The Mysterious Circumstances of Elisa Lam’s Bizarre Death

American Horror Story

Elisa Lam’s tragic and untimely death inspired Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story: Hotel, which he revealed during a press conference. A gaming studio was also thrown in hot water after it was discovered that one of their games had an obvious storyline based on Lam’s death.

Advertisement

Next Page →

The More You Know

  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
  • Garfield used to own G-Mail.
  • An 11-year-old is responsible for naming Pluto.
  • Scorpions are incredibly resilient: scientists have frozen scorpions overnight, left them in the sun the following day, and when thawed, the arthropod walked away unscathed.
Next Page →