<P> Perhaps most infamously , in the 1980s the hotel was rumored to be the residence of serial killer Richard Ramirez , nicknamed the `` Night Stalker . '' Ramirez had been a regular presence on the skid row area of Los Angeles , but , according to a hotel clerk who claims to have spoken to him , is rumored to have stayed at the Cecil for a few weeks . Ramirez may have engaged in part of his killing spree while staying there . Another serial killer , Austrian Jack Unterweger , stayed at the Cecil in 1991 , possibly as an homage to Ramirez . While there , he strangled and killed at least three prostitutes , for which he was convicted in Austria . He hanged himself shortly after his conviction . </P>
<P> Perhaps most infamously , in the 1980s the hotel was rumored to be the residence of serial killer Richard Ramirez , nicknamed the `` Night Stalker . '' Ramirez had been a regular presence on the skid row area of Los Angeles , but , according to a hotel clerk who claims to have spoken to him , is rumored to have stayed at the Cecil for a few weeks . Ramirez may have engaged in part of his killing spree while staying there . Another serial killer , Austrian Jack Unterweger , stayed at the Cecil in 1991 , possibly as an homage to Ramirez . While there , he strangled and killed at least three prostitutes , for which he was convicted in Austria . He hanged himself shortly after his conviction . </P>
what two serial killers lived at the cecil hotel
what two serial killers lived at the cecil hotel
Richard Ramirez Jack Unterweger
Richard Ramirez Jack Unterweger