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Posted: 2016-12-01T14:58:53Z | Updated: 2016-12-01T14:58:53Z

In the 1980s, Michael Alig was your average young person looking to leave his small hometown in search of something bigger, better and brighter.

He made the move from South Bend, Indiana, to New York City to attend university in the mid-80s. But instead of becoming just another student in the Big Apple, he became a college dropout, nightlife royalty, and eventually, a murderer.

The rise and fall of the self-proclaimed King of the Club Kids has been the subject of plenty of profiles and films, including the Macaulay Culkin-led Party Monster and the more recent documentary Glory Daze: The Life and Times of Michael Alig , available to stream on Netflix starting Dec. 1. The film provides a lengthy, informational look at Aligs life through interviews with him and anecdotes from fellow former club kids like Ernie Glam and Kenny Kenny.

Alig, who was released from prison in 2014 after serving a 17-year sentence for murder (more on that later), spoke with The Huffington Post about the film, as well as the mark he left on the scene and what he hopes for the future of nightlife.

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