"American Horror Story" season 5 is airing very soon and thanks to the series of trailers and hints co-creator Ryan Murphy unveiled recently, audiences are now more excited to finally enjoy the horror stories of the new season.
According to showrunners Murphy and Brad Falchuk, the upcoming season, titled "Hotel," is inspired by the mysterious death of a young woman.
"There was a surveillance video that went around two years ago that showed a girl getting into an elevator in a hotel that was said to be haunted... and she was never seen again," Murphy revealed at the "AHS" panel during the 2015 Televisions Critics Association summer press tour, as quoted by IB Times.
This girl on the elevator, Elisa Lam, was a 21 year old Canadian tourist who was reported missing on Feb. 1, 2013 and it was only on Feb. 19 of that same year that her body was found by a maintenance worker in the water tank of the Cecil Hotel. For 19 days, guests of the hotel were drinking and showering with the water that Lam's body was rotting in. Although Lam's death was ruled out to be caused by accidental drowning, the surveillance camera in the elevator caught Lam acting strangely, looking paranoid and suspicious, like she was being stalked.
Also, Cecil Hotel has a haunted past as notorious serial killers like Richard Ramirez and Jack Untwerger stayed in the hotel.
Perhaps the most interesting part of this installment is that it connects the previous seasons together, which Murphy said will also mean past characters will have an appearance in the show. Cecil Hotel was where Elizabeth Short, Mena Suvari's character in season 1, was reportedly last seen before having been found mutilated in Leimert Park.
"American Horror Story" season 5 will premiere on Oct. 7.
