Notorious Bakersfield

By Robert PetersenSociety & Culture True Crime History

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Notorious Bakersfield episodes

January 30, 2024 E124: Rosedale Psycho
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In August 2002, a 20-year-old young man murdered his grandmother in the Rosedale home they shared.

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19 min
January 23, 2024 E123: The Southwest Arsonist
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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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16 min
January 16, 2024 E122: I Guess Billy Is Crazy
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When 89-year-old widow Martha Strayhorn was murdered, the suspect was obvious.

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15 min
January 09, 2024 E121: Secret Witness
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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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21 min
January 02, 2024 Encore: Heroic Wife
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17 min
December 26, 2023 Encore: Fireball On Coffee Road
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18 min
December 19, 2023 E120: Bakersfield's Watermelon Hunt
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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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13 min
December 12, 2023 E119: Honky Tonk Murder
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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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26 min
December 10, 2023 Christmas Parade Radio Traffic
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I wanted to share the emergency radio traffic from Thursday's downtown Bakersfield Christmas parade incident.

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7 min
December 05, 2023 E118: Diana Contreras
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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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18 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.