Episode 105 - The Whiskey Au Go Go Fire

True Crime Island

Cambo

True Crime

4.6 • 971 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

It’s the 8th of March 1973, Fortitude Valley, Queensland. Fire breaks out in a nightclub killing 15 people. This is the story of the Whiskey Au Go Go Nightclub fire.

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0:00.0	It's the 8th of March 1973, Fortitude Valley, Queensland.
0:18.0	Fire breaks out in a nightclub killing 15 people. This is the story of the Whiskey A Go Go Night Club Fire. When you're, when, when, when,
0:37.0	When,
0:38.0	When,
0:40.0	... Hi, I'm your host Cambo, grab a, and Pull up a deck chair. This is True Crime Island.
0:46.0	Another True Crime Podcast. When you're, when.
0:55.0	when.
0:57.0	When.
0:58.0	When.
1:00.0	When.
1:02.0	When you're, when. Hi Islanders well this week we go back to 1973 to a place called Fortitude Valley, which is walking distance almost northeast of the
1:27.0	Brisbane CBD. Nowadays it's been cleaned up a bit with urban renewal programs and it was a huge shopping district in the 50s and 60s
1:36.5	but the place fell into a bit of disrepair during the 70s and brothels illegal
1:41.6	gambling dens and the seedier side of life flourished in the town.
1:47.0	Criminals and corruption were the order of the day overseen by crooked cops and corrupt politicians. Now the main references I will use
1:56.9	tonight is a book I was able to get from Amazon called the Whiskey Gogo
2:02.1	Massacre, Murder, Arson and The Crime of the Century by Jeff Plunkett.
2:08.0	Also my usual newspaper.com subscription where I used the Sydney Morning Herald and the age newspapers of the day.
2:14.3	Also I've got some court records. So along with all the vice and corruption in
2:20.6	Fortitude Valley you need a place to party as well. On the corner of
2:25.7	Amelia Street and St Paul's Terrace there was, and still is today, a two-story
2:32.0	building. You can look it up on Google Street View if you like, but if you can
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