LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — From our station’s founding in 1953, Channel 8/KLAS chronicled the mob fearlessly and fairly.
In 1987, Channel 8 reporter Ned Day released a documentary that changed the way the world viewed the Mafia’s relationship with Las Vegas called “Mob On The Run.”
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It is considered one of the most extensive looks at how organized crime infiltrated Las Vegas casinos, chronicling both the rise and fall of the Mafia in Southern Nevada.
At one point, Ned Day’s car was firebombed for his reporting on the mob after a contract was put out on his life. This incident led Day and fellow Channel 8 reporter Bob Stoldal to put together the full-length documentary “Mob on the Run”…