Episode 35: The Up Stairs Lounge fire
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English - May 01, 2017 00:29 - 1 hour - 61.1 MB - ★★★★ - 723 ratingsHistory Society & Culture explosions history massshootings tornadoes volcanoes aviationaccidents disaster disasters earthquakes fires Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On the last day of Pride in 1973, the Up Stairs Lounge in New Orleans felt like it always did. The Sunday beer bust was in full swing, patrons were discussing an upcoming charity event, and the gay bar repeatedly busted out their anthem, "United We Stand." When the downstairs buzzer rang, one of the regulars went to open the door to the stairwell to see who it was. It wasn't a person, though. It was an inferno.