272: Chavez Ravine

Seven Deadly Sinners

Rachael O'Brien

True Crime, Exhibit C, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Seven Deadly Sinners, we dig into the dark history buried beneath Dodger Stadium — Chavez Ravine. Before the cheers and bright lights, it was a thriving Mexican-American community. Then came the promises of progress, eminent domain, and bulldozers. What followed was betrayal, broken families, and one of Los Angeles’ most haunting sins: a story where the American Dream was stolen in the name of it.

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0:00.0	Mm-hmm, yeah, oh.
0:05.0	Ooh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:20.0	Mm-hmm. Welcome back to another episode of Seven Deadly Sinners.
0:32.4	Thank you guys so much for listening,
0:34.9	and I am joined by Mr. Greg Hunter again to talk about his new favorite sport.
0:42.5	Baseball.
0:43.9	You literally said it to me the other day.
0:45.5	You were like, I can't believe you got me into baseball.
0:47.5	I was like, oh, sorry.
0:49.1	I typically don't care for baseball.
0:52.3	But I was very much rooting for the Mariners
0:56.0	because I wanted them to make it into their first world series
0:59.2	because some of my best buddies
1:00.9	are all big baseball guys.
1:03.4	They were rooting for it.
1:04.1	Rachel was rooting for it.
1:05.6	And then when the Blue Jays beat them,
1:07.5	I became an instant mega Dodgers fan.
1:10.8	Well, yeah, we have to like, I mean, the Dodgers have to crush the peasants is what I'm calling
1:16.2	them.
1:16.8	Sorry, Natalie.
1:17.8	So only if you're rooting for the Dodgers.
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