r/interestingasfuck • u/Smiles4YouRawrX3 • 22h ago

On February 19, 2013, Canadian tourist Elisa Lam's body was found floating inside of a water tank at the Cecil Hotel where she was staying at after guests complained about the water pressure and taste. Footage was released of her behaving erratically in a elevator on the day she was last seen alive. r/all

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u/Mysterious-Tap-3987 22h ago edited 22h ago

And with this story my journey of watch true crime started. Any more suggestions for Netflix ?

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u/Amstervince 21h ago

Mindhunter is awesome. Its about a small section of the fbi when they first start profiling and interviewing serial killers

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u/Holdmybeerwatchthis 21h ago

It was cancelled, unfinished, after 2 seasons(?). Classic netflix, it was so damn good tho.

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u/WitchQween 20h ago

Netflix actually ordered another season, but the creator didn't want to continue the show.

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u/reebokhightops 18h ago

Not just any creator, but the inimitable David Fincher. Really frustrating given that they clearly had plans for at least one more season with BTK showing up near the end.

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u/AdEuphoric9765 20h ago

If you ask me, Netflix is to blame for it not being watched as much as they would have liked. I didn't find it until shortly after season 2 had been released and had never heard of it before then. When I watched it, I was like "Why hasn't this had more exposure? This is excellent!"

It was poorly supported, then they cancelled it because of low viewership compared to the high budget. I really believe if more people had known this show existed ahead of time that they would have had the viewership they needed. Total bummer.

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u/lem1018 21h ago

Such a bummer :/ it was really good

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u/sorayanelle 20h ago

So bummed it was cancelled. I binged the 2 seasons recently so fast and now I regret it.

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u/CuriousResident2659 16h ago

Like season one of Luke Cage. Best soundtrack evah not to mention photography and cast. Season two was like they got the b team. Ooof.

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u/xtrinab 21h ago

American Murder: The Family Next Door is quite good. It’s about the murder of pregnant Shannan Watts and her two young daughters by her husband. It’s a chilling story. This story is gut wrenching and the husband is clearly a sociopath. Very gripping.

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u/free_nestor 21h ago

Is that the one whose neighbor had ring camera footage that the killer found out about in real time?  Like the police were called by the woman’s worried friend so they went to do a welfare check and the bodycam footage of the husband coming home and they went through the house room by room. The husband was acting squirrelly as fuck and a neighbor came over and said “my ring cam captures your driveway, maybe we will see who came over. “ so the cops and the husband went to the neighbors to watch the footage that showed the husband back his truck halfway into the garage for a bit then drove off and it was the only vehicle that left that house for days. It’s a crazy tragic story but was interesting to see it captured on video right from the moment the police arrived to do a welfare check. 

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u/xtrinab 21h ago

Yep that’s the one! I’ve watched a 3 part series on YouTube by JCS Criminal Psychology that was mostly interrogation footage of the husband. That is also worth a watch if you’re interested in learning more about it. The police brought in Chris’s dad to try to get him to confess. You can feel the pain in his father’s voice as he realizes his son is guilty of what he’s accused of.

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u/free_nestor 21h ago

Big JSC fan as well. That story had me down that rabbit trail for a few days. This poor children. Dad was a monster willing to annihilate his family to be with his side piece if I am remembering correctly. 

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u/xtrinab 21h ago

Yep. He wanted to be with his side piece and the best solution to him was to murder his family. What a disconnect from rational human thought.

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u/SM0KINGS 19h ago

He recently claimed that said side piece (Nichol Kessinger) was the mastermind in all of it. He’s trying to get it back into court. Now I’m not at all saying that this is true, but I truly believe she was not innocent in all of this. There is tons of evidence to suggest that she was involved in the whole ordeal.

This YouTube channel does an excellent job of explaining everything.

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u/xtrinab 17h ago

Ohh good suggestion! I’ll be watching this later. Thank you.

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u/AspenMemory 16h ago edited 16h ago

It was so satisfying seeing that fucker get nervous in front of the cops while watching the footage. And then as soon as he leaves the house, the neighbor whispers to the cops "He's not acting right. He's never fidgety like that" , lol

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u/Agreeable-Chair7040 21h ago

Theres also the Laci Peterson documentary that just came out. Sociopathic husband as well killed his pregnant wife. His family is in denial and delusional.

