Crime Seen is the true crime review podcast that gets to the heart of how true crime stories are told. Join Mari Forth @maritalks2much.bsky.social and Sarah Carradine @sarahcarradine.bsky.social as they put true crime properties under the magnifying glass. In this episode they examine THE BAKERSFIELD 3. Watch it on Max. Joining them is Crime Seen third chair Sarah D Bunting @sarahdbunting.bsky.social

How many magnifying glasses out of 5 will they rate THE BAKERSFIELD 3? Listen to find out. Or jump to the ratings at about 40.17

Link to Katya Cengel's Marie Claire article Of Murder And Motherhood https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/bakersfield-three-mothers/ 

Link to Sarah D Bunting's review in Reality Blurred https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2025/05/the-bakersfield-3-its-better-if-you-dont-know-true-crime/ 

Link to exclusive Crime Seen discount at Exhibit B Books @exhibitbbooks.bsky.social https://exhibitbbooks.com/discount/XCS15  

Link to Crime Seen episodes mentioned in this discussion:

Episode 92 THEY CALLED HIM MOSTLY HARMLESS https://crimeseenpod.com/episode/crime-seen-episode-92-they-called-him-mostly-harmless-k5o4

Episode 63 AMERICAN PAIN with Dr Amanda Rabinowitz @dramandar.bsky.social https://crimeseenpod.com/episode/crime-seen-episode-63-american-pain-jswt 

Episode 135 GIRLS GONE WILD: THE UNTOLD STORY hit Matt Scott @mattscottgw.bsky.social 7 Chappell @chappellskickback.bsky.social https://crimeseenpod.com/episode/girls-gone-wild-the-untold-story-crime-seen-episode-135 

Recommendations:

book: ASK NOT: THE KENNEDYS AND THE WOMEN THEY DESTROYED (Maureen Callahan, 2024)

tv series: THE PLAYBOY MURDERS Season 3 (Max in the US, and Binge in Australia, 2023- )

drama: FOREVER (Netflix, 2025)

tv series: DEADLOCH (Prime, 2023)

tv series: OUT FLAG MEANS DEATH (Max, 2022-2023)

animated series: BIG MOUTH (Netflix, 2017-2025)

You can jump to the recommendations at about 47.36

Next time on Crime Seen: FRED AND ROSE WEST: A BRITISH HORROR STORY with Toby Ball @tobyballnh.bsky.social Watch it on Max, and send in your comments and questions

Find Sarah D Bunting at:

Best Evidence https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/tags/best-evidence/ 

Exhibit B Books https://exhibitbbooks.com/ 

Find Mari at: 

Recap Kickback: https://recapkickback.com/

FOREVER https://recapkickback.com/episode/forever-on-netflix-episodes-1-4-recap

ONYX STORM https://recapkickback.com/episode/onyx-storm-book-review-fan-theories-explained 

FInd Sarah at:

Silent Podcasts International:

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/silent-podcasts/id1580483047

https://open.spotify.com/show/2L3VlGlusgx4Wpmb1QglWJ 

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH coverage https://postshowrecaps.com/?s=our+flag+means+death 

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