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1. beneaththeneon.com › beneath-the-neonBeneath the Neon | Beneath the Neon - Matthew O'Brien

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   What secrets do the Las Vegas storm drains keep? What discoveries wait in the dark? What’s beneath the neon? Armed with a flashlight, tape recorder and expandable baton for protection, writer and editor Matthew O’Brien sought to answer these questions.

2. www.npr.org › 2008/12/04 › 97800190Sucked Into The Tunnels Beneath Las Vegas : NPR

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   Dec 4, 2008 · Hundreds of people live under the casinos in a hidden matrix of storm drains. Local journalist Matt O'Brien has been exploring those drains for five years.

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Matthew_O'BrienMatthew O'Brien - Wikipedia

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   Matthew O'Brien (born in 1970) is an American author, journalist, editor and teacher who writes about the seedier side of Las Vegas. His most well-known work is the nonfiction book Beneath the Neon , which documents the homeless population living in the underground flood channels of the Las Vegas Valley .

4. www.reviewjournal.com › local › local-las-vegasMan who shined light on Las Vegas’ tunnel dwellers moving on

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   Jul 28, 2017 · For 15 years, Matthew O’Brien has delved into the darkness of Las Vegas’ underground tunnels, first to tell the stories of those who live there and later to help them find a way out through...

5. www.goodreads.com › book › showBeneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas

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   Jun 1, 2007 · What secrets do the Las Vegas storm drains keep? What discoveries wait in the dark? What's beneath the neon? Armed with a flashlight, tape recorder, and expandable baton, Las Vegas CityLife writer-editor Matthew O'Brien explored the Las Vegas flood-control system for more than four years.

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6. beneaththeneon.com › biographyBio | Beneath the Neon

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   Matt has taught at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Escuela Americana in San Salvador and is the founder of O’Brien Editing Services and Shine a Light, a nonprofit organization that provides housing, counseling and other services to the people living in the drains.

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   Who is Matt O'Brien?

   • Matt O'Brien, a Las Vegas writer, has been exploring this underworld for several years. On one particular evening, he's outfitted sort of like a commando, with heavy boots, backpack and an industrial-sized flashlight that could double as a weapon.

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   Why is Matthew O'Brien's beneath the neon important?

   • “Matthew O’Brien’s Beneath the Neon introduced the country—and so many media outlets—to the tunnels beneath Vegas and the people who lived there. How easy it would have been to play the voyeur, to just walk away. But O’Brien does what is needed. Dark Days, Bright Nights is an important book because it refuses to let us look away.

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   How many people have O'Brien met?

   • "I've met people down in the drains — you'll come down the next day, and all of a sudden, you know, they'll tell you to screw off. They'll kind of reach for their shank or their self-defense weapon and make it clear they don't want to talk to you today." Over the years, O'Brien has met more than a hundred people who live in the tunnels.

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8. beneaththeneon.com › dark-days-bright-nightsDark Days, Bright Nights | Beneath the Neon - Matthew O'Brien

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   Are you aware that hundreds of people live in the underground flood channels of Las Vegas? Few were until Matthew O’Brien grabbed a flashlight, tape recorder and expandable baton for protection and explored the storm-drain system in depth.