
About this episode
This property has a reputation for murder, suicide and strange happenings. It’s famous for housing Richard Ramirez, the Nightstalker, it was also the influence for the American Horror season 5 for the Hotel Cortez in LA. This is the strange and sad history of the Hotel Cecil at 640 S. Main St, Los Angeles California 90014. Hotel Cecil is now called Stay on the Main. It has been rebranded and taken on a new look, but the location is the same.
Sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/cecil-hotel-los-angeles
https://www.morbidtourism.com/locations/id/60d286a9a248fe0017eb473e
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/tv/what-happened-pigeon-goldie-osgood-23473120
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvVlTuugSjM
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Ramirez
https://allthatsinteresting.com/george-hodel
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/tv/what-happened-pigeon-goldie-osgood-23473120
https://allthatsinteresting.com/jack-unterweger
https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/Jack-Unterweger
https://www.insider.com/cecil-hotel-history-what-its-like-today-photos-2022-
https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a35410248/elisa-lam-death-vanishing-cecil-hotel-true-story/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/elisa-lam-death
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