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The Bakersfield Three

The Bakersfield Three

By: Casefile Presents
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 When two friends go missing back-to-back, and in between their disappearances, a third friend is murdered, their mothers begin their own investigation. As the connections between the three cases are explored, the mothers navigate devastating twists and turns, including one revelation that shakes the community to its core.

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Episodes
  • Episode 1: Fight Like a Mother

    Episode 1: Fight Like a Mother
    Nov 7 2023
    When a local young woman goes missing, it initially appears to be an all too familiar tragic tale involving a suspicious boyfriend. But it soon becomes clear the case is anything but typical when three local mothers begin their own investigation.

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    26 mins
  • Episode 2: Facebook Official

    Episode 2: Facebook Official
    Nov 7 2023
    The ties between The Bakersfield Three are explored as new revelations, including a love triangle, come to light.

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    36 mins
  • Episode 3: Yellow Rose

    Episode 3: Yellow Rose
    Nov 7 2023
    Not long before Micah Holsonbake disappeared, he was a successful financial advisor living in a nice home with his wife and son. But a prescription for painkillers changes everything.

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    33 mins
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I thought this was great story usually I get bored in a series of the same thing for multiple episodes but this was well written and the heart the mothers all shared and bleed drew me in kept it real and I couldn’t skip it!

The depth of investigations

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Excellent long-form investigative podcast that has the pace of a page-turner novel. I will continue following this case as the families deserve our full attention.

Don’t miss this one!

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I've listened to longer podcasts I get tired of because they seem so repetitive. This one is a continuation story each episode. There is only rehash when needed.

Keeps you captivated

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I got sucked in. my thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families.

First True Crime Great listen

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Well done to you all, so much work was put into this by all. I am so sorry to all the families that go through and are going through these horrors. This podcast shows all that is evolved by all parties. We get to feel the headaches of all and see that it never goes away or stops. I hope you all find out the truth. Please do more of these to help these many families find out the truth.

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Great investigative journalism but a lot of unnecessary dialogue. Could have been 5 or 6 episodes. And I’m sorry to say it but Jane’s voice was grating and she was featured in every episode and almost had as much air time as the journalist. I feel for Bailey’s sister. It must have been and continue to be very hurtful to watch her mother enable her sister while her whereabouts were known and then continue to have Bailey’s disappearance absolutely consume her life.

Story is fascinating, but podcast could have been half as long

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as mentioned by a previous review, while diased investigation in this podcast is on full view throughout this series. in no way do I think the families of the victims do anything wrong in expressing their thoughts and grief, although Bailey's mother does indeed become more and more frustrating to listen to. but the onus lies on the reporter to keep the perspective narrow and focused on facts. she does not. Queen is by all accounts a really terrible person. absolutely. and I'm glad he is in prison for his role. but this investigation glossed over too many points and statements by people that knew all of the people involved that paint a much darker picture about each of the individuals. of course a parent would never want to believe something so horrible about their own child, but the scenarios expressed are simply theories and opinions. not FACTS. and those theories seemed to color the reporters view of what happened and seemed to take a position on it very early on. it's up to the media to do better. this type of biased reporting leads to rash decisions in the best case scenario and having innocent people convicted in the worst case scenario. so while the podcast was well recorded and produced and while I feel for the families of the victims , this is ultimately not worth listening to.

exploitative

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While the story was good, the reporting left a lot to be desired. As I made my way through, the mother of Bailey becomes more and more intolerable. While Matt Queen is a deplorable human, Bailey was just as bad. It is awful when parents cannot accept who their children are. The kid you believe you know isn't always the kid their friends know. Once it became clear that she wouldn't accept who her daughter was, it was almost impossible to listen.

Biased Reporting

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