Ted Williams' Frozen Head Abused, Alleges New Book

A disturbing story broken by the New York Daily News claims a new book alleges that workers at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, the cryonics facility containing Red Sox Hall of Famer Ted Williams' cryogenically frozen head, abused his frozen head.

The book, entitled Frozen: My Journey into the World of Cryonics, Deception, and Death, is written by Larry Johnson. Larry Johnson's personal wikipedia page claims he is a bioethics activist, and a former chief operating officer at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation.

The book alleges that Ted Williams' head, frozen with liquid nitrogen, was taken out of its holding tank and bored, sadistic workers subjected Ted Williams' head to morbid tests, including drilling holes into his head and pouring liquid nitrogen into the holes, recording the cracking sounds.

The book also tells a story where Ted Williams' frozen head was placed on an open tuna can and got stuck, and one Alcor employee attempted to dislodge the tuna can from Ted Williams' head with a wrench. Apparently, the Alcor employee missed the tuna can and knocked off some frozen shards of Ted Williams' head.

Larry Johnson's book attempts to blow the whistle on the unseemly behavior at cryonics facility, whereby employees ritually abuse the cryogenically frozen bodies of pre-paid customers. The book details other abuses that took place at the Alcor cryonics facility, as well as unethical experiments and questionable sanitary practices.

Larry Johnson previously provided Sports Illustrated writer Tom Verducci with information for his story "What Happened to Ted?" According to that story, Ted Williams' son paid Alcor $110,000 to store Ted Williams' frozen head in the cryonics lab, in a state of suspended animation in hopes that future science will be able to resurrect the dead.

Ted Williams, whose Alcor patient I.D. is A-1949, entered the facility after his 2002 death, his frozen head separated from his frozen body.

Ted Williams, also known as "Teddy Ballgame," was inducted in the MLB Hall of Fame in 1966, after a career in which he won AL MVP twice, won 6 batting titles, won baseball's Triple Crown twice, and was the last hitter to bat .400 in a season.

Larry Johnson is only know to viewers as a shadowy figure on a television screen, but that may change. The tell-all book debuts in book stores on Tuesday, October 6, 2009. Larry Johnson has a Youtube channel and operates the activist website FreeTed.com. The book is available for pre-order on Amazon.

Sources:
NY Daily News, "Ted Williams' frozen head for batting practice at cryogenics lab: book"
Larry Johnson Wikipedia Page
SI.com, Tom Verducci, "What Happened to Ted?"