Notorious Bakersfield: The Book

Notorious Bakersfield, the podcast that takes a look back at some of Bakersfield's most notorious crimes, events, and characters, is now available as a book! This book includes additional research and photographs, expanding Robert Petersen's original podcast episodes that chronicle true crime and compelling personalities. Read up on 30 incredible true stories that happened in Bakersfield and Kern County over the past 100 years, and see remarkable photographs, some of which have never been published in this century.