1975 BANFFRoom 873: The "Banff room murder" refers to the popular ghost story surrounding Room 873 at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, which claims a murder-suicide occurred in the room.One night the father drank too much, causing things to go south fast. When he returned to the room from the bar, he snapped and killed his wife and daughter and then himself. Sam McCauley was an elderly Scotsman who worked at the Fairmont Banff Springs hotel as the head bellman from the 60s – 70s until he died in 19751977 THE SHININGIn The Shining, the murders are committed by the former caretaker, Charles Grady, who killed his wife and two daughters with an axe before killing himself with a shotgun. In the story, the new caretaker, Jack Torrance, becomes possessed by the hotel's evil spirit and eventually tries to murder his own family, but is unsuccessful and ultimately freezes to death in the maze.King says the book was inspired by his stay at The Stanley Hotel: Stephen King's novel The Shining was inspired by a 1974 stay at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, where a nightmare about his son being chased by a fire hose gave him the core idea for the book. King was looking for a different setting, away from Maine, and the isolated, empty hotel before its winter closure felt like the perfect backdrop for a ghost storyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8QHiLOw2iA
I stayed there, the story completely unbeknownst to me and I immediately knew that the hotel inspired the shining. It was eerie. Beautiful place though, the main dining room has a mindblowing view.
