American Horror Story
THE CECIL HOTEL
The Hotel's Backstory:
- 1924, Los Angeles
- 18 deaths
- In decline after the 1940s
- Cause: 1930s' Great Depression
- 1947: Black Dahlia
- 1980s: Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker"
- 1990s: Jack Underweger
- 2013: New owners : Cecil Hotel became Stain in Main
- 2013: Elisa Lam case
- 2017: shutting down of the Hotel
An Iconic Place
Highly inspiring
Centralised criminality
Paranormal
- Compton, Inglewood, Watts in California
- Other cities: Indianapolis, Crump Boulevard (Memphis), Baltimore, Altgeld Garden (Chicago)
- Location, architecture...
- Superstition? Psychosis?
- "Magnet for Misfortune"
- Southern Gothic
Netflix series
Architecture
Uses of the Cecile Hotel
Horror culture
Cecil hotel and the medias
A touristic magnet?
Reality show
MissMangoButt
Richard Ramirez - The Night Stalker
Do you understand the need people feel to get the closest possible to true crime stories, or even to get in touch with criminals?
- A museum of horrors retracing the history of the hotel?
- It should remain closed out of respect for the victims?
What do you think we should do with the part of the hotel that is still closed today?
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American Horror Story
THE CECIL HOTEL
The Hotel's Backstory:
An Iconic Place
Highly inspiring
Centralised criminality
Paranormal
Netflix series
Architecture
Uses of the Cecile Hotel
Horror culture
Cecil hotel and the medias
A touristic magnet?
Reality show
MissMangoButt
Richard Ramirez - The Night Stalker
Do you understand the need people feel to get the closest possible to true crime stories, or even to get in touch with criminals?
- A museum of horrors retracing the history of the hotel? - It should remain closed out of respect for the victims?
What do you think we should do with the part of the hotel that is still closed today?