The dominant Hurricane Camille story in this category involves a hurricane party the night of Aug. 17, 1969, at the Richelieu Manor Apartments in Pass Christian, Miss., where 23 people were said ...

Legend has it that many of the 23 residents of the infamous Richelieu Manor Apartments in Pass Christian, Mississippi who chose to stay for Hurricane Camille's landfall on the night of August 17 ...

Hurricane Camille, a Category 5 storm when it hit Aug. 17, 1969, was the then-worst storm in modern times with sustained winds of 190 mph — with higher gusts — and storm tides of more than 24 ...

Supposedly, a group of revelers held a hurricane party at a Mississippi apartment complex – laughed in the face of death – as Category 5 Hurricane Camille rampaged ashore in August 1969. But ...

The 1969 Hurricane Camille Hurricane Party: It Never Happened. As Hurricane Camille roared towards the Mississippi coast on the night of August 17, 1969, residents all along the coast fled the ...

These myths were finally debunked decades later by actual survivors who'd weathered Hurricane Camille at the complex, according to a 2020 report by the Sun Herald’s Kat Bergeron.

One of the most infamous stories from Camille was from the Richelieu Manor Apartments in Pass Christian, Miss. Twenty-three people were said to have died during a hurricane party when Camille ...

Editor's note: Fifty years ago Saturday, Hurricane Camille, the second-most intense hurricane to make landfall in the United States, slammed the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Here's a look at that storm ...

One of the worst hurricanes to ever hit the U.S. slammed into the Gulf Coast 53 years ago. Hurricane Camille was a monster Category 5 storm when it crashed ashore on the night of Aug. 17, 1969 ...

Editor's note: Fifty years ago Saturday, Hurricane Camille, the second-most intense hurricane to make landfall in the United States, slammed the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Here's a look at that storm ...

One of the worst hurricanes to ever hit the U.S. slammed into the Gulf Coast 53 years ago. Hurricane Camille was a monster Category 5 storm when it crashed ashore on the night of Aug. 17, 1969 ...