The Infamous Ghost Train Amusement Park Fire

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The in-depth story of the Infamous Ghost Train Fire Disaster: An evening of unbridled fun for families and youngsters at Sydney's Luna Park comes to a fiery end when seven people lose their lives in a devastating inferno. Soon, shocking allegations of police corruption, arson and organized crime follow.
Now more than forty years later, authorities hope a one-million-dollar reward will help families find answers to the haunting mystery of what really happened on that night in 1979.
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[@lachlantaylor552]

You should cover the Granville rail disaster 1977 its the worst rail disaster in Australia

[@youraveragegamer6169]

@@lachlantaylor552 i agree

[@Narmatonia]

"The fire wasn't supposed to kill anyone" Yeah that's why they set the fire while the park was crowded with people instead of at night when it was deserted, that totally makes sense

[@KaizerWarrex]

Burning something when no one is around doesn't look as bad.

[@somethingsomething404]

I imagine they wanted the public spectacle so ticket sales would decline. Maybe the hope was to burn it at the end of of the night as everyone was leaving

[@MFCSTUDIOS]

It's a lot harder to claim Is electrical fire when the ride/park is shut down/ powered off for the night, or discarded cigarette ,As the fire was lit during operating hours the claim of bad wireing or discarded cigarette is a lot more believable

[@somethingsomething404]

@@MFCSTUDIOS ah good point. Eh if bush didn’t mind 3k people in those towers what’s a few kids for some waterfront property? Even if they were held liable for the full value of the lost kids including lost earning potential and the like, the land would still be worth 100x more I bet

[@RaptorGoesRAWR]

That was the thing; the Park was getting ready to close and the people who died were the last riders of the night. The prevailing theory is that the supposed arsonists expected that they themselves would be the last or some of the last people on the ride, and the fire spread faster than expected. A lot of the information and b-roll in this vid comes from the doco "Exposed: The Ghost Train Fire" which goes into a lot more detail about the witnesses, evidence, and police corruption. Most Aussies will take the involvement of the police and Saffron at face value knowing what we do about how intensely corrupt the Sydney police were during these decades. Heck, the Sydney cops pretty much ran the drug trade around here back then XD

[@unbindingfloyd]

Those small seemingly unimportant decisions that either save your life or get you killed always bother me. The kid sitting alone rather than in a pair up front like his friends and the mom who decided to get an ice cream instead of going on the ride. It makes you doubt even the smallest life choices sometimes if you think too long on it.

[@angriella]

The door of fate turns on very small hinges...

[@MrWolfSnack]

Happened to me while on a road trip. I was driving in the countryside and got stuck in a bad rain storm. Felt like a tornado how badly it was pouring down. I pulled over to wait the storm out because I couldn't see. When the storm ended I tried to leave and got stuck in the mud where I pulled over and I had to call for a tow truck. Tow truck pulled me free and I went on my way. But I didn't get very far. The bridge over a river I would have driven across had I not gotten stuck in the mud got wiped out by the flood water. It washed away the entire road and there was nothing there but about a 8ft drop into the muddy water.

[@JeantheSecond]

@@MrWolfSnack That wasn’t fate. That was your good choice to stop because you couldn’t see. We should always stop and wait if we can’t see, but most of us (I’m guilty too) don’t. You made a life-saving choice. Those poor souls on the ride weren’t doing anything, to their knowledge, that was dangerous.

[@NoReply28]

​@@JeantheSecond Nah, it was fate. (Assuming that the bridge only collapsed when he got there). Because he could've pulled over anywhere. If he pulled over where there wasn't dirt then he would've not been delayed and would've been on that bridge when it collapsed. And if he didn't pulled over, he would probably make it past the bridge before it collapsed. So him getting stuck and having to wait those extra few minutes or hours was not a choice and it saves his life.

[@leslie49]

Each car holds 2 people. It’s inevitable that one of the 5 friends would ride by himself.

[@chrissilvester5663]

I find it highly suspicious that within half a day after the fire happened the lead investigator quickly ordered the building to be demolished & it's ruins taken away. Why would u immediately demolish a building without courning the site off first for a thorough investigation??? Imo a police cover up was involved. I mean all these years later & those poor families of those innocent victims still haven't got the answers they so desperately need is absolutely shameful.

