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PODCAST

Notorious Bakersfield

Robert Petersen

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.

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25:00

Encore: Chinese Food & Double Murder

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2026/04/07

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30:41

The Nude Beach | E202

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2026/03/31

Send Robert a Text! This Notorious Bakersfield story unfolds 150 miles west of Bakersfield, along the coast in Santa Barbara County. But this story has tentacles reaching all the way back to Bakersfield. ***SUBSCRIBE HERE*** For only $4 per month, you can Subscribe to Notorious Bakersfield to get access to the entire back catalog of episodes. Subscribe here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1784628/subscribe

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17:56

Encore: Attack On The Panorama Bluffs

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2026/03/24

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21:53

Final Curtain Call In Bakersfield | E201

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2026/03/17

Send Robert a Text! In 1908 Bakersfield, an afternoon visit to a hotel room set off a chain of events that would ripple through the town for years. What began as a quiet, private meeting quickly turned into one of the most talked-about incidents in Bakersfiel of its time. ***SUBSCRIBE HERE*** For only $4 per month, you can Subscribe to Notorious Bakersfield to get access to the entire back catalog of episodes. Subscribe here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1784628/subscribe

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16:33

Encore: UFOs Over Bakersfield

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2026/03/10

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37:48

The Notorious Onion Field | E200

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2026/03/03

Send Robert a Text! On a March night in 1963, two LAPD officers were kidnapped during what should have been a routine traffic stop—and driven north into the dark farm fields just outside Bakersfield. This episode of Notorious Bakersfield revisits that horrific crime and it's chilling connection to Kern County. ***SUBSCRIBE HERE*** For only $4 per month, you can Subscribe to Notorious Bakersfield to get access to the entire back catalog of episodes. Subscribe here: https://www.buzzs...

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21:14

The Boy Who Never Came Home | E199

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2026/02/24

Send Robert a Text! In 1931, a 6-year-old boy never came home. What happened to him, shocked the Bakersfield community. ***SUBSCRIBE HERE*** For only $4 per month, you can Subscribe to Notorious Bakersfield to get access to the entire back catalog of episodes. Subscribe here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1784628/subscribe

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36:15

Radio Silence | E198

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2026/02/17

Send Robert a Text! For decades, anyone with a scanner could listen as Bakersfield police officers and Kern County deputies responded to calls in real time. Now, a massive countywide radio overhaul could encrypt those transmissions, silencing the airwaves to the public. The question is whether this change will enhance officer safety, or will it put a wall between law enforcement and the community they serve. ***SUBSCRIBE HERE*** For only $4 per month, you can Subscribe to Notorious Bakersfi...

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27:35

(Encore) Rachel Legan: I Married A Monster

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2026/02/10

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28:21

Bakersfield's Bad Ass Bully | E197

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2026/02/03

Send Robert a Text! His name probably isn’t familiar to you—and that’s what makes the story of Percy Douglas so intriguing. In Bakersfield’s Wild West days, he was feared, violent, and impossible to ignore… yet today he survives only as an obscure footnote in local history. ***SUBSCRIBE HERE*** For only $4 per month, you can Subscribe to Notorious Bakersfield to get access to the entire back catalog of episodes. Subscribe here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1784628/subscribe

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19:56

The Night Shift Murder | E196

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2026/01/27

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20:14

The House On The Hill | E195

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2026/01/20

Send Robert a Text! Long before Colonel Thomas Baker arrived in what we now call Bakersfield, a solitary hill rose from the valley floor near the site of today’s Mercy Hospital. For generations, that hill was home to a Yokuts village, a place chosen for both its visibility and its safety from the river’s floods. After the Native Americans left, some of Kern County’s earliest white pioneers settled on the same hill, unknowingly building their lives atop a much older history. Yea...

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18:40

Another Murder At Bakersfield College | E:194

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2026/01/13

Send Robert a Text! Who knew there has been more than one murder on the Bakersfield College campus? ***SUBSCRIBE HERE*** For only $4 per month, you can Subscribe to Notorious Bakersfield to get access to the entire back catalog of episodes. Subscribe here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1784628/subscribe

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0:41

Notorious Bakersfield Plus

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2026/01/12

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18:27

Encore: A 1923 Murder Mystery

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2026/01/06

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52:11

Encore: The Dana Butler Mystery

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2025/12/30

Send Robert a Text! I'm took a couple of weeks off for the holidays. Enjoy this encore episode. ***SUBSCRIBE HERE*** For only $4 per month, you can Subscribe to Notorious Bakersfield to get access to the entire back catalog of episodes. Subscribe here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1784628/subscribe

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26:00

Woody's Toy Circus | E193

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2025/12/23

Send Robert a Text! For years, Woody’s Toy Circus was a Bakersfield landmark—a place where childhood excitement filled the aisles and memories were made by the cartload. Built by a larger-than-life local personality, the store became more than a toy shop; it was a Bakersfield institution. ***SUBSCRIBE HERE*** For only $4 per month, you can Subscribe to Notorious Bakersfield to get access to the entire back catalog of episodes. Subscribe here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1784628/...

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17:52

Child Predator On The Loose |E192

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2025/12/16

Send Robert a Text! Today, finding out whether a convicted sex offender lives nearby takes just a few clicks — but decades ago, communities had no such warning system. Long before Megan’s Law made that information public, one small Kern County town was forced to confront a terrifying question: what happens when everyone knows a child predator is coming back, and there’s nothing the law seems able to do about it. ***SUBSCRIBE HERE*** For only $4 per month, you can Subscribe to Notorious Bake...

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16:26

Encore: Fort Cook: Mystique & Murder

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2025/12/09

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UNSOLVED: The Mysterious Death of Augustus | E191

Notorious Bakersfield ·

2025/12/02

Send Robert a Text! In the final summer of the Roaring Twenties, just weeks before the stock market crash would shatter the nation’s confidence, a quiet and disheveled stranger wandered into Bakersfield. Within hours, that man—49-year-old Augustus Mahillon—would become the center of a baffling mystery involving hidden wealth, false identities, and a death that remains unsolved nearly a century later. ***SUBSCRIBE HERE*** For only $4 per month, you can Subscribe to Notorious Bakersfield to g...

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