Notorious Bakersfield

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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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If you've kept up on recent Bakersfield news, you're probably familiar with some aspects of The Bakersfield Three story.

It's a complex story with multiple people involved...it was a difficult story to follow in the news. But a recently released episodic podcast, The Bakersfield Three, helps guide listeners through this case with ease.

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Rachel Legan is a Bakersfield media personality. She worked in both radio a television, delivering the news or hosting her morning show on the radio.  Rachel tells us about an event in her life that made headlines in Bakersfield in 1994-crimes that didn't involve her, but impacted her life greatly. 

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 For 72 years residents have flocked to the Kern County Fairgrounds on South P Street for fun and amusement.  What many people don't realize, three years before the fair moved here, this location was the site of one of Bakersfield's most horrific murders.
 
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This story occurred on Halloween 1986.  Two murders. One in Bakersfield, One in Hesperia. Both committed by the same man. 

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In February 1991, a Bakersfield Police officer solved a murder case almost by accident. He was at the right place at the right time.  

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If it's October, it's time to check out George The Giant's Museum of Oddities and Wonders. Check out this pop-up musuem Fridays and Saturdays at 5630 District Blvd, suite 122.

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This story from 2009 is extremely disturbing. The episode title should give you a clue to how horrific it is. 

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Hank Clason was a 78-year-old retired CHP officer. He was brutally murdered in 2002. This is his story. 
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In 1979, a developmentally disabled 21-year-old man was beaten to death at Kern Medical Center by staff. This is his story. Hopefully, something like this can't happen today.

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