Notorious Bakersfield

By Robert PetersenSociety & Culture True Crime History

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Notorious Bakersfield episodes

October 22, 2024 E150: The Thirteen Year Old Killer
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Yoli Espinoza was killed in her downtown Bakersfield apartment in 2003. One of her killers was a 14-year-old boy.
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14 min
October 15, 2024 E149: Driving Through Bakersfield Blindfolded
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In the mid-1920s showman Hayward Thompson brought his roadshow to Bakersfield for the citizens to marvel.
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18 min
October 12, 2024 Pop- Up Meet & Greet
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I'll have a pop-up MEET & GREET tonight, Saturday, October 12th, from 7 to 9 pm at 3835 Ming Ave. That's the Starbucks, or the former Wendy's restaurant. If you're taking the Halloween Tour tonight, this location is the seventh point of interest on the tour. If you've already taken the tour, come by anyway. Stop in and say hi.

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I'll also have copies of Notorious Bakersfield The Book available for purchase. So if you haven't gotten your copy, now is your chance. Or if you have the book and need it autographed, bring it by. I'll be happy to sign it.
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October 08, 2024 E148: Tragedy At Centennial Garden
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Construction was completed on Bakersfield's Centennial Garden Arena in 1998. It was the city's new pride and joy. Less than a year after opening, it was the site of a terrible accident.

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21 min
October 01, 2024 E147: The Rapist Doctor
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In the late 1980s, two Bakersfield women accused a Bakersfield physician of drugging and raping them. This is that story.

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22 min
September 24, 2024 E146: Hindsight Is 20/20
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Patty Saldana, a single mother to a teenage daughter, invited a boyfriend to stay in her house temporarily. It ended tragically.
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20 min
September 17, 2024 E145: UFOs Over Bakersfield
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The Bakersfield Californian described the Summer of 1947 as "the Sumer of the flying saucers". A nationwide flying saucer craze was occurring, and even Bakersfield got caught up in it.
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15 min
September 10, 2024 E144: Remembering Marques "The Dancing Cowboy" Morrison
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For this episode, I'm stepping away from the usual Notorious Bakersfield tradition of covering stories from Bakersfield's distant past. Instead, today's episode highlights a more recent figure—someone many of us remember with fondness.

I'm talking about Marques "The Dancing Cowboy" Morrison. For the past fifteen years, Marques was a familiar sight at the corner of Stockdale Highway and California Avenue.

I interview Marques' older brother to learn more about Bakersfield's favorite human billboard
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23 min
September 03, 2024 E143: A Guilty Conscience
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Joe and Dorothy Parrott were slain in their home in August 2008. Their murders went unsolved for months. This is their story.
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29 min
August 27, 2024 Encore: Tragedy On Truxtun Extension
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This episode covers the 1999 tragic death of Melissa Lonon, an 18-year-old mother to two children.
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17 min

About Notorious Bakersfield

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Notorious Bakersfield is a podcast that steps back in time to look at some of Bakersfield's most notorious crimes, events, and characters that have impacted this Central California Valley community.