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Gone at Midnight, page 36
Chapter 5: The West Coast Tour
63, major changes to the biochemistry of the brain Solomon, Andrew. The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression. New York: Scribner, 2001, p. 56.
66, ancient eras: “‘Spirit Possession’ and Mental Health,” December 31, 2014, psychologytoday.com.
Chapter 6: City of Demons
69, 75 percent of Americans: “Three in Four Americans Believe in Paranormal,” Gallup, June 16, 2005, gallup.com.
77, schism: “The Famous Break Up of Sigmund Freud & Carl Jung Explained in a New Animated Video.” June 28, 2018, openculture.com.
77, acausal parallelism: Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal, Psychology Press, 1997.
78, outbreak of tuberculosis: “Tuberculosis outbreak in downtown L.A. sparks federal effort,” February 21, 2013, latimesblogs.latimes. com.
78, medical article: “Clinical Utility of a Commercial LAM-ELISA Assay for TB Diagnosis in HIV-Infected Patients Using Urine and Sputum,” March 24, 2010 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
Chapter 7: Further Down the Rabbit Hole
80, Dr. Jack Brown: “Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2313: Elisa Lam Video in Elevator at Cecil Hotel—What Her Body Language Tells Us . . .” February 23, 2013, bodylanguagesuccess.com.
84, Cody Fry: “Elisa Lam Time Stamp Conspiracy, MUST SEE!” March 12, 2013 youtube.com.
86, Elizabeth Short: Gilmore, John. Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia. Los Angeles: Amok, 2006.
87, eerie similarities: “The Strange Similarities Between Elisa Lam and Beth Short, aka The Black Dahlia,” February 22, 2013, esotouric. com.
88, Black Dahlia case: Gilmore, Severed, 139.
Chapter 8: The “Suicide Hotel”
89, Cecil Hotel history: “Hotel Cecil: Beyond the Lobby Doors,” Kathy Tran, January 4, 2017, tranofthought.com.
89, Birth of a Curse: (hotel history): “The Hotel Cecil and the Mean Streets of L.A.’s Notorious Skid Row,” September 29, 2015, kcet.org.
90, Spanish leather (and other details): Los Angeles Times, December 20, 1924.
92, Grace E. Maguro: “Woman Takes Death Plunge,” Los Angeles Times, March 15, 1937.
92, 15 million people: “Great Depression History,” History.com.
92, Great Recession: “Comparing Great Depression and Great Recession,” September 19, 2013, politifact.com.
93, Dorothy Jean Purcell: Los Angeles Times, September 8, 1944.
93, Pauline Otton: Desert Sun, Volume 36, Number 60, October 13, 1962.
94, dozens of suicides: Bartlett, James T. Gourmet Ghosts 2: More Ghosts, Murders, Suicides and L.A. Weirdness. N.p.: City Ghost Guides, 2016.
94, “you can feel your victim dying through the knife”: Carlo, Night Stalker, 67.
95, origin of Richie’s violence: “Was a Bad Childhood to Blame for ‘Night Stalker’ Richard Ramirez Becoming a Serial Killer?” November 1, 2017, aetv.com.
100, underlying systemic economic injustices: Torrey, E. Fuller. American Psychosis: How the Federal Government Destroyed the Mental Illness Treatment System, New York: Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 115–20.
100, “broken windows” campaign: “Dismantling the Myth of Bill Bratton’s LAPD,” December 6, 2013, thenation.com.
Chapter 9: The 14th Floor
105, “ALL LIVES END”: Nouvelle/Nouveau Tumblr, October, 2012, tumblr.com.
Chapter 10: The Autopsy
114, autopsy: Laboratory Analysis Summary Report (Autopsy), Department of Coroner, County of Los Angeles, Forensic Science Laboratories; Preliminary Examination Report; Forensics Consultant’s Report; Microscopic Report; Medical Report; County of Los Angeles, Coroners Department Investigator’s Narrative; Toxicology Medication Evidence.
Chapter 11: The Art of the Meltdown
124, zaps: “What Causes Brain Zaps?” October 2, 2017, psychologytoday. com.
128, young woman, Jamie Minor: “Body of missing hostess found trapped in ventilation system she had been stuck in for a month,” August 24, 2018, dailymail.com.
128, 80 percent of bipolar patients: “Bipolar Disorder and the Risk of Suicide,” everydayhealth.com.
128, data suggests: “Suicide attempts in bipolar I and bipolar II disorder: a review and meta-analysis of the evidence,” January 4, 2010, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
128, suicide by drowning: “US methods of suicide,” lostallhope. com.
130, combining an amphetamine: “Stimulants for adult bipolar disorder?” November 7, 2008, mdedge.com.
