Guests at a historic Los Angeles hotel complained of low pressure and black, foul-tasting water. A worker climbed to the roof, opened a water tank, and found the body of 21-year-old Elisa Lam, missing for weeks. The internet exploded with ghost stories and conspiracies.

This episode strips away the supernatural myths to ground Elisa Lam's death in reality: medical evidence, her own writing, and the context of a young woman in a severe, isolated mental health crisis. It is also a sharp look at how the digital age turned a human tragedy into content.

• Elisa's history of bipolar disorder and how abruptly stopping a heavy medication cocktail can trigger psychosis
• Her blog Ether Fields and the erratic behavior at the Cecil that read as textbook paranoia, not mystery
• The viral elevator video and why scent dogs missed a b ...