There are probably only a few commercial buildings that have such a violent and deadly history, but none are quite as haunting those that occurred in downtown Los Angeles’ Cecil Hotel. And now, the ...

On Dec. 20, 1924, a new hotel opened in downtown Los Angeles. The place was a standout, filled with locally made walnut dressers that stretched half a mile when measured end to end. Of the building’s ...

Welcome back to Spooky L.A., a series where we shine a flashlight on some hair raising history and haunts across Los Angeles. Today, Esotouric L.A.’s Kim Cooper walks us through the Hotel Cecil in ...

The exterior of the Cecil Hotel is seen in Los Angeles California February 20 Credit: (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images) Downtown’s notorious Cecil Hotel has come up for sale. The nearly ...

From the bed in my room at the Cecil Hotel, I see four locks on the door—a bolt, a button, two latches. Did they add the last after a 21-year-old tourist was found dead in the hotel’s water tank ...