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A fascinating tale of a man who was smart enough to create a bomb no one could disarm

Stream "Bringing Down the House: the Bombing of Harvey's Casino" for free on Very Local.

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A fascinating tale of a man who was smart enough to create a bomb no one could disarm

Stream "Bringing Down the House: the Bombing of Harvey's Casino" for free on Very Local.

Stream "Bringing Down the House: the Bombing of Harvey's Casino" for free only on Very Local. "Bringing Down the House: the Bombing of Harvey's Casino" tells the story of how 1,000 pounds of dynamite were wheeled into a casino by a man no one expected. It is the fascinating tale of a man who was smart enough to create a bomb no one could disarm.The bombing of Harvey's CasinoIn the summer of 1980, three men wheeled what looked like an IBM computer into the Harvey’s Wagon Wheel resort and casino in South Lake Tahoe. It was the height of tourist season, just days from Labor Day, in the hustle and bustle of the west’s gambling capital.What followed was two days of evacuations, investigations, and an extortion scheme so complicated it would take a year for investigators to unravel the tale.You can learn the full story of this crazy extortion plot in the Very Local original documentary "Bringing Down the House: the Bombing of Harvey's Casino." Stream the documentary and all of the Very Local original series for FREE. “Bringing Down the House ” is available exclusively on the Very Local app. You can learn more about the documentary on Very Local here. Looking for more true crime stories? Check out "Hometown Tragedy" and "Crimes, Cons and Capers" on the Very Local app.Very Local is a streaming app that offers 24/7 access to local news, weather, and original series. Download the Very Local app for FREE on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, or Android TV.

Stream "Bringing Down the House: the Bombing of Harvey's Casino" for free only on Very Local.

"Bringing Down the House: the Bombing of Harvey's Casino" tells the story of how 1,000 pounds of dynamite were wheeled into a casino by a man no one expected. It is the fascinating tale of a man who was smart enough to create a bomb no one could disarm.

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The bombing of Harvey's Casino

In the summer of 1980, three men wheeled what looked like an IBM computer into the Harvey’s Wagon Wheel resort and casino in South Lake Tahoe. It was the height of tourist season, just days from Labor Day, in the hustle and bustle of the west’s gambling capital.

What followed was two days of evacuations, investigations, and an extortion scheme so complicated it would take a year for investigators to unravel the tale.

You can learn the full story of this crazy extortion plot in the Very Local original documentary "Bringing Down the House: the Bombing of Harvey's Casino." Stream the documentary and all of the Very Local original series for FREE.

“Bringing Down the House ” is available exclusively on the Very Local app. You can learn more about the documentary on Very Local here.

Looking for more true crime stories?

Check out "Hometown Tragedy" and "Crimes, Cons and Capers" on the Very Local app.

Very Local is a streaming app that offers 24/7 access to local news, weather, and original series. Download the Very Local app for FREE on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, or Android TV.