Harvey’s Casino Bomb

哈维赌场炸弹

Scamtown

社会与文化

2024-08-26

43 分钟
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In the summer of 1980, Harvey’s Casino in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, prepares for the busy Labor Day weekend. But when a new photocopy machine turns out to be a 1,000-pound bomb, a wild series of events ensues as the FBI races against time to deactivate the explosive and stop a criminal mastermind. Scamtown is an Apple Original podcast, produced by FunMeter. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts. http://apple.co/Scamtown

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  • So picture this.

  • It's 1980, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

  • You spent the day out on the boat and now you're trying your luck in the casino.

  • The air is filled with smoke, slot machines are going off all over the place, and you're up a couple hundred bucks.

  • It's not a bad day until someone taps you on the shoulder and says, you need to evacuate immediately because there's a bomb in the building.

  • August 26, 1980.

  • A photocopy machine looking bomb arrives at Harvey's Casino, which triggers a wild series of events.

  • Imagine if the Coen brothers were asked to direct Martin Scorsese's casino, but with.

  • Half the budget, we'll dive into the psyche of a criminal Mastermind and the FBI's Race Against Time to stop them.

  • Welcome to Scamtown, an Apple original podcast produced by Fun Meter.

  • I'm Brian Lazard.

  • And I'm James Lee Hernandez.

  • We're filmmakers who've been trading stories now for quite some time.

  • Obsessed and compelled to bring some of our favorites to life.

  • We love a surprising heist, an intricate scam, or just pulling back the curtain on something you think you know.

  • Entering a world that's stranger than fiction, and riding that line between comedy and tragedy.

  • This is Scam town, a place for our favorite stories that do just that.

  • Today's episode, Harvey's Casino Bomb.

  • James, have you ever been to Lake Tahoe?

  • I have.