Episodes

In 1989, Kenneth Obney and a companion were ambushed by an assailant wearing a Santa costume in the parking lot of a Denny's restaurant in Bakersfield. If you'd like to support the Notorious Bakersfield podcast, you can buy m...

"Most of Arvin blew through Bakersfield on its way to Fresno..." That's how Don Hart, the mayor of Bakersfield at the time, described the 1977 wind and dust storm. If you'd like to support the Notorious Bakersfield podcast, y...

For 72 years residents have flocked to the Kern County Fairgrounds on South P Street for fun and amusement. What many people don't realize, three years before the fair moved here, this location was the site of one of Bakersf...

In early 1960, a young man roamed the state of California robbing women at gunpoint in their own homes. He targeted homes that were for sale. Homeowners in Modesto, Fresno, and Ventura fell victim to this criminal. He eventua...

The investigation into the deaths of two sex workers in the mid-1980s revealed an unlikely suspect...a Kern County Sherriff's deputy. If you'd like to support the Notorious Bakersfield podcast, you can buy me a coffee. Visit ...

Story 1: Monkey On The Loose In Bakersfield Story 2: Baby Boy Osborn If you'd like to support the Notorious Bakersfield podcast, you can buy me a coffee. Visit here to make a donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Notorious V...

18-year-old Dawn Koons was murdered in 1978. It took nearly four decades to solve this crime. If you'd like to support the Notorious Bakersfield podcast, you can buy me a coffee. Visit here to make a donation: https://www.buy...

This 1994 murder in the upscale neighborhood of The Oaks stunned and shocked the entire city of Bakersfield. If you'd like to support the Notorious Bakersfield podcast, you can buy me a coffee. Visit here to make a donation: ...

This sensational story from 1975 rocked an entire church congregation. If you'd like to support the Notorious Bakersfield podcast, you can buy me a coffee. Visit here to make a donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Notorious...

Notorious Bakersfield brings you a special Halloween bonus episode. On this Halloween episode, you'll hear the back story to Bakersfield's Central Park ghost. Also, a story from the West London Witch! Purchase the Notorious B...

Interview with Matt Munoz from Bakersfield's Mento Buru band. We discuss Mento Buru's 2021 EP Skalloween. Featured on this EP are two Halloween songs with Bakersfield roots-Buck Owen's "Monster's Holiday" and Ronnie Cook's "G...

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 ...