Bertha Lynn is a television news reporter based out of Denver , Colorado. The film representation of Bertha Lynn is a fictionalized version of the actual person. She appears in both the original film version of The Shining as well as in the television miniseries remake, Stephen King 's The Shining.
In both films she can be seen on a television talking about the dangerous winter snowfall cutting through the Rocky Mountains. Bill Watson was the regular caretaker of the Overlook Hotel during the s.
Like the rest of the staff, Watson took time off during the winter season when the hotel was closed down. During these months, the position of caretaker was taken up by Jack Torrance. Bill Watson was present in hotel manager Stuart Ullman's office when Ullman described Jack's job duties. He attended Ullman and Torrance as they walked through the lobby of the hotel towards the kitchen. Bill Watson was aware of the tragedy concerning a previous caretaker, Delbert Grady, who hacked up his wife and daughters with an axe and then shot himself in the head.
Danny Torrance was the six-year-old son of Jack and Wendy Torrance. He possessed strong psychokinetic talents, which manifested itself in the form of an imaginary friend named Tony. Danny met Dick Hallorann - the chef of the Overlook Hotel, who possessed a similar gift, which he calls "shining". During his stay at the Overlook, Danny's power enabled him to perceive the ghosts of a naked woman in room and the Grady daughters.
When Jack Torrance went insane and tried to kill his family, Danny and Wendy managed to escape. Delbert Grady was the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel during the winter of The isolation drove him mad and he butchered his wife and two young daughters with an axe before committing suicide by putting a shotgun in his mouth. The ghost of Delbert Grady remained at the hotel. It encountered Jack Torrance in the men's washroom and encouraged him to "correct" his wife and child, in much the same way that he had "corrected" his own family.