[@RaptorGoesRAWR]

Oh, absolutely. It's not even debated, not even at the time, that the Sydney police were hellishly corrupt. Even back when it happened, it was the widely-accepted truth that one of Sydney's crime families had ordered it sanitized and the chief investigator made it happen.

[@nicholaswalker3481]

I think this was a human sacrifice ritual so the new development will be successful

[@arthurnonimus]

The NSW police was basically a corruption training ground in the 70's.

[@Yoshi278]

Welcome to Australia. Police corruption is very present yet very overlooked here.

[@fredspofford]

This comment is practically a verbatim observation from the video. You're not smart.

[@Water_Rabbit]

There is no new ghost train at Sydney Luna Park. Worse... the site is now a function centre for parties, concerts and corporate events. A memorial garden might have been more appropriate.

[@michellenorris211]

Can confirm, no refurbished ghost train.

[@Jupa]

I can’t believe John Gotti would do this

[@lacandela69]

Rip

[@Yoshi278]

The VIC Luna Park has the Ghost Train. There's more than one Luna Park.

[@Justice4all_001]

Abe Saffron. That’s what I heard. My Uncle worked for Abe Saffron, and he told me stories of the dozens of fires Saffron was responsible for, mainly for insurance money, or in this case to purchase the land Luna Park occupied. Abe Saffron ran Kings Cross in the 50’s 60’s 70’s.

[@WooHoo-itsGaryGnu]

That imagery of the ride car moving while on fire is eerie. That is the stuff of nightmares.

[@chialee3459]

Just finished watching the documentary on Netflix. It was so heartbreaking watching family tell their stories that night. The dads that lost their boys were so hard to watch them telling their stories.😢

[@MsSpider26]

what's the name of documentary please?

[@chialee3459]

EXPOSED the ghost train fire. Netflix

[@chialee3459]

@@MsSpider26 EXPOSED ghost train fire. Netflix

[@stoopidapples1596]

My mum went on the Ghost Train just an hour before it burnt down. It's weird to think that had she gone slightly later, I would have never been born.

[@Mnq908]

Did she smell anything or anyone said anything at the time she went?

[@ScarIett9]

@@Mnq908she couldn’t have, the fire was lit minutes before the disaster and the bikies that lit it were there when the fire was lit, unless she was outside ten minutes before the fire then she probably doesn’t know.

[@sissysovereign1294]

Isn't it ironic how a horror/hell themed ride ended up randomly bursting in flames? That poor family burned alive..I can only imagine how traumatized the wife is. What are the odds that she ended up being the only one surviving due to wanting ice cream at that moment? Whether it was dumb luck, or she just wasn't meant to die that day, I can't help but find it incredible.

[@mysmirandam.6618]

That's more fitting than ironic

[@Fieldsonyoutube]

Could it be some heat or something in the air from the fire that ment she wanted to get ice cream to sooth her throat?

[@mysmirandam.6618]

@@Fieldsonyoutube the fire hadn't started yet.

[@sdbegotist]

What’s even more ironic, that wasn’t the only Lunapark that this occurred at. Early 20th Century Luna Park at Coney Island also had a fire occur at its horror house, Hellfire, which actually expanded to the rest of the park and set it ablaze.

[@michaellynes3540]

The doors that said “Hell’s Doorway” is just haunting.

[@Kayaya]

it's gutwrenching to imagine watching your four best friends enter what should have been a fun ride only to realise seconds later that you're never going to see them again ... that hurts on a completely different level

[@Svensk_Sal]

The sadder fact it was the first time with no parents or sibilings, then for them to get the news that their son and The sons friends died exept one.

[@PhilipMurphy8Extra]

Rest in peace to the victims of the fire.

[@jamesrussell2936]

yeah what a way to go.

[@liztrainer895]

Water sprinklers should be have been installed in that ride.

[@nothanks683]

the park staff were brave, pushing through smoke trying to get people out.

[@matthiaszakors7164]

And those parasite culprits were gutless cowards

[@fingerprint5511]

@@matthiaszakors7164 They were silenced as were everyone else.

[@ComradeZephyr]

I visited this park when I was 5, never knew I was walking near the final resting place of these poor people.

[@themirrorsofmymind]

Isn't a "final resting place" usually somewhere that a person is buried?

[@ComradeZephyr]

@@themirrorsofmymind It can also be the place in which someone dies and is never recovered.

