EBN- Rocky Mountains are becoming a horror destination with the opening of a terrifying new museum and horror film center.
Owner John Cullen has overseen the storied Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, for over thirty years. During that time, he has honored the hotel’s history as the terrifying backdrop for Stephen King’s 1977 best-selling novel The Shining, which served as the basis for the Stanley Kubrick film of the same name. Travelers from all over the world are known to come to the supposedly haunted property, and Cullen takes pride in providing guests with more than just a restful night’s sleep. That is insufficient, he declared. “People seek experiences above material goods.”
Cullen’s unconventional suggestion to repurpose the hotel’s dilapidated 1909 ice house—adding a well-known frozen corpse and establishing the world’s first public museum devoted to cryonic preservation—was therefore not out of character last year.
The International Cryonics Museum, which opened its doors in December 2023, informs visitors about the scientific practice of deep-freezing the bodies of recently deceased people in the hopes that advancements in science will one day enable their revival. The frozen body of a Norwegian man named Bredo Morstoel is the focal point of the museum. Its relocation and preservation were made possible in large part by Alcor.
Cullen claims the town is preserving Bredo’s legacy through the Frozen Dead Guy Days celebration in Estes Park and Grandpa Bredo’s position as the actual frozen dead guy in the museum.
Visitors discover how cryonics may be used in the near future to treat illnesses like Alzheimer’s and enhance trauma and organ transplantation. In fact, cryonics might be able to save almost extinct animal species.
