The Cecil Hotel                One of the most notorious hot

The Cecil Hotel                One of the most notorious hotels in the world is the Cecil Hotel.  It is not famous for its glitz and glamour; Instead it is known for its many mysterious deaths, abnormally high record of suicides, infamous guests, for being a popular spot to deal and use drugs, and for being the perfect place to lie low for those who have committed crimes.  It is was also the inspiration to the American Horror Story season five, Hotel.                The Cecil Hotel was built in 1924 in Downtown Los Angeles.  It cost 1.5 million dollars to build, with a total of 2.5 million being invested into it. The hotel boasted 19 floors and 700 guest rooms.  However, despite intentions for the hotel to be a fancy and popular destination for the wealthy and famous, it started to gradually decline once the Great Depression hit. Despite this, it managed to remain a popular destination throughout the 1940s. After this decade it began to rapidly decline as the area, now known as Skid Row, became populated with homeless people, drug addicts and dealers, and others who have committed serious crimes.                Unlike other hotels, the Cecil Hotel boasts a high number of suicides, murders, and mysterious deaths.  The first suicide to take place was that of Percy Ormond Cook in 1927. He shot himself in the head while inside of his hotel room after failing to make up with his wife and child.   After him was W.K. Norton.  Norton killed himself in 1931 in his room after taking poison capsules.  Other deaths were from jumping from high rooms, poison capsules, gunshots to the head, and slitting their own throat. A more disturbing death was that of Dorthy Purcells newborn son.  Purcell shared a room with her boyfriend, Ben Levine, who was unaware that she was pregnant. While there she went into labor. Not wanting to wake her boyfriend, she went into the bathroom where she gave birth to a boy.  She thought he was dead and threw him out of the window.  Purcell was charged with murder, but was not found guilty due to being declared insane.  Another tragic suicide was that of Pauline Otton.  She jumped from her 9th story window and landed on a pedestrian. The pedestrian, George Gianinni, was killed instantly.  Other than suicides, there have been other tragic and mysterious deaths.  “Pidgon Goldie” Osgood was found raped, stabbed and beaten in her room.  Hours later, Jaques Ehlinger was seen walking around in bloodstained clothing. Although, he was arrested for her murder, he was later release.  It is still an unsolved crime. Finally, one of the most recent and famous deaths to occur at the Cecil Hotel was that of Elisa Lam.  Lam went missing for several weeks. The only clue they had to her whereabouts was a surveillance video of her getting on to an elevator and acting strange. She seemed paranoid, hiding in the corner of the elevator, and peeking nervously around its edges.  Despite Lam having pushed several buttons to multiple floors, the elevator remained stationary with the doors open.  At one point Lam was seen getting out of the elevator and gesturing wildly, as if having a confrontation with someone.   Almost three weeks from the date she had gone missing, guests began to complain of the water in their rooms tasting funny.  It was then that they found Lams decomposing body in one of the water supply tanks. Although she was inexplicably naked, there were no signs of foul play.  Authorities believe that the fact that Elisa was Bipolar could have played a large part in her death.  In some cases, those with Bipolar, who are not taking their meds, can have hallucinations and experience other disturbing symptoms.  Her death was ruled and accidental drowning.The Cecil Hotel had also played home to two well known serial killers. The first, was Richard Ramirez. Most commonly known as the “Night Stalker,” Ramirez was rumored to have stayed at the Cecil for a few weeks. It is believed that during his stay he may have continued with his killing spree. The second serial killer to stay there was an Austrian man known as Jack Unterweger.  Unterweger stayed at the Cecil in 1991. He may have sought to copy Ramirez’s crimes. While staying at the Cecil he strangled and killed at least three sex workers                  Surprisingly there seems to be very little claims online that there are ghosts at the Cecil Hotel. However, when Ghost Adventures went to investigate they claim they were physically scratched. They also found compelling audio and video evidence.  If you or someone you know has ever stayed at the Cecil Hotel and have had any spooky experiences, please let us know! We would love to hear about any creepy happenings at the hotel. Sources:(http//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Hotel(Los_Angeles)www.travelchannel.com -- source link

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