Las Vegas Arsonist Philip Cline

History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History

Tim Scott

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2023

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Busboy Philip Cline was found responsible for 8 deaths in the fire he started at the Las Vegas Hilton in 1981. Months earlier the MGM Grand went up in flames which was blamed on a pastry case, but some believe Mr. Cline was involved.

As told by: Tim Scott, Chuck Walters, Brandy Herrmann, and Thadd Scott

Written and Produced by Thadd Scott

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0:00.0	I'm I'm going to be. I'm going to I'm a I'm I'm Hi, everyone, and welcome to historyweaves.
0:30.2	I am Tim.
0:31.1	Welcome to the podcast where we take a lighthearted look at the dark side of history.
0:35.3	Today we're going to talk about Philip Klein,
0:39.4	the Las Vegas arsonist. Anything about that for Andy.
0:44.1	I am in favor of light and shit on fire.
0:47.4	Well, burn it all down. Start over.
0:54.0	Anyway, we're going to talk about the MGM Grand Fire in Las Vegas.
1:00.0	It's quite a tragedy, Brandy.
1:02.6	But before we do, let me remind everyone that we are a true crime, kind of true crime comedy podcast. We make funnies. We sometimes make funnies. And occasionally,
1:20.6	we use adult language. That, of course, by we, I mean brandy. And so we're going to talk about this Philip Klein,
1:30.5	a guy who peed his pants, obviously.
1:34.2	Obviously.
1:36.5	A lot of bad shit happens in Las Vegas.
1:39.0	And they have a shooting in Las Vegas a couple of years ago.
1:41.6	That's why what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
1:46.3	That's why.
1:47.3	Because a lot of bad shit happened.
1:48.8	And yes, there was a mass shooting in Vegas a couple of years ago.
1:51.9	That's not what we're talking about.
1:53.4	While we were there a few weeks ago, there was a guy that held his family hostage in a hotel.
1:59.0	So lots of awful things.
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