On the 26th of May, 1978, a new attraction opened in the township of Vernon, New Jersey. For the next 20 years this unassuming US town would be the home to Action Park – a theme park and waterpark that would soon become notorious for its terrible safety record. Before the sale of the park to new owners in 1998, six guests would have died while riding its insanely unsafe attractions, and many hundreds of more would have sustained serious injuries.