I Wanna Go

Someone recently recommended I check out the Wikipedia page for a now defunct amusement park, Action Park, known for its history of several deaths and countless tragic accidents. You really need to read the whole thing but here are a few highlights (bold added by me for emphasis):

"Its popularity went hand in hand with a reputation for poorly-designed, unsafe rides; inattentive, under aged, underpaid and sometimes under-the-influence employees; equally intoxicated and underprepared visitors — and the poor safety record that followed from this perfect storm of circumstances. At least six people are known to have died as a result of mishaps on rides at the park, and it was nicknamed ‘Traction Park’, ‘Accident Park’, ‘Class Action Park’, ‘Danger Park’ and ‘Death Park’ by doctors at nearby hospitals due to the number of severely injured parkgoers they treated."

The article goes on to list rides and cite for each ride exactly what kinds of accidents have occurred, even noting those that were “fairly safe”. But the best part is the legendary Looping Water Slide. Some physics genius decided to have an enclosed water slide with a full vertical loop at the end. I'll repeat that. An enclosed water slide with a full vertical loop at the end. According to the article,

"Employees have reported they were offered hundred-dollar bills to test it. ‘It didn't buy enough booze to drown out the memory’, said [one employee]. It was … was widely rumored that some of the test dummies sent down before it was opened had been dismembered. A rider also reportedly got stuck at the top of the loop due to insufficient water pressure, and a hatch had to be built there to allow for future extrications."