The very strange case of Emily Lam

Philippe Berard
4 min readApr 10, 2022

There are mysteries that are so eerie and strange that they boggle the mind for days on end. The case of Elisa Lam is one of them. In February 2013, this 21-year-old student from Vancouver, Canada, was found dead inside the Cecil Hotel’s rooftop water tank in Los Angeles.

Surveillance video of Elisa Lam shows bizarre behavior — YouTube

The L.A. County Department of Coroner ruled the death “accidental due to drowning” and said no traces of drugs or alcohol were found during the autopsy. However, there is much more to the story than what is…

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Philippe Berard

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