In the early hours of March 1, 1929, gunshots rattled across the Conejo Valley. A Packard Roadster rumbled toward Camarillo on what is now the 101 highway. Soon a corpse was found in a Camarillo field beside the road. His pocket contained clues detectives traced to two beautiful women and two mafia friends of the deceased. Thus, jumpstarted the first underworld trial ever held on the west coast—and it had more plot twists than a weather-beaten windmill.

Hyperlocal Camarillo Podcast

David Reel & Josh McDonald

The Carmine Buono Murder: The First Underworld Trial On the West Coast

AUG 21, 202034 MIN
Hyperlocal Camarillo Podcast

The Carmine Buono Murder: The First Underworld Trial On the West Coast

AUG 21, 202034 MIN

Description

In the early hours of March 1, 1929, gunshots rattled across the Conejo Valley. A Packard Roadster rumbled toward Camarillo on what is now the 101 highway. Soon a corpse was found in a Camarillo field beside the road. His pocket contained clues detectives traced to two beautiful women and two mafia friends of the deceased. Thus, jumpstarted the first underworld trial ever held on the west coast—and it had more plot twists than a weather-beaten windmill.