Episode 107: Icebreaker: First Cryonics Patient (mini)

CW: Death, Decay, Medical Procedures
Several facilities in the U.S. and abroad maintain warehouse morgues full of frozen human heads and bodies, waiting for the future. The idea of being cryogenically frozen has been around in science-fiction for a while now, but is it really possible? Well, a small group of people think cryonics is their ticket to reanimation in the future. But what are the chances, and who was the first person to be frozen?

This is a look at the last several decades since the first man was successfully cryonically frozen.

The History

This is a picture of Dr. James Bedford, the first man successfully cryonically frozen. Click his picture to learn about what he looked like when he was first seen after 50 years.

This is a look at the historic capsule used to store the frozen bodies. Click this image to learn more about the many, many failures before we got to that one success.

This link will take you to part one of a multi-part series on the history of cryonics in pictures! There’s lots of good info and images in here.

History in Pics

This is an odd, open letter to the dead body of Dr. James Bedford from the former president of Alcor.

Open Letter to the Dead
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