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    A green space built on buried bodies: The story of Cemetery Park in Ventura

    A new documentary tells the story of one of Ventura’s most popular downtown parks.

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    By Jonathan Bastian • Feb 1, 2019 • 1 min read

    A new documentary tells the story of one of Ventura’s most popular downtown parks. However, few know the grisly details: just below the grass lies more than 3,000 buried bodies, whose gravestones were lifted off the land and dropped into a nearby canyon by the city back in 1964.

    Cemetery Park Official Trailer from Brandon Alvis on Vimeo.

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      Jonathan Bastian

      Host, Life Examined

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    2 of 3
    After the Borderline shooting, a fight for gun control
    1. 0:00Could a mass shooting end gun shows in Ventura County?
    2. 12:28A green space built on buried bodies: The story of Cemetery Park in VenturaYou’re reading this
    3. 20:07A homegrown Oxnard musician returns to awaken a quiet music scene
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