It's a city that has defined popular culture. An oasis in the desert, a mirage — it’s a city of buzzing neon, world-class performers, and fortunes made and lost. A city that invites you to explore your deepest desires: a playground for adults replete with casinos, showgirls, and all-you-can-eat buffets. But how did Vegas become “Sin City”? A place that promotes a fantasy of adult freedoms: a vacation from boundaries, rules, accountability? A place where people from all over the world visit to be their wildest, most uninhibited selves, even if it’s just for just a couple nights? We’re going to dive deep into all things Las Vegas. From the genesis of shotgun weddings, to film portrayals of the mob-era, to the social engineering behind mega-casinos...this is Spectacle Season 2: Las Vegas, what Sin City tells us about American culture.
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Introducing: RESCUE
The Dark Secrets of the "White Devil" - Witness Smoke Screen: Betrayal on the Bayou
Unmasking the Spectacle: Draptomaniax Reveals Untold Stories of Black History
Step into the Dark Side of Hollywood: Experience Death on The Lot
Introducing Smoke Screen: Deadly Cure
Introducing: Death of an Artist
True Crime | 12. True Crime, Glass of Wine, Bed by 9 -- A White Lady Obsession
True Crime | 11. Forensic Files, CSI and the Peddling of Junk Science
True Crime | 10. Is Prestige True Crime Sensationalizing Real Pain?
True Crime | 9. The Feminist Fantasy of Law & Order: SVU
True Crime | 8. Soledad O'Brien Highlighting 'Black & Missing' Women
True Crime | 7. From Dirty John to Anna ‘Delvey’ -- why we love a good con
True Crime | 6. Citizen Sleuthing Gone Good… and Bad
True Crime | 5. If It Bleeds, It Leads
True Crime | 4. Keith Morrison on How Dateline Cracked the True Crime Code
True Crime | 3. How Televised Trials Of The 90s Turned Crime Into a Spectacle
True Crime | 2. "Hot Ted Bundy"
True Crime | 1. In Cold Blood to Serial & true crime tropes
Introducing Spectacle: True Crime
Las Vegas | 12. True Crime in Sin City: Mobsters, Murders and Thieves
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