On the 30th May, 1972, the Big Dipper roller coaster would claim the lives of five children, making it the worst roller coaster disaster of all time. Let’s find out how it happened.

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✦ Chapters ✦

00:00 Intro
00:55 Historical context & background
02:54 The accident
06:09 The Aftermath
07:29 So how did the accident happen?