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SERIAL MURDER IN SIN CITY

Serial murder has become a mainstay of the 20th century and Las Vegas has not been spared from the random and often sadistic nature of murder committed as a compulsion. Click below to learn more about just a few of the serial murders linked to Sin City.

SERIAL KILLERS OF SIN CITY: PART II

We bring you Part 2 in our series on the serial killers that have passed through Las Vegas over the decades, including Brookey Lee West, John Wayne Gacy, and Stephen Peter Morin.

SHOCKING PROHIBITION ERA CRIMES OF LAS VEGAS

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. 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 the new underground market. During Prohibition, the tiny town of Las Vegas was the scene of both homegrown bootleggers and organized crime elements that predated the more familiar Vegas mafia figures by decades.

WILDEST CRIMES OF OLD WEST VEGAS

Las Vegas was founded in 1905 hundreds of miles away from the nearest sizable city. The early years of Vegas featured a town largely populated by prospectors and railroad workers that would often wile away their time in the saloons lining the city’s Red Light District. This mixture of rough characters, alcohol, and limited law enforcement created an Old West atmosphere.

Learn tales of Old West Vegas, such as a sheriff’s deputy challenging a judge to a duel, a saloon shooting, and the death of the first lawman in Las Vegas.

BOOMTOWN - A HISTORY OF LAS VEGAS BOMBINGS

Thousands of bombs have gone off across the United States over the course of the 20th century for every reason from the personal, to the political, to the financial. And Las Vegas was not spared from the threat of criminal bombings.

DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE - A HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN LAS VEGAS

Domestic violence can occur in any community and often has deadly results. The history of domestic crimes in Las Vegas shows how the city’s attitudes have evolved toward issues like stalking and self-defense claims by women that murdered their abusive spouses.