The untold stories of Luna Park’s Ghost Train fire

Multiple witnesses to the deadly 1979 Ghost Train fire have come forward to reveal how they saw and heard a suspicious group of males at Luna Park or smelt kerosene, an accelerant.

But instead of following up the many leads, the NSW Police officer in charge, Detective Inspector Doug Knight, dismissed it all.

He cancelled the search for the suspects and swiftly concluded the fire was caused by an electrical fault.

ABC’s EXPOSED investigation has unearthed seven overlapping accounts of “youths” or “bikies” seen by staff and patrons at the theme park that night, with key witnesses speaking publicly for the first time.

Some have told the ABC they felt “intimidated” and “hounded” by NSW Police to change their original statements about what they…