Notorious Bakersfield

Send Robert a Text! What began as a dispute between roommates in an east Bakersfield home would become a case far more complicated than anyone could have imagined. It's a story of violence, grief, and a legal battle that would raise an extraordinary question about how justice could be served. Purchase Halloween Tour here:  https://2026halloweentour.supercast.com/ Purchase "An Evening wit...

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Send Robert a Text! In this episode, Captain Nathan McCauley with the Bakersfield Police Department explains why reopening a 103 year old cold is more than just identifying two unknown victims. Purchase tickets to An Evening With Gil Carrillo here: https://www.prekindle.com/event/14154-notorious-bakersfield-presents-an-evening-with-gil-carillo-inside-the-night-stalk-investigation-bakersfield Donat...

Send Robert a Text! A marriage had ended, but the anger and obsession behind it had not. By the fall of 1995, one Bakersfield family was caught in an escalating cycle of jealousy, threats and violence—and a young girl would ultimately find herself caught in the middle. **Donate to the GIVE THEM THEIR NAMES BACK campaign (please mak  a note that your contribution is for "Give Them Their Names...

Send Robert a Text! On a hot August afternoon in 2000, the workday was winding down at a small family-owned business in southwest Bakersfield. Within hours, 31-year-old Brad St. Clair would be at the center of a murder investigation—one that, more than a quarter-century later, still holds an unanswered question. Support the show

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Send Robert a Text! Hey Notorious Bakersfield fans,  I wanted to jump on here and explain why I haven’t released a new episode recently. A couple of weeks ago, a family member entered hospice care, and to say my focus hasn’t been on Notorious Bakersfield would be an understatement. Honestly, my head and heart just haven’t been in it.  When the time feels appropriate, I’ll share another update rega...

Send Robert a Text! In December 1988, four-year-old Deisy Herrera vanished without a trace from her East Bakersfield yard. Six months later, another young girl from Bakersfield went missing. As her family and authorities launched a frantic search, fear gripped the entire community. Support the show

Send Robert a Text! This week marks the 16th anniversary of this crime. After listening to this episode, you'll think twice before answering a stranger's knock on your door.  Support the show

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.  Support the show

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.  Support the show

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.  Support the show

Send Robert a Text! In 1931, a 6-year-old boy never came home. What happened to him, shocked the Bakersfield community.  Support the show

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...

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.  Support the show

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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 settle...

Send Robert a Text! Who knew there has been more than one murder on the Bakersfield College campus?  Support the show

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.   Support the show

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...

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 lat...

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Send Robert a Text! For decades, Sidney “Sid” Sheffield devoted his life to making Bakersfield a better place — as a teacher, administrator, and champion of local education and health care. His warmth drew people in, his optimism lifted spirits, and his generosity touched countless lives. That ended in November 1998.  Support the show

Send Robert a Text!  It all started with a clown, a few eerie pictures posted to Instagram, and a wave of panic that spread faster than anyone could’ve imagined.  Support the show

Send Robert a Text!  It was a quiet afternoon in 2013 in the Rosedale community when neighbors heard gunfire. What began as a family’s desperate attempt to save a troubled young man from addiction would end in tragedy.  Support the show