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re: Anyone remember the E. Kirby Smith Dormitory Fire back in 1971?

Posted on 9/9/16 at 2:44 pm to
Posted by 777Tiger
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Posted on 9/9/16 at 2:44 pm to
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kirby smith is actually a for profit prison.



we used to call it the jumping dorm, a number of suicides there when I was at LSU
Posted by Scooba
Member since Jun 2013
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Posted on 9/9/16 at 2:46 pm to
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a number of suicides there when I was at LSU


Someone threw a mannequin out a window while I was there. Place was on lock down until they found it in the dumpster.
Posted by 777Tiger
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Posted on 9/9/16 at 2:50 pm to
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Someone threw a mannequin out a window while I was there. Place was on lock down until they found it in the dumpster.

there was a girl that jumped from there, in my sisters sorority, she had been raped by a local citizen from just north of campus, when they found her on the ground she was clutching a letter from her fiance that was in the bush in Viet Nam, he had lived there a year before
Posted by doublecutter
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 9/9/16 at 3:08 pm to
When I lived at Kirby Smith, some dude jumped from the top floor, when he hit the concrete, there was blood splash up the side of the building. The fire department came and hosed it down.
Posted by 777Tiger
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Posted on 9/9/16 at 3:15 pm to
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When I lived at Kirby Smith, some dude jumped from the top floor, when he hit the concrete, there was blood splash up the side of the building. The fire department came and hosed it down.

my first few days at LSU my gf took me to this place on the river bank south of campus, there was a rope swing that was way the hell up in the tree, maybe 120', if you survived the initial jolt when it bottomed out you would get a couple of swings out over the river, we saw some guy splat as he bottomed out and couldn't hold on, I still vividly remember the sound that he made
This post was edited on 9/9/16 at 3:16 pm
Posted by LNCHBOX
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Posted on 9/9/16 at 3:26 pm to
This thread took a morbid turn
Posted by 777Tiger
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Posted on 9/9/16 at 3:29 pm to
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This post was edited on 9/9/16 at 3:32 pm
Posted by soccerfüt
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Posted on 9/9/16 at 3:33 pm to
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1971
Jesus God, Are you Will Geer IRL?

Posted by Champagne
Sabine Free State.
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 9/9/16 at 4:12 pm to
Les Miles set the 1971 fire that almost killed a bunch of people in Kirby Smith Dorm.

NOW IT CAN BE REVEALED.
Posted by Eightballjacket
Member since Jan 2016
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Posted on 9/9/16 at 5:22 pm to
Usually it's the arsonist who likes to remind others of suspected arson fires that occurred many years ago. Is there still a reward?
Posted by LongueCarabine
Pointe Aux Pins, LA
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 9/9/16 at 8:17 pm to
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Someone threw a mannequin out a window while I was there. Place was on lock down until they found it in the dumpster.


When I was in 8th grade back around 1973-74, our class took a field trip to LSU. We were walking around the North Stadium dorms when a couple pranksters about 4 or 5 stories up threw a mannequin out their dorm window.

A bunch of the girls in our class freaked out, most of us guys thought it was the funniest thing we'd ever seen.

Yeah, living out in the sticks we didn't get a whole lot of entertainment.

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