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Aug 6, 2022 · Nearly a half-century after arson killed 32 people in a New Orleans gay bar, the City Council has renewed the search for the remains of four victims, including three who were never identified.
Jun 24, 2023 · On the evening of June 24, 1973, an arsonist torched the entryway into the Up Stairs Lounge in New Orleans, setting off a catastrophic blaze that quickly ate up the stairway leading up to the...
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The attack took place at the Upstairs Lounge on June 24, 1973. The bar was situated on the second floor of a three-story building on Chartres Street in New Orleans’ famed French Quarter district. The bar was a haven for gay and gay-friendly neighborhood folk, and filled with people that night — the last Sunday of Pride week that year. A beer bust w...
What no one knew is that the owners had inadvertently created a firetrap. Wallpaper, curtains, padding and carpet were all in place and all it would ever take was a match to turn their stairwell into a flu, and the bar inside into a furnace. As it becomes clear in Upstairs Inferno, that’s precisely what happened — accelerated by only one small can ...
Response was a melee. Firetrucks found themselves blocked by cars, pedestrians and onlookers. One firetruck attempted to use the sidewalk to bypass them and hit a taxi. Once it was all over, 28 people had died at the scene of the 16-minute blaze. Another victim died en route to the hospital and another 18 suffered injuries. One of those later died....
Did he intend to cause the carnage he did? Was he even responsible? Was he mentally unwell? They’re all unanswerable questions, but Upstairs Infernograpples with them all. No motive ever seems to justify mass murder. And yet, there’s always someone willing to do that grisly work — and it’s not always the person with the gas can in his hands. Want M...
May 6, 2019 · It was a horrific scene to relate: a fire in a busy bar on the fringe of New Orleans’s French Quarter that was set with lighter fluid. On that evening, flames had invaded a sanctuary for...
Aug 18, 2022 · After nearly 50 years, New Orleans issued a formal apology for its response to an arson at the popular gay bar UpStairs Lounge and renews the search for the remains of four victims.
Jun 24, 2018 · On June 24, 1973, a fire ripped through the Up Stairs Lounge — a gay bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The cause was arson. No one was ever charged or convicted of the crime. Much of...
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Jun 24, 2016 · Before this month's shooting in Orlando, the deadliest attack on gay people in the U.S. happened at the UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in New Orleans. On this date in 1973, someone set fire to that...