130, “secret weapon” against bipolar: “Benefits of Wellbutrin—A Quick Reference Guide,” bipolar-lives.com.
130, patient experiencing severe hypomanic episodes: “Antidepressants Risky for Bipolar II?” March 15, 2007, webmd.com.
131, misdiagnosed as schizophrenic: Hinshaw, Stephen. Another Kind of Madness: A Journey Through the Stigma and Hope of Mental Illness. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2017, p. 18.
133, “Adventures in Hypomania”: “For your viewing pleasure,” Nouvelle/Nouveau Tumblr, June 1, 2012, tumblr.com.
134, “I’m sleeping a lot”: Nouvelle/Nouveau Tumblr, June 13, 2012, tumblr.com.
135, “I want to kill myself ”: Nouvelle/Nouveau Tumblr, September 17, 2012, tumblr.com.
136, 80 percent of teenage girls: “80 percent of teenage girls suffer serious mental illness after sexual assault,” July 22, 2018, theguardian. com.
136, rape victims will often deny: “Why most rape victims never acknowledge what happened,” November 6, 2018, bbc.com.
139, 800,000 people die from suicide: World Health Organization.
Chapter 13: Friends and Enemies of Occam’s Razor
155, New research on Psilocybin (mushrooms) and ketamine: “Psychedelic drugs appear to fundamentally reorganize the brain—and they’re starting to turn into approved treatments.” https://www.businessinsider.com/new-drugs-from-mdma-mushrooms-ketamine-marijuana-2018-5/?op=1
157, response from the LAPD: “American Horror Story: The Cecil Hotel,” October 27, 2015, medium.com.
160, “one of the most mysterious disappearances”: Paulides, David. Missing 411: A Sobering Coincidence. North Charleston, SC: BookSurge, 2012, p. 239.
161, the collective mentality of an organization of killers: Gannon, Kevin, and Gilbertson, Lee D. Case Studies in Drowning Forensics. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2014, p. 218.
161, Can anything positive come from not telling the public: Paulides, Missing 411, 319.
Chapter 14: Inbound Train
169, civil trial: received from Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, including: Complaint for Damages and Negligence Causing Wrongful Death; Declaration of Brad P Avrit in Support of Oppositions Motion For Summary Judgement; Declaration of Pedro Tovar in Support of Motion for Summary Judgement; Declaration of Santiago Lopez in Support of Motion for Summary Judgement; Separate Statement of Undisputed Material Facts in Support of Defendants Motion For Summary Judgement; Defendant Main Street Management LLC and Cecil Management LLC’s Answer to Complaint
169, plaintiff’s primary argument: “BrainScratch: The Final Word on Elisa Lam?” LordanArts, December 18, 2015, youtube.com.
Chapter 15: A World with Evil
175, disturbing new disclosure: “Elisa Lam: Canadian tragedy turned American Horror Story,” October 31, 2015, cbc.ca.
179, with a pistol pointed at her: “Elisa,” Wilhelm Werner Winther YouTube account, June 13, 2015, youtube.com.
Chapter 16: Dark Synchronicity
188, Orchestrated Objective Reduction: Steve Volk, “Down the Quantum Rabbit Hole,” Discover Magazine, discovermagazine.com.
188, The Global Consciousness Project: “Meaningful Correlations in Random Data,” The Global Consciousness Project, noosphere.princeton. edu.
188, Margins of Reality: Jahn, Robert and Dunne, Brenda. Margins of Reality: The Role of Consciousness in the Physical World. ICRL Press, 2009.
188, Retroactive precognition: Daryl J. Bem, “Feeling the Future: Experimental Evidence for Anomalous Retroactive Influences on Cognition and Affect,” American Psychological Association, apa.org.
191, two major forms of talk therapy: Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression. New York: Scribner, 2015, p. 107.
192, conversations with English professors: Solomon, Noonday Demon, 111.
Chapter 17: The Last Bookstore
195, story of the allegedly disturbing postcard: Penny-Frances Edwards, Elisa Lam—The Mystery. Morrisville, NC: Lulu, 2015, p. 7.
198, very outgoing, very lively, very friendly: “Questions Remain 3 Years After Woman’s Body Was Found Inside LA Hotel’s Rooftop Water Tank,” October 31, 2016, cbsloca.com.
Chapter 18: Return to the Cecil
207, Paranormal Syndicate: “Haunted Encounters: Face to Face S01E03 Ghosts of Skid Row, Kreischer Mansion,” www.dailymotion.com/video/x3xnmr3.
211, We should be glad there is a red-light district: John Leake. Entering Hades: The Double Life of a Serial Killer. New York: Berkeley, 2009, p. 33.
212, tie the nooses at maximum tension: Ibid., 12.
