Location: The Cecil Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA (Early 1930s) šŗšø
Story: In the early 1930s, a quiet man checked into the Cecil Hotel, a place already shrouded in grim lore. He was given a simple room. By morning, he was found dead on his bed; a single, fatal knife wound in his back. No signs of struggle were found, nothing was stolen, and no sound had been heard. š
Twist: Despite an investigation, the case went ice cold. The murder remains a perfect locked-room mystery within one of America's most infamous hotels. It set an early, unsettling tone for the Cecil, suggesting that within its walls, violence could arrive without a sound and vanish without a trace, leaving only questions that have lingered for nearly a century. š