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Cincinnati Magazine Photograph courtesy Peter Bronson One of the deadliest nightclub fires in U.S. history destroyed the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate on May 28, 1977, killing 165 people. Former Enquirer editor and columnist Peter Bronson has published a new book, Forbidden Fruit, about the tragedy’s connections to Northern Kentucky’s long history as a gambling and organized crime hotbed. The fire was no accident, Bronson claims, but in fact flowed from 40 years of “Sin City” corruption linked to the birth of Las Vegas and even JFK’s assassination. What was the Beverly Hi...

What caused the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire? Survivors skeptical of 'accident' label The fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in 1977 killed 165 people. Officials labeled it an accident, but former employees believe there's more to the story. Author: Shay McAlister, Taylor Weiter Published: 4:37 PM EDT May 7, 2021 Updated: 11:41 PM EDT May 7, 2021 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...

Kentucky constable's disappearance linked to mafia The family of Campbell County Constable George Hawkins has never gotten answers after he disappeared one April afternoon. Author: Shay McAlister, Taylor Weiter Published: 2:14 PM EDT May 6, 2021 Updated: 11:30 PM EDT May 6, 2021 NEWPORT, Ky. — In the 1960s, northern Kentucky had a very specific reputation. The original "Sin City," Newport was controlled by the Cleveland Mafia. "They really owned everything in Northern Kentucky from, pardon my French, the whorehouse to the state house," author ...

On April 7, 2001, according to testimony in Hamilton County Municipal Court: Two off-duty Cincinnati Police officers working late-night security at the Warehouse bar, 1313 Vine St., spotted 19-year-old Timothy Thomas on the street. They knew he was wanted on 14 outstanding warrants, most were traffic offenses. Thomas recognized one of the officers and ran. “I’m chasing a Black man, about 6 feet tall, wearing a red bandana and an Indy 500 jacket," Officer David Damico radioed a dispatcher. A dozen officers joined the chase down streets and alleys. Officer Stephen Roach, driving south on R...