Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In 2015, a man named Will Russell bought an abandoned Wild West theme park in Cave City, Kentucky, renamed it Funtown Mountain, and filled it with some of the most iconic animatronics in American history — including the legendary Rock-afire Explosion from ShowBiz Pizza. Six weeks later, it was all gone.
This is the story of what happened. A rise and fall unlike anything in the history of American roadside attractions. A dreamer, a half-million dollar bet, a mental health crisis that played out in front of every camera in Kentucky — and three animatronic characters left alone in the dark.
Chapters:
0:00 — Intro
0:59 — The Hill
3:34 — Will Russell — The Man Behind the Dream
5:43 — The Vision
07:01 — The Rock-afire Explosion
08:26 — The Grand Awesoming
10:09 — The Fall
15:20 — The Wreckage
17:22 — What Happened to the Animatronics
19:02 — Something Like Morning

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