212, the hotel embodied a motif: Ibid., 65.
214, his best murder: Ibid., 367.
215, “remote viewing” session: Chelsea Damali. “The Murder of Elisa Lam . . . the unexpected.” February 23, 2013, chelseadamali.wordpress.com.
217, multiple sexual harassment complaints: Paul Krueger, “SDSU Prof Accused of Sexual Harassment Allowed to Leave Previous Job Quietly, Colleague Says,” NBC San Diego, November 30, 2015 nbc-sandiego. com.
217, Pass the harasser: Colleen Flaherty, “New Job, Old Habits,” Inside Higher Ed, December 3, 2015, insidehighered.com.
Chapter 19: Revisiting the Cause of Death
235, two independent coroners implied: Marelise Van Der Merwe, “The Elisa Lam mystery: Still no answers,” December 12, 2014, dailymaverick.co.za.
236, report fewer suicides: Christopher Shea, “The Subtle Politics of Suicide Rates,” September 8, 2011, blogs.wsj.com.
236, “coroner’s determination about cause of death”: “It’s time to abolish the coroner,” December 12, 2017, washingtonpost.com.
236, two cases in San Joaquin County: Sam Stanton, Anita Chab-ria, Ryan Lillis, and Ed Fletcher, “Stephon Clark official autopsy released. Family autopsy was ‘erroneous,’ coroner says,” Sacbee, May 1, 2018, sacbee.com & Julie Small, “Autopsy Doctor Resigns, Says Sheriff Overrode Death Findings to Protect Officers,” December 4, 2017, kqed.com.
237, date rape drugs: “Rohypnol,” Drugs.com.
237, disturbs forensic pathologist Dr. Judy Melinek: Julie Small, “Keeping Death Investigations Free From Pressure,” KQED, September 13, 2016, kqed.com.
241, leaked Coroner’s Department memo: twitter.com/ericspill-man/status/1064654157469036544.
245, accused of falsifying an autopsy: Paul Roupe, “9th Circuit Revives Lawsuit Over Falsfied Autopsy,” Courthouse News, September 8, 2017, courthousenews.com.
245, backlog of untested rape kits, “The unconscionable backlog of unprocessed rape kits in California,” May 21, 2018, latimes.com.
246, under 5 percent: “The Vast Majority of Perpetrators Will Not Go to Jail or Prison,” Rainn, rainn.org.
246, cost of rape kits: Katy Waldman, “There Are 400,000 Unprocessed Rape Kits in the U.S. How Can This Be?” March 12, 2014, slate. com.
Chapter 20: Whoever Chases Monsters
247, Christopher Dorner: Christopher Goffard, Joel Rubin and Kurt Streeter, “The Manhunt for Christopher Dorner,” LA Times, December 8, 2013, latimes.com.
248, 150 murders: “Rampart scandal,” PBS Frontline, pbs.org.
248, revelations of the Rampart scandal, Matt Lait and Scott Glover, “3 Ex-Rampart Officers Charged in Beating and Cover-Up,” March 27, 2001, latimes.com.
249, Tupac and Biggie assassinations: Randall Sullivan, “The Unsolved Mystery of the Notorious B.I.G.,” Rolling Stone, January 7, 2011, rollingstone.com.
249, Perez and his lawyer: “Perez’s confessions,” PBS Frontline, pbs.org.
251, “most active rock cocaine area on earth”: Gary Webb. Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion. New York: Seven Stories Press, 1998, p. 285.
251, The CIA: Ryan Devereaux, “Managing a Nightmare: How the CIA Watched over the Destruction of Gary Webb,” September 25, 2014, theintercept.com.
251, Washington Post: Jeff Leen, “Gary Webb was no journalism hero, despite what ‘Kill the Messenger’ says,” October 17, 2014, washingtonpost.com.
251, mainstream media outlets: Greg Grandin, “‘The New York Times’ Wants Gary Webb to Stay Dead,” October 10, 2014, thenation. com.
252, two gunshots: Michael C. Ruppert, “Dispelling the Rumors: Gary Webb’s Death Confirmed As Suicide,” December 20, 2004, indybay.org.
252, 100 million: “Millions in Cash Found in L.A. Fashion District Takedown of Alleged Drug-Money Laundering Operations,” December 10, 2014, ktla.com.
252, Business Insider: Christopher Woody, “How the Sinaloa cartel reportedly laundered drug money with clothing and footwear,” August 2, 2016, businessinsider.com.
252, deputy Kenneth Collins: Joel Rubin and Maya Lau, “LA County Sheriff’s Deputy Charged with selling and offering to hire other cops to protect dealers,” January 16, 2018, latimes.com.