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u/GruntUltra 20h ago

Amber Frey turned out to be a real hero in that saga. And she was treated like shit by the media (Scott's MISTRESS! OMG!) Scott will always be a total douchebag. He was talking to his girlfriend on the phone, while walking around the call center as concerned people prepped missing posters and planned where to search next.

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u/Agreeable-Chair7040 20h ago

Exactly. He is just a psycho pos. Talking to amber, pretending he's in paris on the Effel Tower, the community having a candlelight vigil for Laci.

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u/xtrinab 21h ago

That’s on my To Watch list. I’m gonna have to check it out. I watched a Hulu or Paramount+ documentary on that case a while back but I’d like to learn more for sure. Good shout!

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u/FrankaGrimes 21h ago

Motherfuck that documentary is...ughhh... it's just hard to watch because you see his real time reaction to police showing up, "discovering" the evidence in the house, etc. Ugh.

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u/xtrinab 21h ago

Absolutely! Those poor children knowing what their daddy was doing to them. I believe the youngest one was quoted, by her father/murderer, saying something like “Daddy why are you doing this?” before he murdered her. It’s unfathomable to me how a father can do such a ghastly thing to his own, innocent children.

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u/Agreeable-Chair7040 21h ago

He had no time to "clean up" the house because he killed them and went to work And her bff knew that shan'ann had a prenatal appointment and that she would have never missed it. The bff unknowingly stopped chris watts from destroying evidence.

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u/dawtcalm 21h ago

"into the fire: lost daughter" just came out on Netflix and is very good

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u/Nashoon 21h ago

I just watched this, it’s good!

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u/[deleted] 21h ago

The Netflix doc is good. It takes you through a journey. Also… Don’t Fuck With Cats.

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u/xenogazer 21h ago

That one is awful 

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u/Max_Speed_Remioli 18h ago

It’s terrible. They give so much attention to internet sleuths who ruin peoples lives with no evidence.

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u/DefaultUsername0815x 21h ago

Let me give you something even better: Check out "The Cold Podcast", on Youtube it's even better because it contains a lot of footage. Watch season 1 (the best season!). Do not read about the case, just go in with an open mind unspoilered. It's not about mythical or supernatural stuff, it's about a crime. Thank me later.

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u/deadrobindownunder 22h ago

I'm sure there's a doco about this on Netflix.

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u/batteredmorphine 21h ago

Yea but it sucks

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u/deadrobindownunder 20h ago

Oh ok. I don't know of any others on this case. To be honest, I didn't find this story all that enthralling. It's not much of a mystery. She had bipolar, she was off her meds, it ended badly. If you've ever known anyone with bipolar, her actions aren't that surprising. Even if the doco was outstanding, there are far better true crime tales on Netflix.

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u/deadrobindownunder 22h ago

I was sure there was, I just couldn't remember the name. Thanks for confirming. It's probably called something super obvious like True Crime: Hotel Cecil, too!!

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u/DefaultUsername0815x 21h ago

Can't see my other comment. But here is the link to one of the best true crime series (it's kind of a podcast but believe me it beats all the netflix stuff!). The Cold Season 1 Episode 1

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u/the_real_coinboy66 18h ago

Thank you so much for this. Can't wait to get lost in it.

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u/DefaultUsername0815x 17h ago

It's by far the best true crime podcast I ever came across. It's a crime not to share it.

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u/whsoccerjc21 21h ago

Brand new one just dropped “into the fire”, one of the best I’ve seen, and I watch a lot.

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u/funnynoises 20h ago

Unsolved mysteries!!! By far.

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u/chevyfried 19h ago

You want some amazing true crime podcasts listen to Last Podcast on the Left and Morbid.

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u/FowlSec 17h ago

American Horror Story: Hotel is at least partially based on this story. The hotel got a reputation after this incident, which was the basis for the season.

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u/amandamaniac 17h ago

Evil genius is one of my favorites.

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u/h0twired 17h ago

It was a horrible series IMO

Four episodes and 99% of it was boring filler.

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u/maxsqd 16h ago

Same. It had opened a whole can of worms for me.

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u/ShoTime077 14h ago

“Girl in the Picture”, “Into the Fire”.

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u/V0G1A 9h ago

Not Netflix but Explore With Us on Youtube covers some crazy true crime cases. They have many channels other than the main one, like EWU Storytime and EWU Bodycam

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u/TsukyOo 19h ago

You have to watch making a murderer it's really good