April 27, 2022

I'm Just a Brakeman, Give Me a Break: Amusement Park Disasters Part 3

I'm Just a Brakeman, Give Me a Break: Amusement Park Disasters Part 3

This week, Melanie is a tour guide on the River Styx, we identify our gas station item love languages, we are old-timey brakemen, Melanie gets rammed, rollercoaster ghosts live on in original flooring, , the mayor and only the mayor cares, Walt Disney has a bad day, we get new nicknames, and Brianne has seen enough.

Content warnings: death of a parent, hospice, cancer, rollercoaster derailment, injuries, brief and non-specific mention of suicide, brief graphic description of scalp injury, deaths of teenagers

Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_coaster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_roller_coaster
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43186453/dorney-scenic-railway-accident/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/274669129/?terms=dorney%20park%20scenic%20railway&match=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOGsEZJThMs
https://rcdb.com/2862.htm
https://www.newspapers.com/image/274616367/?terms=dorney%20park%20scenic%20railway&match=1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderhawk_(Dorney_Park)
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48286643/the-morning-call/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/279400864/?terms=beatrice%20lausterer&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/159750855/?terms=beatrice%20lausterer&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/279409019/?terms=beatrice%20lausterer&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/274860142/?terms=beatrice%20lausterer&match=1
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2991&context=studentwork
https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/matterhorn-ride-deaths-disneyland-fatal-accidents-16285220.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matterhorn_Bobsleds
https://www.newspapers.com/image/705454591/?terms=mark%20maples%20disneyland&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/705453792/?terms=mark%20maples%20disneyland&match=1