(A Current Affair)Ī year after the fire, young Brisbane mum Barbara McCulkin and her two daughters disappeared with their bodies never found. "I just hope there are answers for the ones, for the people who are left behind, who lost their loved ones." A year after the fire, young Brisbane mum Barbara McCulkin and her two daughters disappeared with their bodies never found. it was deliberate, so uncalled for, and it was deliberate," Karin said. (A Current Affair)įrom day one there have been rumours more people than Finch and Stuart were behind the deadly attack, with the upcoming inquest looking to shed more light on those claims. He was expected to give evidence from there at next week's inquest but any secrets he had were taken to the grave with the career criminal dying earlier this year. Stuart died in jail six years later while Finch was released on bail after 15 years behind bars and deported to the UK. (A Current Affair)īoth were convicted of murder but claimed they were innocent. The Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub the night it was attacked. ![]() Within 72 hours of the attack, two known criminals - John Stuart and James Finch - were charged over the atrocity. "I got outside and I could hear people screaming and you know, glass was breaking and I got out the back window and there were people trying to clamber out next door," he told Nine News at the time. It's estimated there were about 60 people in the club when it went up, one of those who survived was drummer David Neden who spoke the day after the disaster. Karin Carter was enjoying a night out with a friend at the Whiskey Au Go Go club when it was attacked. "Next minute he got me up, pushed the door open, and there was a window, it was quite high up, I remember was very high up, he got something for me to stand on, smashed the window, and then pushed me through and I remember ending up on a ledge, a roof, part of the ledge and people helped me down," Karin said, recalling the moment she was saved. The 76-year-old said if it wasn't for the quick thinking actions of her friend, she could have died. "Obviously the carbon monoxide got to me and I just couldn't breathe so I decided to lie down, I had enough, I just couldn't do it," she explained. READ MORE: McCulkin family killer Garry Dubois found dead in prison cell ![]() She said within seconds of the explosion the lights went out and she was so overcome by smoke, she simply laid down and all but gave up. "No, no you can't, I'll take that to my grave, I'm sure," Arnold told A Current Affair Reporter Chris Allen. McCulkin murders: How police cracked case four decades later
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