When visitors signed up for the Dine with Shamu event at Seaworld, Orlando, they expected to enjoy a bite to eat and a choreographed killer whale show.
Instead, they were greeted by haunting scenes of a 'psychotic' orca mauling its trainer to death.
Dawn Brancheau was one of SeaWorld 's most experienced trainers, and onlookers could only stand-by in horror as Tilikum, the largest bull orca in captivity, took her long ponytail in his mouth and dragged her into the pool during a petting session in February 2010.