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Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in hotels? Hotels represent nations, hosting visiting monarchs, politicians, and diplomats. Hotels underpin global networks of travel and communication, on which national and international prosperity have increasingly depended since the end of the First World War. Yet hotels are also places where people can be anonymous; where murderers and thieves mix with adulterers and con artists; and where prejudice finds expression in who is refused access, and in the forms of 'service' provided by staff in the lowest-paid roles.

The disturbing true story of the notorious Cecil Hotel in downtown LA, by its general manager for a decade and star of the controversial Netflix documentary series Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel. When Amy Price took a temporary design job at an Art Deco hotel in Los Angeles to...

In a captivating tale of suspense, a kind-hearted young woman finds herself jilted and entangled in a web of intrigue. With mysterious deaths that some suspect may be murder, and eerie apparitions haunting a hotel, she must navigate a chilling conundrum. Can she uncover the truth and finally bring closure to the haunting mystery? (Summary by Kehinde)

Step into the world of Inspector Hanaud, a distinguished member of the French Sûreté, and the inspiration behind Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot. Different from the renowned Sherlock Holmes, Hanaud is a stout, professional policeman relying on psychological analysis above physical clues. Explore his intriguing journey in The Affair At The Semiramis Hotel, a captivating novella that is the second in a seven-part series. Was the reported robbery and murder a real event or merely a mescal-induced delusion of the witness? Unravel this mystery with Hanaud and his confidante, retired ...

Ben Novack, Jr., was born into a hotel empire, Miami's lavish Fontainbleau. But his luxurious, celebrity-studded lifestyle would ironically end in another hotel room - where the police found him bound up in duct tape, beaten to death. Seven years earlier, police found Novack in an eerily similar situation - when his ex-stripper wife Narcy duct-taped him to a chair for 24 hours and robbed him. Claiming it was a sex game, he never pressed charges and never followed through with a divorce.

New York City, 1972: Bobby Comfort and Sammy "the Arab" Nalo were highly skilled jewel thieves who specialized in robbing luxury Manhattan hotels. (They once robbed Sophia Loren's suite, relieving the Italian actress of over $1 million in gems.) With the blessing of the Lucchese crime family, their next plot targeted the posh Pierre Hotel - host to kings and queens, presidents and aldermen, and the wealthiest of the wealthy.

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Uncover the haunted history of the Stanley Hotel, a supernatural hotspot in Estes Park, Colorado. Famous for inspiring Stephen King's "The Shining," this eerie landmark is home to ghostly apparitions, unexplained phenomena, and paranormal hotspots like Room 217, the concert hall, and the grand staircase. Explore chilling stories of phantom pianists, playful child spirits, and mysterious cowboys, as well as the hotel’s connection to Native American folklore. Discover why this iconic Rocky Mountain retreat captivates thrill-seekers, paranormal investigators, and skeptics alike.

Step into the chilling history of the Cecil Hotel, one of Los Angeles' most infamous and mysterious landmarks. From its dark past of suicides, murders, and serial killers like Richard Ramirez, to the bizarre case of Elisa Lam and the eerie elevator footage that shocked the world, the Cecil is a place where reality and the supernatural collide. Discover haunted hallways, ghostly apparitions, and unexplained paranormal encounters in a hotel that continues to captivate the world. Is it cursed, haunted, or simply a magnet for tragedy? Join us as we uncover the dark truth behind the "Suicide Hotel....

Three dramatic true stories, this is investigative journalism at its very best. In these three gripping series, prominent journalists investigate fascinating human stories, shining a light on history and politics and deepening our understanding of the word we live in.

En el año 2018 se llevó a cabo un allanamiento en City Hotel de la ciudad de Mar del Plata por una denuncia falsa. En consecuencia, hubo gente detenida y al día de hoy algunos han fallecido en prisión preventiva. La causa fue caratulada como “trata de personas”, una modalidad sospechosamente repetida en la ciudad. No existe un solo indicio que justifique la carátula de dicha causa, más que el lucrativo negocio en que el sistema judicial ha convertido un tema tan delicado, poniendo en verdadero peligro a las personas que realmente sufren el tráfico y trata de personas.

A captivating Jazz Age true-crime caper about "the greatest jewel thief who ever lived" (Life Magazine), Arthur Barry, who charmed everyone from Rockefellers to members of the royal family while simultaneously planning and executing the most audacious and lucrative heists of the 1920s. “A...

Twenty-one-year-old Vancouver student Elisa Lam was last heard from on January 31, 2013, after she checked into downtown LA's Cecil Hotel - a 600-room building with a nine-decade history of scandal and tragedy. The next day, Elisa vanished. A search of the hotel yielded nothing. More than a week later, complaints by guests of foul-smelling tap water led to a grim discovery: Elisa's nude body floating in a rooftop water tank, in an area extremely difficult to access without setting off alarms.