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Vegas Retold
Postcard view of the Sands Hotel and Casino sign and tower.
The Sands Hotel and Casino, circa 1967. Desert Supply/Curt Teich; via Wikimedia Commons

See a different side of Vegas.

Explore the people, places and unexpected turns that shaped the city.

What is Vegas Retold?

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Carl Cohen for Mayor

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More stories, more sides of the city.

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Vegas Retold begins with carefully researched Stories about the people and places that shaped Las Vegas. Read from anywhere. When you want to look closer, we’re building self-guided ways to follow selected Stories into the city, one stop at a time.

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Look closer with us. Follow the sources behind each story, see where accounts differ, and find out what’s still unknown.

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Explore the books.

Two collections of true Las Vegas stories that slipped out of the usual telling.

Cover of Lost Stories of Las Vegas

Lost Stories of Las Vegas: Stories the Strip Left Behind

By James Hogg and Piers Rollinson

Forty-five sourced, fact-checked accounts of overlooked Las Vegas episodes, from casino confrontations and celebrity lock-ins to an unsolved Stardust theft.

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More Lost Stories of Las Vegas: Stories the Strip Left Behind — Book Two

By James Hogg and Piers Rollinson

Forty-four more accounts drawn from court records, newspaper archives and Nevada history, spanning casino lore, vanished money, stage mishaps and unresolved cases.

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