RAMROD Massacre and LGBTQ+ True Crime
From Beers with Queers A True Crime Podcast
A burst of gunfire on a quiet November night. Two lives lost, more injured and an icon gay bar turned crime scene forever. On November 19, 1980, 38-year-old ex-transit cop Ronald K. Crumpley opened fire on patrons entering RAMROD, a beloved gay leather bar in Greenwich Village. What began as a night out ended in chaos. People ducked behind parked cars, others ran but two men, Vernon Kroening and Jörg Wenz, were killed, and many more wounded. In this episode of our LGBTQ+ true crime podcast we t