The Cecil Hotel was a real shit hole somewhere in Los
Angeles. You could stay there for less than $500 a month, which, might I remind
you, isn’t a lot of money in LA. Built in 1927, it has several hundred rooms,
and has been rented by some very famous people. Richard Ramirez worshipped the
devil, and killed 13 people, while only paying $14 a night for his room. Jack
Unterweger, an Australian “rehabilitated” rapist and murderer, killed a handful
more prostitutes while staying there for a few weeks. Even before that, there
had been a handful of murders, and maybe even disappearances, not to mention a
long string of suicides, including one jumper who took out a pedestrian. A few years ago it became news because Elisa Lam's strange pre-death video made headlines, where she acted strange on the elevator and eventually drowned in the water tower on the roof. She was found a few weeks later when people complained about the taste and smell of the water. Normally,
Wikipedia is the go to website for info, but I found the blog, Pantless Alley,
to be far superior this time.