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Jun 2021
14m 31s

Death at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles

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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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