The in-depth story of the Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire Disaster 1977. Thousands of patrons packed into the lavish Beverly Hills supper club, blissfully unaware that their evening of revelry is about to erupt in a hellish inferno.
Within minutes of the first flames, a tsunami of smoke and heat engulfed the sprawling complex, rapidly turning escape into a death trap for those unable to find exits.
Was it an accident, or a deliberate act of arson to cover up the secrets hidden within the club’s walls?
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Love the detail both in sound and video. I found that many events were happening in distant tribes. Land was change as due to changing environmental impacts. When food, water, and safe areas to lay down in.
My friends Dad had a date there that night, his date cancelled on him.
Horrifying. I cant imagine trying to escape a fire, only to be crushed by bodies panicking. Safety regulations truly are written in blood. Not having simple smoke detectives killed so many…
We never thank firefighters and emergency workers enough for just being there, a call away, willing to rush to you whatever situation you are in and despite not even knowing you. Doing god's work
Wow that lawsuit destroyed so many lives afterwards. How many companies that had nothing to do with incidents were sued out of business because of that lawsuit.
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George Clooney's father Nick, was the anchor for WKRC-TV in Cincinnati at that time, he covered it the evening of, then for several days afterward.
There is a set of videos of the coverage that evening here on YT (Or there was when I watched it a few years ago) then several years later he and reporter from back then, climbed the area to show areas in the bush where rooms would have been, and shared their memories.
Even those many years later you could tell the impact it had on them.
I heard they’ve built a nursing home on the former site of the club.
What an awful tragedy.
John Davidson? That would suck!
In remembrance:
Marian Adkins, 62
Amelia P. Arthur, 65
William Egar Arthur, 53
Ruth Katherine Backus, 49
Walter William Backus Jr., 50
Jean I. Baker, 51
Warren G. Baker, 54
Daniel Duane Barker, 29
Mabel Marie Barker, 55
Martin Herschel Barker, 60
John B. Beavers, 28
Ann Louise Beer, 23
Donald Nicholas Bezold, 34
Patricia Matilda Bezold, 30
Barbara Ann Bohrer, 23
Jane Louise Bohrer, 16
Judith Anne Bohrer, 28
Mary Louise Bohrer, 56
Raymond Willard Bohrer, 56
Thomas William Bohrer, 25
Doris Jean Brown, 44
James Kenton Brown, 46
Patricia Wilson Brown, 40
Charlotte Fidler Burns, 58
Robert Donaldson Burns, 60
Maxie Mae Hollan, 56
Roy O. Butler, 50
Howard Bernard Carson Sr., 69
Josephine M. Carson, 65
Helen Margaret Castelli, 53
Norbert John Castelli, 55
Stuart Patrick Coakley, 36
Geraldine Cole, 22
Ellen Hearne Cooksey, 58
Fred Miller Cooksey, 61
Carol Ann Cottongim, 32
Robert Douglas Cottongim, 34
Orville Coulter, 68
James Carl Cox, 59
James Brent Crane, 19
Harold Alan Daly, 32
Rose Mary Dischar, 38
Gloria Sue Duncil, 36
Mary Nell Dwyer, 26
Rosemary M. Dwyer, 56
Sheila Ann Dwyer, 23
Elmer Lee Ellison, 60
Nora Lee Ellison, 38
Grace Louise Fall, 48
William Louis Fawbush Sr., 70
Marilyn L. Finch, 41
Virginia Lee Fitch, 62
Helen Wright Floyd, 62
James Edward Fowler, 57
Anna Myrtle Freshener, 61
Fredrica Hehr Fryman, 40
Martin Scott Fryman, 14
Tracy Owen Fryman, 16
Willard T. Fryman, 40
Lenora Hill Gentry, 30
Mary Ann Gorham, 46
Richard Allen Gorham, 48
Russell Oscar Gray, 23
Carol Ann Greer, 31
Frankie McKinley Greer, 33
Clarence F. Gripshover, 48
Donnye Clyde Grogan, 50
Felton Birdsong Harrison, 73
Douglas George Herro, 27
Harry Richard Hodges II, 27
Barbara J. Hous, 51
Dorothy D. Isaacs, 67
Mary Louise Ittel, 58
Ruth Jones John, 59
Lillian Roettger Jutzi, 58
Raymond Clarence Jutzi, 67
Robert Eugene Kettman, 34
Susan A. Kettman, 33
Tammy C. Kincer, 18
Lucy Mae King, 57
Paul Grigsby Kiser, 54
Minnie Jane Knight, 70
Donald Eugene Koontz, 48
Dorothy Maxine Koontz, 46
Carl Krigbaum Jr., 55
Diane Lee Lape, 25
Etta Ellen Leis, 70
Gary Lee Littrell, 29
Sharon Lea Littrell, 26
Leona Catherine Long, 72
James P. Lyon, 42
Monica Ann Lyon, 42
Margaret Elizabeth Malowan, 54
Sharlene Matthews, 27
Herman Clark Mayfield, 35
Sara Lucille McClain, 72
Collis William Mitchell, 50
Minda Marie Moford, 16
Agnes Irene Muddiman, 48
Everett Henry Neill Jr., 27
Paula Lynne Neill, 23
Jean Darlene Noe, 28
Mildred F. Overton, 62
Ruth Holliday Patterson, 67
Harold Russell Penwell Jr., 28
Hilma C. Pfeiffer, 64
Lawrence G. Phelps, 44
Margaret Elizabeth Phillips, 65
Alberta Catherine Pieper, 49
Mary Lou Pitsenbarger, 55
Nolan E. Pitsenbarger, 62
Richard Karl Pokky, 23
Dorothy V. Polley, 72
George Charles Polley, 73
Ethel D. Prugh, 55
Gary M. Prugh, 30
Lloyd J. Prugh, 56
Virginia Lynn Raitt, 34
Virginia K. Ramler, 52
Anna Lee Reinicke, 59
Nell Oakley Reynolds, 71
Elma Beatrice Rhinehart, 74
Charles Joe Rist, 59
Maymie Louise Rist, 57
Robert Ralph Roden, 58
Terrie Lynn Rose, 26
Alma J. Schnapp, 67
Joseph John Schrantz, 63
Mary Agnes Schrantz, 61
Rosalie S. Schuman, 33
Robert Glenn Seaman, 57
Percy M. Shepherd, 64
Charles Daniel Sherwood, 54
Evelyn Mae Shough, 61
Donna S. Skaggs, 22
Paul Herman Smith, 54
Ann Light Stallons, 44
Opal Lucille Stewart, 57
Fred Kolby Stratton, 37
John Robert Strom, 52
Lora June Sykes, 29
Robert Earl Sykes, 29
