michael alig

Scenes from the book “Nocturnal Admissions: Behind the Scenes at Tunnel, Limelight, Avalon, and Other Legendary Nightclubs”

Legendary NYC nightlife director recalls notorious '90s club kid era

June 9, 2022 | 8:18pm

The decadent era ended with feds searching party flyers for "secret messages" about drugs.

After Daniel Auster (bottom left) was charged in connection with the overdose death of his baby daughter, Ruby (together, main image), he himself died of an overdose this month. Now, people from his past are talking about his role in the notorious 1996 Club Kid killing.

Novelist’s late son charged in baby’s drug death was involved in notorious 1996 Club Kid murder

April 30, 2022 | 11:40am

Inside the wild life and shocking death of Paul Auster's son Daniel, who was involved in the notorious 1996 Club Kid Killing and the death of his own daughter.

Michael Alig when he was released from prison in 2014 and 1993.

'Club Kid Killer' Michael Alig found dead of suspected overdose

December 25, 2020 | 10:05am

“Club Kid Killer” Michael Alig — the famously flamboyant party promoter who ended up busted for murder — was found dead on Christmas Eve of an apparent heroin overdose, officials...

Club Kid Killer busted for drug possession

February 7, 2017 | 7:18pm

Cops busted infamous “Club Kid Killer” Michael Alig for drug possession near Yankee Stadium, law enforcement sources said Tuesday. Alig, who served 17 years for manslaughter in the 1996 slaying...

Party Monster: Painting in prison kept me from killing myself

June 23, 2015 | 1:27am

Partway through a 17-year stint in prison for killing his drug-dealer friend Angel Melendez, Michael Alig picked up a brush. “Painting got me through prison. After I went through withdrawal...

Club Kid Killer sells autographed party fliers on eBay

April 29, 2015 | 6:30pm

He's gone from club king to hawking secondhand swag. A year after his release from prison, “Party Monster” Michael Alig is hustling for a buck by selling decades-old club fliers...

Club Kid Killer back in NYC

August 14, 2014 | 3:32am

When notorious ’90s party promoter and former heroin addict Michael Alig, 48, aka “The Club Kid Killer,” was freed in May after serving 17 years for the grisly killing of...

Club Kid killer getting hundreds in free gifts

June 1, 2014 | 4:09am

Supporters are sending Club Kid killer Michael Alig hundreds of dollars — if not thousands — worth of gifts since he was released from prison earlier this month. Friends and...

Alig inside what used to be the Limelight Club on Saturday.

Friends say Club Kid killer should stop talking about murder

May 13, 2014 | 4:22am

Newly released Club Kid killer Michael Alig should lay low instead of spinning the gruesome details of how he murdered and dismembered a drug-dealing pal nearly 20 years ago, a...

"Party Monster" Michael Alig at the former Limelight Club. Right, Angel Melendez, the drug dealer he admitted to helping kill.

Club Kid killer relives bloody crime

May 12, 2014 | 1:48am

New York party promoter Michael Alig was released last week after serving 17 years in jail. The self-proclaimed “King of The Club Kids” infamously slayed his drug-dealer friend, Angel Melendez,...

Revisiting two ‘Deadly’ stories that rocked NYC

July 15, 2013 | 4:00am

Some crimes are so awful they never leave the collective conscience even of jaded New Yorkers. Two of those crimes — the club kid murder and the Gypsy murder case...