Desert Death: The Ted Binion Killing Case is a biographical and crime report 2000 by American journalist and crime writer Cathy Scott, with the second edition of 2012. This book, which is the first of the four released on the case, detailing the murder investigations and subsequent trials and retries of Ted Binion's girlfriend Sandy Murphy and her boyfriend, Rick Tabish, in connection with Binion's death.
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Storyline
This book is an insight into the life and death of Lonnie Theodore "Ted" Binion, 54-year-old heir to the Horseshoe Binion Casino, who died of a drug overdose on September 17, 1998. The book seeks to resolve whether Binion is killed by Murphy and Tabish or accidentally the overdose of drugs he bought in the days before his death. This includes historical photos of the Binion family from the archives of the Las Vegas News Bureau and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Library "Lied Library".
Motive killing, prosecutors argue, is a real $ 50 million Binion. In his will, he left $ 300,000 Murphy's cash next to his $ 900,000 house and its contents, which included the original paintings and silver coin collections stored in the in-house safe.
The author interviewed the defendants before and after the first trial and retrieval, dubbed the "court of the century" Las Vegas.
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Movies
Death in the Desert , a full-length film that finished filming in Las Vegas in February 2014, is based on a book with the same title as the script by screenwriter John Steppling. Directed and produced by Josh Evans, he starred in Michael Madsen as Ted Binion (played as Ray), Shayla Beesley as Sandy Murphy (played as Kim) and Paz de la Huerta as a friend of Kim Margo, with music score by record producer Chris Goss and performed by singer Roxy Saint. The film premiered at the Tucson Film Festival on October 9, 2015. The distribution is scheduled for 2016 by Osiris Entertainment.
Popular culture
In 2012, author R. Barri Flowers selected the "Fat Herbie Blitzstein" chapter from Death in the Desert to be included in the anthology of the Master of True Crime released by Prometheus Books in July 2012
The Discovery Investigation Series In Case with Paula Zahn discussed the case in 2009, interviewed the author, and gave the same title episode to the book.
In 2006, Scott appeared in the "Snapped" series of Oxygen Network's "Women Who Kill" about the defendant Murphy, who was the episode of the show's fourth season debut.
In October 2004, Steve Bornfeld with Las Vegas Sun wrote a musical spoof about the Binion case and included Scott as one of the three narrators of the drama.
Critical reception
This book was reviewed by the Nevada Historical Society Quarterly in the fall of 2002.
In February 2001, Las Vegas Mercury called the book "alive and informative." AmericanMafia.com in 2003 described Death in the Desert as "objective and did not support prosecution or defense."
The book is on display at the University of Nevada, Lied Las Vegas Library Special Collection.
True Crime Zine , which gives the second edition of this book a five-star review in January 2013, writes, "Even if you've seen television episodes on this case, you still want to read Death In The Desert because this is a read roller... Just when you think it ends, no.There are so many more and a surprising ending. "
References
External links
- Publisher news release
- "From the courtroom to the bookcase," Las Vegas Weekly
- Amazon Death page
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