The World's Scariest Hotel with a Dark Past
The Cecil Hotel is one of the most famous hotels in Los Angeles, thanks in part to its dark past. Home to murderers, the mentally ill, and ghosts, some say the Cecil is no ordinary hotel and is haunted.
Cecil in 1985, the only famous series killer It was home not only to Richard Ramirez, but also to murderer Jack Underweger. It has also been the site of a string of curious deaths over the years.
Two weeks after her death in February 2013, the body of 21-year-old Elisa was discovered when hotel guests and staff began complaining that the water had changed in taste and appearance. For two weeks, the girl's body had been rotting in rooftop water tanks without her knowledge.
The investigation led officers to a very interesting security footage of the hotel. The video shows Elisa entering the elevator alone and stopping to press the buttons on the panel. After several unsuccessful attempts to operate the buttons, she exits the elevator and appears to be talking to someone who is not there. She then walks away and after a while the elevator doors close. Authorities believe that after this video was recorded, Elisa reached the water tank and drowned.
Elisa is just one of many strange deaths at the Cecil. Pauline Otton jumped from her ninth-floor room and fell on George Gianinni, killing him as well.
In recent years the hotel has been an active haunt for paranormal enthusiasts who believe the building is haunted by the spirits of countless people who died there.
The Cecil Hotel tried to shed its past by changing its name to “Stay on Main,” but unfortunately no name change could clear the blood-soaked past of one of America's most haunted and haunted hotels.