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As tales of the Riverwalk go, one of the most bizarre in recent years has been the story of the Riverwalk Vampire. After a series of gruesome murders in the 1990s, where victims were dragged off the Riverwalk and blood-sucked, the San Antonio Police Department created an special task force to catch the attacker. As officers closed in on the suspect, the trail went cold unti
Grand Theft Auto, the record-breaking series of computer games that has literally pepper-sprayed the faces of The Sims, has finally come home for a long-overdue San Antonio edition. Inspired by a real-life incident in San Antonio's West Side, game creator Chris Moonbat has gone from living with his parents to being the only person in Texas who can afford the $600,000 penthouse apartments atop the relatively new Hyatt Hotels.
Moonbat, 26, created much of the game's action after an inciden
The Riverwalk was recently delighted to host NBC's wildly successful show about today, the Today Show, and Neilsen viewer numbers confirm that this hour of television was nearly as popular as the women's golf bronze semi-final at the 1992 Olympics. NBC was initially hesitant to host the show, following dismal ratings after its appearance in Austin in 2004, which almost caused the entire season to be canceled and existing tapes seized by DEA officers.
After an subsequent swine-flu scare, where
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San Antonio has always been a fascination for Hollywood and many films have been made on the Riverwalk, including the 1995 Sandra Bullock smash hit, Miss Congeniality. Although the sequel was made somewhere else, and didn't perform well at the box office, producers of the smash hit Miss Congeniality said Ms Bullock, 49, would never forget the city and described the experience as a "once in a lifetime" event.
Filmmaking in Los Angeles has all but dried up following the 1992 flop Pretty Woman, in
