When news of the mysterious Elisa Lam case broke, the world was left perplexed and searching for answers. Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel takes us through all the crazy conspiracy theories surrounding Lam's disappearance and the bone-chilling history of the downtown Los Angeles landmark.
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The four-episode limited series debuted Feb. 10 and climbed to Netflix's Top 10 most-watched list not long after. Fans have taken social media by storm with a mix of intrigue and shock as they've unpacked each episode.
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We've rounded up all of the best reactions to the show so far. Check them out below:
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The former manager of the Cecil Hotel in this Netflix doc
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For anyone watching The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
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Every Youtuber in the Netflix Cecil Hotel documentary:
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Drinking a glass of water whilst watching the Cecil Hotel documentary
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Adding this Hotel Cecil woman to the list of ‘Netflix bitches I don’t trust’ #CrimeSceneTheVanishingAtTheCecilHotel
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Everyone when the Cecil Hotel manager said she ran the hotel properly... #ElisaLam
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Watching Cecil hotel after Nightstalker
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If I’m staying at a hotel and the water is brown and smells weird, I am not drinking it and I am not showering in it. In fact my ass is checking out of that hotel and going somewhere else. And I want my money back. #CecilHotel
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What kind of hotel has communal bathrooms #CecilHotel
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that couple that drank the dead body water at the cecil hotel
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So people are out here just booking hotels without checking any reviews #CecilHotel
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Me by the middle of the fourth episode of the Cecil Hotel doco on Netflix:
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Every time I hear the manager of the Cecil Hotel speak #HotelCecil
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It blows my mind that there are people who have watched ahs and don’t know that hotel Cortez is based on the Cecil hotel in LA
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Planning a romantic staycation at The Cecil Hotel. Should be wild.
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When you find out the night stalker stayed at the Cecil Hotel where Elisa Lam disappeared... #ElisaLam
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Not me wanting to stay at the Cecil Hotel to see if it’s really haunted wtf wrong with me😩😂😂😂
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Due to bad weather in the central US, I got a room at a really affordable hotel in downtown LA #CecilHotel
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This disappearing at Cecil hotel documentary on @netflix !!!!
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Me after hearing that the new owner of Cecil Hotel from the Elisa Lam story wants to build a pool on the rooftop
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i’ve been watching the Elisa Lam documentary and i decided to google the Cecil Hotel and i’m done with all of y’all 😭
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After watching 4 hour long episodes of The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
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me when I stayed at the Cecil Hotel
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This woman said she called her mother before she called the police! #CrimeSceneTheVanishingAtTheCecilHotel
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Tenants at the Cecil Hotel: “The water tastes like someone died in it!” Cecil Hotel management:
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When a new supreme rises, the old one fades #CecilHotel
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I love when my serial killer shows cross over. Like okay #nightstalker staying at the #Cecilhotel 👀
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After watching all 4 hours of #CecilHotel on Netflix all I can say is #JusticeForMorbid
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Thought I recognised the manager of the Cecil hotel.
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Morbid stayed at the Cecil Hotel a WHOLE YEAR prior to Elisa's death and the intent nailed him to the cross without evidence, just the fact that he was goth I- #CrimeSceneNetflix #CrimeSceneTheVanishingAtTheCecilHotel
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watched the Cecil Hotel docuseries and uhhhh... tell me you’re suspicious without telling me you’re suspicious...
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why was the hotel managers first instinct after the discovery of Elisa’s body to call her mom?! her smiling throughout the documentary was unsettling. #CrimeSceneNetflix
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I’m watching ‘The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel’ on Netflix and I...
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Half low income housing and half luxury hotel??? #CrimeSceneNetflix
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LADIES & GENTS I GIVE YOU CAROLE BASKIN THE 2021 VERSION #cecilhotel #Netflix #CrimeSceneNetflix
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Everyone needs to go apologize to Morbid right now! #CecilHotel #CrimeSceneNetflix I mean it! #Morbid
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Me figuring out how the blonde hotel manager was involved in Elisa Lam’s death #ElisaLam #CecilHotel
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At the #TheVanishingattheCecilHotel the couple that drank the brown tint water, showered & brushed their teeth w/ it and drank it? Who does that? 😳 WHY? #ElisaLam
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If you ever walk in to a hotel and see this woman at the reception desk. Turn around and run as fast as you can. #CecilHotel #ElisaLam
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having low water pressure after watching The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
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Me watching The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel - Elisa Lam documentary. Something just doesn’t sit right with me with the way she died.
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Thought I'd watch part one of the #ElisaLam docuseries. Four episodes later and I've finally reemerged from the rabbit hole.
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I’m watching that Elisa Lam documentary on Netflix and this is so scary... this is why I never stay anywhere alone
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When they start talking about Richard Ramirez in the middle of the Elisa Lam doc on Netflix.
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Can anyone guess what I watched on this Valentines Day? #CecilHotel #Netflix #ElisaLam
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Fine! I’m convinced it was an accident the only thing that I just can’t get over is about the Lam-Elisa tb test....like what in the fuck? #ElisaLam
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websleuths trying to link morbid to elisa lam
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The only Cecil employee I trust #CecilHotel
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This two would have solved the case within 24h #CecilHotel
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what we can learn from Elisa Lam