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Hoaxster Zak Bagans Buys ‘Conjuring 2’ Demon Prop for Haunted Vegas Museum
Zak Bagans, host of cable TV’s “Ghost Adventures," recently announced on Instagram his acquisition of a major Hollywood horror artifact for his Zak Bagans’ The Haunted Museum in downtown Las Vegas. According to Bagans, his latest museum acquisition is the “ORIGINAL DEMON...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Accidental Drunken Wedding
EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on Nov. 4, 2022. Kourtney Kardashian has said she was “hot slob kabob” drunk when she married her fiancé, Blink-182 drummer...
It’s Curtains for ‘Jersey Boys’ in Vegas
“Jersey Boys,” the Tony-winning musical chronicling the 1960s rise of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, is abruptly closing at the Orleans in Las Vegas, where not that many people were apparently aware it had been playing since January. Its final curtain...
This Year Could be Deadliest Ever for Lake Mead, Already the Deadliest US National Park
Lake Mead National Recreation Area, already the nation’s deadliest national park with an average of 18.45 deaths per year since 2013, is on track to set a new death record in 2024. According to data obtained from the park service by KLAS-TV/Las...
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Popular British Pub Suddenly Brexits, Lavo Italian Taking a Riposo
Crown & Anchor, a British pub beloved by ex-pats and locals for nearly 30 years, is no more. No advance notice or reason was given for the closure, only a brief and vague note taped to its locked front door on July...
A YEAR IN SPHERE: How Concert Venue Dazzled and Transformed Las Vegas
One year ago July 4, the Sphere began its domination over the Las Vegas skyline -- not by means of height but by sheer imagination. It all started with a rather underwhelming “Hello World.” Then came 24/7 images of blinking giant eyeballs,...
WSOP Main Event Opens With Two First-Hand Busts
The Main Event at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) opened on Wednesday at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas at a few minutes after noon. And for two players, the dream of winning poker's most prestigious tournament ended a few...
New Doc Spotlights Cast Who Died of Cancer After Shooting John Wayne Film Downwind of Nevada Test Site
From the time it came out through the 1990s, “The Conqueror” -- starring John Wayne as Genghis Khan -- was known as a bad choice for its cast because it was horrible movie that flopped. Since then, it’s become known as a...
FAA Partially Clears Airport at Las Vegas Spaceport for Takeoff
An airport for recreational space travel in Las Vegas just cleared the second hurdle on its voyage toward reality. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently approved some of the plans for a private airport on 240 acres of desert land that its...
UPDATE: Grisly New Details in Escort Murder at Palms in Vegas
UPDATE: The name of the escort attacked in her Palms hotel room on June 12 has been released, as well as grisly deals about the crime, which Las Vegas police are now investigating as a murder. Police told KLAS-TV/Las Vegas that Larissa...