[@crazycatladyoftullamore5176]

I was 19 years old when the Ghost Train fire happened at Luna Park so I remember it very well. As a teenager growing up in Wollongong, south of Sydney I visited Luna Park many times and my favorite ride was the Ghost Train. I really can't remember how many times myself and my friends got in the carriages and scared ourselves silly only to line up to do it all again. The fire shocked me and my friends very much because it easily could have been us to die on that fateful night. Thanks so much for posting this reminder on the event and for showing how the whole thing was swept under the rug by corrupt police officers and others high up in NSW at the time. 🇦🇺😪🙏🕊

[@joni3503]

Such a tragedy. Those poor boys, and that poor father. I'm glad to hear that you were spared this. Thank your guardian Angel.

[@charlottestreet3301]

Abe staffon

[@alicedee8106]

@@charlottestreet3301Juanita Nielsen

[@thelogicaldanger]

Wow, the dark maze full of fllammable material reminds me of the Six Flags Haunted House fire that killed 8 people. And at first the victims were blamed for having started the fire by smoking (while the cause of the fire was never officially determined, it was certainly not caused by the victims who didn't smoke, and likely caused by arson.)

[@MrLinkiscute]

It was caused by flammable props ignited by a patron using a lighter to see in the dark,

[@gamerdrive5565]

Theme parks and the like were fullll of cash washing potential back then, attracts the more brutal, well organised types.

[@n3rdv10l3nc3]

Wasn't that the one that was started when the kid used a lighter to light his way through the haunted house and accidentally caught some torn foam rubber (from the decorations) on fire?

[@thelogicaldanger]

@@n3rdv10l3nc3 It was noted that people often used lighters to so they could see the way through the haunted house. With the kid you are talking about, there were witnesses who had seen the kid playing with the lighter and purposely try to light stuff on fire in the haunted house, and the kid had a troubled history. Nothing was ever officially proven, but the theory of the trouble kid starting the fire seems the most likely (this kid was not one of the teenagers who died in the fire.)

[@n3rdv10l3nc3]

@@thelogicaldanger Appreciate ya!

[@rowboat8343]

My family went on it's counterpart in Melbourne in January this year. It was definitely at the top of our minds. We made sure to check for fire fighting equipment and exits before going in. RIP to those whose lives were lost.

[@tiamiller3064]

It seems really callous to have a counterpart for such a ride 40 years later. Given the harrowing history. Nothing should be even remotely themed to reflect its experience. Then again, where are all those big decision-makers from 1982? I guess nothing really matters at the end of it all. We are a callous, thoroughly fkd species. Fwelings are for the weak. Only the psychopaths are safe

[@stoopidapples1596]

yeah when he says "there is still a ghost train at luna park" at the end of this video, i'm 99% certain he means the one at melbourne luna park. i went to sydney luna park last year and have been several times in my life but there is no ghost train there anymore. i have never been to melbourne luna park tho so it makes sense it would be there.

[@fredspofford]

Fake story. Attention seeker much?

[@stoopidapples1596]

@@fredspofford clearly a troll comment. attention seeker much?

[@bradsanders407]

Did you? And what fire fighting equipment did you find?

[@ryann4108]

Fun fact: Abe Saffron's son (Alan Saffron) was featured on Kitchen Nightmares with Chef Ramsay and wrote a book about his father.

[@ColleenF30]

I just came here to see if anyone commented that. If I remember right it is called Gentle Satan.

[@stewydoo]

I also came to make this same comment.

[@qrow7215]

@@ColleenF30 You remembered correctly

[@agentblackbird9435]

Burger Kitchen was the place he ran, just checked

[@kieranduffynumberonefan]

ITS *THAT* ABE SAFFRON????

[@ShardanAlyce]

I used to work at Luna Park, where the ghost train used to be (near where our lockers and staff room were) was always cold, no matter how warm the day was

[@Jarok3]

the ice cream lady is scarily similar to an smaller incident i had. i was at the amusment park "liseberg" in sweden, and me and my bud (we been around 10yo) wanted to go on this ride called "rainbow", a terrible explanation is that is is a giant couch that rotate 360 degrees in a giant arch. almost like the arm on a clock. but JUST before we went, we decided to buy icecream first, as we were buying the icecream, we watched something go wrong and the couch wasnt hotrizontal anymore so it didnt clear and slamed into the platform as it came swinging down sending a few people flying. no critical injuries but a few with broken bones. if not for the split ice cream pit-stop, we would 100% been on that ride at the moment of failure, seriously.. we didnt ride anything else that day... but ive been back and i have no fear anymore, but that day i was shook. BLESSED BE THE ICE CREAM, OUR SAVIOUR!

