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, Buy Me A...

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 Ro...

Notorious Bakersfield Brief: The Lottery CurseMaria Pizano and her three young children sought refuge from her abusive partner. Despite making progress in separating herself from him, things took a tragic turn. Sup...

Have you seen the guy running through the streets of downtown Bakersfield pulling a rickshaw? Have you ever wondered what his story is? I recently had a conversation with "Rickshaw Neil."  Support Notorious Bakersfie...

Notorious Bakersfield Brief: A Greenlawn Cemetary worker was shot while on his lunch break in front of his coworkers in 1974. Ruby Lee Jackson Meriweather was murdered in 2000. Her case went unsolved for nine years. &nbs...

Almost thirty-seven years ago Lorraine Rodriguez was murdered. She was a single mother to two young daughters. Her case remains unsolved.  Support Notorious Bakersfield, Buy Me A Coffee:   

When an assailant beats a 90-year-old widow to death and seriously injures her daughter, it tends to shake up a community. Support Notorious Bakersfield, Buy Me A Coffee:   

Shirley Jordan and her 10 year-old son Joey were murdered in their Oildale duplex in 1995. This is their story. 

Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho terrified audiences in 1960, forever changing how movies were experienced—including enforcing a strict "no late admission" policy to heighten suspense. That same summer, a Bakersfield teenager watched Psyc...

This Notorious Bakersfield episode explores the reason why the city of Bakersfield has two dates of incorporation. You'll be surprised to learn it is because of one unpleasant character. 

On a quiet April night in 1923, an engineer at the San Joaquin Light and Power Company, made a chilling discovery while clearing debris from Mill Ditch. What initially appeared to be a discarded doll turned out to be the lifeless body of a todd...

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 slain in their central Bakersfi...

In April 2002, a quiet Bakersfield neighborhood was shaken by a brutal daylight attack. A year later, another shocking assault unfolded on the nearby Panorama Bluffs, but this time, a retired police officer intervened, preventing a tragedy. The...

Fort Cook, once an ambitious private resort envisioned as a celebrity haven, became a focal point of intrigue, rumors, and ultimately tragedy. The tale of its owner, Ronnie Cook—a musician turned entrepreneur—unfolds against a backdrop of mysti...

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 ...

Christmas Eve morning in 1979, a young man went on a crime spree that included kidnapping, rape and murder. 

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.

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.

 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, swep...

In April 1982, a husband and wife who managed a motel in Mojave were murdered. This is their story.