Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations · Kim Davis, Adam "Tex" Davis, Jerry Kolber; True Crime Podcast

Adam's Haunted Hotel Story (Bonus)

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At the top floor, Adam and Chief see a woman in a 1920s or 1930s black lacy dress vanish in the hallway.

1. Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations uses Adam’s “Haunted Hotel Story” bonus episode to tell a ghost sighting at the Ambassador Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. 2. Adam narrates the story, Kim and Jerry react in real time, and Maggie Molina, MTV executive and friend, is named as the person who first pitched him “spring break lawyer.” 3. The episode asks whether a skeptical writer can describe a ghost in a hotel that was already known for the RFK assassination, abandoned rooms, and paranormal rumors. 4. Adam says the work-for-hire movie came from MTV, which was making original movies and could not use his hard-R comedy script. 5. He explains that most of the film was shot inside the Ambassador Hotel, while only courthouse scenes and some street and beach exteriors were filmed elsewhere. 6. The hotel had a huge Coconut Grove ballroom, which Adam says hosted the first Academy Awards, and the production used it for a nightclub scene. 7. He describes the building as a complex with wings, empty guest rooms, staff bungalows, offices, and a drained pool that was turned into a sludge-filled “crappy pool.” 8. Adam says the basement held a diner, a bank, a barbershop, several bars, and even a jail with three cells. 9. He and the crew were warned not to wander because some rooms had asbestos and decay, and some areas could collapse. 10. Adam says the top floor, especially the 13th floor, was said to have the most paranormal activity. 11. On the last night of a 19-day shoot, the crew started at 6 PM and planned to work until about 5 or 6 in the morning, with lunch at midnight. 12. Adam recruits a security guard named Chief by saying the production may need an additional scene and asking him to escort him upstairs. 13. When the elevator doors open, Chief spots a woman at the far end of the hallway, and Adam describes her as wearing a dated black lacy dress from the 1920s or 1930s. 14. Adam says the woman turns to face them, completes the turn away, and then disappears up and to the right without a sound or a visible doorway. 15. Chief runs to the end of the hall, asks where she went, and then tells Adam, “this never happened,” before forcing him back to the elevator. 16. Adam says his hands were shaking at lunch and the cast thought he might have Parkinson’s because he could barely cut a steak. 17. He later asked a scientist on Brain Games for a possible explanation, but says none of the usual ghost-show tricks fit because the woman looked fully physical. 18. The tone is casual, skeptical, and story-driven, with Kim and Jerry interrupting to react and joke as Adam recounts the sequence. 19. Listeners who like haunted-location stories, film-set anecdotes, and skeptical paranormal accounts will fit this episode. 20. People wanting a tight true-crime case or a no-ghosts explanation may skip it.

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