Death & Disney: Walt's Morbid Obsessions

What's red and white and has DEATH all over?
Why, DISNEYLAND, my dark babies!

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**CREDITS**

Mortician: Caitlin Doughty
Writer & Co-host: Sarah Chavez @sarah_calavera
Producer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1)
Editor & Graphics: Landis Blair (@landisblair)

Special thanks to Meagan Meli, death positive artist, and co-host of the Crying at Disney Podcast https://cryingatdisney.podbean.com/ for her guidance and resource assistance. Follow @cryingatdisney on Instagram and Twitter.


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Cinematic (Sting) by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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**SELECTED SOURCES/ADDITIONAL READING**

"American Experience: Walt Disney"
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe...

"5 Reasons Why Mickey Mouse Co-Creator Ub Iwerks Was Awesome"
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/5-...

The Hand Behind the Mouse : An Intimate Biography of Ub Iwerks
by John Kenworthy

The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney
by Richard Schickel

"Walt Disney's curious fascination with death"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

The Disney Way of Death https://www.jstor.org/stable/1465709?...
by Gary Laderman

"Walt Disney Believed He Was Responsible For His Mother’s Tragic Fate"
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/1...

"Disneyland’s Disastrous Opening Day"
https://www.history.com/news/disneyla...

"10 Things That Went Disastrously Wrong On Disneyland’s Opening Day"
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/5...