TV series
Horror at the Cecil Hotel
Overview
Not long after the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles opened in 1924, a guest committed suicide in one of its rooms, beginning a decades-long string of murders, suicides or otherwise unexplained...
Details
- First air date
- 2017-10-16
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 3 episodes
- Genres
- Crime, Documentary
- Network
- Investigation Discovery
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- William V. Ryder as Detective Salazar
- William Jousset as Detective Duffy
- Josh Dean as Self - Writer, 'Horror Story: Cecil Hotel'
- Hadley Meares as Self - L.A. Historian
- Joan Renner as Self - L.A. Crime Historian & True Crime Author
- Frank C. Girardot as Self - True Crime Author
- Gregg McCrary as Self - FBI Special Agent & Profiler
- Gil Carrillo as Self - L.A. County Sherriff's Dept.
- Sal LaBarbera as Self - LAPD Detective Supervisor
- Juliet Bennett Rylah as Self - Sr. Editor, LAist.com
- Vivian Lam as Elisa Lam
Creators and crew
- Leland Krane - Creator
Episodes
Episode 1: Room 1402
L.A.'s infamous Cecil Hotel has seen its fair share of death. But few know it housed some of the most violent killers. While staying at The Cecil, one intrepid journalist is hot on the trail of L.A.'s latest murderer, resident Richard Ramirez.
Episode 2: The Girl in the Water Tank
Canadian tourist Elisa Lam goes missing after checking into the Cecil Hotel, becoming the latest victim in a long line of murders, suicides and unexplained deaths at Los Angeles' most notorious hotel.
Episode 3: Intertwined
A man and woman are found lying in blood on the sidewalk outside the Cecil Hotel, and, to investigators, it looks as though they both fell or were pushed out of a ninth-floor window.
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