Steven Howard Taylor, 26
Barbara A. Thornhill, 35
Carolyn Louise Thornhill, 35
Darlene E. Thornhill, 18
Robert H. Thornhill, 36
Rosemary R. Tilley, 33
Glenna Neomi Turner, 63
John Laurie Twaddell, 52
Diana Lou Tyra, 19
Doris L. Tyra, 46
Phyllis Ann Tyra, 24
Mary Susan Vogel, 29
Otilia Margaret Vollman, 84
Fred Eugene Wade, 61
Martha Elinor Wade, 62
George Raymond Walker Jr., 32
Beatrice E. Wenning, 57
Gertrude Mary Williams, 67
Betty Wilson, 62
Mary Ann Work, 29
Robert Fred Zadek, 39
George Zorick Jr., 52
George Zorick III, 33
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Why do youtubers chose to do the same videos that 900 other youtubers have already done??? Find something else! At that point your just trying to capitalize on the death of these people and make money!
Guess you could say it was the final night club..literally
aluminum wires no good?
In general if you see smoke or fire evacuate immediately. Even if you smell fire start heading out . If it turns out to be a smaller fire great it will be easier for firefighters to extinguish it with everyone out of the building and they dont have to risk their lifes to get people out . If it is bad it will safe lifes .
People really underestimate how fast fire spreads and how little you can do once it starts . Plus the smoke emanating from fire is often extremely toxic and often contains a lot of co . Co replaces oxygen in your blood . You really dont have much time to get out after you start inhaling it . A lot of people wil faint in minutes or even seconds if the concentration is really high . Plus it hampers your thinking so it's best to know where you will go in case of emergency before something happens.
I work as a fireguard and we get 1 chance to extinguish a small fire . If we can't stop it the first time everyone has to be evacuated and firefighters called .
Because by that point both your life and the life of the people around you are in danger .
before my time
On google maps it looks like they are developing the area in to a neighborhood now.
Wherever you go.. hotels, malls, cinemas etc. always locate your main and alternate exits. If you have a bad feeling about the place, leave immediately.
This remember me of the Boate Kiss in brazil. There was so many wrong things wrong that day, a lot of new rules was made after this case.
I feel bad for them 😔 they just wanted to have good time rip the people who died 🙁
🎶To my surprise, one hundred stories high
People getting loose y'all, getting down on the roof
Folks are screaming, out of control
It was so entertaining when the boogie started to explode
I heard somebody say
disco inferno
(Burn baby burn) burn that mother down
(Burn baby burn) disco inferno
(Burn baby burn) burn that mother down🎶
😏
People could smoke in public wayyyy back then and everything was flammable.
This place was a DEATH TRAP!
Since Jr High school 30+ years ago I've always tried to stand by an exit while in a room with hundreds or thousands of people. I grew up hearing about all these fires. That's why I became a Firefighter/EMT.
My grandfather was one of the fire chiefs on the scene that night. That had to have been a terrible scene to witness.
Grew up in this area my whole life, my parents were alive to remember the fire and this is really the first I've learned about it outside what they've told me (which isn't much since they were kids). It's crazy how many regulations that are so normal to us came out of this.
Interestingly enough, in the last handful of years, there was a huge controversy in this area because someone bought the land and turned it into a house development.
Thanks for sharing this video!
It seems like the same scenario in all fires with clubs!
This is such a Kentucky thing.
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We go to a comedy club that's in an older building. I always make sure I sit near an exit. This video makes me feel way less paranoid.
At first I thought it was gonna be the Great White Station one
"The architect wasn't properly licensed" we can tell
Clarky Mayfield was a football coach at a small college near me. He was there this night, he got out but lost his life going back in to save other people. He died a true hero. Should be able to search his name
Lived in Hermosa Beach at the time. My 11 year old self remembers this like it was yesterday.
So strange that I’ve heard of so many other famous fires, like the Cocoanut Grove and the Station Fire, but never this one. I didn’t even know aluminum wiring existing. It sounds so stupid.
Yet nighclub fires continue to kill ppl
lol just Americans killing fellow Americans. still happens to this day 😂
The book is a good read vary detailed
Video sugestion: can you make a video about the Colectiv fire or Crevedia explosion?
I might go have a look around the site tomorrow.
I would have hated to live in the area of the fire, all that toxic smoke in the air making it hard to breathe. If I was alive during that time and lived in that neighborhood or in a surrounding neighborhood I would leave for a few months and go live somewhere else
I would have hated to live in the area of the fire, all that toxic smoke in the air making it hard to breathe. If I was alive during that time and lived in that neighborhood or in a surrounding neighborhood I would leave for a few months and go live somewhere else
What a terrible way to die
I dont understand how hardly any could find an exit