WHAT LIES BENEATH: ELISA LAM CASE

The mysterious death of Elisa Lam remains one of the most infamous and misunderstood true-crime cases of the decade.
In January 2013, 21-year-old Canadian student Elisa Lam vanished while staying at the notorious Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. When she failed to make her daily check-in call home, a missing persons investigation began—but what followed would ignite a global firestorm.

When the LAPD released elevator CCTV showing Elisa behaving erratically—pressing buttons, hiding, stepping in and out of the elevator as if reacting to something unseen—the internet exploded. The video went viral overnight, spawning conspiracy theories, online sleuth communities, accusations, and global speculation. Everyone believed they knew _the truth_.

Three weeks later, Elisa’s body was discovered in a rooftop water tank after guests complained of discoloured water and low pressure. Her death became the centre of lawsuits, media sensationalism, and endless online myths—all while the real story became lost beneath layers of fiction, fear, and folklore.

In this episode of Radio Espial – True Crime, we strip away the rumours and conspiracy theories to reveal the real timeline of Elisa Lam’s final days.

We examine the facts, the investigation, the autopsy, the media frenzy, and how a tragic case became a global spectacle where everyone had a theory, but almost no one had the truth.

This is the true story of Elisa Lam.

This is *What Lies Beneath*.

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