S5 E1: Sin City

Criminal Conduct

Creative Babble

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Buffalo Jim Barrier was a wrestling promoter, mechanic, and Las Vegas icon. He faced off against Rick Rizzolo, a powerful strip club owner with alleged mob ties. Their feud lasted decades. Days after Rizzolo’s release from house release, Buffalo Jim was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a motel room. Evidence is missing, and there are anonymous threats. Questions remain unanswered. Criminal Conduct Season 5 unravels a story of corruption, crime, and one man’s fight for justice. 🎧Binge the entire season now on Patreon or Apple Podcast Research by Haley Gray Research Theme music by Ruby Rose Fox Edited by Puneeth Shenoy with the Podcast Pundits Written and Produced by John Taylor and Javier Leiva Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Creative Babble.
0:05.8	Criminal Conduct Season 5 is available right now.
0:09.0	You can binge the entire series on Patreon and Pretend Plus on Apple Podcast.
0:15.6	What kind of weekend are you in the mood for?
0:18.6	Well, with Disney Plus, anything is possible. Whether that be two days
0:22.8	of twists and turns with only murders in the building, drama and fine dining with the bear,
0:28.7	or a journey back to feudal Japan with Shogun. January weekends just got better with Disney Plus.
0:35.6	Tap the banner to learn more. 18 plus subscription required.
0:39.0	Learn more at Disney motel 6.
0:57.0	Barrier's nemesis is this man, former Crazy Horse 2 owner Rick Rizelow, whose club was next door
1:04.0	to Barrier's auto repair shop.
1:06.0	Yeah, that's right.
1:08.0	On the morning of April 6th of 2008, Jim Barrier, one of Las Vegas's
1:12.1	most colorful personalities, was found inside a Motel 6 room, and he had white powder on his
1:17.9	beard and his pants were around his ankles. He'd likely been dead for hours.
1:22.4	Police found an empty bottle on the nightstand, and at first it just seemed like an accidental death,
1:27.4	right?
1:27.9	Maybe it was an overdose. Maybe it was a heart attack. But many people who knew Buffalo
1:32.4	Jim immediately suspected foul play. I believe it's a homicide. I mean, that's how it sums up to be.
1:38.7	I mean, he's been getting threat letters in the mail since last November.
1:42.7	This is Jennifer Barrier, Buffalo Jim's daughter,
1:45.6	talking to reporters. I mean, it's pretty obvious. Rick Rislo got out of jail Friday night,
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