News & Politics
February 25, 2019
Criminal Charges Against Schlitterbahn Officials Have Been Dropped
Because the charges were dismissed pretrial, prosecutors have the right to refile a criminal complaint.
Schlitterbahn
News & Politics
October 31, 2018
As Demolition Begins on Schlitterbahn’s Verrückt Waterslide, Jeff Henry Faces Unrelated Felony Charges
Two years after the death of a ten-year-old boy on the ride, the waterslide is finally being removed.
The Stand Up Desk
July 20, 2018
Behind the Lines: Skip Hollandsworth and Schlitterbahn’s Tragic Slide
Texas Monthly's executive editor talks about his August feature tracing Schlitterbahn’s decades-long rise to its current perilous position.
True Crime
July 20, 2018
Schlitterbahn’s Tragic Slide
Jeff Henry often said that his goal in life was to make customers of his family’s legendary water parks happy—“to put a smile on their faces, to give them a thrill or two.” It was a beautiful vision. Until it went horribly wrong.
The Culture
March 26, 2018
Understanding the Criminal Manslaughter Indictment Against Schlitterbahn
The company’s ”Verrückt” waterslide, on which a ten-year-old boy was decapitated, was built by people who didn’t know how to engineer it.
Travel & Outdoors
May 26, 2016
Something in the Water
Getting wet, getting scared, and getting my family a little closer to Texas at Schlitterbahn.
Travel & Outdoors
July 31, 1991
Wet ‘n’ Wacky
From real river water to its playful German theme, Schlitterbahn’s totally tubular!