Ep: 69 The Infamous Hotel Cecil

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Being Dead Serious podcast Episode 69:

The infamous Hotel Cecil is now available!

The Cecil Hotel, located in downtown Los Angeles, is infamous for its dark history of crime, mysterious deaths, and suicides. Opened in 1924 as a budget hotel, it initially catered to business travelers but fell into decline during the Great Depression. Its location in Skid Row made it a hotspot for transient populations and troubled guests. Over the decades, the hotel gained notoriety due to several high-profile incidents, including the unsolved death of Elisa Lam in 2013 and the residence of serial killer Richard Ramirez in the 1980s. The hotel’s eerie reputation has made it a subject of numerous documentaries and true crime investigations.

Join us as we uncover many of the hotels deaths and secrets.