The Jeff Does Vegas Podcast

After a year-and-a-half away from the studio, I'm jumping back behind the mic for a special, one-off bonus episode of Jeff Does Vegas!   If you’ve walked the Strip lately, you may have noticed a glaring lack of Canadian tourists. For decades, Canada has been Las Vegas's most reliable international ally, but over the last year, that pipeline has frozen almost completely solid.   Let’s get o...

Welcome to  “From The Vault” , a special series of episodes of  Jeff Does Vegas! Over the five years I ran this podcast, from 2019 to 2024, I released over 180 episodes and along the way, I talked to some very cool Vegas insiders, entertainers, and local experts. I also shared lots of tips & travel advice, and explored the fascinating history of the city. I thought it might be fun to take a li...

Welcome to  “From The Vault” , a special series of episodes of  Jeff Does Vegas! Over the five years I ran this podcast, from 2019 to 2024, I released over 180 episodes and along the way, I talked to some very cool Vegas insiders, entertainers, and local experts. I also shared lots of tips & travel advice, and explored the fascinating history of the city. I thought it might be fun to take a li...

Welcome to  “From The Vault” , a special series of episodes of  Jeff Does Vegas! Over the five years I ran this podcast, from 2019 to 2024, I released over 180 episodes and along the way, I talked to some very cool Vegas insiders, entertainers, and local experts. I also shared lots of tips & travel advice, and explored the fascinating history of the city. I thought it might be fun to take a li...

Welcome to  “From The Vault” , a special series of episodes of  Jeff Does Vegas! Over the five years I ran this podcast, from 2019 to 2024, I released over 180 episodes and along the way, I talked to some very cool Vegas insiders, entertainers, and local experts. I also shared lots of tips & travel advice, and explored the fascinating history of the city. I thought it might be fun to take a li...

This podcast episode was originally released as part of the  Sin City Stories: Vegas True Crime series Nevada offers the same lax residency requirements to obtain divorce today as it did nearly 100 years ago; a person only has to live in the state for six weeks before being eligible to for a divorce. But not too long after Nevada gained a reputation as the place to go for a quickie divorce, Las Ve...

This podcast episode was originally released as part of the  Sin City Stories: Vegas True Crime series In the 1970's Las Vegas was the site of bombings & murders...but not ALL of this mayhem was linked to the mafia. In the fall of 1975, a labor dispute between the Culinary Union and several off-strip restaurants escalated into violence. This ultimately resulted in the head of the Culinary...

This podcast episode was originally released as part of the  Sin City Stories: Vegas True Crime series Thousands of bombs have gone off across the United States over the course of the 20th & 21st centuries for every reason…from the personal, to the political, to the financial.   And through its short history, the city of Las Vegas has not been spared from the threat of criminal bombings. To le...

This podcast episode was originally released as part of the  Sin City Stories: Vegas True Crime series Las Vegas teenager  Kim Bryant  went missing from in front of her high school on a winter's day in 1979. Her abduction & murder would scar the Vegas community and remain unsolved for decades. But just as the case seemed to be going cold, new suspects in the disappearance would emerge - in...

This podcast episode was originally released as part of the  Sin City Stories: Vegas True Crime series The 1979 daylight abduction of a teenager from a parking lot nearby her Las Vegas High School absolutely stunned the local community. It was only a few weeks before the body of  Kim Bryant  was discovered in the desert surrounding the city, but it would be decades before police would finally be a...

Welcome to  “From The Vault” , a special series of episodes of  Jeff Does Vegas! Over the five years I ran this podcast, from 2019 to 2024, I released over 180 episodes and along the way, I talked to some very cool Vegas insiders, entertainers, and local experts. I also shared lots of tips & travel advice, and explored the fascinating history of the city. I thought it might be fun to take a li...

Welcome to  “From The Vault” , a special series of episodes of  Jeff Does Vegas! Over the five years I ran this podcast, from 2019 to 2024, I released over 180 episodes and along the way, I talked to some very cool Vegas insiders, entertainers, and local experts. I also shared lots of tips & travel advice, and explored the fascinating history of the city. I thought it might be fun to take a li...

