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185: Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel: Part 2

This is part 2 of our 2-part coverage. For episode 1, please see last week's episode!

Can a building be evil? (Gillian: “NO, IT’S JUST A BUILDING!”). Can web sleuths solve a truly bizarre death? (Patrick: “NO! GET OFF FACEBOOK AND GO. OUT. SIDE.). And what exactly is a hotel general manager’s job? (Patrick and Gillian: (“UNCLEAR!”) Welcome to the Cecil Hotel—a once grand hotel which rotted from the inside and became a place where “dreams go to die” and “serial killers let their hair down.”

Elisa Lam knew none of that, of course, when she checked in on January 28, 2013. She went missing a few…

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