Since the Cecil Hotel opened its doors in 1924 it’s been filled with crime, murder and death. It was dubbed “Hotel Death” and people over the years have thought there were dark forces and spirits there which were behind everything that was happening.
The hotel is located in Skid Row, a neighbourhood in downtown Los Angeles. The complex, at 640 S. Main Street, was built by three hoteliers, William Banks Hanner, Charles L. Dix and Robert H. Schops, as a destination for business travellers and tourists. But since then, hundreds have died and murderers have checked in to stay.
New Netflix series, Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, focuses specifically on the 2013 death of Canadian student Elisa Lam there, but also touches upon some of the other cases. Hotel manager Amy Price, as interviewed in the Netflix series, says there were around 80 deaths there just during the 10-years she served. Over the years before and during her employment, people jumped from hotel windo
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The Cecil Hotel deaths: Netflix doc reveals killers, suicides & spirits at the LA hotel where Elisa Lam died
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Updated: 11 Feb 2021, 11:33
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BEYOND the stained glass windows, Doric columns and marble walls of the Cecil Hotel lies a history of murder and mystery.
Since it opened nearly a century ago the hotel has been home to two serial killers, witnessed numerous suicides and gained a reputation as a den of vice.
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The Cecil Hotel has an elegant lobby that belies its troubled history
And the hotel, nicknamed Los Angeles most deadly even inspired Season 5 of Ryan Murphy s American Horror Story.
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Netflix’s new documentary Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel aims to shed light on the mysterious death of 21-year-old Canadian student Elisa Lam.
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On February 19th, 2013, Elisa’s body was found in a water tank on top of the LA-based hotel, weeks after she went missing on February 1st.
However, Elisa’s death isn’t the first and only mysterious occurrence at Cecil Hotel, with the hotel known for its long and grim history of a murders, suicides and unexplained events.
Those who watched Netflix’s Night Stalker may have already noticed that Richard Ramirez stayed there while on his killing spree, and in the opening scene of Crime Scene, an image of Ramirez is shown.
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Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel explores the strange and tragic case of Elisa Lam, a 21-year-old Canadian traveler who was found dead in the Cecil Hotel s water tank in early 2013. Lam s death, officially ruled an accidental drowning, was met with sensational speculation because of the Cecil s gruesome history. Given that the Cecil has been riddled with death and crime, many web sleuths were convinced by theories of ghosts and foul play. Episode two of
Crime Scene especially unpacks how the hotel s dark past marred its reputation. Over the years, the Cecil has earned unsavory nicknames such as Hotel Death and The Suicide. Management even rebranded part of the Cecil as a trendy youth hostel called Stay on Main to distance away from its unsettling background.