Cecil Hotel

Check-in at the Cecil Hotel had to wait a few minutes because Kerri Torrance, the clerk working the graveyard shift one night in November, had to deal with a heist. A man staying on the 10th floor had called down to report that a woman had grabbed his money and bolted. After the woman dashed through the lobby and burst out the front doors onto Main Street, Torrance called police while a handful of guests waited. "She's right out there . . . you see . . . well . . .

Downtown hotels: An article in Section A on Jan. 25 about the Cecil Hotel said there is a Million Dollar Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The Rosslyn Hotel downtown, which the article also mentioned, has sometimes been known as the "Million Dollar Hotel," but there is no separate Million Dollar Hotel.

The Lizzie Borden B&B near Boston isn't the only lodging with a creepy, notorious past. Here, with an assist from Concierge.com, are several local haunts with histories that are hard to shake: The Night Stalker's retreat The Cecil Hotel, minutes from Staples Center, was a favorite haunt of "Night Stalker" Richard Ramirez in the 1980s as well as Austrian journalist and fellow serial killer Jack Unterweger in the 1990s.