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Jackson's Ferris wheel spins into new life
DATELINE A liquidation sale scattered many of the rides from Jackson's
Neverland Ranch in California.
Jackson reportedly purchased the Ferris wheel for $215,000 in
1990. It stayed there as Jackson was accused of molesting a
13-year-old cancer survivor at the ranch in 2003.
He was acquitted two years later, but the scandal drove him from
Neverland. Over the next four years, the property fell into
disrepair.
Co-owner Theresa Noerper says Archway Amusements bought the
65-foot-tall Ferris wheel last year. The Missouri-based company
began taking it on the seasonal fair and carnival circuit.
Archway Amusements doesn't go out of its way to publicize the
Ferris wheel's ties to Jackson. But word of mouth has gotten to
some hardcore Jackson fans.
