Stephen King famously visited The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, and his experience inspired his novel and the 1980 ...

The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, served as the inspiration for the fictional Overlook Hotel from Stephen King's ...

While The Shining isn't based on a true story, King has spoken about how the idea came to him while staying at The Stanley ...

Stephen King spent less than 24 hours at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park in 1974, but fans of his book and the 1980 film ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — The Stanley Hotel is ...

Considered one of the most famous haunted hotels in the U.S. thanks to its lore and role in inspiring Stephen’s King’s “The Shining,” The Stanley Hotel was opened in 1909.

The Stanley Hotel was born with its founder Freelan Oscar Stanley near death. In 1903, the 54-year-old inventor of dry plate photography and the Stanley steam engine was diagnosed with tuberculosis.

An ethereal presence permeates the 115-year-old Stanley Hotel. For more than a century, the spirited landmark has stood guard over the picturesque mountain town of Estes Park, only 38 miles north of ...

A historic hotel with a commanding presence in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, The Stanley has been referred to as “Disneyland for ghosts.” Throughout this Estes Park hotel are haunting hotspots, like a ...

ESTES PARK, Colo. — An iconic piece of movie history is heading to the place in Colorado that helped inspire its fame. The axe carried around by Jack Nicholson in 'The Shining' while announcing ...

One of the fake axes used in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror classic “The Shining” has been donated to Estes Park’s Stanley Hotel for its new movie-memorabilia museum and film center. The prop ax sold ...

When John Cullen first walked into the Stanley hotel 28 years ago, eleven of the fourteen buildings on the Estes Park property were condemned, and in six he could see straight to the sky through holes ...