[@booth2710]

same thing happened with one of those in the UK a few years ago ... same ride a magic carpet type ride other wise known as 1001 nights ... the platform with the seating on it did not level out on the down swing and crashed it into the ground. Luckily no one was killed.

[@boopdoop2251]

God saved my mom from getting glass in her eye by putting a little craving for food in her heart at the right moment for her to stand up and walk away from being right under a lightbulb that was about to burst. I think He did the same for you. God bless.

[@mysmirandam.6618]

Ice cream saves the day

[@resurrectionkratos]

​@@boopdoop2251definitely Jesus.

[@Jen-rose76]

I could not imagine watching my husband and children get on a ride one minuet and them all be gone burned alive the next!! This is awful and then to have to deal with knowing the police are lying that’s even worse. That poor boy that lost all of his friends and the way he lost them. Hearing them screaming. This is horrible!! It’s been so long why, why has it been so long!! R.I.P. to every boy and man on that horrible ride on that horrible day!! 💜💖❤️💙🧡💚💙🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️💙💚💜🧡💖💙

[@WhitneyDahlin]

I know! I literally don't think I'm strong enough to survive losing my husband and sons. Heartbreaking. It's so sad

[@Chesterfield.Esquire98]

It’s horrible to think of and a tragedy for all involved, but from the sounds of it they all died from smoke inhalation since they where huddled up. they hopefully didn’t have too suffer long

[@scootermom1791]

I can't imagine the terrible emotional pain she suffered as a result. And the guilt! And the what-if's. Having to return to a dark, empty, home to where you'd only begun raising your family. I don't know how she was able to get through all of that. I can only hope she had a lot of support from extended family and friends. 😢😢😢😢

[@craigusselman546]

Poor Jenny damn that's awful

[@wanderer_808]

​@@originalni_popisovac this is super inappropriate. please delete your comment

[@asha4736]

Corruption within the Aussie police forces could be a video within itself. Definitely fascinating to look into for anyone interested in that kind of thing.

[@absolutelegobuilds]

Should check out friendlyjordies then

[@retrospect4549]

True, the ex police chief commissioner of NSW murdered my friend in sydney when he was 19, they shot him in the head in a warehouse, his name is Jamie gao, the 2 police dumped his body at cronulla Beach in tarp and a fishing trawler found his body the next day, there's a Netflix series on this corrupt police chief his alias is Roger Rogerson, there's even a Netflix series about how he murdered drug dealers and stole their money and drugs known as the notorious police serial killer, this was back around 2014, years later I met some friends in North qld who told me their father was also killed by him. He's now in prison.. or so they say but the other cop has disappeared. Glen mcnamara is his name . The underworld of Sydney is so dark this isn't even the worst story I know.

[@chrispalmer3548]

Channel - FriendlyJordies. It is. Many, many videos.

[@Kooldood0874]

Was this in Australia? I looked up Luna park on Google Earth and it said that it's somewhere in Boston (or new Jersey, I don't remember)

[@retrospect4549]

@@Kooldood0874 yes, Sydney city right in the middle of the harbour.. if you type in "Luna park Sydney NSW" it will show up. It has a big giant scary face with spikes as it's icon

[@joannewilson1162]

I can’t imagine being yanked from the ride and then to see the smoke and flames…and the woman with her kids and husband. At least those little boys were with their father when they passed. 😞

[@Yoshi278]

Fun fact: Saffron's son was featured in Season 5, Episode 7 of Kitchen Nightmares. Also NSW where this happened has always had a reputation for police corruption. Even now there's some shocking controversies surrounding the top brass.

[@starry53]

I cannot believe that someone do such a thing which is so cruel to kill 7 people in the Ghost Train just for that selfish reason. Also they didn't do their job right, that's just too awful.

[@matthiaszakors7164]

It was an inside job, or probably some satanic ritual crap

[@skylineXpert]

Was told this story when visiting Sydney in november 2022. This case reminds me of scandinavian star in 1990. Police jumping to conclusion too quickly when evidence was clear as daylight. Evidence of insurance fraud was discovered.

