We also went to the Mob Museum on Stewart Avenue, right by Fremont Street, http://themobmuseum.org/ where the fab Diana gave us an amazing tour. There’s WAAAY more there than you might imagine – highlights include the court room, the weapons, the pictures of gangsters, the story of women gangsters, the short-lived Moulin Rouge – and, amazingly, the ACTUAL wall from the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1929, when 6 people were gunned down…. right here:

In a case beside the wall is a Tommy Gun that may well have been used that day, and last year when some other guns – really from that time – were bought here for an event to mark the massacre, the staff got a scary vibe. They think it’s haunted – and it is creepy to be right next to where those guys were shot; the bullet holes are RIGHT THERE!

Last week we went to Las Vegas for a few days – first time in several years – and I thought I would pass on a couple of scary/haunted stories. First something that’s not so scary; we took a tour around the amazing Boneyard at the Neon Museum. http://www.neonmuseum.org/

It really is a graveyard for old Vegas signs – The Riviera’s were bought there last week, even though the casino’s still right on the strip; only the boarded-up doors and the fact it’s dark at night show it’s well on the way to becoming another ghost of Vegas past.

An article I wrote for BBC.com about the trend for private, bespoke libraries – find out what the rich and famous do… http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32890006