Send Robert a Text! When Bakersfield police officers discovered Clifford Johnson's body in an upper-middle-class neighborhood in Northeast Bakersfield, they initially believed it was a clear case of suicide. But was it? Support Notorious Bakersfield, Buy Me A Coffee:  Click Here! Purchase Notorious Bakersfield: The Book Volume II here: https://a.co/d/2XONnB1
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Murder At Tex's Barrel House | E170
Send Robert a Text! Notorious Bakersfield Brief: This is a bizzar story about how a 78-year-old great grandmother fought off a rapist.  On a April night in 1984, a young woman named Kathy Hyde visited Tex's Barrel House, a popular Country/Western bar near Garces Circle. An encounter in the parking lot would lead to a horrifying act of violence that would leave one person dead, another permanently scarred, and a mystery that would haunt Bakersfield for years. This is the story of Murder at Tex’s Barrel House.Support Notorious Bakersfield, Buy Me A Coffee:  Click Here! Purchase Notorious Bakersfield: The Book Volume II here: https://a.co/d/2XONnB1
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Before It Was Mexicali | E169
Send Robert a Text! 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 Coffee:  Click Here! Purchase Notorious Bakersfield: The Book Volume II here: https://a.co/d/2XONnB1
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The Pump Room Murder | E168
Send Robert a Text! 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 Room bar on Edison Highway in 1986. This new chapter in their lives quickly turned violent.  Support Notorious Bakersfield, Buy Me A Coffee:  Click Here! Purchase Notorious Bakersfield: The Book Volume II here: https://a.co/d/2XONnB1
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Encore: He Said His name Is Mateo
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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.