[@Straswa]

RIP to those 7 lives and condolences to the families. Great vid Dark History.

[@lyedavide]

Corruption is everywhere, the only difference is how bad it is. I am not surprised that those who benifited from the arson could not have cared less about killing people to get what they wanted.

[@adriennefloreen]

I think you did better than Unsolved Mysteries. There's a human on earth that knows what happened, if the human is still alive. If the human comes forward with the information or confession that would be so nice, I've spent over 20 years trying to find out how a fire happened that left me injured but luckily alive and I'm so sorry for them

[@scootermom1791]

I hope you are able to solve your own mystery as well. I can't imagine having to go through something like that. 😢

[@Miragexe]

Crazy how many times I've heard the words describing that 'people thought it was part of it' when it comes to these things.

[@Majerly_Annoyed]

The Station nightclub fire comes to mind. The pyrotechnics were part of the show but the burning walls were not...but it took some time before people realized things had taken a bad turn.

[@hannahroberts673]

​@@Majerly_Annoyed yes, there is a well known video of that fire that was shot by a man who ironically was there to film for a documentary about safety in nightclubs. The man filming seemed to realize early on that those flames weren't just part of the show, and started backing out towards the door. You see a few others making their way out as well, but then lots of people in the crowd still don't realize the danger and are probably just assuming it's part of the show. Sadly many of those people didn't make it out. 😢

[@Melapoo]

Ive seen a few videos on this incident. This is definitely the one with the most information and footage. Glad to hear the case has been reopened. Hopefully the families can get some justice, or at least some closure.

[@reeward7518]

It seems to me that someone contacted the investigator (Knight) & potentially paid him off to avoid penalties. No decent human with real concern would have handled the situation as ineptly as he did

[@WarDragon72345]

Which really isn't a surprise given the time it took place. There's a big problem with police corruption in Australia and it was at its peak in the 70s-90s around NSW and QLD. You can't trust what anybody who worked with the police back then said.

[@matthiaszakors7164]

Still the same today...

[@MightyMezzo]

And I thought that the shenanigans around the Haunted Castle fire in New Jersey were bad. Good video.

[@Nerdpainter]

what a terrifying way to die. its so infuriating that people get away with crimes like this. its so incredibly unfair.

[@matthiaszakors7164]

The world has been ran by criminals for a very long time, they're all connected

[@bellagia263]

If you want to see more about this, look for the 3-part ABC expose on it. It's absolutely chilling.

[@crazycatladyoftullamore5176]

Thanks for the heads up, I'll definitely be watching that tonight 🇦🇺👍

[@mrroderick6110]

Thanks for the heads up Ella. I found this on VIMEO and all 3 parts are there which is 4.5 hours. I am 45 minutes into Episode 1 and it is very well made. Being in England I thought it would be hard to find so really pleased I saw it when searching. 😊

[@booth2710]

@@mrroderick6110 It had been uploaded to Youtue shortly after it aired in Australia but then got taken down ! So if there is another way to see it that is good. I would like to see it again

[@drpeterjamessmith]

This is eye-opening. I never heard of this fire even though I researched the eerily similar Haunted Castle Fire in New Jersey, United States that happened in May 1984. One of the most eerie things is that the name, "Hell's Doorway" was a few words off from "Doorway To Hell", which is the name of an almost identical attraction in the same county as the Haunted Castle AND the name of my documentary made in 2003. I am doing a 20 year-on follow to Doorway To Hell. There are some many things that happened in both haunted attraction fires. The Haunted Castle fire killed 8 teenagers. Wow. Thanks for posting.

[@notingh3re]

I'm surprised that the 'Demon photo' wasn't featured here. Rest in Peace to those lost

[@vanKingOrignal]

You wern't kidding, this is dark. This got me crying

[@lacandela69]

Me to cockroach

[@thefirstkingdogo1126]

I cried some tears to cockroach

[@lisadolan689]

I remember when this happened. I was 10. Then whole country was devastated. It was awful. Luna Park closed for some time after this incident. The country was in shock for a long, long time after this

[@quelquun2018]

The country…

[@resurrectionkratos]

the NSW premier at the time wasn't. his mind was just on how to get more money into his pocket by being a little maid for Abe Saffron.

[@richardcostello360]

It was closed for over 20 years.......

