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Howard Hughes in Las Vegas

From 1968 to 1972 Howard Hughes holed up in a suite in the Desert Inn casino in Las Vegas. Addicted to morphine and living on candy bars and milk, he was in bad shape. When he was told to leave, he bought the hotel and stayed. Soon he owned half of Vegas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Selects: Did Shakespeare really write all that stuff?

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  Short Stuff: Knuckle Cracking

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  The Story of Starvation Heights

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  Selects: How Flight Attendants Work

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  The 1993 Waco Siege

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  Short Stuff: All about BPAs

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  Eels Alive!

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  Selects: Did Mallory Make it to the Top of Everest First?

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  The Hindenburg Disaster

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  Short Stuff: Did Tippi Hedron start the Vietnamese manicure industry?

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  Humanists, the Happy Heathens

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  Selects: Can movies be cursed?

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  Let's Go to Camp... David!

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  Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

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  Boeing's Nosedive: The 737-MAX