Related: Night Stalker: What REALLY Prompted Richard Ramirez to Kill ![]() Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel shows that online sleuths targeted a musician known as Morbid as a possible suspect in the Lam case, and it's revealed that not only did he once stay at the Cecil Hotel, but also had a picture of The Black Dahlia in the background of a video he posted. In January 1947, her mutilated corpse was found in the Leimert Park section of Los Angeles, and it was later rumored that she had visited the Cecil Hotel shortly before her death, which later tied to Eliza Lam. The third episode of Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, "Down the Rabbit Hole," includes a brief reference to Elizabeth Short, otherwise known as The Black Dahlia. Just as the Night Stalker documentary glamorizes Ramirez, Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel similarly leans heavy on the mythology without presenting any evidence to confirm the Cecil Hotel connection. It's certainly possible that Ramirez made statements to the police about staying at the Cecil Hotel, but an online search reveals that there are different variations of the same story. ![]() However, the Night Stalker connection appears to be more lore than fact, and thus mythologizes the killer even more. Meanwhile, Cooper and Schave also discuss the reputation of the Cecil Hotel, and how a man like Ramirez would theoretically be able to walk around freely without causing much suspicion. Martin doesn't specifically speak about the Night Stalker staying at the Cecil Hotel but rather provides a commentary about the case itself. Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel includes a brief interview from retired LAPD homicide detective Glynn Martin, whose father once headed the investigation team at the Glendale Police Partment during Ramirez's killing spree. He said Ramirez liked to play rock 'n' roll music on his hotel room radio, and judging from odors Enriquez could smell, was smoking marijuana." He said the men did not know each other by name. Enriquez, 36, who lived in a room on the same floor, said he had a few brief conversations with Ramirez and said Ramirez told him he was from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. "Raoul Enriquez, a hotel night clerk, said a man he is certain was Ramirez lived in a 14th floor room for several weeks in late July and August and for another two weeks in late August. In reality, however, Ramirez is rumored to have stayed at the Cecil Hotel (via KCET), based on statements made by a night clerk: historian Richard Schave says "He would walk in his blood-stained underwear barefoot up to his floor and into his room, repeatedly." The commentaries are presented as fact, and almost like the interviewees are telling a spooky story around a campfire. taking off his clothing," while fellow L.A. historian Kim Cooper states that "He would be in the back alley, covered in blood. ![]() Interviewees recall how Richard Ramirez stayed at the Cecil Hotel during his 1985 killing spree, and apparently paid $14 per night for a 14th floor room where he would smoke marijuana and listen to AC/DC. At one point, L.A. The second episode of Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, "Secrets of the Cecil," devotes a brief segment to the serial killer Richard Ramirez - the subject of the 2021 Netflix docuseries The Night Stalker.
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