Dubbed creepy nicknames such as “Hotel Death” and “The Suicide,” the Cecil Hotel harbors a dark history as a hotbed for death, suicide, and murder. A magnet for crime, it was formerly home to serial killers such as Richard Ramirez… Continue Reading
On Feb. 19, 2013, a worker at Los Angeles’ Cecil Hotel made a gruesome discovery in the building’s main water tank: the body of the formerly missing 21-year-old Canadian student Elisa Lam. Guests had complained about the hotel’s water —… Continue Reading
To say that the last available footage of Elisa Lam is odd is an understatement. How the 21-year-old Canadian student ended up dead in a rooftop water tank at the infamous Cecil Hotel immediately created a frenzy on the Internet.… Continue Reading
Netflix’s 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… Continue Reading
The bizarre circumstances around Elisa Lam’s 2013 death have drawn much attention to her case. As they were presented, the facts did little to provide definitive answers and raised more questions about possible criminal activities. The investigation around Lam’s disappearance… Continue Reading