Welcome to  “From The Vault” , a special series of episodes of  Jeff Does Vegas! Over the five years I ran this podcast, from 2019 to 2024, I released over 180 episodes and along the way, I talked to some very cool Vegas insiders, entertainers, and local experts. I also shared lots of tips & travel advice, and explored the fascinating history of the city. I thought it might be fun to take a li...

Welcome to  “From The Vault” , a special series of episodes of  Jeff Does Vegas! Over the five years I ran this podcast, from 2019 to 2024, I released over 180 episodes and along the way, I talked to some very cool Vegas insiders, entertainers, and local experts. I also shared lots of tips & travel advice, and explored the fascinating history of the city. I thought it might be fun to take a li...

Welcome to  “From The Vault” , a special series of episodes of  Jeff Does Vegas! Over the five years I ran this podcast, from 2019 to 2024, I released over 180 episodes and along the way, I talked to some very cool Vegas insiders, entertainers, and local experts. I also shared lots of tips & travel advice, and explored the fascinating history of the city. I thought it might be fun to take a li...

Welcome to  “From The Vault” , a special series of episodes of  Jeff Does Vegas! Over the five years I ran this podcast, from 2019 to 2024, I released over 180 episodes and along the way, I talked to some very cool Vegas insiders, entertainers, and local experts. I also shared lots of tips & travel advice, and explored the fascinating history of the city. I thought it might be fun to take a li...

Welcome to  “From The Vault” , a special series of episodes of  Jeff Does Vegas! Over the five years I ran this podcast, from 2019 to 2024, I released over 180 episodes and along the way, I talked to some very cool Vegas insiders, entertainers, and local experts. I also shared lots of tips & travel advice, and explored the fascinating history of the city. I thought it might be fun to take a li...

Welcome to  “From The Vault” , a special series of episodes of  Jeff Does Vegas! Over the five years I ran this podcast, from 2019 to 2024, I released over 180 episodes and along the way, I talked to some very cool Vegas insiders, entertainers, and local experts. I also shared lots of tips & travel advice, and explored the fascinating history of the city. I thought it might be fun to take a li...

Welcome to  “From The Vault” , a special series of episodes of  Jeff Does Vegas! Over the five years I ran this podcast, from 2019 to 2024, I released over 180 episodes and along the way, I talked to some very cool Vegas insiders, entertainers, and local experts. I also shared lots of tips & travel advice, and explored the fascinating history of the city. I thought it might be fun to take a li...

This podcast episode was originally released as part of the  Sin City Stories: Vegas True Crime series Las Vegas resident, Frank Waters survived his service with the U.S. military in Europe during World War II.   But only a year after the war's end, the consequences of Frank's actions overseas followed him thousands of miles back to the middle of the Mojave Desert, ultimately leading to a...

This podcast episode was originally released as part of the  Sin City Stories: Vegas True Crime series With the passage of the 18th Amendment and the Federal Volstead Act, liquor was, by and large, made illegal across the United States starting in 1920 – including in the tiny newly-formed desert town of Las Vegas.   This immediately created a lucrative black market for the illicit sale of alcohol,...

This podcast episode was originally released as part of the  Sin City Stories: Vegas True Crime series In the spring of 1980, headlines across the united states screamed out, “ANGEL OF DEATH!”   These sensational stories centered around 32-year-old Jani Adams, a nurse working the graveyard shift in a Las Vegas Intensive Care Unit. These articles about the so-called “Death Angel” carried a distinct...

This podcast episode was originally released as part of the  Sin City Stories: Vegas True Crime series The trial surrounding the 1998 alleged murder of a casino heir was one of the most sensational cases in Las Vegas history, garnering national attention.   But decades before tales of jilted lovers, underground vaults in the desert, and a man rapidly squandering his wealth on a wild lifestyle, Ted...

This podcast episode was originally released as part of the  Sin City Stories: Vegas True Crime series In the spring of 1996, a trio of bodies were discovered in the desert just outside of Las Vegas. Initially believed to be victims of sex trafficking, the case remained unsolved for over a decade, demonstrating a troubling proposition:   Three people can be murdered in a major American city, with...

This podcast episode was originally released as part of the  Sin City Stories: Vegas True Crime series It's one of the most high-profile murders in the history of Las Vegas.   On a scorching hot 115 degree summer day, a former FBI agent & prominent attorney left his office in downtown Las Vegas and made his way to the third floor parking garage.   Bill Coulthard climbed into his car, crack...