time when hate crimes were on the rise and the AIDS crisis escalated, police were unable to make headway with the investigation.
The spree left many in the LGBTQ+ community living in fear.
Abraham Levy, who worked as a cocktail waiter at a queer bar in the early 90s, previously told the New York Times: ‘It was horrible. Every week there seemed to be another body.’
It wasn’t until Mulcahy’s widow asked police for an update on the case in 1999 – given the advances in forensic technology – that officers were able to finally get a hit.
Investigators had lifted fingerprints from the crime scenes at the time and were stunned after running them through new software that registered a match with Rogers – who had stood trial years earlier.
Allegations against Rogers had first started when he was still a graduate student at the University of Maine in 1973.
Investment banker Peter Anderson (left) and typesetter Michael Sakara (right) were found in similar circumstances but Rogers was never convicted of their killings
The case had eerie echoes to that of Jeffrey Dahmer (pictured) who raped, murdered and cannibalized 17 young men in Wisconsin and Ohio between 1978 and 1991
He stood trial accused of bludgeoning his 22-year-old roommate, Frederick Spencer, to death.
Rogers claimed Spencer had attacked him with a hammer but that in the brawl that followed he had been able to grab it from him before striking Spencer in the head with the weapon eight times.
He then wrapped the body in a nylon tent and dumped it in a wooded area by the side of the road before two cyclists made the gruesome discovery, according to reports.
Rogers claimed he had been acting in self defense and was acquitted after spending six months in jail.
He switched schools and left the area but had given his fingerprints in the process of the investigation, which had remained on record for decades.
Following the match, Rogers was subsequently questioned about the four murders by police – despite many believing there were more victims out there.
In 2005, he was found guilty of murdering Thomas Mulcahy and Anthony Marrero as well as two counts of hindering his own apprehension.
Judge James Citta branded Michael as ‘an evil human being’ and sentenced him to life in prison.
He was not convicted of the murders of Anderson and Sakara.
Rogers, who was the eldest of five children and is said to have had a stable childhood, has never specifically disclosed his motivations.
The case had eerie echoes to that of Jeffrey Dahmer who raped, murdered and cannibalized 17 young men in Wisconsin and Ohio between 1978 and 1991.
He was convicted in 1992 and murdered in prison two years later at the age of 34.
HBO’s four-part series Last Call: When A Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York will be released on July 9.
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