Frank had suffered a head injury shortly before Maggie was born, making him incredibly mentally unstable. In August of 1893, Maggie Sheffield, a five-year-old girl, was killed by her father Frank while they attended the park. Through all the happiness and memories, there is a dark mark on the park’s past. Most Rhode Islanders have a fond memory of visiting the park while it was open. Rocky Point Amusement Park in Warwick, Rhode Island was one of the most popular attractions in the state, drawing crowds to its over twenty-five attractions and the famous Shore Dinner Hall and Palladium Ballroom.
The park was thoroughly demolished in 2007, leaving nothing behind except for the strange memories and photographs and the questions as to why anyone thought it would be a popular attraction.
Residents and park goers claimed they could smell the chemicals when they were on the park grounds. The doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, the group behind the Sarin gas attacks on the Tokyo subway, also had their headquarters and nerve gas production facility in the nearby village of Kamikuishiki. Right next to the park is Aokigahara Forest, better known as “suicide forest,” which is considered the second most popular suicide location after the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The location of the park, however, makes it even stranger. The theme park, based on the Jonathan Swift book, cost $350 million to build and featured a forty-five meter long statue of Gulliver himself, with the main attraction being a bobsled ride, making it not exactly your typical amusement park. Japan is known for having some interesting ideas when it comes to parks and architecture, and one of their most interesting, and largest failures, was Gulliver’s Kingdom, located at the base of Mount Fuji. He was charged with capital felony, murder, and sexual assault and sentenced to fifty-five years in prison for his brutal act, leaving the park with a more sinister reputation. Though he initially helped with the search to find Chloe, Cruz confessed to her death and led police to her body. Cruz, however, had different motives, and after Chloe refused to have sex with him, he raped and killed her, stabbing her in the neck, under the giant cross before throwing her body and belongings in the woods. The two had been friends for a couple years, and Chloe clearly thought they were just in for a night of creepy fun and underage drinking at the old park. In 2010, Chloe Ottman and her friend Francisco Cruz decided to explore the park. People still found a way in, though, and vandalism and trespassing occurred, destroying many of the parks statues and attractions. Before he could reopen the park, however, Greco died, and the park was bequeathed to a group of nuns who maintained the grounds but never reopened it. The park saw more than 50,000 visitors each year while it was open until owner John Baptist Greco closed the park in 1984 in order to expand it. Originally opened in 1960, the theme park contained replicas of famous biblical scenes, including the Last Supper, Garden of Eden, and an inn featuring a “no vacancy” sign. With a Hollywood-style sign and a cross marking its entrance, Holy Land in Waterbury, Connecticut is hard to miss as you drive along Interstate 84. One could wonder if the tragic history of the grounds is the reason for the six deaths that occurred at the park, eventually leading to it being closed down in 1966, and many locals, including the park’s new owner Gaylord White, claim the park to still be haunted. Their brother Ezekiel was captured and burnt at the stake.Ī historical marker on the road leading to the park commemorates their memories. Both of their scalps were taken by the Shawnee group. Tabitha, hearing the gunshot, ran to her brother, where she was attacked and cut by a knife, her body dismembered. While Clay was gone to town one day, the Shawnees surrounded three of the Clay children, who were working in the fields. In 1783, Mitchell Clay was the first European settler to make a home in the area, which was heavily inhabited by the Shawnee Native American tribe. īut that’s not the darkest history of the land.
To start, the park was built over a Native American burial ground, with an archeological dig uncovering thirteen bodies, mostly children. The rusted and overgrown rides of Lake Shawnee Amusement Park serve as a reminder of the failed West Virginia attraction, but its eerie past lives on in folklore for the area. In this list, we will discuss ten parks that have a past dark enough to ruin any fun. But, some parks are shrouded in mystery and misfortune, causing fear and shivers instead. They should give fond memories and bring smiles to faces.
Amusement parks are built to be place of thrills and entertainment, wonder and awe.
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