COCOANUT GROVE SITE
Site — Boston, Massachusetts
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/cocoanut-grove-site-boston-massachusetts/

November 28, 1942—the fire that killed 492.

A site in Boston, Massachusetts, Cocoanut Grove site is filed here for what the record attaches to it. November 28, 1942—the fire that killed 492. The presences in its file go unnamed: the grove dead, the record says. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. The site is open to visitors.

Cocoanut Grove is the deadliest — the '42 fire that killed 492, the nightclub that's the worst. The exits were the locked — the revolving doors that jammed, the inward opening that trapped. The Melody Lounge was the start — the basement that ignited, the decorations that spread.
The Welansky was the convicted — the owner who served 4 years, the pardon that came late. The codes were the changed — the fire laws that were rewritten, the revolving doors that were banned. Cocoanut Grove is the lesson — the safety that was bought, the 492 who paid.
The file keeps Cocoanut Grove: the 1942 fire, the 492 dead, the locked exits, and the code changes.
Cocoanut Grove is the archive's Boston file — the deadliest nightclub.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Cocoanut Grove is the archive's Boston file — the fire that changed codes.
A nightclub keeps its exits — the file's suggestion being that the Grove's hold is the locked: the 492 who couldn't leave, the Welansky who was convicted, and the laws that were rewritten.

FILED CLAIMS — 2 on record, reported not verified
· [Documented legend] named ghost legend: The dead are reportedly remembered. The presences go by the Grove dead in the file. The reports at Cocoanut Grove site are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. 'Cocoanut Grove' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. 'Cocoanut Grove' carries the account. The name gives the haunting a face, and the sightings give the name a job.
  source: Cocoanut Grove (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoanut_Grove_fire)
· [Media reported] historical legend: The fire is documented history. The site in Boston, Massachusetts gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. The press reported it; the reporting is documented, the phenomenon isn't. The report is preserved in sources like 'Cocoanut Grove'. Legends accrue where records go silent; this one filled the gap and stayed.
  source: Cocoanut Grove (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoanut_Grove_fire)

HISTORY — 1 documented facts
· The November 28, 1942 fire is documented; 492 died. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. The record appears in 'Cocoanut Grove'. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.

SOURCES — 1 cited
· Cocoanut Grove — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoanut_Grove_fire

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