There’s a place in downtown Los Angeles that’s earned a reputation darker than any urban legend — a place where death isn’t rare, it’s routine.

The Cecil Hotel, once a glamorous getaway in the 1920s, slowly decayed into one of America’s most infamous landmarks — a magnet for tragedy, violence, and the unexplained. Its halls have hosted serial killers like Richard Ramirez and Jack Unterweger. Its rooms have witnessed suicides, disappearances, and horrors that defy logic.

But it’s the story of Elisa Lam that turned the Cecil from infamous to haunted. A young woman with her whole life ahead of her — last seen in a chilling elevator video, acting strangely, as if something unseen was closing in. Days later, her body was discovered in the hotel’s rooftop water tank.

What happened in those final moments? Was it mental illness, foul play, or something far darker? Guests complained of black-tinted water from the taps. Maintenance workers found the impossible sealed hatch open. And even now, a decade later, no one can explain the truth.

Locals call it cursed. Others say the energy of decades of death has soaked into the walls — creating something beyond understanding.

In this episode of The Nite Krew, we’re checking into the Cecil — exploring its disturbing history, its paranormal encounters, and the unanswered questions that keep the legend alive.

Because some places never let go of their dead… and some stories never stop whispering.