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Send Robert a Text! The identities of two homicide victims remained a mystery for 13 years. This is their story. Notorious Bakersfield: The Book is available for purchase! Order your copy here: https://a.co/d/3b1jj4F

Send Robert a Text! This episode is a rerun of a story originally published in September 2023. I'll be back next week with an all-new Notorious Bakersfield story. Notorious Bakersfield: The Book is available for purchase! Ord...

Send Robert a Text! This is a rerun episode from last summer. This episode cover the devastating 1889 fire that destroyed most of Bakersfield. The fire, which started as a minor kitchen fire, quickly spread and consumed the c...

Send Robert a Text! This episode follows up on last week's episode, "Bakersfield's Mass Murder." That episode covered the Harper family killings, where five members of the same family were murdered in 2003. If you haven't lis...

Send Robert a Text! Bakersfield had never witnessed a crime of such magnitude in its history. A crime so shocking and heinous, it left the entire city reeling. In the summer of 2003, five members of a single family were found...

Send Robert a Text! This encore Notorious Bakersfield episode covers the decades-old cold case of Dawn Koons' homicide. Notorious Bakersfield: The Book is available for purchase! Order your copy here: https://a.co/d/3b1jj4F

Send Robert a Text! Authorities at first ruled Nettie Crowder's death a suicide. But soon neighbors began to gossip... Notorious Bakersfield: The Book is available for purchase! Order your copy here: https://a.co/d/3b1jj4F

Send Robert a Text! In 2010, Frank Adams went missing under very suspicious circumstances. This is his story. Notorious Bakersfield: The Book is available for purchase! Order your copy here: https://a.co/d/3b1jj4F

Send Robert a Text! In October 1991, 19-year-old Chad Flitcraft was murdered while cruising Chester Ave. with his friends. This is that story. Notorious Bakersfield: The Book is available for purchase! Order your copy here: h...

Send Robert a Text! This encore episode is dedicated to the memory of my friend Blake Grider who I interviewed for this story. Blake passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2024. Notorious Bakersfield: The Book is available for purcha...

Send Robert a Text! In May 2003 a motorist found a toddler wandering the street of East Bakersfield alone. A frantic search was launched to find his family. Notorious Bakersfield: The Book is available for purchase! Order you...

Send Robert a Text! In 1947, a doctor employed by the County of Kern shot and seriously wounded an attorney. Th lurid details of this crime fascinated the Bakersfield community. Notorious Bakersfield: The Book is available fo...

When a couple was attacked by two chimpanzees in Havilah, the news media consistently referred to the location as "near Bakersfield". Even though the attack didn't happen here, Bakersfield will forever be linked to this 2005 ...

In this episode, Notorious Bakersfield covers a chilling story that unfolded in 2013, shedding light on the Murphy family's harrowing ordeal with mental illness and its tragic consequences. Despite the disturbing nature of th...

Irma Mae Ivory was brutally killed on a sidewalk in downtown Bakersfield in 1944. This occurred near where Downtown Elemnarty School is located today. Notorious Bakersfield: The Book is available for purchase! Order your copy...

For decades a woman known as Downtown Mary wandered the streets of Bakersfield. This episode explores her orgins and her life here in Bakersfield, and the impact she had on our community. Notorious Bakersfield: The Book is av...

A convicted rapist was paroled to Bakersfield in 1967. Learn how his past followe him here. Notorious Bakersfield: The Book is available for purchase! Order your copy here: https://a.co/d/3b1jj4F

This week marks the 25th anniversary of Tina Blunt's homicide. At the time of her death, Tina left behind two teenage children to mourn her loss. If you have any information regarding her still unsolved case, please call the ...

For decades, this crime was one of Bakersfield's most notorious crimes. Notorious Bakersfield: The Book is available for purchase! Order your copy here: https://a.co/d/3b1jj4F

Franklin Lee was a faith healer who practiced medicine without a license in the 1950s. Written by Carolyn Harvey Notorious Bakersfield: The Book is available for purchase! Order your copy here: https://a.co/d/3b1jj4F

Notorious Bakersfield: The Book is available for purchase! Order your copy here: https://a.co/d/3b1jj4F

In 1979, Verna Gill was murdered inside her Westchester home. Suspicion immediately fell to her husband. But was it him? Notorious Bakersfield: The Book is available for purchase! Order your copy here: https://a.co/d/3b1jj4F

This 1994 murder in the upscale neighborhood of The Oaks stunned and shocked the entire city of Bakersfield. Notorious Bakersfield: The Book is available for purchase! Order your copy here: https://a.co/d/3b1jj4F

When Kern County authorities began searching for a missing toddler in 1993, they were shocked to learn where it was. Notorious Bakersfield: The Book is available for purchase! Order your copy here: https://a.co/d/3b1jj4F