What's inside the horror hotel that's making it onto Netflix?

The Cecil Hotel is a popular budget hotel in Los Angeles, USA, that opened its doors in 1927. However, its fame is intertwined with a series of horrific deaths and accidents. The hotel's bloody past has become an endless source of inspiration for many films, most notably the series...American Horror Storyand more recently, documentaries.Crime Scene: The Disappearance at the Cecil Hotelfrom Netflix.

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

Two years later, the victim known as the "pigeon woman," Goldie Osgood, also died mysteriously in a room on the seventh floor of the Cecil Hotel. Goldie was stabbed, strangled, and raped. To this day, the case of the woman who used to feed pigeons in the square near the hotel remains a mystery.

The event that made Cecil most famous was the case involving serial killer Richard Ramirez in 1984-1985. The killer rented rooms for $14 a night while murdering women in Los Angeles. By the time he was arrested, Richard had taken the lives of 13 people. He disposed of the victims' blood-soaked clothes in trash cans behind the hotel after each crime.

In 1991, Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger also stayed here and murdered three prostitutes to steal their belongings. 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 Hotel. Canadian tourist Elisa Lam was found in the hotel's water tank after several guests complained that the tap water was black and had a strange smell. When her body was discovered, the unfortunate student's remains were already decomposed. The reason for the 21-year-old's death remains a mystery.

Not only is Cecil a place where many accidents occur, but guests who have stayed there have also reported being harassed and haunted by ghosts.

Hotel guest Koston Alderete is one example. In an interview with ABC7 in 2014, Koston reported seeing a mysterious, terrifying figure hovering outside his fourth-floor hotel window. His story quickly garnered nationwide attention because Koston even managed to photograph the ghost.

With so many unfortunate events occurring at one location, many visitors, when mentioning the Cecil Hotel, have called it the "unluckiest" hotel in the world. Many believe that all 600 rooms of the hotel are haunted.

Despite numerous rumors, the Cecil Hotel remains a thriving business in downtown Los Angeles. Many tourists visiting California's largest city often choose to stay at the Cecil, wanting to experience what it was once considered one of the world's most haunted places. Furthermore, many choose the Cecil for its affordable prices and good service. They are largely unconcerned by the haunting rumors, considering them mere superstitious nonsense.

Previously, the owner wanted to change Cecil's name toStay on MainThe hotel's name was chosen to erase its bloody past. However, the new name largely went unnoticed, and the terrifying stories continued to circulate when visitors mentioned the hotel. It has also been recognized as a historic landmark by the Los Angeles City Council.

Huong Thao