First found on Korean and Japanese forums around 2011, the Elevator Game was said to be a paranormal ritual game that could transport you to alternate dimensions. That if you followed a series of explicit instructions, traveling to different floors in a particular order, the doors would open to a world similar to our own, yet very different… The problem is, if you don’t follow the rules correctly, you may be trapped there forever.

Image of what was formerly the Cecil Hotel

Image of what was formerly the Cecil Hotel courtesy of the University of Toronto
Image of the Cecil Hotel

Image of the Cecil Hotel courtesy of Town and Country Magazine
Image of Elisa Lam

Image of Elisa Lam courtesy of USAToday.com, HO/AFP/Getty Images
First responders on the roof near the water towers at the Cecil Hotel

First responders on the roof near the water towers at the Cecil Hotel courtesy of Netflix and Esquire.com
Images of Elisa Lam from surveillance footage inside the elevator at the Cecil Hotel

Images of Elisa Lam from surveillance footage inside the elevator at the Cecil Hotel courtesy of thehorrorzine.com

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