The True Story Behind "The Shining"

Stephen King's Inspiration - The Very Haunted Stanley Hotel Credits: www.buzzfeed.com/bfmp/videos/127314 Welcome to the BuzzFeed Unsolved Network! This channel is your one-stop destination for all things mystery, conspiracy, supernatural, true crime, and everything in between. Subscribe here: bit.ly/2zuaR06. MERCH: We've got it! SHOP NOW: bzfd.it/2MDBk2d MUSIC SFX Provided By AudioBlocks (www.audioblocks.com/) STILLS Parts of Estes Park Being Evacuated Due to Fires Nearby MediaNews Group/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images/Getty Images Historic Hotels Michael Rougier/Getty Images New Stendal fire hose washing plant picture alliance/Getty Images New Stendal fire hose washing plant picture alliance/Getty Images Denver Hanging In 1887 Buyenlarge/Getty Images BRITAIN-US-ART-CINEMA ISABEL INFANTES/Getty Images Theodore Roosevelt in Colorado Denver Post/Getty Images Daily Camera Archives MediaNews Group/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images/Getty Images Daily Camera Archives MediaNews Group/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images/Getty Images Thurstons Billiard Hall Heritage Images/Getty Images ITALY-CINEMA-AUCTION-KUBRICK-FEATURE MARCO BERTORELLO/Getty Images Photography in the 19th century Universal History Archive/Getty Images Houdini Can Escape Anything Donaldson Collection/Getty Images Denver Post Archives Denver Post/Getty Images Babies in Nursery Scheufler Collection/Getty Images On the Set of The Shinning Murray Close/Getty Images Mr. F.O. Stanley in a 1913 Stanley Steamer Historical/Getty Images View of Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood, Oregon. Historical/Getty Images On the set of The Shining Sunset Boulevard/Getty Images On the Set of "The Shining" Sunset Boulevard/Getty Images On the set of The Shining Sunset Boulevard/Getty Images On the Set of "The Shining" Sunset Boulevard/Getty Images On the set of The Shining Sunset Boulevard/Getty Images On the set of Sylvie et le Fantome Sunset Boulevard/Getty Images The historic Stanley Hotel... John Greim/Getty Images 1930s TIRED WOMAN... H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images 1940s BLONDE WOMAN... H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images High society in Paris 'Day of Elegance' in Paris (a charity event). In white Cleo de Merode with her then world famous hairstyle - 1905 - Vintage property of ullstein bild ullstein bild Dtl./Getty Images USA - New York - Building inspector in condemned building Richard Baker/Getty Images Double exposure of a man on a chair, ca. 1900. Kirn Vintage Stock/Getty Images The popular Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson/Getty Images The popular Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson/Getty Images The popular Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson/Getty Images The popular Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson/Getty Images The popular Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson/Getty Images The popular Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson/Getty Images The popular Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson/Getty Images The popular Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson/Getty Images The popular Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson/Getty Images The popular Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson/Getty Images The popular Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson/Getty Images 1900 photograph of the anti-tuberculosis (TB) clinic Universal History Archive/Getty Images Tincture Amal Tuberculosis Cure Jay Paull/Getty Images FRANCE-US-LITERATURE-PEOPLE-KING KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/Getty Images Ballroom aboard Victoria DEA / A. DAGLI ORTI/Getty Images Jack Nicholson In 'The Shining' Archive Photos/Getty Images Jack Nicholson In 'The Shining' Archive Photos/Getty Images Jack Nicholson And Joe Turkel In 'The Shining' Archive Photos/Getty Images ESTES ABOVE: The once pristine views in Estes Park are getting gobbled up by more and more development in this growing mountain town. This is looking from the Stanley towards Rocky Mountain National Park. Estes Park planning commission is considering prop Helen H. Richardson/Getty Images 1958 Steam Car Meet - California The Enthusiast Network/Getty Images The Stanley Hotel in Estes Parr, Colorado, was the inspirati Chicago Tribune/Getty Images The Shining Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Man drinking a glass of beer, 23 April 1931. Daily Herald Archive/Getty Images Well-to-do spectators at an open-air festival, 1920. Science & Society Picture Library/Getty Images Two men with female spirit, c 1920. Science & Society Picture Library/Getty Images Elderly couple with a young female spirit, c 1920. Science & Society Picture Library/Getty Images Guardian Angel FPG/Getty Images Stanley Kubrick Exhibition At The Caermersklooster Mark Renders/Getty Images Silhouette Of Stan Jones Allan Grant/Getty Images Paris Brasserie Hulton Archive/Getty Images

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