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This baffling true crime story starts with the grisly death of a pizza man who robs a bank with a bomb around his neck - and gets weirder from there.


The notorious Cecil Hotel grows in infamy when guest Elisa Lam vanishes. A dive into crime's darkest places.

Artemis Snow
Elisa Lam (voice)
Viveca Chow
Elisa Lam Recreation

Pablo C. Vergara
Self

Tom Scorzone
Detective
Josh Dean
Self - Journalist
Greg Kading
Self - LAPD Homicide Detective
Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel is a documentary, crime, mystery series that first aired in 2021 exploring themes of hotel, miniseries, los angeles, california, true crime, reenactment, drowned. Created by Ron Howard, it stars Artemis Snow, Viveca Chow, Pablo C. Vergara. The notorious Cecil Hotel grows in infamy when guest Elisa Lam vanishes. A dive into crime's darkest places.
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