The Hotel Cecil in downtown Los Angeles has had no less than 16 unnatural deaths, from suicides to murders and everything in between. Listen in to the history of this decidedly creepy hotel.
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This Stuff You Should Know episode dives into the unsettling history of LA's Cecil Hotel and the mysterious death of Elisa Lam, a young Canadian traveler who vanished in 2013 and was later found decomposing in the hotel's rooftop water tank. Josh and Chuck explore how the hotel's dark past—marked by numerous suicides, murders, and visits from serial killers—created the perfect breeding ground for internet conspiracy theories and supernatural speculation, while they work to separate the documented facts from the wild myths that exploded online after a haunting elevator surveillance video of Elisa was released to the public.
American Horror Story
2011
★ 8.1
"He quickly found that open window was still open. And the fire escape was easily accessible. And in the, I think one of his articles is called American Horror Story. — Josh references the title of journalist Josh Dean's article about the Cecil Hotel, which is based on the American Horror Story hotel season."
— Josh
"She went to a taping of the Conan O'Brien show and was escorted out because she was behaving strangely. — Chuck mentions that Elisa Lam attended a taping of Conan O'Brien's talk show and was removed for behaving erratically."
— Chuck
The Conjuring
2013
1h 52m
★ 7.5
"I'm annoyed by people who believe that the couple from the conjuring were legit and real life. — Josh draws a comparison between people believing in paranormal explanations for Elisa Lam's death and people believing the Conjuring couple's story was real."
— Josh
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