Dark Moments From Disney’s Past
Take a peek behind the curtain at the happiest place on Earth.
![Dark Moments From Disney’s Past](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/6/4/735964_320x180.jpg?v=4)
Disney likes to pretend it's all cute rodents, wholesome superheroes, happy princesses, and family-friendly amusement parks. But underneath that veneer of fun and joy exists a history of things that are much, much darker. For example:
![DISNEY PARKS FORCED PERFORMERS TO SHARE UNDERWEAR. THE RESULT: PUBIC LICE AND SCABIES. Finally, in 2001, workers were assigned individual undergarment](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/9/2/733092.jpg?v=2)
![A BRAIN-EATING AMOEBA INFECTED A WATER PARK GUEST. THE KID WAS 11, GOT SICK, AND DIED. The child got amoebic meningoencephalitis from visiting Disney'](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/8/7/733087.jpg?v=2)
![THE MATTERHORN BOB5LED RIDE KILLED TWO GUESTS. Al DISNEL HONORS THEM, A BIT GHOULISHLY. Unofficially, employees call one spot on the ride Dolly's Dro](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/4/8/733648.jpg?v=2)
![DISNEY PAID SNOW WHITE'S VOICE ACTRESS ONLY $970. erso Sou NSue 2Whutc DC1114 THE FILM MADE MILLIONS. The film didn't credit Adriana Caselotti, and sh](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/5/9/733059.jpg?v=2)
![DISNEY USED SHELL COMPANIES TO Buy MAGIC KINGDOM. THE AIm: LOWBALLING LANDOWNERS. By hiding that such a huge company wanted the land, they kept seller](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/8/4/733084.jpg?v=2)
![WALT NAMED NAMES TO CONGRESS DURING THE RED SCARE. FEDE BRAVERY AND BLAMED HIS WOES ON comMunism. He claimed (falsely) that communism was why his anim](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/4/7/733647.jpg?v=2)
![MAIN STREET USA USES (MOsTly) FAKE FLAGS. Bake D ALL ARE MISSING A STAR OR STRIPE. So they're technically not American flags. This loophole spares the](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/7/8/733078.jpg?v=2)
![PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN HAD REAL HUMAN BONES. THEY LOOKED BETTER THAN PLASTIC PROPS. Eventually, the bones were buried and replaced. But numerous par](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/8/9/733089.jpg?v=2)
![KNOW NIXON'S FAMOUS I AM NOT A CROOK SPEECH? HE WAS ON DISNEY PROPERTY. The iconic line that would forever be cemented as the go-to cue for every ha](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/8/2/733082.jpg?v=2)
![IN 1970, YOUTHS STORMED ToM SAER'S ISLAND DISNEY CALLED IN THE RIT POLICE. The 300 protesters- -members of the Yippie movement- -raised their flag (](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/9/1/733091.jpg?v=2)
![A DISNEY CONTRACTOR WAS CAUGHT PAYING WORKERS $1.20HOUR. DISNEY HAD TO PAY $$903K IN BACK WAGES. The company made plastic wands and tiaras for Disney](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/4/6/733646.jpg?v=2)
![JUST ONE CAST MEMBER HAS DIED AT DISNEYLAND. BUT IT WAS A PRETTY MESSY DEATH. In 1974, Debbie Stone was working in America Sings at Disneyland and a](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/5/3/733053.jpg?v=2)
![HEARD HOW LEMMINGS FOLLOW EACH OTHER OFF CLIFFS? WHIWWAIDDERNESS THAT'S A MYTH, STARTED BY DISNEY. The Disney nature documentary White Wildemess depic](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/8/0/733080.jpg?v=2)
![DISNE SUED A BUNCH OF DACARE CENTERS. THE CRIME: PAINTING MICKEY ON THE WALL This was copyright infringement, So Disney had legal , standing. The suit](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/8/8/733088.jpg?v=2)
![BIG THUNDER MOUNTAIN COASTER DERAILED IN 2003. TEN GOT INJURED AND ONE PASSENGER DIED. Maintenance crews had signed off on paperwork showing the ride](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/2/7/733227.jpg?v=2)
![EMPLOYEES SUED DISNEY FOR $100 MILLION. IN 2017, DISNEY SETTLED. The employees claimed Disney and other big animation studios colluded using anti-poac](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/4/8/733048.jpg?v=2)
![DISNEY HAS BASICALLY REWRITTEN u.S. COPYRIGHT LAW. MICKEL WILL NEVER GO PUBLIC DOMAIN. They've spent millions lobbying for copyright bills. Ironically](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/5/5/733055.jpg?v=2)
![WERNHER VON BRAUN AND HANS SCHARFF WERE NAZIS. DISNEY HIRED THEM BOTH. Disney consulted yon Braun for projects about space travel, while Scharff insta](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/5/7/733057.jpg?v=2)
![DISNEY WORLD IS INFESTED WITH ALLIGATOR'S. ONE KILLED A 2-YEAR-OLD IN 201. Even before that, the gator population on Disney properties had skyrocketed](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/7/9/733079.jpg?v=2)
![DISNEY IS THE WORLD'S NUMBER 2 BUYER OF EXPLOSIVES. NUMBER 1 1S THE U.S. MILITARY. Not to say the two organizations are quite in competition with each](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/4/5/733645.jpg?v=2)
![HAUNTED MANSION GUESTS KEEP DUMPING CREMAINS. Ne 973 EVTHUES (CREMAINS ARE THE ASHES OF THE DEAD.) This happens at least once a month. It's A Small Wo](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/5/0/733050.jpg?v=2)