Notorious Bakersfield

By Robert PetersenSociety & Culture True Crime History

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Notorious Bakersfield episodes

December 31, 2024 Encore: Downtown Mary
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22 min
December 24, 2024 E156: Gone Fishing: How Trout's Sign Was Found
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The mystery of Trout’s iconic neon sign has captivated Bakersfield for nearly seven years, a symbol of the city’s rich honky-tonk history and the famed Bakersfield Sound. From its rise as a beloved music hotspot to its unceremonious closure in 2017, Trout’s embodied the spirit of a bygone era. When its legendary sign disappeared, rumors swirled, and efforts to uncover its whereabouts spanned years
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20 min
December 17, 2024 E155: Christmas Eve Crime Spree
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Christmas Eve morning in 1979, a young man went on a crime spree that included kidnapping, rape and murder.
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21 min
December 10, 2024 E154: Bakersfield's Boy Hooligan To Outlaw
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At the heart of this story is a young Bakersfield man whose path from a rebellious childhood to a hardened criminal would forever stain his family’s name back home in Bakersfield.
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18 min
December 03, 2024 Encore: 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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17 min
November 26, 2024 E153: Witch Hunt
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The Kern County witch hunts of the 1980s involved a wave of child molestation and satanic ritual abuse accusations, leading to dozens of arrests and convictions based on coerced and unreliable testimony. Jackie and Jack Cummings, swept into the hysteria, fled to protect their family, enduring life on the run while fighting to clear their names. The Witches’ Defense recounts their harrowing journey, exposing the flawed justice system and the mass panic that upended innocent lives.
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21 min
November 19, 2024 E152: Motel Double Murder
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In April 1982, a husband and wife who managed a motel in Mojave were murdered. This is their story.
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20 min
November 12, 2024 Encore: Remembering Tina Blunt
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37 min
November 05, 2024 Encore: The Slaying Of Officer Maxwell
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21 min
October 29, 2024 E151: Another Murder At The Padre
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This is the second documented murder that has occurred at this iconic downtown Bakersfield hotel.
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15 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.