Cecil Hotel

In a special bonus episode, Ghostly joins Bob After Dark to talk about the super creepy Cecil Hotel. After the Netflix show Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel about the tragedy of Elisa Lam, we all knew we wanted to learn more about this place some call one of the most haunted hotels in the United States. With all the interest in this place, what paranormal evidence has been found?

Questions Explored in this Episode

What is the Cecil Hotel? When and why was the Hotel Cecil built? What is it like today, and does anyone live there? What is the dark history of the hotel? When paranormal investigators explore the hotel, what do they find? Is it haunted?

Stay on Main Hotel Logo from the CecilHistory of the Cecil Hotel

Pat explores the history of the Cecil hotel. Built in 1924, it started it’s pattern of suicides and murders soon after. Serial killers Richard Ramirez and Jack Unterweger may have stayed at the Cecil. Today it is closed with the hope of remodeling it and reopening it soon.

The Debate

Bob, Pat, and Rebecca debate whether or not the hotel Cecil is haunted. Check out the sources below for the evidence we debated.

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Sources for this Week’s Episode
Netflix Crime Scene The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel: https://www.netflix.com/title/81183727
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Hotel_(Los_Angeles)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotel
BuzzFeed: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ehisosifo1/cecil-hotel-scary-criminal-facts
Discovery: https://www.discovery.com/exploration/Cecil-Hotel-LA-Haunted-Reasons
Whatstrending: https://whatstrending.com/tiktokers-heard-elisa-lam-name-cecil/
Travel Channel: https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/ghost-adventures/articles/ghost-adventures-cecil-hotel
The Tab: https://thetab.com/uk/2021/02/18/i-live-opposite-the-cecil-hotel-los-angeles-tiktok-195961
Instagram and Tiktok: @peetmontzingo YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tXGzECZz4Q
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/3z6plc/so_i_stayed_at_stay_on_main_aka_cecil_hotel_and/
YouTube:TFIL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ENC2vU_L-E
You Tube: Kris Star: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvcyR5Y8ekU

Music for this episode was performed by Michael Rivers
Intro: “III. Allegro moderato from Gargoyles” by Lowell Liebermann
Outro: “Dream Images (Love-Death Music)” by George Crumb
Bumper: “Ghost Waltz” by Lowell Liebermann

“Pat Facts” and “Ghost Story” themes by Mondo
“Time for a Debate” theme by Gail Gallagher gailgallaghermusic.com