Episodes

Sept. 16, 2025

A Case Of Workplace Violence | E183

Send Robert a Text! On a quiet Wednesday morning in October 1996, the staff and patients at a Bakersfield dialysis clinic were going about their routines when tragedy struck. Within moments, a workplace dispute turned deadly,...

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Sept. 9, 2025

Unsolved: Lorraine Rodriguez | Encore

Send Robert a Text! Encore: Almost thirty-seven years ago, Lorraine Rodriguez was murdered. She was a single mother to two young daughters. Her case remains unsolved. Purchase Notorious Bakersfield: The Book Volume II here: h...

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Sept. 2, 2025

Murdered On White Ln. | E182

Send Robert a Text! In the early morning hours of Labor Day 1987, a young couple traveling through Bakersfield made an unexpected stop at a gas station on White Lane. Within minutes, they would become witnesses to a shocking ...

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Aug. 26, 2025

Encore: The Thirteen Year Old Killer

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Aug. 18, 2025

Married Five Days | E181

Send Robert a Text! Nearly 32 years ago, a tragic shooting in Bakersfield revealed how fragile the safety net for mental health truly was. What followed was a sobering look at how a family’s desperate pleas for help went unan...

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Aug. 11, 2025

Encore: Fort Cook: Mystique & Murder

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Aug. 5, 2025

Encore: Killer Chimps

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July 29, 2025

What Happened To Jeanne Long? | E180

Send Robert a Text! Seventy-five years ago this week, Jeanne Long went missing. Her whereabouts remain a mystery. This is her story. Purchase Notorious Bakersfield: The Book Volume II here: https://a.co/d/2XONnB1 ***SUBSCRIBE...

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July 22, 2025

Ma Bakersfield | E179

Send Robert a Text! In the mid-1980s, a woman was responsible for a string of bank robberies. Media outlets dubbed her "Ma Bakersfield". Purchase Notorious Bakersfield: The Book Volume II here: https://a.co/d/2XONnB1 ***SUBSC...

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July 15, 2025

Encore: Murdered While Cruising Chester

Send Robert a Text! I had some technical difficulties this week. Notorious Bakersfield will be back next week with an all-new episode. Purchase Notorious Bakersfield: The Book Volume II here: https://a.co/d/2XONnB1 ***SUBSCRI...

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July 8, 2025

Murder In The Canyon | E178

Send Robert a Text! In the summer of 1974, a young newspaper employee’s routine late-night errand in the Kern River Valley took a horrifying turn. What began with a harmless spider scare ended in a brutal crime that shocked t...

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July 1, 2025

Encore: Secret Witness

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June 24, 2025

Encore: A Guilty Conscience

Send Robert a Text! Joe and Dorothy Parrott were slain in their home in August 2008. Their murders went unsolved for months. This is their story. Purchase Notorious Bakersfield: The Book Volume II here: https://a.co/d/2XONnB1...

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June 17, 2025

The Dana Butler Mystery | E177

Send Robert a Text! In April 1979, 14-year-old Dana Butler left her Bakersfield home to visit her grandparents—but never arrived. Two and a half days later, her body was discovered near Alfred Harrell Highway, launching a hom...

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June 10, 2025

Shot In The Back| E176

Send Robert a Text! When an off duty Kern County Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a fleeing unarmed teenage burglary suspect in the back, authorities grapple with whether a crime was committed. Buy your tickets to the Kern Li...

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June 3, 2025

Little Jorge Garza | E175

Send Robert a Text! In the Summer of 1981, the community of Arvin, CA was stunned by the brutal murder of a 5-year-old boy. The trial of the accused, Filepe Sixto, dragged on for months. ***SUBSCRIBE HERE*** For only $4 per m...

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May 27, 2025

Dr. Tupac's Fall From Grace | E174

Send Robert a Text! He came to Bakersfield in 2001 as a respected dental specialist with impressive credentials. But behind the newspaper ads and TV commercials was a man with a troubling past. This is the story of Dr. Robert...

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May 20, 2025

College Heights Shootout | E173

Send Robert a Text! On a misty Sunday morning in January 1970, gunfire shattered the quiet of a northeast Bakersfield neighborhood when an undercover heroin bust turned into a chaotic shootout outside a 7-Eleven. What followe...

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May 13, 2025

Chinese Food & Double Murder | E172

Send Robert a Text! This is a tale of jealousy, violence, and a midnight meal gone horribly wrong—one that began inside a Chinese restaurant on L Street in the summer of 1902 and ended with two people dead. The man accused of...

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May 6, 2025

Suicide Or Murder? | E171

Send Robert a Text! When Bakersfield police officers discovered Clifford Johnson's body in an upper-middle-class neighborhood in Northeast Bakersfield, they initially believed it was a clear case of suicide. But was it? Support Notorious Bakersfield, Buy Me A Coffee: Click Here! Purchase Notorious …

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April 29, 2025

Murder At Tex's Barrel House | E170

Send Robert a Text! Notorious Bakersfield Brief: This is a bizzar story about how a 78-year-old great grandmother fought off a rapist. On a April night in 1984, a young woman named Kathy Hyde visited Tex's Barrel House, a pop...

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April 22, 2025

Before It Was Mexicali | E169

Send Robert a Text! In this episode you will learn what was located at the location of Bakersfield's Mexicali restaraunt, and the headline-making crime that took place there almost 80 years ago. Support Notorious Bakersfield,...

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April 15, 2025

The Pump Room Murder | E168

Send Robert a Text! Notorious Bakersfield Brief: Harley Harty was a retired deputy from the KCSO. His life was never the same after he suffered a stroke in 1979. The Pump Room Murder: Bob and Doris Gardner purchased the Pump ...

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April 8, 2025

Encore: He Said His name Is Mateo

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