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Wondery Presents: Frozen Head
Wondery Presents: Frozen Head explores the intriguing life of Laurence Pilgrim, a scientist who planned for his death with the hope of being brought back to life in the future. This captivating podcas...
Wondery Presents: Frozen Head
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If you had the chance to be brought back to life, hundreds of years in the future, would you take it?
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Wondry's new podcast called Frozen Head, hosted by Ashina Elena from Morbid,
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tell the true story of Lauren's pilgrim. He's a lifelong scientist who planned for his death
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his entire life. Because for him, death wasn't the end. It was only the beginning.
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Lauren's dream to be frozen and brought back to life in the future,
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pulls us into a cryonics soap opera. There's lots of drama with pets, grenades,
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family feuds, hall of fame baseball legends, and frozen heads. A lot of frozen heads.
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It's a story about the desire to avoid death. The lengths people will go to make that a reality,
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and what it means to be alive to begin with. I'm about to play a clip from Frozen Head.
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While you're listening, follow Frozen Head wherever you get your podcasts.
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It's a fresh spring day in Montana, but inside a modest white ranch house,
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the living room is filled with death. There's a dead fox, a couple of dead coyotes,
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and deer heads mounted on the wall. This is the pilgrim's home. Pilgrim, as in Laurence Pilgrim.
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The man who tried to have his wife frozen in Alcourt, the very same. But this is his son Kurt's house.
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On this day, Kurt's son, Laurence's grandson Benjamin, is at home when he hears something outside.
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I remember the dog's barking when he pulled up. The dog's always bark when anybody pulls into the place.
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Now, normally, the mailman delivers to the mailbox by the road. But today, he's come all the way up to the
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front door, and he's holding a package. He didn't leave it at the door, like what they usually do.
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So I was like, yeah, well, I'm sure it's just something needs to be signed for it.
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So Benjamin opens the door. I'm at him and I sign for the box. As I'm signed for, I'm looking at the box.
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It was just a regular old cardboard box.
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It's a rectangular-shaped box about a foot long and half as wide, a little bit bigger than a shoe box.
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Benjamin is used to seeing boxes arrive at the house. His dad, Kurt, sells tools. But something about this one is different.
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I'm thinking this is a pretty small box. It doesn't sound like it's full of tools.
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Benjamin says thank you. And as the mailman walks back to his truck,
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Benjamin takes a closer look at what's in his hands.
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I believe the markings were extremely fragile, ashes, or body remains, or something of that regard
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was on the side of it. Oh, this is definitely not a box of tools. No, it's not. His dad is out on a
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delivery, but Benjamin decides to give him a call. I was like, let me at least give him a heads up,
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because this sounds like something that he may have to deal with.
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Yeah, like a box of human remains is probably something he'll have to deal with.
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I was like, your dad was going to be frozen upon his death. Is that correct?
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Fair question. My dad said, yes, he was going to be frozen. Why do you ask? I was like,
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I am holding a box that I just signed for that is containing someone's ashes.
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Hey, prime members, you can binge all six episodes of Frozen Head ad free on Amazon Music.
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