Recent Episodes
May 18, 2026
Notorious Bakersfield Update II
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 regarding the future of the podcast. For now, my attention is where it needs to be — with my family member
April 28, 2026
Kidnapped! | E204
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. ***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
April 14, 2026
Knock Nock: The Hillcrest Murder | E203
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. ***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
March 31, 2026
The Nude Beach | E202
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
March 17, 2026
Final Curtain Call In Bakersfield | E201
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
March 3, 2026
The Notorious Onion Field | E200
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.buzzsprout.com/1784
Feb. 24, 2026
The Boy Who Never Came Home | E199
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
Feb. 17, 2026
Radio Silence | E198
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 Bakersfield t
Feb. 3, 2026
Bakersfield's Bad Ass Bully | E197
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
Jan. 27, 2026
The Night Shift Murder | E196
Send Robert a Text! ***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
Jan. 20, 2026
The House On The Hill | E195
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. Years later, when the
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