elisa lam

‘The Suicide’: The Hotel Cecil and the Mean Streets of L.A.’s Notorious Skid Row

You may know the name of the Cecil because of Elisa Lam–we talked about her before on Coal Speaker and you’ve surely seen ‘strange case’ descriptions about the incident involving her stay at the Cecil a few years back http://coalspeaker.com/post/64769040500/the-strange-behavior-of-elisa-lam. CNN  also did an article in 2013 after Lam was found in the hotel water tank.. But … Read more‘The Suicide’: The Hotel Cecil and the Mean Streets of L.A.’s Notorious Skid Row

The harvest: Missing people in the modern era 

I read MISSING 411 in about one day. That’s not to say David Paulides’ book was a lackluster effort at entertainment, but just the opposite. I could not put it down, with each page offering thought provoking tale after another about missing people, cases of the extraordinary, and unbelievable stories about people who vanished. There … Read moreThe harvest: Missing people in the modern era 

The harvest: Missing people in the modern era 

SOME DEEP THOUGHTS ON DAVID PAULIDES’ NEWEST BOOK. AND GEORGE KNAPP’S COMMENTS ABOUT IT I read MISSING 411 in about one day. That’s not to say David Paulides’ book was a lackluster effort at entertainment, but just the opposite. I could not put it down, with each page offering thought provoking tale after another about … Read moreThe harvest: Missing people in the modern era 

Yesterday this website wrote a bit about the strange death of Elisa Lam–and the weird video of her final moments of life..  Today we offer this: The Cecil Hotel has a long and sordid history. In February, CNN did a report that covers the full oddities that occurred at the Cecil.. The hotel caters to young international travelers.. … Read more