SYMHC Classics: Griffith Jenkins Griffith

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 4 January 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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This 2021 episode covers G.J. Griffith, who today is associated with the Los Angeles park and the observatory. But during his time, Griffith was associated with other things: real estate, social climbing, and a horrifying domestic abuse scandal.

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0:00.0	I'm Jason Alexander
0:02.3	And I'm Peter Tilden
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0:32.1	Hello and happy Saturday.
0:34.1	Griffith J. Griffith was born on January 4th, 1850, or 175 years ago today.
0:41.5	Griffith is probably best known for his donation of the land that became Griffith Park in Los Angeles,
0:47.6	but during his lifetime, he also became notorious after shooting his wife Tina in 1903.
0:53.9	Our episode on all of this is today's Saturday classic,
0:57.6	and it originally came out on January 25th, 2021.
1:01.8	Enjoy.
1:05.2	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class,
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