252, 2014 Los Angeles Times investigation: “LAPD misclassified nearly 1200 violent crimes as minor offenses,” Los Angeles Times, August 9, 2014.
Chapter 21: Inside Job
255, relatively new theory: “BrainScratch: Elisa Lam Lawsuit—Questions and Theory,” YouTube, October 16, 2015, “BrainScratch: Elisa Lam’s Wrongful Death & Other Cecil Legal Troubles,” June 19, 2015.
256, Letter to the City Council: Cecil Hotel owner Cordova to City Council, April 18, 2008, http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2008/08-0644_misc_4-18-08.pdf.
257, negotiations with CBRE: “Multi Housing Capital Advisors Team Joins CBRE,” Commercial Real Estate News, February 20, 2013, crenews.com.
Chapter 22: A Missing Element and a Bombshell
264, bipolar spectrum: “Do You Understand the Bipolar Spectrum?” psychcentral.com.
265, “socio-emotional pollution”: Solomon, Noonday Demon, 32.
266, “syndrome and symptom blur together”: Ibid., 63.
266, “Impossible to see the line between”: Ibid., 78.
266, “My body is uninhabitable”: Kay Jamison. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness. New York: Vintage, 1996, p. 103.
266, “between madness and sanity, and life and death”: Ibid., 102–03.
267, Terror management theory: Stephen Hinshaw. The Mark of Shame: Stigma of Mental Illness and an Agenda for Change. New York: Oxford University Press, 145.
269, Anthony Weiner “sexting”: “Friend: Sydney Leathers in sexting scandal loves politics, ‘idealized’ Weiner,” July 25, 2013, cnn.com.
270, Universe is missing: Evan Gough, “The universe has a lithium problem,” February 20, 2017, phys.org.
270, “Perhaps better than any other drug,” Lauren Slater. Blue Dreams: The Science and the Story of the Drugs That Changed Our Minds. New York: Little, Brown, 2018, pp. 111–12
271, recent resurgence of lithium: Anna Fels, “Should We All Take a Bit of Lithium?” September 14, 2014, nytimes.com.
277, “The drawings that are seen hanging”: IMDB: The Night Stalker (2016). www.imdb.com/title/tt1821657/trivia?ref_=tt_ql_2.
282, team of scientists: Thor Jenson, “New Study Links Conspiracy Theorists with a Mental Disorder,” October 24, 2017 geek.com.
282, “illusory pattern perception”: Jennifer A. Whitson and Adam D. Galinsky, “Lacking Control Increases Illusory Pattern Perception,” Science Mag, October 3, 2008, sciencemag.org.
282, Another study: Matthew Hudson, “Conspiracy Theorists May Really Just Be Lonely,” May 1, 2017, scientificamerican.com.
282, A series of 2015 studies: “Does Self-Love or Self-Hate Predict Conspiracy Beliefs? Narcissism, Self-Esteem, and the Endorsement of Conspiracy Theories,” Sage Journals, November 13, 2015, sagepub. com.
286, Of the estimated 48,000 homeless: E. Fuller Torrey, American Psychosis: How the Federal Government Destroyed the Mental Illness Treatment System. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, p. 124.
Chapter 23: What Happened to Elisa Lam?
294, counterargument to Occam’s: Nathan Borden, MD, and Derek Linklater, “Hickam’s Dictum,” March 14, 2013, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
304, high risk of overdose: “Learn About GHB, Ketamine and Rohypnol,” Here to Help, heretohelp.bc.ca.
305, A one of a kind 2013: Rock Nauert, “Do You Know the Differences Between These Two Types of Killers?” June 28, 2013, psychcentral.com.
309, well-documented research: Amanda Rosenberg, “Hiding my mental illness from my Asian family almost killed me,” June 18, 2018, vox.com.
309, “Many East Asians avoid the subject”: Solomon, Noonday Demon, 200.
311, “adapt to culture and morph with history”: Rob Brotherton, Suspicious Minds: Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories. New York: Bloomsbury, 2017, p. 66.
311, MKULTRA is an established historical reality: Scotty Hendricks, “What was Project MKUltra? Inside the CIA’s mind-control program,” Big Think, April 17, 2018, bigthink.com.
314, Stuck taking SSRIs: Associated press, “Stuck on meds: Some can’t quit antidepressants,” NBC News, August 31, 2006, nbcnews.com.
318, war going on in the websleuth community: Halber. Skeleton Crew, 219.
319, algorithmically suppress information: Alex Hern, “When algorithms rule our news, should we be worried or relieved?” The Guardian, August 28, 2014, theguardian.com.
320, early 20th Century lodging industry: Bianca Barragan, “Downtown LA’s creepy Hotel Cecil is now a city landmark,” Curbed Los Angeles, March 2, 2017, la.curbed.com.
