Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
The Prindle Post
Publication Date
4-7-2021
Abstract
In February 2020, Netflix released a four-part docuseries called Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel. The series focuses on the death of Elisa Lam, but along the way it tells the story of the building. It was built in the 1920s with all of the glamour that is often associated with hotels of that age in that area. The hotel struggled during the Great Depression. It is located on skid row, and eventually it became a common resting point for the city’s poor. The Cecil is infamous for the deaths that have taken place there and for the fact that two famous serial killers, Richard Ramirez and Jack Unterweger, stayed there during the period in which they were actively killing people. A season of American Horror Story was based on the folklore that surrounds the Cecil Hotel.
Recommended Citation
Robison-Green, Rachel. "The Ethics of Dark Tourism.". The Prindle Post. https://www.prindlepost.org/2021/04/the-ethics-of-dark-tourism/
