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30 Morbid Minutes

Death At Disney Parks

30 Morbid Minutes

30 Morbid Minutes

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8731 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Disney controls its family friendly image with an iron, four-fingered fist, but even the all-seeing Mouse House can’t anticipate every casualty – including the tragic deaths of park visitors or staff. Between 2006 and 2020, more than 20 people have met their end while at Florida’s Magic Kingdom, and countless others have died in fatal incidents at other parks around the globe. We investigate the main causes while attempting to debunk some infamous myths and rumors.      Go to http://betterhelp.com/30MM to get 10% off your first month! Go to http://everlywell.com/30mm to get 20% off an at-home lab test. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.3

Sometimes the happiest place on earth can turn into the deadliest.

0:39.9

Welcome to 30 Morbid Minutes.

1:02.0

This is the podcast where we cover topics of a morbid, macab, dark, and downright grisly nature.

1:03.6

I'm Elise Willems.

1:04.8

And I'm Jessica Vasami.

1:09.8

Avid Disney Park goers will be familiar with the Matterhorn, Disney's first roller coaster attraction, and the very first

1:12.0

tubular steel coaster in the world. It's modeled after the mountain of the same name,

1:16.9

located in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy, and the ride sends passengers

1:22.1

hurtling at high speeds in bobsled-shaped cars through the snowy mountain pass, as they allude the abominable

1:28.8

snowman. Speaking from personal experience, I can tell you it's very fun, kind of old, and one of the

1:34.6

iconic rides that comes to mind when thinking of Disneyland. I can't speak from experience, as I've

1:39.9

never been to Disneyland, but the Matterhorn made its debut on June 14th, 1959. Five years later,

1:48.0

in May 1964, it was nearing midnight and a 15-year-old Mark Maples, a local, was at the park

1:55.2

for a fun summer night. He boarded the coaster alongside his two brothers, taking the middle seat. From there,

2:02.8

no one knows exactly what happened. The details are a bit cloudy. There's speculation that either

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