A few weeks ago marked the 35th anniversary of the fire that destroyed one of Tracy’s most famous attractions, Kennywood Park’s Ghost Ship. This sad and tragic event took place on June 19, 1975 and was determined to have been an “electrical fire”. A website was just discovered that contains an eerie post that disputes the cause of this fire. A man actually confesses to starting the Ghost Ship fire! Read it for yourself and you decide, was this an “electrical fire” or did this man turn one of Tracy’s finest into a pile of burned wreckage? Explore the following three links and try to piece this puzzle together. 1 | 2 | 3
Published by Brandon Seidl
Brandon is a longtime enthusiast, chronicler, and author of Ocean City, Maryland's amusement and boardwalk history and is the creator & author of Trimper's Haunted House Online (ochh.net), co-author of "Images of America: Trimper's Rides," co-author of "History Press: Ocean City Oddities," and co-creator & author of The Bill Tracy Project. View all posts by Brandon Seidl
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