Caitlin Doughty | Death & Disney: Walt's Morbid Obsessions @AskAMortician | Uploaded November 2019 | Updated October 2024, 4 days ago.
What's red and white and has DEATH all over?
Why, DISNEYLAND, my dark babies!

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Mortician: Caitlin Doughty
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***SELECTED SOURCES/ADDITIONAL READING***

"American Experience: Walt Disney"
pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/walt-disney

"5 Reasons Why Mickey Mouse Co-Creator Ub Iwerks Was Awesome"
cartoonbrew.com/disney/5-reasons-why-mickey-mouse-co-creator-ub-iwerks-is-awesome-81999.html

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"
usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/07/ozy-walt-disney-fascination-with-death/28552745

The Disney Way of Death jstor.org/stable/1465709?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
by Gary Laderman

"Walt Disney Believed He Was Responsible For His Mother’s Tragic Fate"
thevintagenews.com/2017/12/26/walt-disneys-mother-2-2

"Disneyland’s Disastrous Opening Day"
history.com/news/disneylands-disastrous-opening-day-60-years-ago

"10 Things That Went Disastrously Wrong On Disneyland’s Opening Day"
mentalfloss.com/article/541360/disneyland-disastrous-opening-day-anaheim