The Cecil Hotel

In the past, it wasn't uncommon to have to deal with the Devil on one or several occasions of a one's life time. He tempted poor sinners, sowed disorder and spread disease. Rationalism has defeated many diabolical manifestations and today, Lucifer and his henchmen appear more sel ...  Show more

From the moment Europeans first set foot on what they would eventually call the Americas, their plundering was insatiable. Latin America and its riches crossed the Atlantic to enrich a few powerful people : land, ressources, forests, animals and humans were either exploited on th ...  Show more

Guests of the Cecil Hotel started complaining about water quality issues - their tap water was brown and had a strange taste to it... 



They sent a maintenance man to go check on the water tanks on the roof that only staff had a key to - as it was a res ...

Oseriez-vous passer une nuit (blanche) à l'hôtel Cecil de Los Angeles? L'établissement est aujourd'hui plus connu pour ses suicides, meurtres et morts mystérieuses que pour son style Art déco pittoresque. Dernière affaire en date: en février 2013, une jeune Canadienne, Elisa Lam, ...  Show more

Built in the 1920’s as a destination for the living, the Cecil Hotel fell victim to the Great Depression, and soon became a destination for the dead. With sixteen unnatural deaths inside the hotel and even more connected to it, this high-rise in the heart of downtown Los Angeles ...  Show more

You may call it the toilet, the loo, the privy, the potty, the can or even the bathroom, but whatever you call it, this everyday object has its roots in Bronze Age Pakistan. It even had a seat!But how did the toilet come to be? Given one third of the world’s population still live ...  Show more