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Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

In an overwhelming vote, members of the New York StatePublic Health Council today gave...

In an overwhelming vote, members of the New York State
Public Health Council today gave local authorities the power to close
any establishment catering to the public that allows what it calls "dangerous sex." Places such as gay bathhouses,
adult bookstores, and heterosexual sex clubs. On a Friday night at 11 p.m., there are usually 50 heterosexual couples
inside Plato's Retreat, but tonight at 8:40, just 20 minutes before
their usual opening time, the city shut down this sexual playpen

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In an overwhelming vote,
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members of the New York State Public Health Council
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today gave local authorities the power
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to close any establishment catering to the public
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that allows what it calls "dangerous sex."
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Places such as gay bathhouses, adult bookstores,
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and heterosexual sex clubs.
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On a Friday night at 11 p.m.,
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there are usually 50 heterosexual couples inside Plato's Retreat,
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but tonight at 8:40,
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just 20 minutes before their usual opening time,
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the city shut down this sexual playpen.
Duration
32 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:52
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 • E02 Baumgarten's attack on the porno and prostitution problems - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:21
Baumgarten's attack on the porno and prostitution probl...
S01 • E01 Ultimately, in the mind of the psychopathic sexual sadist, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:17
Ultimately, in the mind of the psychopathic sexual sadist,
S01 • E04 In regards to Elisa's body being found, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:09
In regards to Elisa's body being found,
S01 • E01 So there's no empathy. All right, there's no remorse. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:05
So there's no empathy. All right, there's no remor...
S01 • E01 There's no feeling. There's no connection that there's another human being there. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:05
There's no feeling. There's no connection that the...
S01 • E02 We had a variety of reasons why these places were illegal. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:06
We had a variety of reasons why these places were illegal.
S01 • E04 The hatch was open… - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:08
The hatch was open…
S01 • E03 So the sex businesses and the sex workers on the street - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:08
So the sex businesses and the sex workers on the street
S01 • E02 You'd find the massage parlor - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:06
You'd find the massage parlor
S01 • E01 There is this struggle to transform one's fantasy into reality - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:15
There is this struggle to transform one's fantasy into ...
S01 • E02 So the ConEd people would come down, they would disconnect it, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:10
So the ConEd people would come down, they would disconnect i...
S01 • E04 Somebody said it was closed and meant to say it was open. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:04
Somebody said it was closed and meant to say it was open.
S01 • E03 A cleanup of Times Square has been one of City Hall's promises over the years, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:08
A cleanup of Times Square has been one of City Hall's p...
S01 • E02 The fire department would go in and close them up - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:06
The fire department would go in and close them up
S01 • E03 But if you've taken a stroll through the area lately, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:07
But if you've taken a stroll through the area lately,
S01 • E04 Outside of all that, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:12
Outside of all that,
S01 • E01 That's what we're talking about here. The psychology of evil. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:05
That's what we're talking about here. The psycholo...
S01 • E02 We're using whatever means we have at our disposal - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:08
We're using whatever means we have at our disposal
S01 • E03 The number of peep shows, massage parlors, and porno shops - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:10
The number of peep shows, massage parlors, and porno shops
S01 • E01 But if you're a true psychopathic sexual sadist, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:07
But if you're a true psychopathic sexual sadist,