Episode 85: Amusement Park Accidents
Today we're discussing some of the worst amusement park accidents throughout history.
Approximately 30,000 theme-park-related injuries occur each year, but many aren’t classified as serious. Statistically speaking, you are more likely to get struck by lightning than die on a roller coaster. But alas- today, I’ve put together a few shallow dives into some of the worst Amusement Park Accidents throughout time.
Sources:
- 11+ Amusement Park Accident Statistics To Throw You in a Loop (webtribunal.net)
- The Haunted Castle, Revisited - NFPA Journal
- NJ Six Flags Roller Coaster Malfunction: 12 Hurt in El Toro Accident – NBC New York
- A string of incidents at Six Flags raises questions about amusement ride safety - nj.com
- Haunted Castle (Six Flags Great Adventure) - Wikipedia
- The 8 Most Horrifying Amusement Park Deaths In History (allthatsinteresting.com)
- A few deaths, injuries among millions of Kings Island visitors over 50 years (journal-news.com)
- Three die in amusement park accidents - UPI Archives
- Bizarre deaths of three theme park guests after gruesome electrocutions and woman thrown 60ft from ride | The US Sun (the-sun.com)
- Today in history: 3 people die, 1 person hurt at Kings Island in 1991 (cincinnati.com)
- 11 Jun 1991, Page 1 - The Cincinnati Enquirer at Newspapers.com
- 'It changed my life forever:' Survivor of 1986 mall coaster crash wants memorial | CBC News
- Mindbender tragedy, 25 years later | Edmonton | News | Edmonton Sun (archive.org)
- June 14, 1986: A Mind-bending Disaster - History and Headlines
- West Edmonton Mall closes Mindbender indoor roller-coaster | Globalnews.ca
- This is the aftermath of the mindbender accident at galaxy land 3 people were killed and one was seriously injured you can see a body on the bottom right covered with a tarp : r/MorbidReality (reddit.com)
- https://londonist.com/2014/03/londons-forgotten-disasters-the-battersea-big-dipper-crash
- https://allthatsinteresting.com/amusement-park-disasters/8
The Haunted Castle Attraction at Six Flags Great Adventure prior to the fire that killed 8 people. Photo source: Haunted Castle (Six Flags Great Adventure) - Wikipedia
The Flight Commander ride where Candy Taylor fell to her death. Photo source: Bizarre deaths of three theme park guests after gruesome electrocutions and woman thrown 60ft from ride | The US Sun (the-sun.com)
The Mindbender Roller Coaster inside the West Edmonton Mall. Photo Source: This is the aftermath of the mindbender accident at galaxy land 3 people were killed and one was seriously injured you can see a body on the bottom right covered with a tarp : r/MorbidReality (reddit.com)
The aftermath of the accident on the Big Dipper Roller Coaster at Battersea Amusement Park in London that killed 5 children and injured 13. Photo source: https://allthatsinteresting.com/amusement-park-disasters/8
