There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

We have a weird homicide.

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

A cup of murder.

Some mysteries, even when a theory is offered will never feel solved.

On February 6th, 2013, the LAPD reached out to the media to try and find a missing girl,

a case that, even today, remains one of true crimes greatest mysteries.

Today's episode is a reworking slash re-recording of a Patreon episode from

2020 about the disappearance of Elisa Lam. So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled,

sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder. Elisa Lamb born April 30th, 1991, was a daughter of immigrants from Hong Kong living in Canada.

She was a student at the University of British Columbia and was in 2013 heading to California

for her first solo trip.

Her parents were understandably worried about their daughter, and to quell that worry,

she promised to call them every single day, which for the first few days of her trip, she did

without fail. She traveled on Amtrak and intercity buses, having already visited the San Diego

Zoo and other California staples, before making

her way to Los Angeles on January 26th. And two days later, she checked into the now infamous

Cecil Hotel. Now, if you aren't familiar with the hotel, you must know its dark past

before we go any further.

Located near downtown Skid Row, what started out as an opulent hotel built in the 1920s,

the CISO was quickly overshadowed by its competition and fell on hard times during the Great Depression.

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