"Frost-dead", Way to Die #293, is the second death to be featured in "Death: One Size Fits All", which has been originally aired on August 29, 2011.
Plot[]
John was a scheming and arrogant cryo-preservation fake company, who has been known to inject standard anti-freeze into his clients instead of the usual preservation material to prevent freeze damage by the simple reason to save money. He dies after breathing in pure nitrogen gas from a tube that had come loose from a cryogenic tank he had failed to fix when he open the liquid nitrogen tank.
Transcript[]
(Intrigue Stories is playing)
John's Associate: So, who is this guy?
John: "Who is this guy?"? Who cares?
Narrator: This guy is Warren. And he's dead. Before he died, Warren signed a very expensive contract with John to keep his corpse frozen in a procedure called cryogenics.
([] is playing)
John: It's 25 of front and 10 grand every year he's with us.
(John's associate inject Warren some cryogenics, [] is playing)
Allan Weiner: Cryogenic is the study and the production in effects of incredibly cold temperatures. Many human's cells and tissues are cryogenically stored, like embryos and sperm. Although these tissues and cells are viable when thawed, the science to thought and revitalize in entire human is not even close to been discovered.
(They move Warren to the metal bed, [] is playing)
Narrator: There is absolutely no guarantee that a corpse can be thawed out. At a future time, when medicine has advanced enough to cure whatever killed you. And that's, at a legitimate cryo-clinic.
John: Alright. Let's drain this sucker.
([] is playing)
Narrator: John's operation is a total scam. Normally, an expensive cryoprotectrant is injected into a corpse to prevent freezing damage to body tissue. John just used common anti-freeze.
John: Let's tap this sucker off.
(Warren's body is in the body bag)
John: Alright. Let's get this stick in the ice box.
(They now move Warren to the ice box, [] is playing)
Narrator: It'll be a cold day in hell before anyone could wake up and survive that procedure.
(John closes the ice box)
John: Man, I am starving. Won't you go get us some tacos?
John's Associate: Alrighty.
(Later, John activates the liquid nitrogen, [] is playing)
Narrator: In case any family members came by to check, John did one thing by the cryogenic book: He used liquid nitrogen to keep the...
(Suddenly, the hose flies off)
Narrator: ...body frozen.
(John dodges the hose whipping around, [] is playing)
Narrator: But John was a bumbling fool.
(John tries to stop the hose but can't, so he decides to turn off the liquid nitrogen, but..., Grave Matters is playing)
Narrator: Breathing in pure nitrogen gas was a good way to become one of his own clients.
(As John inhaled the nitrogen gas, he falls and dies, Centrifuge is playing, CGI human inhales hypoxia, hypoxia enters in the brain and lungs, the blood cells will offer CO2 than O2)
Dr. Vyshali Rao: If we were to breath 100% nitrogen, most of the time, the body wouldn't notice any difference. Hypoxia would result. Hypoxia's a lack of oxygen to the vital organs. Death would ensue in 3 to 5 minutes.
(Recap of Warren previously signed John's contract, [] is playing)
Narrator: If anyone deserved to die, it was John.
(But end up dying)
Narrator: He promised immortality, but made sure that his clients would wake up dead.
(John activates the nitrogen but the hose flies off)
Narrator: That's pretty damn cold...
(As John inhaled the nitrogen gas, he falls and dies)
Narrator: don't you think?
Cast & Interviewees[]
- Mason Hallberg - John (Lead: Intended victim) (Uncredited)
- Allan Weiner - Cryogenics Specialist
- Dr. Vyshali Rao - Cardiologist
Alternative Description[]
Description as seen on Spike TV (now Paramount Network) website
"A disgruntled technician at a cryogenics facility abuses the frozen body parts of clients during the graveyard shift until he breaks some vials of liquid nitrogen and dies of nitrogen asphyxiation."
Alternative Name[]
Also known as "Freeze Died" on Spike TV (now Paramount Network) website
Segment Nickname[]
- Freeze Died - not to be confused with the Pilot season death
- Frozen Attack
- Die Froze
Trivia[]
- It is likely this death could be based on an urban legend about Walt Disney, who was said to have been cryogenically frozen in order to be reanimated when medical technology became advanced enough. However, this has long since proven to be false; his body was simply cremated.
- This death shares its number with Freeze Died (A death similar in the way the victims died from the cold temperature, as well as having the same name as Frost-Dead's alternative name).
- This is the fourth and final death in the series to feature someone freezing to death, the first being "Freeze Died", the second being "Mile Die Club", and the third being "Fansicle".
- This segment is similar to Hose Whipped, as the tube looses; but unlike Lenny, John didn't trip on the tube as the air is lighter than water, he also manages to turn the faucet off. Also, both victims died differently. John dying of hypoxia (asphyxiation). Lenny dying from brain and skull injuries. In addition, both victims were bad in their own ways. John being a crooked fake company cryogenics operator, and Lenny being a flunky and lazy cop.
Goofs[]
- Character Error: Warren can be seen breathing even though he's supposedly dead.
Foreign Names[]
- Muerto de Frío (Frozen to Death) - Latin American Spanish dub
- Frío de Muerte (Cold of Death) - Spanish dub
- A Descongelarse al Infierno (Freezing in Hell) - Pluto TV Spanish dub
- Muzro frösta mortizn (Frost Dying) - Lazoran dub (fake language)
- Corpo Sangue-Frio (Cold-Blooded Body) - Brazilian dub
- Frostiger Abgang (Frosty Departure) - German dub