Miniseries · Netflix
Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel reads strongest on Tension, Bingeability and Cliffhanger Intensity.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
The notorious Cecil Hotel grows in infamy when guest Elisa Lam vanishes. A dive into crime's darkest places.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Lost in Los Angeles
The once-grand Cecil Hotel provides a nightmarish backdrop for the disappearance of Elisa Lam. Her final footage in an elevator triggers a viral hunt.
- Directed by Joe Berlinger
S01E02
Secrets of the Cecil
Web sleuths dissect Elisa's social media posts. A grisly discovery changes everything at the hotel already known as the Night Stalker's onetime lair.
- Directed by Joe Berlinger
S01E03
Down the Rabbit Hole
The mystery deepens: Did a crime occur? The obsessed descend on the Cecil hoping to solve the case and tumble down the rabbit hole of conspiracy.
- Directed by Joe Berlinger
S01E04
The Hard Truth
A long-awaited autopsy report arrives, but suspicions linger. Today, an unlikely target speaks his mind as experts weigh in on persistent mysteries.
- Directed by Joe Berlinger
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Joe Berlinger
Showrunner
Brian Grazer
Executive producer
Justin Wilkes
Executive producer
Sara Bernstein
Executive producer
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Jon Doran
Executive producer
Jon Kamen
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Ryan Miller
Executive producer
Ron Howard
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Samantha Grogin
Executive producer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Brian GrazerExecutive Producer
- Joe BerlingerExecutive Producer
- Justin WilkesExecutive Producer
- Sara BernsteinExecutive Producer
- Jon DoranExecutive Producer
- Jon KamenExecutive Producer
Direction
- Joe BerlingerDirector
Cinematography
- Jeff HutchensDirector of Photography
Music
- Wendy BlackstoneOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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