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Whiskey Au Go Go: Part 1
WARNING: Strong content and language.
31st October 2018 marks the 30th Anniversary of James Finch confessing to firebombing the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub in Fortitude Valley. Fifteen people died in the fire on Thursday, 8th March, 1973, at the time it was Australia's worst mass murder. John Stuart and James Finch were convicted of murder however they claimed innocence. Stuart was found dead in his prison cell on New Years Day, 1979; Finch was paroled in 1988 and deported to England. In this episode, Gaol Director Jack Sim, author of “History of Boggo Road Gaol”, and former prison officer John, talk about Stuart.
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By Boggo Road GaolWARNING: Strong content and language.
31st October 2018 marks the 30th Anniversary of James Finch confessing to firebombing the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub in Fortitude Valley. Fifteen people died in the fire on Thursday, 8th March, 1973, at the time it was Australia's worst mass murder. John Stuart and James Finch were convicted of murder however they claimed innocence. Stuart was found dead in his prison cell on New Years Day, 1979; Finch was paroled in 1988 and deported to England. In this episode, Gaol Director Jack Sim, author of “History of Boggo Road Gaol”, and former prison officer John, talk about Stuart.