![]() ![]() ![]() The first installment in this series, THE VANISHING AT THE CECIL HOTEL focuses on the 2013 disappearance of college student Elisa Lam as well as the fallout surrounding her tragic death. No doubt those familiar with the hotel’s sordid past thought this an interesting detail, as throughout its history the hotel has been home to serial killers, numerous deaths and has built a reputation as being among the cities’ most haunted.įrom Joe Berlinger, the director that brought us Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, comes a new series from Netflix entitled CRIME SCENE that explores the mythology surrounding infamous locations. This interest being all the more spiked by the fact that she had disappeared from the notorious Cecil Hotel located in downtown Los Angeles. The Netflix documentary on the Elisa Lam case will premier globally on the streaming platform on February 10.For those familiar with true crime, the mysterious disappearance of Elisa Lam is one of the most recent cases that attracted the attention of internet sleuths and conspiracy theorists alike. “The fact that Elisa disappeared in a location that has a multi-decade history of crimes is what made her case fascinating to me.” “My past projects have leaned into individual crimes and criminals, but I have never explored the role a particular location has played in creating an environment in which multiple crimes seemingly take place over and over again,” Berlinger continued. Contrastingly, the series focuses on the role a particular location plays in the making and execution of a crime – diving into the history of the Cecil Hotel itself, including its humble origins and unfortunate notoriety. The Crime Scene series is a different direction for Berlinger, who traditionally focuses on individual crimes and criminals. “So, when journalist Josh Dean, who is also a producer on the project, brought us his research into this case, we realised there was as an opportunity to do something different by not just telling the story of Elisa’s disappearance, but to create a series that explores a particular location’s role in encouraging or abetting crime - or the perception thereof.” “As a true crime documentarian, I was fascinated in 2013 when the elevator video of Elisa Lam went viral and legions of amateur detectives used the internet to try to solve the mystery of what happened to her, a 21-year-old Canadian tourist on her first trip to Los Angeles,” said Berlinger. The documentary will be directed and produced by true-crime veteran, Joe Berlinger, who is the man behind Netflix’s hit series Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes. Although her death was officially ruled as accidental drowning, many self-appointed internet sleuths have continued to question the suspicious circumstances around her death. Weeks after she vanished into thin air – leaving behind all of her possessions, including her wallet and ID in her hotel room – her body was found in one of the water tanks on the hotel's roof. The 21-year-old Canadian native arrived at downtown Los Angeles hotel, the Cecil Hotel in February 2013. The four-episode series will provide a deep-dive into the extremely bizarre case and the viral footage of Lam's last moments which accompanied it. ![]()
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