CASE # 16 (MYSTERIOUS LEGENDS) THE HOTEL CECIL

The infamous 19-floor Cecil Hotel located at 640 S. Main Street in downtown Los Angeles is now a privately funded supportive-housing complex for formerly homeless and low-income residents. The property operates under a 99-year ground lease and is currently up for sale.Renowned for its dark past, the Beaux-Arts style building opened in 1924 and gained notoriety over the decades for numerous murders, suicides, and for housing notorious serial killers like Richard Ramirez. The hotel was most famously the site of the 2013 disappearance and tragic death of Canadian student Elisa Lam, whose body was found in a rooftop water tank. This baffling case and the hotel's haunted history inspired the Netflix documentary series Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel and the FX series American Horror Story: Hotel.Following extensive renovations, the building was transitioned into a permanent supportive housing complex, providing affordable micro-units with on-site supportive services for the community. You can read reviews or view photos of the historic but controversial exterior on Yelp.If you are looking to learn more about the Cecil Hotel, let me know if you would like to explore:Specific details of its renovation and conversion to housingThe timeline and specifics of its infamous criminal historyThe Elisa Lam investigation and the theories surrounding it