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Horror Story: Ghosts, Mysteries, and Hauntings

Death at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles

Horror Story: Ghosts, Mysteries, and Hauntings

Horror Stories

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.6668 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles, California has been known for decades as the Death Hotel, or Suicide Hotel. Along with the murders and suicides, the Cecil Hotel was also the last place where Elisa Lam disappeared in 2013.

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Research: Madeline Guerra
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0:00.0

It was a night like any other.

0:02.7

Well, not exactly.

0:05.2

In trying to save money, you chose to stay in one of the worst parts of Los Angeles.

0:10.6

Right around the corner, the streets are surrounded by drugs, people acting strange, and thousands of transients.

0:18.0

Your vacation could still turn around, though.

0:20.9

But the attendants at the hotel aren't exactly helpful and take your complaints without agreeing to do much about it.

0:28.1

The place was old.

0:29.8

That's what they said.

0:32.1

There's few things they can do about the squeaking pipes and worn down walls.

0:37.8

But the water tasted odd the last time you brush your teeth with it.

0:42.1

It turned on all of the lights to have a closer look and, yes, it was discolored and had a peculiar

0:48.1

smell to it.

0:49.9

How could they do nothing about this?

0:52.9

Even though you didn't know, other guests at the hotel had also started to complain about the water.

0:59.0

The other guests simply ignored the strange feeling that the hotel gave them.

1:04.0

A girl had disappeared there recently, or so you heard.

1:09.0

Today we'll be exploring one of the hotels with the darkest history in the United States.

1:15.1

A place that once housed serial killers in the location that has seen many deaths.

1:22.0

Let's have a look at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

1:31.7

My name is Edwin. Here is a dark memory.

1:46.0

It was the first year that the hotel had been opened in downtown L.A. so far everything had been a success. People were booking stays and generally enjoyed their time there.

1:50.0

Well, with one exception, that would be Percy Ormond Cook, a 52-year-old man who had tried to fix the relationship with his wife and child, but failed. And during his stay

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