Elisa Lam- Scratching the Surface
***this is a re-post of a story I posted years ago on a different blog (different domain, same name). When I first heard about my favorite “unsolved” case of all time, I was in my freshman dorm room eagerly awaiting the premiere of American Horror Story: Hotel. My roommate and I, living alone for the first time, were psyching ourselves out the way that you do when you’re preparing to watch something scary. I was also texting my friend, who was also (and still is) a massive AHS fan. He was bombarding me with creepy facts about Ryan Murphy’s inspiration for the season, The Cecil Hotel, along with the name of a young woman whose mind-boggling death occurred after the hotel was rebranded as The Stay on Main. I don’t doubt that I probably spent more time poring over Wikipedia, Reddit and various articles about Elisa Lam’s case than I did watching the anticipated AHS premiere. By this time, we were thoroughly freaked out as I educated my roommate on this clearly haunted hotel, which sho...