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In the summer of 1989 a serial arsonist targeted homes in developments in Southwest Bakersfield.  The Oaks, Campus Park, Haggin Oaks, Silvercreek, and Seven Oaks were all neighborhoods the arsonist terrorized. 

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When 89-year-old widow Martha Strayhorn was murdered, the suspect was obvious. 

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Teenager Russell Clark was gunned down in an Oleander neighborhood alley in 1987. Learn how this crime was eventually solved. 

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Learn how the Bakersfield community came together in 1954 to fulfill a dying boy's final wishes. 

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This story covers the 1950 murder outside The Lucky Spot, a Bakersfield Honky Tonk.
Researched and written by Carolyn S. Harvey

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I wanted to share the emergency radio traffic from Thursday's downtown Bakersfield Christmas parade incident. 

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Diana Contreras was abducted from the Valley Plaza mall while Christmas shopping in 1993. Her body was found in Taft the next day. This is that story.

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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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