[@MrJakeros]

It's videos like this that make me rethink the notion of ever becoming a Firefighter. My weak endurance means I'd never be able to stand up in that field, so it's inconsequential at this point. But instances like this... I can't imagine how a firefighter would feel walking into that tunnel, finding that father and his kids' remains, and then having to go home to his own children and not be able to explain why he needs to hold them and cry for a bit.

[@Darryl_Frost]

When I was young I rode that ride a few weeks before the fire, for some reason I have very clear memories of it.

[@rogerrendzak8055]

I live on an island, at a seaside resort, down in south Jersey. Back in August 1964, we had a dark ride fire, very similar to this. It had electric cars guided by rails, just like these, here. It was called the 'Mars' ride, and made to look like, the planet, and it's inhabitants. A fire started, in the garbage cans area, right underneath the ride. 3 children (a brother and sister, and a cousin) died after their cart stopped, in the middle of the fire, after the attendant shut off the power.

[@springrain9438]

Very interesting. Doesn't appear to be covered by anyone on KZbin. Not anything that pops up right away like it used to. Yt used to be so full of such interesting material. Now it's all controlled like most things on the internet these days.

[@mysmirandam.6618]

These documentaries are so well done

[@sylviamiller9047]

Wow. What a sad story thank you for sharing this story and remembering the people that were there that day!

[@Kellbellgurl]

I find it amazing despite a cover up, there were people able to investigate enough to uncover the truth years later. Thanks truth seekers.

[@ScarIett9]

After watching the documentary they revealed that seven people came forward and made a detailed statement saying they saw a gang talking about kerosene and matches. The police just let the statements go. This all could have been avoided if they didn’t trash the evidence.

[@getitherething.2653]

In 1992 my mum told us the story of this whilst we were on our way up to theme parks in Queensland… stayed with me. Without taking away from this sad tragedy… spell Luna park backwards… that’s basically what it’s called by most these days.

[@Maj_Problem]

Krap anul?

[@getitherething.2653]

@@Maj_Problem - basically it pretty much sounds like anal crap - anul krap

[@chdreturns]

I loved Luna Park when I visited Sydney. Best damn wild mouse in the world. Why don't they make em out of wood anymore?

[@ameliawilder28]

​@@Maj_Problem apparently google translates it to bad year

[@lisadolan689]

@@Maj_Problem yeah. Nah. I was born and bred and have spent my whole life in this immediate area of Sydney. Nobody I know ever called it anything other than Luna Park. I don’t know what your man is talking about. I can see Luna Park from my house

[@scottburbridge3170]

extremely sad. rest in peace to the victims.

[@Mal0Imperzia]

The front ride sign face combined with the knowledge of what happened its eerie…

[@labyrinthgirl17]

No one was meant to die in the arson attack, they claim? Then why not set it on fire after the park was closed? Why set the fire when it was being operated and clearly had people inside? No one was supposed to die? I call bs.

[@matthiaszakors7164]

100%

[@johnsergei]

Likely they paid brainless morons as little as possible to do this. What sort of idiot sets fire to a dark ride with children in it?

[@Kari2025]

5:26 How devastating. Dad was trying in his last minutes to protect his young sons.

[@bathroomshoes]

i’m sorry i just wasn’t able to finish this video is was too heartbreaking listening to the mother

[@lacandela69]

Lol

[@jimsoutdooradventures2748]

Wow, this story sounds so much like the Beverly Hills Supper club fire. They blamed poor wiring but there too was many eyewitnesses to strange people doing out of place things and had been pressure to sell. It too was removed quickly instead of a long investigation of the building. I visited the site once. So eerie knowing so many died on those grounds abandoned for years.

[@brandonkong4299]

One thing worth noting is that before Godson’s husband and children went on the ride, Jenny took a photo of one of her children with some figure that was seemingly dressed as a demon and it’s a rather eerie looking photo

[@laurametheny1008]

It's always bothered me as to WHY the Dad didn't wait til his wife came back like he said he would. Horribly sad, and like so many of the disasters that are due mainly to negligence. Even if it WAS arson that probably only Kickstarted the accident waiting to happen. Thank you for the vid🙏💔

[@mrsTraveller64]

Oh, I thought the wife chose to skip the ride,to have icecream instead, she couldn't have taken the icecream with her on the ride anyway.

