Notorious Bakersfield

By Robert PetersenSociety & Culture True Crime History

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August 05, 2022 Coming Aug. 9th: The Sledgehammer Murders
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Notorious Bakersfield has been on hiatus for the last couple of weeks.

I'll be back Tuesday, August 9th with this all-new Notorious Bakersfield story, The Sledgehammer Murders.
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2 min
August 02, 2022 Encore: Torie Lynn Knapp
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A parole board recommended parole for a convicted murderer. In 2001 Torie Lynn Knapp was brutally stabbed to death by her then 15-year-old son Parker Chamberlin.

This was a gruesome murder that shocked everyone who knew both the victim and the killer. How could a teenager who appeared to have a close and loving relationship with his mother...kill her...and in such a brutal way?

It's a question everyone has-the family, friends of the family, and even the detectives who investigated the case.
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15 min
July 19, 2022 E58: The Wickersham Heist
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An organized crime ring burglarized the Wickersham Jewelry store in downtown Bakersfield in 1964. This is that story.

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30 min
July 12, 2022 E57: The Bakersfield Eight
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An airplane carrying the Cal Poly Univesity football team crashed on takeoff from a Toldeo, OH area airport. Eight players on that flight were from Bakersfield or had ties to Bakersfield. Four of them perished.

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13 min
July 05, 2022 E56: 24 Years Of Hell
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Glenda Crosley killed her husband Sam by running him down with her car. She claimed spousal abuse as justification for this crime.

Victim of Domestic Violence? Visit this link:
https://kernalliance.org/

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24 min
June 28, 2022 E55: Deadly Pizza Delivery
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Tony Azevedo was murdered in 1996 while delivering pizzas for Pizzaville USA. This is his story.

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17 min
June 21, 2022 E54: Trial Of The Century
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In 1961, Spade Cooley, a Country Music star, brutally murdered his wife in Willow Springs near Tehachapi.

His murder trial in Bakersfield attracted enormous public interest. It was a media spectacle, the likes of which hadn't been seen before, and wouldn't be seen again...until another celebrity...OJ Simpson...was tried for a similar crime...decades later.

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22 min
June 14, 2022 E53: Death Of A Businessman
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Tom Dertinger called his wife Barbara on the afternoon of January 10, 1986. He told Barbara he was leaving his office to run some errands.

Later that afternoon, Tom called his secretary to tell her he was at the apartment of an acquaintance to buy a three-wheeled motorcycle...an ATV. He told his secretary that he wasn't sure if he'd be done in time to get back to the office to close up...but he'd call back to let her know if she needed to secure the business before she left for the day.

That call never came.

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Link to Newspaper Archive through the Kern County Library.
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21 min
June 07, 2022 E52: Murder On Rosewood Avenue
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When Jimmy and Sharon kissed their mother Patricia Leard goodbye on their way out the door for school on September 5, 1978, that was the last time they ever kissed their mom.

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19 min
May 31, 2022 E51: Melee At Juvenile Court
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On May 7, 1954, a domestic dispute turned deadly at the Kern County Juvenile Court building. Two people died and two others were wounded.

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13 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.