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Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Before I interviewed him, Richard Cottinghamhad never confessed to the two murders he had...

Before I interviewed him, Richard Cottingham
had never confessed to the two murders he had committed
in the Travel Inn Lodge in Times Square

Full Transcript

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Before I interviewed him,
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Richard Cottingham had never confessed to the two murders
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he had committed in the Travel Inn Lodge in Times Square.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:57
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary, crime, mystery
Production
Expeditionary Films

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Movie Summary

College student and tourist Elisa Lam vanishes, leaving behind all of her possessions in her hotel room. The Cecil Hotel grows in infamy.
S01 • E04 And if you actually zoom in on those particular dates, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:12
And if you actually zoom in on those particular dates,
S01 • E01 Deedeh had a pimp, a guy called James Thomas. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:07
Deedeh had a pimp, a guy called James Thomas.
S01 • E02 That's the mentality that we were dealing with. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:04
That's the mentality that we were dealing with.
S01 • E03 He revealed to Nadia - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:17
He revealed to Nadia
S01 • E02 It was either you were a victim, or you were a predator. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:06
It was either you were a victim, or you were a predator.
S01 • E01 She also worked out of some of the mob-owned bars. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:05
She also worked out of some of the mob-owned bars.
S01 • E04 Now, some people still feel that there's some type of conspiracy - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:11
Now, some people still feel that there's some type of c...
S01 • E01 She was familiar with a number of Iranian drug dealers - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:08
She was familiar with a number of Iranian drug dealers
S01 • E02 When you're at work, and people are talking, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:09
When you're at work, and people are talking,
S01 • E04 You see the cut when the door is about to close. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:04
You see the cut when the door is about to close.
S01 • E03 He said that he left the hotel at 3:30 in the morning, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:10
He said that he left the hotel at 3:30 in the morning,
S01 • E02 At Blue Cross and Blue Shield, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:06
At Blue Cross and Blue Shield,
S01 • E04 The time code definitely looks like it's been blurred or tampered with. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:05
The time code definitely looks like it's been blurred o...
S01 • E03 He was carrying the heads in a bag. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:05
He was carrying the heads in a bag.
S01 • E04 In this type of investigation, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:16
In this type of investigation,
S01 • E02 One of the, uh, stories Richard told - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:08
One of the, uh, stories Richard told
S01 • E03 And two police officers stopped him, said, "Hey, where are you going this late?" - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:16
And two police officers stopped him, said, "Hey, where ...
S01 • E02 It was a sex club, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:11
It was a sex club,
S01 • E04 One of the reasons that you might slow the speed of the video - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:07
One of the reasons that you might slow the speed of the vide...
S01 • E01 Goodbye to the '70s. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:12
Goodbye to the '70s.