[@TheStepmonkey]

It was all part of his destiny, sometimes a small decision can change ur life forever...

[@approximateknowledge5577]

She said she was going to wait for them at the end of the ride.

[@kimberleysmith818]

@@approximateknowledge5577the recent documentary shows otherwise. She says herself she wa going to go on the ride and she doesn’t know why they didn’t wait for her

[@DodgyDaveGTX]

That gaping mouth entrance is one of the most unsettling things I've ever seen. It even says "HA HA" in great-big lettering either side 😦

[@pandaloverMaya]

its a "villain accidentally creates a thing that kills people" type of thing because Saffron only wanted to gain control over the park's lease while only scaring people with the fire but he accidentally killed 7 people in the process. R.I.P. to the fire's victims

[@matthiaszakors7164]

Those deadshots can rot in hell

[@tdpooh1972]

May everyone lost Rest In Peace and may God continue to comfort their loved ones. 🙏🙏🙏😢

[@hummel6364]

Dude wtf. Just wtf. They should have been held criminally accountable on account of the removal of all evidence alone. Obviously they were trying to cover their asses. Due to this tampering the state should have simply assumed that the electrical systems were completely fucked and imprisoned at least the manager for life. Edit: Of course the same applies to the cops.

[@Userrose147]

The ghost train at Sydney Luna Park was actually never rebuilt and doesn’t operate today. There is still one at Mebourne Luna Park though.

[@ItsWaffleTime]

The fact I got an ad for a theme park before watching this video…

[@janetakerlund7154]

Such an awful accident. Poor people and so sad for their relatives to lose such young people in this way. I was also 13 years old 1979.

[@wilmajansenvvuuren841]

I am so Sorry for all the lives lost😢May they Rest in Peace🙏🙇

[@TheStepmonkey]

That poor mother should've sued the park for negligence, she would've at least received some money...

[@zaidaf5133]

So sad......scared nd anxiety kicking in afterwards.....they still around that amusement park 🙏

[@ninademci1500]

So sad. After not updating fire safety stansards, in my opinion, Luna Park should’ve been closed until the park owners made the corrections.

[@JonosBtheMC]

Oh well, as long as they never meant anyone to die. That makes setting a structure with people inside on fire perfectly reasonable.

[@oopsibrokethecow]

That final picture of those boys before they died where there is a dark ashy shadow cast over just them, and their mother's sudden odd craving for ice cream like something smothering and cold, is like some Final Destination ominous precursor shit

[@WarDragon72345]

Speaking as an Australian, it's very widely accepted that it was done by Saffron's associates. If you look at the electrical box in photos of the ruins, you can see it's been left completely untouched by the fire and could not have been the source of it (as was very clearly claimed by the police). If anybody believes the fire wasn't deliberately caused and done by the criminal underworld, they're either in the pocket of the people that did it or just aren't from Australia.

[@asdf3568]

So who is the hero that yanked him to safety and saved his life?

[@MrWaheedulHaque]

Too much corruption everywhere always the innocent that suffer

[@newsallypurpleyt8609]

Interesting vid. That one boy that survived because the park employee pulled him; he probably thanked him for it but was sad that his friends didn’t survive and all of their parents. Then the mother who went to go get ice cream and returned just to see the ride in a blaze of fire and know that her husband and children didn’t make it… I feel bad for how she and everyone felt about this…

[@heathermanning5368]

Heartbreaking 💔 prayers for all the people who lost their lives! I love amusement parks but i’m iffy anymore about going on rides it seems like there’s been more accidents in recent years as well 😢

[@kimberlyboysza4954]

How could anyone do this to another human? Those poor young men will never experience what life has to offer them. They never had a chance to graduate high school or get married. May you all rest in peace.

[@stevesgaming7475]

Building demolished and taken away so fast? That's not right at all, seriously dodgy

[@bridittebargeot2679]

Omg imagine leaving your family for a few minutes to get ice cream for all, just to suddenly lose your husband and babies in a fire in minutes 💔😭 That's so horrible... I almost lost one of my cats in a house fire, and that was already a very traumatic experience, i can't imagine losing my family in such atrocious conditions!

[@utagarnett1421]

This inquest should have happened decades ago. Most of the crooks directly responsible for what happened would either now be dead or close to it now. The fires of hell are going to burn hotter and longer than what happened at Luna Park for all those responsible. I hope they find enough material and info to help bring closure to all the families impacted by this event.

