Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

2021

Created by Joe Berlinger
4 episodes
Documentary

Investigative documentary on the crimes and mystery of the notorious Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The building's infamy grows... More

Investigative documentary on the crimes and mystery of the notorious Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The building's infamy grows when a guest, Elisa Lam, is caught on surveillance footage behaving strangely just before vanishing in 2013.

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Where to watch Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel is available... More to stream in New Zealand now on Netflix.

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel episodes

Lost in Los Angeles

The once-grand Cecil Hotel provides a nightmarish backdrop for the... More disappearance of Elisa Lam. Her final footage in an elevator triggers a viral hunt.

Secrets of the Cecil

Web sleuths dissect Elisa's social media posts. A grisly discovery... More changes everything at the hotel already known as the Night Stalker's onetime lair.

Down the Rabbit Hole

The mystery deepens: Did a crime occur? The obsessed descend... More on the Cecil hoping to solve the case and tumble down the rabbit hole of conspiracy.

The Hard Truth

A long-awaited autopsy report arrives, but suspicions linger. Today, an... More unlikely target speaks his mind as experts weigh in on persistent mysteries.

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel | Ratings & Reviews

"It relishes validating the most salacious details and theories before deigning to do its case, and the woman at its center, true justice."

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Variety

"The second half of the last episode is actually poignant. There's just a way to do a commentary on the corrosive effect of true-crime voyeurism without being so pervasively voyeuristic, and I wish Crime Scene had walked that tightrope more deftly."

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