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On a misty Sunday morning in January 1970, gunfire shattered the quiet of a northeast Bakersfield neighborhood when an undercover heroin bust turned into a chaotic shootout outside a 7-Eleven. What followed was a dramatic case of mistaken identity, a wounded state narcotics agent, and a story that would echo through Bakersfield lore for decades.

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This is a tale of jealousy, violence, and a midnight meal gone horribly wrong—one that began inside a Chinese restaurant on L Street in the summer of 1902 and ended with two people dead. The man accused of pulling the trigger was a troubled oil field worker known around town as Kid Robbins.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Notorious Bakersfield Brief: The Lottery Curse

Maria Pizano and her three young children sought refuge from her abusive partner. Despite making progress in separating herself from him, things took a tragic turn.

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