The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel Black Dahlia Connection Explained

The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel: Black Dahlia Connection Explained

Netflix’s Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel references The Black Dahlia, another infamous murder with ties to the Elisa Lam case.

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The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel Black Dahlia Connection Explained

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel references “The Black Dahlia” Elizabeth Short, so what’s the connection to the Elisa Lam case? Both true crime stories are linked by a downtown Los Angeles location and have been extensively covered in pop culture. Ultimately, the two women are mostly connected by Hollywood lore rather than actual evidence.

In January 1947, 22-year-old Elizabeth Short disappeared after being seen at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Six days later, her mutilated corpse was found in the Leimert Park section of the city. Over the decades, the unsolved murder case has perplexed real-life investigators and online sleuths (like those in Crime Scene), while also serving as a cautionary tale about the dangers of Los Angeles, especially for young actresses. Approximately 66 years after Short’s disappearance and death, a 21-year-old Canadian named Elisa Lam similarly went missing in downtown Los Angeles, just days after checking into the Cecil Hotel. Her body was discovered approximately three weeks later inside a water tank atop the building. When police released surveillance of Lam acting erratically inside a hotel elevator, the clip subsequently went viral and sparked conspiracy theories about what actually happened to the young traveler. Crime Scene explores the most popular theories before reaching a sobering conclusion about Lam’s mental health issues.

The Black Dahlia is referenced in Crime Scene because Short allegedly visited the Cecil Hotel bar on the evening of her disappearance. In episode 3 of the Netflix docuseries, “Down the Rabbit Hole,” online sleuths identify a suspect in the possible murder of Lam, a death metal musician from Mexico known as Morbid. The shock rocker once posted a video of his experiences at the Cecil Hotel, and he also posted a separate video with images of serial killer Ted Bundy and The Black Dahlia in the background. Incidentally, amateur detectives decided that Morbid must’ve had an encounter with Lam at the Cecil Hotel, murdered her, and then referenced the killing in his art.

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As it turns out, Morbid visited the Cecil Hotel one year prior to Lam’s death, and has an alibi that clears his name. His interest in the infamous hotel and The Black Dahlia is part of his death metal artistic persona, rather than an indication of malicious or violent tendencies. The musician, whose real name is Pablo C. Vergara, appears on-camera in Crime Scene (without make-up) and reveals that the online harassment he received following Lam’s disappearance led to a suicide attempt.

The Black Dahlia may have visited the Cecil Hotel bar at some point in her life, but there’s no evidence to support the theory that she was there on the night of her disappearance. The rumor derives from a police report by LAPD officer Myril McBride, who noted that she encountered a young woman who left a bar on Main Street in downtown Los Angeles and claimed that someone had threatened to kill her. When McBride saw photos of Short, she reportedly didn’t identify her as the woman she spoke with on the evening in question. It’s also worth noting that McBride didn’t specifically reference the Cecil Hotel bar in her report — still, the legend has become that Short did indeed visit the infamous location before disappearing. The woman that McBride spoke with also stated the she planned to meet with her parents that evening, which contrasts with the fact that The Black Dahlia had been estranged from her family.

As for the Lam case, there are indeed similarities to the final days of The Black Dahlia. Both women visited San Diego in the days before their deaths, and both women spent time in a seedy Los Angeles neighborhood. In addition, both corpses were naked when they were discovered. Beyond that, there’s no physical evidence that connects Lam and Short, aside from a specific geographic location in Southern California. Of course, they’ll be forever linked by Cecil Hotel mythology, though, certainly after the release of Crime Scene.

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