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For decades, Sidney “Sid” Sheffield devoted his life to making Bakersfield a better place — as a teacher, administrator, and champion of local education and health care. His warmth drew people in, his optimism lifted spirits, and his generosity touched countless lives. That ended in November 1998. 

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Notorious Bakersfield Brief: A Greenlawn Cemetery worker was shot while on his lunch break in front of his coworkers in 1974. 

Ruby Lee Jackson Meriweather was murdered in 2000. Her case went unsolved for nine years

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 It all started with a clown, a few eerie pictures posted to Instagram, and a wave of panic that spread faster than anyone could’ve imagined. 

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 It was a quiet afternoon in 2013 in the Rosedale community when neighbors heard gunfire. What began as a family’s desperate attempt to save a troubled young man from addiction would end in tragedy. 

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Nearly a decade before the murder that would shock Bakersfield, Dennis Weis had been convicted in Illinois for a brutal sexual assault against an ex-girlfriend who tried to leave him. By the mid-1980s, he’d quietly resettled in Bakersfield, where his charm and attention drew in a young mother named Cindy Carr — a woman trying to rebuild her life after a broken marriage. What began as companionship soon spiraled into control, jealousy, and, finally, deadly rage. 

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Check Out George The Giant's Strange Museum of Oddities & Wonders, Oct. 11, 12, 17, 18, 24, 25, and November 1! Friday hours are 5 to 10 PM, and Saturday hours are 2 to 10 PM. Admission is $10 per person. Visit the Notorious Bakersfield display in the museum's gift shop to purchase the Halloween Tour for just $19.99.

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Inside a charming Northeast Bakersfield Craftsman-style home lived Joe and Margy LiCastro—he, a 91-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor; she, his 84-year-old wife, known for her grace and kindness. But one cold winter morning, that home became the scene of a brutal murder that stunned the community and left Bakersfield searching for answers. 

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This year's Notorious Bakersfield Halloween Tour will take you to all NEW locations in downtown Bakersfield! Visit this link to purchase the 2025 Halloween Audio Driving Tour: https://2025halloween.supercast.com/

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Illah O'Malior was a divorced woman living alone in Bakersfield’s Westchester neighborhood when she was murdered in 1952. 

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