BHSC History and Community Resources

Below are links to a number of resources for information about the Supper Club, its history, the fire, and discussion groups. If you know of any other resources that should be included here, please post in the comments section for consideration. 

BOOKS

The Beverly Hills Supper Club - The Untold Story of Kentucky's Worst Tragedy by Robert Webster, David Brock (contributor) and Tom McConaughy (contributor). 

Five years in the making, this is the most comprehensive history of the BHSC, its ties to the Newport Syndicate, the fire and the aftermath. It chronicles all of the available evidence as collected by a team of people committed to finding and sharing the complete picture of what happened the night of May 28th, 1977. Webster, Brock and McConaughy, along with Wayne Dammert (see below), are the leading historians of the Supper Club and the fire. 

Inside the Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire by Ron Elliot 

This book is invaluable in its recounting of the BHSC fire as it is the story told by Wayne Dammert, a long-time employee of the Beverly who not only led a group of people safely out of the fire, but who is today one of the leading historians on the Supper Club and the fire.


        

Beverly Hills Country Club by Earl W. Clark and Allen J. Singer

This book contains rare photographs and some of the entertainment history from the Country Club years of the Beverly Hills. Allen J. Singer has also written books on the Cincinnati Subway System, Mass Transit in Cincinnati and the old Theatre and Entertainment district of Cincinnati.


Community Groups 

Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire Facebook Group (Admin: Tom McConaughy) 

Remember the Victims of The Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire (Admin: Tim Abramis)

BHSC 40th Year Project (Admin: Helen Ann Swartwout)


Other Media 

The Real Deal Podcast - The Scandal of The Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire 
(an extended interview with Tom McConaughy and David Brock).