Hotel Mysteries That Are Still Unsolved

Here are a few unsolved hotel mysteries that detectives are still trying to figure out today.

Madeleine McCann

On May 3rd, 2007, three-year-old Madeleine McCann disappeared from her family’s hotel room at the Luz Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz, Portugal. She was staying with her family for seven nights, including her twin siblings, her parents, and family friends. The McCann parents were eating out with friends the evening Madeleine disappeared and checked on all three of the children throughout the night. It was then that Madeleine’s mother discovered her missing. Over the next decade, the Portuguese police, private detectives, and Scotland Yard, investigated the case, but despite their efforts, the case remains a mystery.

The Cecil Hotel

Los Angeles’ Cecil Hotel is home to many unsolved mysteries and murders. One of the most well-known cases is that of Canadian college student Elisa Lam. In 2013, she went missing but after three weeks she was found in the water tank on the hotel roof. Law enforcement officials ruled her death as an accidental drowning, but CCTV footage shows Lam acting strangely when leaving the hotel elevator, and that the roof to the hotel is only accessible via a key held by staff, so to this day many people wonder how she got there.

Rose Burkert and Roger Atkison

In September 1980, a couple stayed at the Amana Holiday Inn near Williamsburg, Iowa on a last minute booking. The couple, Rose Burkert and Roger Atkison, were found dead the next morning when the housekeeper entered their room and saw them murdered. Strange facts about the case include their feet being place up on the desk and a carved piece of soap. There was also the word “this” written on the bathroom mirror. What’s even more creepy is that there was a mortician convention in town with many attendees staying at the Inn. It was rumoured that their killer was one of Roger’s uncles, a serial killer and recent escapee from a mental health institution, yet the case remains unsolved to this day.

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