[@Everything_60]

Rest in peace to these victims

[@riversong4997]

"not to the extent to support a charge of criminal negligence." What?!?!?

[@robinmonroe1276]

Lives that have been taken way to early. The horrors for those families, so awful! I hope peace has found all that have had lost there family and friends 🙏.

[@orangeapples]

I think I know what happened to the niece. She was threatened by the rest of her family for coming clean about the story. They’d rather be comfortable than have her “ruin the family.”

[@borkboxtv8167]

Omg this is a nightmare

[@c8Lorraine1]

I lived in Warren that year. The tragedy set chills through the whole town of approximately 2,000 people

[@Redboots]

it's worth mentioning how the granville tragedy was also treated under the nsw government - the coroner was pressured into siding with the railways (thankfully he did not) because if that particular service was in any way not good the important seat it served would retaliate through the ballot. it's a different event, but the fact that also had corruption involved in its investigation and happened only two years prior is worth noting, imo. the melbourne ghost train is still at their luna park and has remained pretty much the exact same since at least the 1950s, since my dad and I went on it in 2017 and he'd last been on it in the late fifties and he remarked on how little it had changed (of course, there were safety changes made, I defo remember there being fire alarms)

[@jodij2366]

The treatment of Granville is even stranger since the Wran Government could have placed blame on the previous government (Wran had only won office the year before).

[@electricblade3]

Ive been to luna park nowadays it’s pretty shitty to be fair full over priced food and old rides so whenever im in Sydney i dont go to luna park

[@Mr.Fantomas777]

That demolished spot what ever is built ever after that over and over will be forever a haunted spot ! Prove me wrong !

[@Ms.HarmonyJ]

Omg that is horrible my God I hope the family's find peace ❤ RIP those poor children and that man that hurts

[@debbieannsmith8962]

Prayers for the families. How horrific. 😔😔😔

[@timramich]

As soon as I heard Abe Saffron I knew who you were talking about, despite being an American. On an episode of Kitchen nightmares, there was a restauranteer/author by the name of Alan Saffron. He took his son's inheritance (from Abe's death) to start the restaurant. I'm not sure if it was brought up on that episode, or if it was some "where are they now" video where they mentioned Alan was the son of Abe.

[@misstanya7487]

I wonder if the Scream Park Scary 360° VR Roller Coaster ride featured on Meta Quest 1 and 2 was inspired by this tragic event. It sure does remind me of it. The scream park video can also be viewed on youtube as well.

[@JAD-Sl0p]

Wow just wow (7yrs old). We were going to go the following weekend then this happened. Never considered going back after. Taronga zoo later that year was a better visit anyhow.

[@sahpire75]

This was handled so terribly. Innocent people suffered so traumatically due to political bullshit. Prayers to the victims and families

[@megazw7740]

There’s an exceptional documentary about this tragic incident. It’s called Exposed: The Ghost Train Fire. Absolutely devastating and really dives into the depths of the corruption involved in this awful tragedy. A number of interviews from the boy that was taken off ride at the last second, the mother that went to get ice cream and ride operators that entered the ride to try to save people. Well worth a watch if you want to learn more.

[@FunnyGamerMan]

gotta love the happy music while talking about human suffering at the end

[@gemmaday8561]

I was 7 when this happened, my cousin died, I am not giving up till I find those responsible

[@vinceniederman]

One of the Worst Ride Accidents Without Question and Glad i Wasn’t Around in 1979 Going on This Ride No Joke

[@AmeliasMiMi]

Oh this is horrible. I do hope they are finally able to solve this and give the family some answers. Really dreading next weeks episode however as I’m due to take my first cruise ever on a carnival ship later this year. 😳🥴 But I can’t “Not watch” it 🤦🏻‍♀️😣😉

[@mugbug5]

Wow. Rest in peace to those victims

[@georgiafasiani952]

Saw upsetting to loose your family just like that tragic lose for that girl God please those people that were on that ride

[@tommyrjensen]

Let's hope that if a disaster gets caused these days by any Sydney mafia protected by a corrupt police force, then we will not have to wait 50 years for a serious investigation to start.

[@Engine33Truck]

So Abe Saffron, the dad of the guy who owned the Burger Kitchen on Kitchen Nightmares, ordered the fire?

[@3l3ments001]

This is beyond horrible!