Early 1990 and doyenne of Sydney’s gay scene Roger Claude Tesseydere died in his gaudy Paddington pile. A doctor signed the death off as AIDS related, but experts later reckoned he’d died well ahead of time - and at a time when the Coroner’s staff boycotted postmortems of HIV patients,  you could get away with murder. His heir, much to the chagrin of Roger’s coterie, was former gogo boy and Redfern hairdresser Ludwig Gertsch.  He inherited Roger’s share of the fortune in the gay businesses he’d built with Dawn O’Donnell.

But on the night before the Sleaze Ball in 1990, Ludwig disappeared. His body was found dumped in the Blue Mountains. Ludwig and Roger’s murders remain unsolved. There were allegations of hitmen who were NSW police. After an initially unspectacular investigation, Ludwig’s solicitor was sent to prison for forging and benefiting from the will. Around 15 yrs later, startingling new information prompted a fresh investigation and Inquest. But despite recommendations, there wasn’t a prosecution. The killers still walk free. Join Brandon and Duncan for a trip through Sydney’s gay scene at its zenith - a story of love, lust, greed, power, corruption, fires, murder and blokes in tight shorts with a tantalising glimpse of crack.

Tickers are $25 and includes a cocktail on arrival.