00:00Some mysteries demand answers, and some only raise more questions.
00:06Tonight, we revisit the case that chilled the internet to its core.
00:12A hotel, a young traveler, and a video the world can't forget.
00:18We're trying to find exactly what happened after a missing woman's body was found in the Cecil Hotel's water tank.
00:35Police are now trying to figure out if the death was the result of foul play.
00:39They have not named any suspects or made any arrests.
00:42February 2013. Elisa Lam, a 21-year-old student from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, arrived in Los Angeles.
00:54It was part of a solo West Coast trip.
00:57She documented closely on her Tumblr blog, Nouvelle Nouveau.
01:01She wrote about bookstores, her love of fashion, personal doubts, and dreams.
01:07In Los Angeles, Elisa had a poetic, curious voice, openly discussing her struggle with bipolar disorder and her desire to live life despite it.
01:18Los Angeles was one of her final stops.
01:22She checked into the notorious Cecil Hotel, once a lavish structure built in 1924, but now known for crime, drugs, and unsolved deaths.
01:33Still, it was affordable, central, and to Elisa, part of the adventure.
01:41Initially booked in a shared room, Elisa was moved to a single after roommates reported unusual behavior.
01:51Staff said she was friendly, but scattered.
01:54She wandered, talked to herself, and at times seemed confused.
01:59But she was also just a young traveler looking for a connection.
02:05Her posts were filled with observations about the city, the sights, the people, the loneliness.
02:14One entry read,
02:15I have arrived in L.A., and it feels different.
02:20I hope I find what I'm looking for.
02:22On January 31, 2013, Elisa was seen for the last time.
02:30She had visited a bookstore called The Last Bookstore, one of L.A.'s most iconic locations.
02:37The staff there remembered her well, energetic, excited, and buying books for her family.
02:42Back at the Cecil Hotel, things took a darker turn.
02:49Elisa called her parents every day while traveling.
02:53On January 31, the call stopped.
02:56Her parents, alarmed, contacted the L.A.P.D.
02:59Police checked hallways, rooftop doors, and security footage.
03:13But with no signs of Elisa or foul play, the case started slipping toward obscurity.
03:19The Cecil Hotel has a dark history.
03:24Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker, lived there in 1985.
03:30Jack Unterweger, suicides, overdoses, deaths.
03:36Online sleuths would later call it cursed.
03:39Her last confirmed movements, mysterious, captured on a grainy hotel camera.
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08:21No signs of trauma.
08:22No foul play.
08:24The lid was reportedly closed.
08:27How could she have entered alone?
08:30Theory swirled instantly.
08:32Murder.
08:33Suicide.
08:34Accident.
08:35Nothing explained.
09:05The door closed.
09:06The door closed.
09:07Was she running from someone or hallucinating?
09:11Many focused on her hands.
09:13Some said it looked like sign language.
09:16Others, that she was possessed.
09:19Her mental illness, bipolar disorder, became the subject of debate.
09:25But the footage, but the footage, but the footage offered no answers.
09:32From the moment her body was found, the internet splintered into factions, each with a different
09:40side of thing.
10:10Toxicology found prescription meds, but not all the ones she was supposed to be taking.
10:16And the biggest mystery? The tank lid.
10:20Authorities said it was closed. How did Elisa lift it from inside?
10:25Then came the paranormal theories. Ghosts, demons, even a cursed hotel.
10:32One chilling theory claimed she was reenacting the plot of a horror film.
10:36Another, that she was part of a ritual. And perhaps the strangest twist?
10:42Just days after her death, the city experienced a deadly tuberculosis outbreak.
10:49The TB test used Lam Elisa. Her name reversed.
10:57The death of Elisa Lam left behind more questions than answers.
11:02It sparked global conversation about mental health, safety, and the dark corners of the internet.
11:10The Cecil Hotel closed shortly after, then rebranded. But its past lingers.
11:17In 2021, Netflix released a documentary reviving interest in her story.
11:23But it too left viewers unsettled. Elisa's parents filed a wrongful death suit.
11:29It was later dismissed. Still, they've never spoken publicly.
11:35Even today, people revisit the case, searching for hidden meanings in the grainy footage,
11:41hunting for the truth. But sometimes, there are no clear answers. Just tragedy.
11:47Thanks for watching. This has been another mystery, presented by Riddleman.
