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#65 (Class) Action Park
Strange & Unexplained
English - August 02, 2021 04:00 - 43 minutes - 79.2 MBTrue Crime Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Between the years of 1978 and 1996, the place to spend hot Jersey summers was at a place known as action park, it was high adrenaline, high stakes, and with low-security and almost zero safety features it was a park that allowed the rider to be in control of their experience.
And though mixing high stakes rides with loads of alcohol and then hiring a bunch of teenage employees may sound like a good idea...wait no it doesn't…but it does sound like the blueprint for one of America's worst water parks….
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Sources:
HBO Doc: Class Action Park
https://youtu.be/vDHqfhyCbbM action park commercial
https://www.history.com/news/the-rise-and-fall-of-action-park-new-jerseys-most-dangerous-water-park
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/536412/action-park-water-park-oral-history article by Jake Rossen, he assisted Mulvihill's son in writing his book
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/app/name/gene-mulvihill-obituary?pid=160701992