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It almost makes sense that I do something on Hotels, as I've seen a few over the last few weeks with more to follow. I've done some posts about Las Vegas Mishaps and touched on the Hauntings of the Lady in Red at the Fairmont and the Empress in Victoria. Even some more true Urban legends like the story of Sony Millbrook and Rm #222. One I have skirted around a lil is the Cecil Hotel.

In 2013, Canadian, Elisa Lam was unfortunately found in the water tower atop the hotel. Bizarre video footage was released of the elevator, Family interviewed, in-depth background, and yet the whole case is still a mystery. There was more too with very odd connections to the film Dark Water which was released in 2005, 8 years prior to this case. The tuberculosis testing called Lam-Elisa surfaced right during her chapter of being missing (think of all the name combos out there, why that one)

I am actually not going to go into the Lam case, I do however highly suggest a Netflix and chill night and watch the documentary Crime Scene: Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel.

Before Elisa's death, the hotel already had a bad reputation. It was a place with a history of suicides, and overdoses and a place where several high-profile serial killers had stayed.It was even the inspiration for American Horror Story: Hotel, which starred Lady Gaga as a vampire living in a penthouse.

But why? Why has one hotel sparked almost 20 different violent ends for people since its established opening

Why was this one of Richard Rameriz’s favorite places to stay, so much so it was in his bios, and was right in the height of his torturing of Downtown Los Angeles as a serial murderer.

Do you think buildings can be alive? That they can hold a heartbeat to themselves to almost control or will people to the brink of madness or worse. Can a building be haunted by the energy of what's below it?

The newest information to come about with the Cecil hotel was that prior to the start of construction in 1924 the land it was built on was a plague pit. Guess what? That's exactly how it sounds. **During the plague, many people were buried in giant pits as they needed to get rid of the infected bodies as quickly as possible. These pits remain unmarked on many maps and are only found when deep excavations take place. www.atlasobscura.com/articles/blackdeath Archaeologists have recently made a discovery that the paranormal world is just clawing to get at.

Brief timeline: The 1924 pneumonic plague (Black Death) happened with a patient-zero outbreak in Los Angeles, California (documented) that began on September 28, 1924,

*was declared fully contained on November 13, 1924.

*The Cecil Hotel groundbreaking was in June in 1924, leaving a giant, pre-made accessible hole to dispose of bodies. Building of the main structure took 2 months, which commenced in December 2024, took 3 years from that date for the hotel to celebrate its grand opening in 1927.

Now there are only 30 recorded deaths and unknown burials of people that died of the plague in what is now downtown LA, however, another odd connection is the years of the loss at the Cecil coincide with each recorded plague death so far. In some way.

Some random chaotic info? Perhaps. However, it's one I'm keeping my eye on.

Maybe every room really is double occupancy.

Extra:

Excerpt taken directly from Den of Geek: **Further investigation in 2015 a Paranormal Team was staying in the hotel on the 14th floor (the room of Ramirez) and one of the participants was woken up to the song Ring around the rosie randomly playing on a YouTube video.Most are familiar with the nursery rhyme “Ring Around the Rosie”, which is quite popular among children. However, few know that the innocent rhyme may have been framed as a reminder of the Black Death. “Ring around the Rosie” is thought to refer to the painful rings of sores and boils that could result from the plague. “A pocket full of posies” is likewise thought to refer to a belief at the time that posies could help ward off the disease. Given that context, you can start to see the more morbid, deathly connotations of “Ashes, ashes, we all fall down.”