Unsolved: Fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in 1977 claimed 165 lives; Survivors skeptical over caus

SOUTHGATE, Ky. — A nightclub fire on Memorial Day weekend 1977 killed 165 people in a small northern Kentucky town. Hundreds were injured and even more saw their lives forever changed. In the decades since the blaze, questions surrounding the case still remain — but no answers.

What caused the fire that changed the town of Southgate: faulty wires or something much more sinister? The UNSOLVED team looks into the case.

The night of May 28, 1977 started like any other at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate. Drinks were poured, toasts were made and huge crowds cashed in their $10 ticket for seats at the extravagant cabaret room.

"Two comedians were performing and another busboy went up and grabbed a mic and told the people that the room was on fire, not to panic and to leave and they laughed at him," one witness would tell television crews. "They thought it was part of the act."

Then, black smoke poured through the room, the club's lights flashing on and off. People began fearing for their lives, trying to escape the packed club.

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