Gambling Raid

ID: 2394

This file appears in: Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire

Northern Kentucky nightspots have a long history of illegal gambling activities. This photograph from the 1950s of a police raid was taken in Newport. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire

Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire

By Amanda L. Higgins

Historical Marker #2237 in Southgate, Kentucky, marks the site of the former Beverly Hills Supper Club, where 165 people died and the building was destroyed by a fire on May 28, 1977. During Prohibition, the towns along the Ohio River in…