This podcast episode was originally released as part of the Sin City Stories: Vegas True Crime series

With the passage of the 18th Amendment and the Federal Volstead Act, liquor was, by and large, made illegal across the United States starting in 1920 – including in the tiny newly-formed desert town of Las Vegas.

This immediately created a lucrative black market for the illicit sale of alcohol, and along with it came an explosion of violent crime as competing rackets fought for control of this new underground market.k h

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This podcast episode was originally released as part of the Sin City Stories: Vegas True Crime series

In the spring of 1980, headlines across the united states screamed out, “ANGEL OF DEATH!”

These sensational stories centered around 32-year-old Jani Adams, a nurse working the graveyard shift in a Las Vegas Intensive Care Unit. These articles about the so-called “Death Angel” carried a distinctly Vegas twist – word was, this nurse was running a hospital “dead pool”, placing wagers on when patients would die.

But how did a mild-mannered nurse - who described herself being “shy as a mouse” - end up in the national spotlight for allegedly murdering her patients?

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This podcast episode was originally released as part of the Sin City Stories: Vegas True Crime series

The trial surrounding the 1998 alleged murder of a casino heir was one of the most sensational cases in Las Vegas history, garnering national attention.

But decades before tales of jilted lovers, underground vaults in the desert, and a man rapidly squandering his wealth on a wild lifestyle, Ted Binion was at the center of another Las Vegas crime plot.

Click here to learn more about the planned kidnapping of Ted Binion and the wild events that followed - including newspaper articles, photos and more!

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This podcast episode was originally released as part of the Sin City Stories: Vegas True Crime series

In the spring of 1996, a trio of bodies were discovered in the desert just outside of Las Vegas. Initially believed to be victims of sex trafficking, the case remained unsolved for over a decade, demonstrating a troubling proposition:

Three people can be murdered in a major American city, with little more than a passing mention in the local press and zero potential suspects.

Click here to learn more about the triple-murder of Luz Maria Mucino, Edith Mucino Gonzalez, and Gabriela Mucino Gonzalez - including newspaper articles, photos, and more!

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This podcast episode was originally released as part of the Sin City Stories: Vegas True Crime series

It's one of the most high-profile murders in the history of Las Vegas.

On a scorching hot 115 degree summer day, a former FBI agent & prominent attorney left his office in downtown Las Vegas and made his way to the third floor parking garage.

Bill Coulthard climbed into his car, cracked the window, started the ignition, and THAT'S when it happened...

Click here to learn more about the murder of Bill Coulthard - including newspaper articles, photos, and more!

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It’s June 3, 1999…early morning, sometime around 5 am in a quiet neighborhood roughly a mile from the Las Vegas Strip.

Walking through this serene scene is a young man in his early twenties, draped in a camouflage shirt, sporting black pants and boots. In his hands, a pump-action shotgun loaded to maximum capacity. In his pockets are more shells…ready to be used. A total of nineteen shells in all.

The man’s name is Zane Floyd, and on this early summer morning, he plans to use those ninteen shells to kill the first nineteen people he encounters.

And as a resident of this neighbourhood, he already knows exactly where his first stop will be.

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During the 1970's, the Las Vegas Hilton featured some of the most modern amenities in town along with incredible showcase entertainers. The hotel looked poised for additional growth and success heading into the 1980's.

But the deadliest arson in modern Nevada history temporarily derailed the steady expansion the Hilton had enjoyed, while putting a young hotel busboy in the national spotlight as the unlikely hero-turned suspect responsible for the blaze.

Click here to learn more about story of the fire at the Las Vegas Hilton - including photos, newspaper articles, and more!

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The term "serial killer" originated in the 1970s and was coined to describe individuals who commit a series of murders, typically with a cooling-off period between each crime.

The FBI formally defined "serial murder" in the 1980s, highlighting the repetitive nature of the killings and the psychological motivation behind them.

The term has since become widely used in criminology and pop culture to categorize and understand this specific type of criminal behavior…

…a criminal behavior from which Las Vegas has not been spared.

Click here to read more about the serial killers who've had connections to Las Vegas - including photos, newspaper articles, and more!

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