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Hosted by Robert Petersen · history · EN-US
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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Signup to Generate a PitchNotorious 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.
Notorious Bakersfield is hosted by Robert Petersen. The show has published 214 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Haunted Bakersfield | E209" (27 October 2026, 21 minutes), "Halloween Promo" (1 October 2026, 1 minute), and "Give Them Their Names Back | E207" (29 September 2026, 15 minutes).
Notorious Bakersfield publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 21 minutes across 214 episodes.
Booking probability for Notorious Bakersfield is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Notorious Bakersfield requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Notorious Bakersfield's contact route on record: verified email.
Robert Petersen hosts Notorious Bakersfield, a history podcast with 214 episodes published.
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Notorious Bakersfield
Send Robert a Text! In this episode, Robert explores a few Bakersfield locations that are reportedly haunted. Purchase Halloween Tour here: https://2026halloweentour.supercast.com/ Purchase "An Evening with Gil...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Send Robert a Text! Who knew there has been more than one murder on the Bakersfield College campus? Support the show
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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...
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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...
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