Many years after its premiere, it became known that the original story of the Ingalls family was not as happy as it was reflected in the series. The text that served as inspiration includes domestic abuse, alcoholism and love triangles.
We also knew, through the testimonies of the actors themselves, other pearls of the filming. The data that have generated the most stir are those relating to Michael Landon, the protagonist and producer of the hit cycle of the 70s.
The testimony that circulated is that Landon had a clear obsession with his body and tried to highlight the scenes that showed him topless. Furthermore, in the shootings, the supply of alcohol could not be missing, which was his preference.
Or what Carrie was played by twins – Rachel and Sidney Bush.-, who worked alternately, to be able to comply with the regulations that were required in the California area for the services of children.
The rumor about Simi Valley
But this is not the most surprising fact. One revelation that has caused shock is related to the location of the recordings.
It happens that much of the series was recorded in a place called Simi Valley in the state of California.
Just remember the presentation to keep his landscapes in memory. everything seemed rugged meadows with wild yellow flowers.
Although it later turned out that several years earlier in that place a nuclear disaster.
The event happened in 1959 in Santa Susana Field Laboratory, when a partial meltdown occurred in a reactor and caused that reactor core to overheat.
These were tests that sought to demonstrate the commercial power generation capability that nuclear power had. However, on July 12, 1959, that experiment went wrong and no one was around to report it.
Radioactive material was released into the open air for 14 days. The records of the event are almost nil. The only information available is that plutonium and strontium have been released.
It was also recorded that the facility did not have a containment dome, which was not enforced at the time, so the radioactive material was directly exposed to the open air.
Several sources explain that these lands currently belong to the Boeing airline, which ensures that that event was minor and had no implications for the population.
However, the University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health has determined that those who there was a higher rate of several types of cancer among those exposed to radiation.
Frequent diseases in the cast
If you think about the cast of ingalls family, the records are amazing. Landon died in 1991, aged 54, of fulminant pancreatic cancer; Victor French-Isaiah Edwards– died of lung cancer; Kevin Hagen – Dr. Baker– have not survived oesophageal cancer; AND Merlin Olsen -Jonathan Garvey- had the same disease.
Moreover, Charlotte Stewart -Miss Beadle’s teacher- she had breast cancer and she beat it.
Source: Clarin
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