Notorious Bakersfield

By Robert PetersenSociety & Culture True Crime History

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Notorious Bakersfield episodes

April 14 Knock Nock: The Hillcrest Murder | E203
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This week marks the 16th anniversary of this crime. After listening to this episode, you'll think twice before answering a stranger's knock on your door.
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19 min
April 07 Encore: Chinese Food & Double Murder
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25 min
March 31 The Nude Beach | E202
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This Notorious Bakersfield story unfolds 150 miles west of Bakersfield, along the coast in Santa Barbara County. But this story has tentacles reaching all the way back to Bakersfield.
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31 min
March 24 Encore: Attack On The Panorama Bluffs
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18 min
March 17 Final Curtain Call In Bakersfield | E201
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In 1908 Bakersfield, an afternoon visit to a hotel room set off a chain of events that would ripple through the town for years. What began as a quiet, private meeting quickly turned into one of the most talked-about incidents in Bakersfiel of its time.
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22 min
March 10 Encore: UFOs Over Bakersfield
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17 min
March 03 The Notorious Onion Field | E200
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On a March night in 1963, two LAPD officers were kidnapped during what should have been a routine traffic stop—and driven north into the dark farm fields just outside Bakersfield. This episode of Notorious Bakersfield revisits that horrific crime and it's chilling connection to Kern County.

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38 min
February 24 The Boy Who Never Came Home | E199
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In 1931, a 6-year-old boy never came home. What happened to him, shocked the Bakersfield community.
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22 min
February 17 Radio Silence | E198
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For decades, anyone with a scanner could listen as Bakersfield police officers and Kern County deputies responded to calls in real time. Now, a massive countywide radio overhaul could encrypt those transmissions, silencing the airwaves to the public. The question is whether this change will enhance officer safety, or will it put a wall between law enforcement and the community they serve.
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37 min
February 10 (Encore) Rachel Legan: I Married A Monster
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28 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.