A Wikipedia stub about the worst Florida theme park idea ever sends John on a search for the reason it never opened. Show notes: 0:45 - New Vietnam on Wikipedia 1:12 - Dolly Parton's Stampede (form...Show More
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rmmiller364 recommended:Jan 22nd, 2020
Wow, what a wild story.... Wacky/ill-advised theme parks are really fascinating to me.
mmJan 25th, 2020
@rmmiller364 Omg this was an incredible story. Also, I dunno about you, but when the preacher was asking for donations on his radio station (βAnyone have a million dollars? $1 will do! $1 a month will get us a new show!β), it didnβt sound that different from what some podcast hosts have to do today....Show More
mmJan 26th, 2020
@rmmiller364 You inspired me to create a playlist about ridiculous theme parks: https://podyssey.fm/list/podcast-episodes/id1138-Crazy-Theme-Park-Stories Let me know if you know of anymore!
mm recommended:Jan 25th, 2020
A preacher wanted to build an actual theme park that replicated the Vietnam War. Iβm not shitting you. Crazy story. π’
rmmiller364Jan 25th, 2020
@mm I think the craziest part was that he exploited refugees to do this!!
rmmiller364Jan 25th, 2020
@mm (planned to, at least)
mmJan 25th, 2020
@rmmiller364 I was like "Go you!" when they read the bit where the Vietnamese refugee who was the manager of the arts factory who was like "No way am I going to let my wife be a part of this." And then they just got up and left. Power to them πͺ