In October 1974, Stephen King and his wife, Tabitha, checked into Room 217 of the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. The couple’s one-night stay in the room, which is long-rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a former chambermaid named Elizabeth Wilson, served as the inspiration for King’s 1977 novel The Shining. In […] The post Jim Carrey Only Made It 3 Hours in the Hotel That Inspired ‘The Shining’ appeared first on VICE.