Notorious Bakersfield Podcast
1) Encore: Ruby Jackson Meriweather
Send Robert a Text! Notorious Bakersfield Brief: A Greenlawn Cemetery worker was shot while on his lunch break in front of his coworkers in 1974. Ruby Lee Jackson Meriweather was murdered in 2000. H...Show More
2) The Clown That Terrified Kern County | E188
Send Robert a Text! It all started with a clown, a few eerie pictures posted to Instagram, and a wave of panic that spread faster than anyone could’ve imagined. Click Here to purchase the 2025 Hall...Show More
3) Don't Point That At Me | E187
Send Robert a Text! It was a quiet afternoon in 2013 in the Rosedale community when neighbors heard gunfire. What began as a family’s desperate attempt to save a troubled young man from addiction wo...Show More
4) The Matchmaker Murder | E186
Send Robert a Text! Nearly a decade before the murder that would shock Bakersfield, Dennis Weis had been convicted in Illinois for a brutal sexual assault against an ex-girlfriend who tried to leave ...Show More
5) Promo: George The Giant's Strange Museum!
Send Robert a Text! Check Out George The Giant's Strange Museum of Oddities & Wonders, Oct. 11, 12, 17, 18, 24, 25, and November 1! Friday hours are 5 to 10 PM, and Saturday hours are 2 to 10 PM. Adm...Show More
6) The Pearl Harbor Survivor's Wife | E185
Send Robert a Text! Inside a charming Northeast Bakersfield Craftsman-style home lived Joe and Margy LiCastro—he, a 91-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor; she, his 84-year-old wife, known for her grace a...Show More
7) The 2025 Halloween Tour!
Send Robert a Text! This year's Notorious Bakersfield Halloween Tour will take you to all NEW locations in downtown Bakersfield! Visit this link to purchase the 2025 Halloween Audio Driving Tour: htt...Show More
8) Murder Of A Westchester Divorcée | E184
Send Robert a Text! Illah O'Malior was a divorced woman living alone in Bakersfield’s Westchester neighborhood when she was murdered in 1952. Purchase this year's Notorious Bakersfield Halloween a...Show More
9) Update: The Supermarket Rapist
Send Robert a Text! I first covered this story back in 2022. Here is a much overdue update regarding that story. Purchase Notorious Bakersfield: The Book Volume II here: https://a.co/d/2XONnB1 ***...Show More
10) A Case Of Workplace Violence | E183
Send Robert a Text! On a quiet Wednesday morning in October 1996, the staff and patients at a Bakersfield dialysis clinic were going about their routines when tragedy struck. Within moments, a workpl...Show More