20 minutes – Cecil: the most haunted hotel in the United States

Apparently, the Cecil Hotel looks like every other Los Angeles establishment. Imposing hall, marble floor, stained glass, sieved lights, stone walls … In this hotel of 600 rooms in the Beaux Arts style, everything is brought together to put the customer. Built in 1924, The Cecil was destined to accommodate businessmen and Hollywoodites. But fate has decided otherwise. Since its opening, there have been many gruesome events. LATI records at least 16 murders, suicides and paranormal events that took place at the hotel. The Cecil has even served as temporary residence some of the most famous serial killers in the United States.

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The establishment has also inspired American Horror Story episodes and has attracted the attention of the media who have watched the events under the microscope.

Mournful incidents

During its first decade of activity, the hotel has at least six suicides within its walls. The following decades have seen several more violent deaths.

In September 1944, a woman who was staying at the Cecil woke up in the middle of the night with horrible stomach pains. In order not to disturb her companion, she went to the bathroom, where she gave birth to a boy. A shock because she did not know who was pregnant.

Thinking that the newborn was dead, the 19-year-old threw her out the window. During her trial, she was found not guilty of murder because of insanity, then admitted to the hospital for psychiatric treatment.

Less than 20 years later, another tragedy occurred. A passer-by who was walking quietly in front of the establishment was crushed by a woman who had just jumped from the ninth floor after a fight with her ex-husband. The fall was fatal to both people.

HQ of serial killers

According to the American media, including the ATI, he was reported to have hosted some of the most famous assassins in American history.

In the mid-1980s, Richard Ramirez, aka the stalker or night stalker, committed a series of rapes and murders Los Angeles between 1984 and 1985, had been living in a room on the last floor of the hotel, during a good part of his horrible slaughter. In 1991, the Austrian Jack Unterweger, accused of 11 homicides, resided in the hotel.

Latest story

The death of Elisa Lam is one of the most recent tragedies in the world. The Canadian student stayed at Cecil in 2013. A few weeks later, her body was found in the water reservoir of the hotel. Currently, Cecil is undergoing renovations to turn some of its rooms into residential apartments.

(lhu / 20 minutes)