On Memorial Day weekend of 1977, an event space and nightclub in Southgate, Kentucky, called the Beverly Hills Supper Club caught fire at around 8:50 in the evening. Within minutes, the building was fully engulfed and beginning to collapse, and 165 people were dead and dying.
In this episode, Ella tells the story of the tragic and very preventable Beverly Hills fire.
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Main sources for this episode include:
“Inside the Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire”, by R. Eliott, 2010
"Remembering the tragic Beverly Hills Supper Club fire", staff writers for The Enquirer, 2021
"The Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire", NFPA documentary, 1980
Additional information from:
"The Beverly Hills Supper Club: The Untold Story of Ky's Worst Tragedy", R. Webster et al, 2016
"$3 Million Settlement Approved In Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire", staff writer, New York Times, 1979
