Cases of Death at Disneyland:
The first death that happened at Disneyland occurred on in May 1964 when Mark Maples, a fifteen-year-old Long Beach, California resident, attempted to stand up whilst riding the Matterhorn Bobsleds. As their bobsled approached the mountain’s top, Mark unbuckled his seatbelt and attempted to stand up. Maples lost his balance and was flung from the sled to the track below, breaking his skull and ribs which caused internal injury. Mark survived the initial fall but died three days later in hospital. Sadly, some people did not learn from Marks infamous death.
2 years after in 1966, Thomas Guy Cleveland, a 19-year-old from Northridge, California, was killed while attempting to sneak into Disney land from the Monorail track. He managed to climb the 16 foot fence and climbed onto the track. A security Guard noticed Thomas and screamed at him to get down as the monorail was approaching. Thomas either ignored, or didn’t hear him and was stuck by the monorail which dragged him 40 feet down the track. Thomas died on the spot.
This bring us to August 1967 where 16 year old Ricky Lee Yama from Hawthorne California was visiting Disneyland and decided to disregard the safety rules whilst riding the People Mover. Ricky exited the car as it passed through the tunnel intending to jump to another car. As Ricky jumped to another car he slipped and was crushed to death under the wheels of the oncoming car.
On June the 22, 1973 18 year old Bogden Delaurot, and his 10-year-old brother Dorian Delaurot were visiting Disneyland with their family from Brooklyn, New York. The brothers opted to stay on Tom Sawyer’s Island as it was getting about to close for the day. Bogden and Dorian jumped a fence and hid in the woods behind the Burning Settler’s Cabin as park staff ushered guests aboard boats to return to the park. The brothers decided to leave the island at 9:30 p.m. and go to the main park. They decided to swim across the Rivers of America rather than ask for aid since they didn’t want to get themselves into trouble. Dorain couldn’t swim so decided to go on Bogdens back. Bogden drowned half way across, his little brother was saved by a ride operator who spotted him doggy paddling in the water. Bogdens body was recovered the next morning.
Much like Ricky Yama before him, Gerado Gonzales, a graduate from san diego highschool met his fate on the People Mover on June the 7th 1980. Gerardo was climbing from car to car when he stumbled and fell onto the track. As he fell, he was hit by an oncoming car with crushed him between the wheels and dragged him a few hundred feet until the ride operator shut off the ride.
3 years later, more graduates were celebrating their graduation. It was the 4th of June 1983 when Philip Straughan who was 18 years old and his friends snook into the cast members only section along the river where they united an inflatable motorboat and took it for a joy ride. The group had been heavily drinking and were unable to control the boat. The hit a rock near Tom Saywer island where Philip was thrown into the waters. At this point the group couldn’t see Philip and decided to go and get help. Help arrived but it was too late, Philip drowned an hour before his body was finally recovered.
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Always love to see your posts mate, there's likely no need for me to emphasize "keep up the great work!!"…as you seem to have set that bar rather high yourself man!!!
I am a bit suprised about the Death on the people mover it's one of the slowest rides at Disneyland when it was open…..also if you see a picture of the people mover on the track…the car of the people mover is huging the track I don't see enough room for anyone to get cought under the car.
These incidents sad and tragic I think the incident with the two year old boy was probably one of the most graphic and gruesome one never looked until the more precise details but it sounded like something out of one of those nature run a muck animal creature horror films.
The tragic thing is most of those incidents are not accidents and it’s down to the stupidity of the person not following the rules and acting like an idiot. It’s tragic but they’ve only got themselves to blame.
What is the music at the end? Its so peaceful.
I used to be a ride operator at the park across from Disneyland. I'll never be able to count all the times that I had to outright scream at guests who thought it was funny to leave their ride vehicle while it was still moving, or the times I had to deal with guests that would come off the ride sobbing because their phone was flung out of their hand mid ride, despite me constantly reminding them that cell phones had to be put away. (Thank god they usually hit the concrete ground or flew into the surrounding foliage instead of hitting someone.)
