Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
A docuseries examining Elisa Lam's death at the Cecil Hotel.
Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel is the first season of the Crime Scene docuseries, directed by Joe Berlinger and released in 2021. It chronicles the death of Elisa Lam at the Cecil Hotel and features Viveca Chow, Judy Ho, and Artemis Snow. The series premiered on February 10, 2021 on Netflix.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Documentary
- Director
- Joe Berlinger
- Starring
- Viveca Chow
- Judy Ho
- Artemis Snow
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English; Spanish
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 4
- Composer
- Wendy Blackstone
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Did You Know?
- The series holds a 54% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 26 critic reviews.
- On Metacritic, the series has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, indicating 'mixed or average' reviews.
Questions
Writing for Insider, Libby Torres noted seven unresolved questions after the documentary claimed the mystery was solved. Among them: who edited the elevator video of Elisa, which shows signs of tampering; police sniffer dogs did not find her body at the location where it was later discovered; and the hotel took no action after being informed of Elisa's strange behavior. Former hotel manager Amy Price explained that such behavior was typical at the hotel, which housed drug addicts, mentally ill individuals, and sex workers, and that Lam's actions did not warrant special attention. Torres questioned whether more assistance could have prevented her death.
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