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The Bakersfield 3: A Tale of Murder and Motherhood (2025)

Name: The Bakersfield 3: A Tale of Murder and Motherhood
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 6.2

Documentary

In the spring of 2018 over the course of just 34 days, a young woman and man went missing, and another young man was murdered in Bakersfield, California.

IMDb rating: 6.2 (365 votes)
Episode average: 6.4 +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): HBO Max
Language: EN
Type: Mini-series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (2025)

6.40 avg 3 episodes 6.4 → 6.3 42 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	One Mystery, or Three?	6.4	28
2	The Boogieman of Bakersfield	6.5	26
3	Fight Like a Mother	6.3	26