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Episode #6 2010 - THE WHISKEY AU GO GO

Image 1: Ground floor enterance to the Whiskey Au Go Go Night Club.

Image 2: Officers look at the damage to the clubs' first floor.

Image 3: The upstairs floors days following the fire.

In 1973 a purposely lit fire ripped through the inside of a busy Fortitude Valley night club, The Whiskey Au Go Go, with it claiming 15 lives and forever tainting Brisbanes night life.

The crime destroyed the ideal of 'The Valley' being a safe live music scene and it would take thirty years for the veil of sex, drugs and crime to be lifted allowing the area to again draw crouds from around Queensland.

Image 4: The arsonists John Andrew Stuart and James Richard Finch

All photos care of The Courier Mail (Brisbane). Please contact the copywritter prior to reproducing or replecating.

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