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Woman Dies After Riding Haunted Mansion Attraction at Disneyland
NME ^ | 9th October 2025 | Alex Rigotti

Posted on 10/09/2025 9:13:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The Anaheim Police Department have said “there is no indication of any operating issue with the attraction"

The Anaheim Police Department have said “there is no indication of any operating issue with the attraction"

A woman in her 60s has died after riding the Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland. No cause of death has been given.

The Anaheim Police Department reported that the woman was found unresponsive immediately upon exiting the ride-through attraction (as per Variety).

Disneyland’s website describes the ride as “dark” and containing “mildly frightening scenes”, but “slow-moving”, having “no gore” and being “creepy fun for little ones”. The website cautions that “the ride itself is gentle, but young children may be frightened by the special effects.”

Though police say security gave the woman CPR until paramedics arrived on the scene, she was eventually pronounced dead upon being transferred to a local hospital.

Sergeant Matt Sutter of the Anaheim Police Department has stated that “there is no indication of any operating issue with the attraction, which reopened soon after.”

Disney recently came under fire after Jimmy Kimmel Live! was pulled from ABC’s programming “indefinitely” over the host’s recent comments following Charlie Kirk’s death.

Following the death of the right-wing-activist – who was shot in the neck while speaking at Utah Valley University campus on September 10 as part of his tour – Kimmel theorised that Kirk’s shooter was a Trump supporter: “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang trying to characterise this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”

A number of complaints about the monologue were upheld from viewers – including President Donald Trump, who wrote: “Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done. Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that’s possible.”

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Brendan Carr seemingly threatened immediate action against Kimmel, the ABC network and its owner Disney.

After a wave of backlash from almost all of Hollywood’s prominent creative guilds, alongside fellow late-night legends Stephen Colbert and David Letterman, Kimmel business and legal representatives were reportedly in discussions with Disney and ABC executives to reach a compromise – and Kimmel eventually returned to screens on September 23.

The Walt Disney Company said of the decision: “Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country.

“It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive. We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.”

Kimmel’s return quadrupled ratings – despite 20 per cent of ABC’s network affiliates refusing to show the episode. Disney also reportedly lost 1.7million subscribers after suspending the host.


TOPICS: Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: alexrigotti; anaheim; california; davidletterman; disney; disneyland; hauntedmansion; jimmykimmel; newmusicalexpress; nme; stephencolbert; unitedkingdom; variety
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1 posted on 10/09/2025 9:13:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
She saw Katie Porter.

2 posted on 10/09/2025 9:14:08 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: nickcarraway
She finally looked at her receipt.

-PJ

3 posted on 10/09/2025 9:15:30 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: nickcarraway

Looks like the attraction found its 1000th happy haunt.

CC


4 posted on 10/09/2025 9:20:03 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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To: nickcarraway

About William Castle, producer of black and white horror films stunts:

“For certain showings, particularly for Macabre and The Tingler (1959), Castle hired fake nurses to be stationed in the lobby and had ambulances parked outside the theaters.

The goal of these stunts was to create genuine buzz and excitement around his films by hinting that an audience member might be literally scared to death.

Macabre (1958): This film was one of the earliest examples of these tactics, where patrons received a $1,000 life insurance policy from Lloyd’s of London in case they died of fright.

House on Haunted Hill (1959): This film also used theatrical gimmicks, though the most famous stunt for House on Haunted Hill was a plastic skeleton that flew over the audience during the film.


5 posted on 10/09/2025 9:20:55 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: nickcarraway

I think when Haunted Mansion first opened someone died on it and Disney tuned it down. I’ve gone on it maybe half a dozen times back in the day and it’s just a fun ride. The woman probably had a medical issue of some kind.


6 posted on 10/09/2025 9:25:40 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Prayers answered!)
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To: broken_clock
If I'm remembering correctly, the person died because they didn't understand the technology and jumped from the car into the dining room scene without realizing that it's all reflective glass (like with teleprompter technology) that's creating the illusion.

The person died from the fall and the lacerations from all the glass cuts on his body.

-PJ

7 posted on 10/09/2025 9:29:13 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Political Junkie Too

Thanks. Didn’t know that. Haven’t gone there in years though maybe Disney has introduced better special effects that could have caused fright and a heart attack?


8 posted on 10/09/2025 9:35:50 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Prayers answered!)
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To: broken_clock
Disney has introduced better special effects that could have caused fright and a heart attack?

Yeah, it's called "sticker shock."

-PJ

9 posted on 10/09/2025 9:37:53 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: nickcarraway

And here come the lawsuits from her family.

“Disney frightened her to death...”


10 posted on 10/09/2025 9:38:09 PM PDT by Veto! (-)
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To: Political Junkie Too
Yeah, it's called "sticker shock."

Lol, yes and that’s why we haven’t gone back in years. Well that and Disneys politics…

11 posted on 10/09/2025 10:06:32 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Prayers answered!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

It’s happened before.


12 posted on 10/09/2025 10:15:16 PM PDT by FreeperCell
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To: nickcarraway

I fail to see what this has to do with the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The fact that the author of this article tried to relate this death to that of Charlie Kirk is just bizarre.

Back in the dark ages, I went to visit my grandparents in southern CA. They took me to Disneyland. The Haunted Mansion ride had just opened. We went on that. It was fairly tame, and did not scare my seven year old self. Grandma, who would not take me on the Matterhorn ride, saw no problem with the Haunted Mansion ride.

The TL;DR version of this post is that the woman had preexisting medical conditions.


13 posted on 10/09/2025 10:41:22 PM PDT by exDemMom (Dr. exDemMom, infectious disease and vaccines research specialist.)
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To: nickcarraway
This straight out of a plot from The Brokenwood Mysteries.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9208888/?ref_=ttep_ep_1

14 posted on 10/09/2025 10:44:03 PM PDT by Lysandru
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To: nickcarraway

Charlie Kirk was not a “right-wing” activist.

He was a conservative. “Right-wing” is a pejorative term.


15 posted on 10/09/2025 10:47:25 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Russia? China? Democrats and RINOs are the biggest threat to the survival of America.)
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To: exDemMom

I wondered about that too

Why tie Charlie into this accident?


16 posted on 10/09/2025 11:10:24 PM PDT by digger48
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To: nickcarraway

Did the author need so many words before uploading the article? It starts out with one subject and ends with an entirely different one.

Poor woman, hopefully she’s in Heaven.


17 posted on 10/10/2025 12:41:01 AM PDT by skr (1 Peter 1:15 - But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation)
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To: nickcarraway

Aren’t there a lot of strobe lights on that ride? Maybe she had a seizure


18 posted on 10/10/2025 1:02:51 AM PDT by ponygirl (Stay gold.)
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Aren’t there a lot of strobe lights on that ride? Maybe she had a seizure

No, there are no strobe lights, unless you count the lightning effects in the stretching room at the beginning and in the corridor after that.

19 posted on 10/10/2025 1:40:06 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: nickcarraway

Geez, the writer transitioned rom a cut and dried heart attack story into a full blown Jimmy Kimmel story.


20 posted on 10/10/2025 2:58:29 AM PDT by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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