Beatrice, Nebraska

==In popular culture==
Beatrice is the setting for ''[[The Gallows]]'', a 2015 [[found footage (pseudo-documentary)|found footage]] movie that was co-written, co-directed and co-produced by Chris Lofing, a graduate of Beatrice High School.<ref name=wolgamott/>

A popular story was circulated about a near-miss that occurred in Beatrice, when, at 7:25 pm on March 1, 1950, a church was destroyed by a natural gas explosion five minutes after a scheduled choir practice was to start, but no one was injured because all fifteen members were late, and thus not present at the time of the explosion. [[Snopes.com]] identified this as a true event.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mikkelson|first1=David|title=Choir Non-Quorum|url=http://www.snopes.com/luck/choir.asp}}</ref> It was covered in an episode of ''[[Unsolved Mysteries]]''.

In June 2022, [[HBO Max]] released a documentary series titled ''[[Mind Over Murder (TV series)|Mind Over Murder]]'' about the ''[[Beatrice Six]]'', a group of acquaintances who were falsely convicted of a 1985 rape and murder that took place in Beatrice.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/beatrice-six-where-are-they-now-mind-over-murder-hbo-1717313|title='Mind Over Murder' HBO: Who Were the Beatrice Six and Where Are They Now?|last1=Mitchell|first1=Molli|publisher=[[Newsweek]]|date=June 20, 2022|accessdate=July 6, 2022}}</ref>

A 1970 science fiction novel "The House in November" by [[Keith Laumer]] takes place largely in Beatrice, Nebraska.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}