The Frozen Dead Guy residing at a "haunted" Colorado hotel

The Stanley Hotel, in Estes Park, Colorado, is renowned for its history, its isolation (it inspired Stephen King's "The Shining"), and now as the home for Bredo Morstøl, a deceased Norwegian whose remains had been kept on ice since 1989, and which are now cryogenically frozen. Correspondent Lee Cowan talks with hotel entrepreneur John Cullen about Morstøl, the long-celebrated "Frozen Dead Guy," and his move to the Stanley.
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[@TwinCitiesFancy]

Frozen dead guys days is always a good time. I'm glad this story has continued on for this man.

[@jeffc8242]

Yay! Frozen dead guy finally got a home🎉. I haven’t heard about the move. i’m a Colorado native who has watched this drama for decades. I’m glad it has a happy ending.

[@ashleyklotz3762]

It's a beautiful hotel... although the Jack Nickelson version wasn't filmed in the hotel.. Mr King redid it to be filmed in the Stanley.. fun fact though, Dumb and Dumber was filmed in it

[@TheRAYviewYT]

Not dead. He’s just chillin…😂

[@IH8stpdppl]

😂

[@roachtoasties]

The frozen dead guy has not been properly frozen over the years. Whatever advances are made over the years, he isn't going to be revived.

[@juliamelone8109]

Well they did say cloning was a hope too 😉

[@mackgutierrez1942]

@@juliamelone8109you can’t clone memories and a conscience

[@juliamelone8109]

@@mackgutierrez1942 No, but it makes you wonder who you could have been if you were born with your exact genetics at any other point or in any other set of circumstances 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@texasbluegrass567]

I love staying there! The staff were extremely sweet, too.

[@dinozone7373]

Been hearing about Frozen Dead Guy for years now, I'm glad he's been moved from a dodgy dry ice cooler to an actual liquid nitrogen dewer

[@charlotteantiquepowerengin6277]

He started out in a proper facility, but Grandson, Uwe, ran out of money and had to bring him to the shed.

[@RobFuz]

That’s awesome 🎉🎉🎉

[@TheTricia37]

This is Really COOL ❤❤

[@KudzuCackalacky]

Interesting. I want to know why they have to be "head first" into that container. He rests in peace upside down.

[@samsanimationcorner3820]

Well, if he ever turns into a zombie it will at least slow him down from climbing out.

[@Sashazur]

I think the idea is that the liquid nitrogen evaporates from the top down, like any other liquid. So if the tank has a leak, the most important part of the body - the head - would be the last part to defrost. In fact if you do want to get yourself frozen at death, you can get only your head frozen to save a few bucks. It’s no more crazy to assume that you could be resurrected from just your frozen head, than from your whole frozen body. P. S. The newscaster says maybe you could be cloned in the future too - to do that just requires freezing a few of your cells, you don’t have to freeze your whole body or your head. But cloning would be like making an identical twin of yourself that won’t have your knowledge or memories, maybe not the same personality either since they wouldn’t be raised in the same environment.

[@KudzuCackalacky]

@@Sashazur This is one of the most logical replies I have seen. Just wanted to say thanks for that insight.

[@lindaopperthauser2284]

Too creepy for me!! I would never want to be cloned! My soul wouldnt be in it!! How weird!

[@chairmanofthebored8684]

But what if your soul is cloned???

[@jonathanlandau-litewski7405]

​@@chairmanofthebored8684I personally think souls are unique and could never be cloned. We can't prove nor disprove the existence of souls, could be dark matter for all we currently know!

[@xbrandi12345x]

​@@chairmanofthebored8684I am not convinced if we were cloned we would be the same. We'd be like the Temu version of ourselves.

[@vickiwaatti1076]

If he had actually read the book, The Shining, he would have known that it was way different than the movie, which Stephen King hated so much that he did a newer movie that was made for TV.

[@leahsease9569]

Creepy

[@Phildo8]

My question for Alcor or the families of those frozen in their facility is what happens if say 15-20yrs from now they go bankrupt and go out of business? What happens to all of those “patients” remains? Do they just get thrown to the side? At least for Frozen Dead Guy he isn’t under the care of a big business that risks going out of business right? However I’m sure with Alcor they thought about that in the future and in the event they go out that they have it drawn into the contract for their “patients” they will be provided with proper burial or cremation in the event of Alcor closing up shop?

[@gregorymalchuk272]

The applicants pay 100,000 dollars into a perpetual fund that keeps the cryocoolers running.

[@jonathanlandau-litewski7405]

I couldn't think of anything worse tbh, the world is already every man for himself right now so just imagine the future!

[@craigandsnowwadam4511]

Ok NO!

[@robertcuratolo5339]

🥴 Amazing story I hope his wishes come true. 🤞

[@myidentityisinjesus8880]

If I woke up after being dead, I would be so disappointed ☹️

[@nigelcarren]

Quality comment. Very funny. I am going to make you a cup of tea now... whether you want one or not! 🇬🇧

[@joshs3916]

What’s that blue bottle at the end?

[@craigandsnowwadam4511]

Seriously!! I can’t defrost a pizza!!

[@joshr8666]

Have you tried setting it to high? 😅

[@loadedfun4764]

Hope they have a backup generator….

[@TheEsquireClub]

ANYONE DOWN FOR A COLD ONE?

[@kevinbond8966]

So its basically Futurama 😂😂

[@IdleByte]

I carry my Alcor membership card everywhere.

[@CHRISMESCALERO]

Now you can one up people on your knowledge and say oh we going frozen dead guy's hotel .

[@mcwhorter141mcwhorter8]

Its not happening folks

[@Munchausen45]

3:39

[@kyleaustin2448]

video starts at 5:00

[@user-bi4hw2wi2k]

Now thats using your noggin !

[@JustinCase780]

@4:17 Nice over acting laugh response

[@steveanthony1667]

This doesn't belong in EP! The rights were bought, EP has zero to do with anything relating to Frozen Dead Guy days. Just another way to get tourist dollars.

[@michaelcarson1070]

And u wonder why the place is haunted

[@akbarbukhari]

At least make it see through and it be worth it . U just looking at a metal container . Make it class so people can see him . This makes no sense

[@dizmix]

Appalling

[@bqb9591]

Crazy if you actually think about how much this guy life is of value but not at all from a Black person.😢

[@tylonwilliams1299]

First

[@arfriedman4577]

Why

[@_the_dude_abides_]

The Stanley sucks, it's outdated and has horrible HVAC. Zero stars

[@SyntheticStuntMan]

this looks like something the creepy catholic church does with their dead "saints".