Hollywood's Most Dangerous Hotel

Hollywood's Most Dangerous Hotel


January 14, 2025 | Samantha Henman

Hollywood's Most Dangerous Hotel


Sitting in the midst of the exciting streets of Los Angeles is a small, unassuming hotel that some people out there would probably like to avoid at all costs—the infamous Cecil Hotel. For practically all of its history, many things have gone seriously wrong inside this building. From spooky tragedies to unexplained mysteries, here are disturbing facts about the one and only Cecil Hotel.


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