00:00He built a 40-foot fence around his neighbor's house, blocking out the sunlight.
00:06And newspapers called it the Spite Fence.
00:09You see, a rich man wanted an entire city block for his mansion, but one neighbor refused to sell.
00:16Since the rich man owned all the land around him, he just boxed the house in with a massive wall,
00:22killing the garden and leaving his family in darkness.
00:25It stayed up for over 25 years, but when they finally died, their children sold it to the rich man's family.
00:32But a year later, an earthquake tore down the entire block.
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