What's inside the horror hotel that's on Netflix?

Cecil Hotel is the most famous and cheap hotel in Los Angeles, USA, opened to welcome guests since 1927. However, its popularity is associated with a series of deaths and horrific accidents. The bloody past of this hotel has become an endless source of inspiration for many movies, most notably the seriesAmerican Horror Storyand recently the documentaryCrime Scene: The Disappearance at the Cecil Hotelof Netflix.

It all started in 1962 when a guest named Pauline Otton threw herself from the ninth floor of the hotel. She died instantly. However, the 27-year-old woman caused the death of a passerby, George Gianinni, 65, when she fell on him.

Two years later, Goldie Osgood, the so-called “pigeon woman,” also died mysteriously in a room on the seventh floor of the Cecil Hotel. Goldie had been stabbed, strangled, and raped. To this day, the case of the woman who often fed pigeons in the square near the hotel remains a mystery.

The event that made Cecil most famous was the case of serial killer Richard Ramirez in 1984-1985. The killer rented a room for $14 a night to stay during the time of killing girls in Los Angeles. At the time of his arrest, Richard took the lives of 13 people. He disposed of the bloody clothes of his victims in the trash can behind the hotel each time he committed his crimes.

In 1991, Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger also stayed here and murdered three prostitutes for money. At the time of his arrest, the killer was a crime reporter for an Austrian magazine, assigned to Los Angeles.

In February 2013, another dark event occurred at Cecil. Canadian tourist Elisa Lam was found in the hotel water tank after many guests complained that the water in the tap was black and had a strange smell. When the body was discovered, the body of this unfortunate female student was decomposed. The reason for the 21-year-old female student's death remains a mystery.

Not only is Cecil the site of many accidents, but guests who rent rooms at the Cecil also report being haunted and teased by ghosts.

Hotel guest Koston Alderete is one example. In an interview with ABC7 in 2014, Koston said he saw a mysterious figure with a scary appearance, hovering outside the hotel's fourth-floor window. His story quickly gained national attention because Koston even took a photo of the ghost.

With so many incidents happening in one place, many tourists when mentioning Cecil have called this hotel the "unluckiest" hotel in the world. Many people believe that the hotel's 600 rooms are haunted.

Despite the rumors, the Cecil is still a thriving hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Many tourists who come to California's largest city often like to rent a room at the Cecil. They want to experience the feeling of staying in one of the places that was once considered the scariest in the world. Besides, many people rent rooms at the Cecil because of the affordable price and good service quality. They do not care much about the rumors of hauntings because they think it is superstitious nonsense.

Previously, the owner wanted to change the name Cecil toStay on Mainto erase the hotel's bloody past. However, the new name has gone largely unnoticed and scary stories are still told when visitors mention this hotel. It has also been recognized as a historical icon by the Los Angeles City Council.

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