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Cecil Hotel, now renamed Stay on Main, is no longer open to guests and has been turned into a housing project.

Netflix’s new series The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel dived into all the details surrounding the very tragic death of Elisa Lam. There’s a lot to be upset about when it comes to that tragedy, but the hotel itself had a very questionable history even before she set foot in it. The four-part docuseries not only gets into all the theories behind the young Canadian’s death at the L.A. hotel but also gives you a peek at the hotel’s super-seedy past, and oh my god, you guys, it’s WILD. T...

Since the Cecil Hotel opened its doors in 1924 it’s been filled with crime, murder and death. It was dubbed “Hotel Death” and people over the years have thought there were dark forces and spirits there which were behind everything that was happening. The hotel is located in Skid Row, a neighbourhood in downtown Los Angeles. The complex, at 640 S. Main Street, was built by three hoteliers, William Banks Hanner, Charles L. Dix and Robert H. Schops, as a destination for business travellers ...