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True-crime followers have been graced with a deal with this week: the arrival of Crime Scene: The Vanishing on the Cecil Lodge touchdown on Netflix however will there be extra instances to be lined sooner or later in season 2 or a possible follow-up?
Rumors have already began circulating on-line that we may obtain extra Crime Scene documentaries on Netflix within the close to future. Let’s check out the proof…
What’s Crime Scene: The Vanishing on the Cecil Lodge?
Positioned on LA’s notorious Skid Row, the Cecil Lodge is well-known for attracting tenants from all walks of life. Whereas out-of-town vacationers like a budget charges, so do those that are down on their luck, and determined for a spot to remain. For the reason that 1930s, there have been a minimum of 16 deaths on the Cecil Lodge. Essentially the most well-known is that of Elisa Lam.
Elisa was a 21-year-old Canadian vacationer, touring on her personal for the primary time. When she didn’t name for a number of days, Elisa’s household raised the alarm. A full-blown search of the lodge and the encircling space was launched, however no person knew something about Elisa’s whereabouts. The one clue was a chilling CCTV footage clip, of Elisa getting into and leaving an elevator.
Just a few days later, it was found that Elisa was nonetheless throughout the lodge…
Crime Scene: The Vanishing on the Cecil Lodge explores the cultural historical past of this distinctive LA landmark, in addition to Elisa’s backstory, and the web curiosity sparked by her disappearance.
Will there be a second season of Crime Scene: The Vanishing on the Cecil Lodge?
Offical Netflix Renewal Standing: Pending
Thus far, Netflix has not made an official announcement about the way forward for Crime Scene on Netflix. Nevertheless, that’s not too shocking: the present solely dropped this week, and it will possibly take a number of weeks (or perhaps a month) for Netflix to formally announce a renewal.
So, why the hypothesis that there could possibly be future seasons of Crime Scene from Joe Berlinger? Nicely, earlier than the collection even aired, a number of sources labeled the present an ‘anthology collection’. If that is so, we will actually anticipate to see extra seasons, with every one focussing on a distinct ‘crime scene’.
The next quote from collection director, Joe Berlinger, taken from a current interview with Entertainment Weekly, appears to verify this:
“The entire level of the collection was not simply to inform the Elisa Lam story, however now we have an ongoing collection of which that is the primary season. We’re a spot and analyzing what contributes to crime on this space, and what contributes to the notion of crime.”
What may future seasons of Crime Scene be about?
Though we will by no means actually think about the Elisa Lam case ‘closed’, it’s extremely unlikely that Netflix would revisit this once more. As a substitute, we predict that future seasons of Crime Scene will look at a distinct true-crime case or unresolved thriller.
For the reason that present’s title locations the emphasis on the crime scene, it’s a on condition that future seasons will concentrate on the significance of location. The sooner quote from Joe Berlinger additionally implies that future seasons will discover the varied socioeconomic components which have contributed to against the law.
Season one among Crime Scene could be very self-aware, straight addressing society’s cult-like fascination with true-crime. We expect different seasons will proceed with this theme, even perhaps selecting to concentrate on instances which are ‘favorites’ among the many true-crime neighborhood. That is purely hypothesis, however we don’t suppose there’ll be one other Netflix Unique specializing in the West Coast: Crime Scene: The Vanishing on the Cecil Lodge and the current Netflix Unique, Night time Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer, each take a deep have a look at crime in Los Angeles. There’s additionally been plenty of Ted Bundy content material, just lately, who famously operated on the West Coast. This guidelines out ‘widespread’ true-crime instances such because the Zodiac killer and the Black Dahlia.
As a substitute, we expect Netflix will forged its internet a lot wider. Final yr, Netflix launched The Ripper, specializing in the notorious Yorkshire Ripper AKA Peter Sutcliffe. Nevertheless, that doesn’t rule out one other true-crime case from the UK, and even elsewhere in Europe. We expect Netflix may even delve just a little additional into the previous, and even exploring a case from additional afield.
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