On the Lam (Elisa Lam)
In tonight’s listener requested episode, we’re going “on the Lam” as we explore the fascinating and horrifying disappearance of Elisa Lam, a Canadian tourist who was looking for a west coast getaway and found something very different at the bottom of a hotel water tower. When the LAPD investigated her disappearance, they didn’t find any answers, nor did the maintenance worker who eventually found Elisa’s body. The creepiest part of this tale? The “tower of terror” style elevator footage of Elisa in the rumored-to-be-haunted Cecil Hotel hiding from, talking to and interacting with someone none of us can see. There are dozens of theories about how Elisa ended up in the ten foot tall water tower on the roof of the Cecil, and a myriad of eerie coincidences (“LAM-ELISA” serving as the test for tuberculosis, which broke out in Skid Row right around Elisa’s death, for one) but one thing’s for sure: Betsy Boss will have you thinking about this “viral” mystery in a totally new way!
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