Episodes

Story 1: One House, Two suspicious Deaths Story 2: Baby John Doe Purchase the Notorious Bakersfield Halloween Tour here: https://halloween2022.supercast.com/ If you'd like to support the Notorious Bakersfield podcast, you ca...

The wife of the manager of the Bank of America's Oildale branch is kidnapped in 1972. Purchase the Notorious Bakersfield Halloween Tour here: https://halloween2022.supercast.com/ If you'd like to support the Notorious Bakersf...

In a span of seventeen months in the mid-1990s, eight children were killed by the people who were supposed to protect them....parental figures. This is the first such case. Purchase the Notorious Bakersfield Halloween Tour he...

This Friday is the 67th anniversary of James Dean's death. Earlier the day of his accident, the Hollywood icon was pulled over and cited for speeding just south of Bakersfield. That's not the only Bakersfield connection to D...

There are a lot of rumors out there floating around about the historic Padre Hotel in downtown Bakersfield. Many of them are 100 percent false. Most of these stories aren't based on any evidence whatsoever. These rumors have ...

Often times I run across stories I'd like to cover, yet the stories aren't substantial enough for a single episode. So I decided I'd start covering these stories, put two or three together, and include them in a single episod...

A shooting occurred at the Kern County Coroner's Office in 1995. The more that was uncovered about this incident, the more bizarre the story became. If you'd like to support the Notorious Bakersfield podcast, you can buy me ...

In 1959, a cave-in occurred in the Stockdale area. It entombed a construction worker for thirteen hours. This story made nationwide headlines. If you'd like to support the Notorious Bakersfield podcast, you can buy me a coff...

Teresa's twin sister Lisa went missing in August 1996. Teresa intuitively knew something happened to her sister. She set out to help law enforcement solve the case. If you'd like to support the Notorious Bakersfield podcast, ...

On August 16, 1986, a Kern County Sherrif's Office Search & Rescue aircraft crashed in Hart Park. Killed were 46-year-old Douglas Moonen, 46-year-old Sgt. Marvin Kline and 50-year-old Ray Bockman, and Bockman's dog, a 3-year-...

On May 16, 1978, eight-year-old Jason went to see if his friend Jeremy could play. A man answered the door and said Jeremy couldn't play. Little Jeremy couldn't play because he was dead...likely bludgeoned to death by the man...

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.

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 ...

An organized crime ring burglarized the Wickersham Jewelry store in downtown Bakersfield in 1964. This is that story. If you'd like to support the Notorious Bakersfield podcast, you can buy me a coffee. Visit here to make a ...

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. If you'd lik...

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/ If you'd like to suppo...

Tony Azevedo was murdered in 1996 while delivering pizzas for Pizzaville USA. This is his story. If you'd like to support the Notorious Bakersfield podcast, you can buy me a coffee. Visit here to make a donation: https://www....

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...

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 ...

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. If you'd like to support the Notorious Bakersfield...

On May 7, 1954, a domestic dispute turned deadly at the Kern County Juvenile Court building. Two people died and two others were wounded. If you'd like to support the Notorious Bakersfield podcast, you can buy me a coffee. Vi...

Jack Downing's abandoned station wagon was found near the KERN Radio station on June 4, 1975. His body was found later that evening in a reservoir two miles away. His murder remain unsolved 47 years later. If you'd like to s...

The California Relief Administration (SRA) was the precursor to what today we know as the Employment Development Department. In 1941, an SRA employee was murdered by a relief recipient. If you'd like to support the Notorious ...

Bill and Dorothy Gutierrez were having marital problems. The terror that took place in their Country Club Drive home on October 9, 1990, shocked the entire city of Bakersfield. Purchase the Friday The 13th Tour Here: https://...