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10. Hotel Cecil and the Disappearance of Elisa Lam
The Cecil Hotel was built in Los Angeles, California in 1926 and opened as a budget-friendly hotel for travellers and affordable housing for long-term tenants. However – there has always been something about the hotel – maybe the location adjacent to “Skid Row”, the transient nature of clientele that it attracted, or more likely – the poor management practices of turning a blind eye to nefarious activities – that resulted in it being a hot spot for crime, including disappearances, suicide, and murder. Join Carly and Tab as we take a journey through the dark and twisted history of Hotel Cecil, including the disappearance of Elisa Lam.
Content warnings: Discussions of suicide, murder, sexual assault, crimes against children, and distressing mental health symptoms.
Keep updated on all things Historically Bad! Become a member of the OG Baddie tier on Patreon to access the bonus Calgary Cecil Hotel and additional bloopers! #baddiesonly
Instagram: @historicallybadpodcast
Website: www.historicallybadpodcast.ca
Patreon: www.patreon.com/HistoricallyBadPatreon
Contact us: [email protected]
Historically Bad is created and produced by Tabitha Festa and Carly Sullivan.
Case Sources:
Elevator Game Rules:
https://theghostinmymachine.com/2021/02/03/the-most-dangerous-games-the-elevator-game-revisited-rules/
Elisa Lam Elevator Video:
https://web.archive.org/web/20141029231120/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq4LmWiDiC0
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41234056/
Keeler's Hotel Weekly, Vol. XVIII, No. 6, February 7, 1925, page 7.
https://www.pbssocal.org/history-society/the-suicide-the-hotel-cecil-and-the-mean-streets-of-l-a-s-notorious-skid-row
https://allthatsinteresting.com/cecil-hotel-los-angeles
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205929311/william-kelly-norton
https://www.moviemaker.com/night-stalker-richard-ramirez-cecil-hotel/
Bartlett, James T. (2016). Gourmet Ghosts 2: More Ghosts, Murders, Suicides and L.A. Weirdness. City Ghost Guides. ISBN 9780997582901.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Ramirez
Blankstein, Andrew; Flores, Adolfo (February 20, 2013). "Woman's body found in hotel's water tank". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021
Crime junkie episode: Mysterious Death of: Elisa Lam from 2018
Netflix Documentary: CrimeScene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
Netflix Series: Night Stalker: The Hunt For a Serial Killer
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/a-century-of-the-cecil-hotel-a-storied-past-and-uncertain-future-1.3121074
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/calgarys-cecil-hotel-a-reminder-of-a-time-of-evil-death-and-darkness
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/a-glimpse-inside-the-cecil-hotel-in-its-final-days-1.3191986
https://www.reddit.com/r/Calgary/comments/mjf19g/has_anyone_ever_stayed_at_the_old_cecil_hotel/
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By Historically BadThe Cecil Hotel was built in Los Angeles, California in 1926 and opened as a budget-friendly hotel for travellers and affordable housing for long-term tenants. However – there has always been something about the hotel – maybe the location adjacent to “Skid Row”, the transient nature of clientele that it attracted, or more likely – the poor management practices of turning a blind eye to nefarious activities – that resulted in it being a hot spot for crime, including disappearances, suicide, and murder. Join Carly and Tab as we take a journey through the dark and twisted history of Hotel Cecil, including the disappearance of Elisa Lam.
Content warnings: Discussions of suicide, murder, sexual assault, crimes against children, and distressing mental health symptoms.
Keep updated on all things Historically Bad! Become a member of the OG Baddie tier on Patreon to access the bonus Calgary Cecil Hotel and additional bloopers! #baddiesonly
Instagram: @historicallybadpodcast
Website: www.historicallybadpodcast.ca
Patreon: www.patreon.com/HistoricallyBadPatreon
Contact us: [email protected]
Historically Bad is created and produced by Tabitha Festa and Carly Sullivan.
Case Sources:
Elevator Game Rules:
https://theghostinmymachine.com/2021/02/03/the-most-dangerous-games-the-elevator-game-revisited-rules/
Elisa Lam Elevator Video:
https://web.archive.org/web/20141029231120/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq4LmWiDiC0
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41234056/
Keeler's Hotel Weekly, Vol. XVIII, No. 6, February 7, 1925, page 7.
https://www.pbssocal.org/history-society/the-suicide-the-hotel-cecil-and-the-mean-streets-of-l-a-s-notorious-skid-row
https://allthatsinteresting.com/cecil-hotel-los-angeles
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205929311/william-kelly-norton
https://www.moviemaker.com/night-stalker-richard-ramirez-cecil-hotel/
Bartlett, James T. (2016). Gourmet Ghosts 2: More Ghosts, Murders, Suicides and L.A. Weirdness. City Ghost Guides. ISBN 9780997582901.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Ramirez
Blankstein, Andrew; Flores, Adolfo (February 20, 2013). "Woman's body found in hotel's water tank". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021
Crime junkie episode: Mysterious Death of: Elisa Lam from 2018
Netflix Documentary: CrimeScene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
Netflix Series: Night Stalker: The Hunt For a Serial Killer
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/a-century-of-the-cecil-hotel-a-storied-past-and-uncertain-future-1.3121074
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/calgarys-cecil-hotel-a-reminder-of-a-time-of-evil-death-and-darkness
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/a-glimpse-inside-the-cecil-hotel-in-its-final-days-1.3191986
https://www.reddit.com/r/Calgary/comments/mjf19g/has_anyone_ever_stayed_at_the_old_cecil_hotel/