Harvey’s Casino Bomb

Post by beervirus » Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 4:56 PM UTC

geocrasher wrote: post #17

beervirus wrote: post #7

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Meh, no one was hurt. Vegas is all about spectacle, and this was certainly a spectacle.

This wasn't Vegas, this was Tahoe. My grandparents owned a home there not long after this happened, and I remember there being a lot of talk about it. But when this happened I was just a kid. This also wasn't long after Mount St. Helen blew up. My parents and I lived in Carson City at the time. I remember the ash falling. At first I thought it was snow! There was no ash from the Harvey's explosion though. It wasn't t…

Post by chris_va » Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 5:06 PM UTC

dylan604 wrote: post #46

dogorman wrote: post #41

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Yes, police are pretty good at solving "the spouse did it" crimes, the most obvious sort. When the victims were chosen randomly, the clearance rate becomes abysmal. They're also bad at solving crimes when the victims come from the marginalized fringes of society. Jack the Ripper is a famous unsolved case of a serial killer who targeted prostitutes more than a century ago. Modern examples include the Long Island kille…

Except for when the husband didn't do it after being convicted, where it turns out the wife was having an affair with a golf pro, and someone comes in and kills them both. I bet that one would even lend itself into making a great movie.

Post by me_me_me » Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 5:17 PM UTC

silexia wrote: post #74

me_me_me wrote: post #18

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that's because there are very few masterminds on the other side of the fence. The idea of a detective as per cop movies are romanticised, a lot of them are doing bare minimum and are as dumb as the criminals.

I had the misfortune of seeing this first hand. I caught an employee who embezzled $19,000 from my company red handed. The police refused to help even after I reported it until I called the mayor's office and complained.

Post by Apocryphon » Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 5:21 PM UTC

Ndymium wrote: post #14

In the end he was caught because his van was identified and because "One of his sons had revealed to his then-girlfriend that his father had placed a bomb in Harvey's." I always wonder at how criminals that otherwise might seem movie-like masterminds are caught as a result of mundane mistakes and outright stupid moves like this. You would think if you are going to bomb a place, the first thing would be to not talk ab…

Post by mavhc » Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 5:23 PM UTC

raldi wrote: post #32

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It is because you don't hear about the cases which don't slip up.

Huh? Big unsolved crimes receive unending fame.