The Dreadful Side of Amusement Parks: Tragedies & Hauntings
Horrific History & Hauntings
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The Death of a Four Year Old
In 2003, a car on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad partially derailed. Staff before the ride really began kept hearing strange sounds coming from the train. The state ordered Disney to retrain the maintenance workers. One month after the rod was reopened during a test run, two trains crashed. In 1973, an 18 year old and his 10 year old brother decided to hide in the park past closing time on Tom Sawyer's Island. After a few hours of exploring, they tried to leave, but couldn't find their way out. They decided to swim across the rivers of America. But one boy drowned while the other did not know how to swim.
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