As Disasterthon said, the rules and regulations aren't there to be a buzzkill. They are literally there to keep you safe. Please don't be stupid, guys.
I can't believe this channel isn't at least at half a mil by now. Truly good work
I find it a bit interesting how most theme park deaths are boys/men who just disregard rules. Just an observation.
every single person riding those attractions that died was at fault, i operated Space Mountain at
WDW in Orlando FL & we had two incidents that
were solely the fault of those riding and both
had been warned prior to the start of the ride
one person lost a finger the other was injured
in the head when the battery of his camcorder
became dislodged & struck him in the head.
both survived but with serious injury.
3:33 Did their parents not notice them missing for that long?? They left the island at 9:30pm, where did their parents think they were?
Also, this is why it is extremely important to teach water safety as young as possible. The older brother tried to help the younger brother which is kind but you learn with water safety you can't hold up another person like that even if you're a great swimmer. Trained lifeguards always carry a floatation device. Long distance swimmers have someone nearby in a boat with a floatation device.
Notice how there are only about 2-3 deaths at Disney that are the parks fault? Most of these are just people not following rules
This is what happens when people don't think the rules apply to them. Tragic, yes. Avoidable, also yes
honestly though, what tf did you think was gonna happen if you stood up on a rollercoaster mid ride?
How is it possible for an adult person, who is full conscious, to drown in water only 4 feet deep???
anyone remember mark maples
Thank you for telling us about these things.
These weren't accidents. These were the results of immature young people doing dangerous stunts. Disney Corp. can do all possible to keep their attractions safe. What they cannot do is forsee and prevent visitors from doing dangerous and really stupid actions. RIP.
No matter how safe they make it
They can't make it dummy proof
Bro the deaths are so stupid like who would climb out of the people mover or stand up in a bobsled
WTF DIES AT DISNEYLAND
I love how all of the first few were from California 😭
If you are dumb enough to pull some of the stunts I've heard from this channel, I am seriously glad you are gone.
I'm sad people died but all of them were caused by people doing things they shouldn't. You really do need to follow the rules!
We had grad night at Disneyland in 1976. Thankfully no one was hurt. These deaths could have been avoided if these people would have followed the safety rules, it’s sad but they didn’t listen
"general Stupidity" yeah that sounds about right when comes to accidents and sadly deaths on any ride at all parks. because the people do not fallow the rules.
I'm always terrified to hear stories of people getting into bodies of amusement park water after hearing an incident from King's Island where the water was electrified by an faulty pump.
Moral of the story: don't be a dumbass
Seriously WTF is wrong is people?
I feel bad for all these people, irresponsible or not. Rest in Peace.
They knew that they couldn't swim but they decided to try to swim across the lake anyways I don't know I mean I may be crazy but that's just sounds really dumb I've never known a time where I couldn't swim but I know that there are people out there who have never learned they would never try to swim across the lake water would terrify them
These people died of stupidity
The problem is they checked the rides every day but they're not engineer they're not certified to do that job
It’s a den of groomer pedo’s always has been.
I can't imagine hopping car to car on any ride. Even a people mover. It sounds absolutely insane to do.
Though admittedly I'd be more worried about getting caught and banned than hopping cars on a slow people mover. However that just means that my parents probably just instilled the correct "follow the rules" mindset. After all, a lot of people imagine throwing their phone off a ledge or jumping even though they don't do it or know it has a bad consequence. So it really comes down to your own self control and respect of others warnings.
I worked as a Character at Walt Disney World … There were Rides that I just didn't go on.
You are welcome! Great job !
The matter horn is such a rough ride. Bruised my arm so bad. Going on a turn it slammed my arm into the metal bar. Will not be going on that one again.
Lol there are so many people using these videos to feed their rollercoaster paranoia
It's just hilarious, you could make ten thousand more videos about car accidents
The scariest Disneyland death was in America Sings… The rotating room….
The ride at the start I went on that and it is fun btw I know you guys didn’t ask but just saying lol
Damn, Disney rides are really meant for running people tf over.