Hotel Cecil

The Cecil Hotel opened in 1924 in Los Angeles, where it became a notorious site for crime and tragedy. It became residence to at least two serial killers and a place where many guests committed suicide by jumping out of the windows.

In 2013, for example, one tourist, Elisa Lam, was discovered drowned in the water tank on the roof of the hotel. Her death was ruled as an accident, but elevator security footage showed that Lam had been acting erratically in the corner of the elevator, almost as if she were hiding from someone.

Throughout the years, people have continued to report strange happenings at the hotel, which went on to inspire the TV show American Horror Story: sightings of a little boy appearing outside windows on the fourth floor, a guest saying that he felt like he was being choked while trying to sleep, and guests also encountering cold spots in various locations throughout the building.