From the Las Vegas Review Journal Studio, welcome to season 3 episode 5 of Mobdub, the fight for Las Vegas, presented by Pro Group Management, additional sponsorship provided by the Golden Steer.

John Katz Lamedis here, before listening, please know this podcast contains explicit content such as strong language and depictions of violence, including murder.

Please be advised this podcast might not be suitable for all audiences.

It's a sunny day in 1997 beyond the city limits in the desert outside of Las Vegas.

Just before the sun begins to set, a then 58-year-old Oscar Goodman is sporting his square glasses, black-fitted suit with white button-down shirt and yellow tie.

Goodman gets out of his dark Mercedes to approach another man in his 40s, who has just arrived.

That man is former FBI agent, Rick Bacon. He is getting out of his white, open-top Chrysler seabring.

Bacon is also in a dark suit, which shows that both men mean business. They shake hands briefly.

That is the last kindness either will show during this exchange decades in the making.

Rick, I've been waiting 20 years for this. 20 years to have you apologize to me every day of my life, Rick.

All I think about is when you came into my office and you tried to set me up, try to frame me, you tried to entrap me, don't want you to apologize.

You know what, I tell you about Oscar.

I know some of my friends, some of the same people that you know, and they told me that that's enough for running yourself for 20 years?

For 20 years, I can't forget about it.

And you know, that's probably one of the best pleasures in life for me. It's known that for 20 years, you knew that you actually were caught.

Part 5. The meeting between Oscar Goodman and Rick Bacon was caught on camera for the documentary Mob Law.

A short excerpt from the 90-minute film can be seen running in the Mob Museum today, as it shows a rare moment in history when Goodman came face-to-face with one of his adversaries.

To understand the confrontation between Goodman and Bacon, we need to take it back a bit.

In our second episode this season, we mentioned how influential the relationship between Goodman and Tony Spalato was.

It was Spalato who helped set Goodman up for success within the Mob and helped make Goodman's reputation known around the country.

But it could also be said that the relationship made Goodman live a life even more under the microscope, as it put Goodman's often unorthodox methods into question.

Yep, yeah, it has said they didn't like your tactics.

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