The Elisa Lam Netflix Documentary Actually Has Two Victims
The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel is a masterful example of showing empathy while examining our online culture
I love the Elisa Lam case. If you don’t know then you aren’t into creepy stuff. Because that’s where the story has been featured most. Dive into (or tread a bit into the shallows) of true crime and horror forums, podcasts, and youtube videos and you’ll find this story featured in nearly all of them. The tale of a Canadian-Asian woman who met a horrible end is mainstream. The question of how she dies has long been debated. Was it murder? Was it the result of a supernatural elevator game? The people wanted to know.
Well, finally, the Netflix documentary The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel demystifies everything. And in the process, they show that there were more victims in this case than Elisa Lam. And the villain of the documentary isn’t some shadowy figure who murders women in the famous Cecil Hotel. It’s the internet that refused to believe the authorities and decided to focus on conspires, a decision that would lead to a young man nearly taking his life.
Let’s start from the beginning.
Elisa Lam traveled to LA and disappeared. Upon reviewing footage of her last known location they discover…
