To Live and Die in LA

Neil finds the apartment where the main suspect is believed to be staying, and prepares for a confrontation. New information surfaces, including a very disturbing video, making it possible to reconstruct the nightmarish weeks prior to Adea’s disappearance.

Everything changes after an unexpected turn of events. At a loss for words, only two come to mind...

A new witness emerges...with a shocking accusation.

Neil begins to see this case from another perspective as a new theory emerges.

One big break is interrupted by another. The LAPD break their silence.

Neil travels to Fort Morgan, Colorado, to attend the funeral, and discovers skeletons (and warrants) in the closet

Neil and Jayden uncover inconsistencies as they examine the bullet-riddled truck. Based on Google data, they retrace what could have been Adea's last day step by step.

In this special hour-long episode, Neil and Jayden follow the trail of evidence all the way to the burial site...and a new suspect emerges.

In the season finale, Neil uncovers definitive answers. After more than a year investigating Adea's disappearance and murder, the truth will come out, but justice is in the hands of LAPD.

Neil and Jayden, along with co-producer Alex, meet to walk through Adea's case from beginning to end - filling in gaps in the narrative, addressing key unresolved issues, and sharing even more information.

In the midst of the Adea Shabani investigation, a 21 year old named Matthew Weaver went missing in Neil’s neighborhood. Listen as he and Jayden start putting together the puzzle pieces of a very strange story involving a car hanging off a cliff, a driver who’s nowhere to be found, and a disturbing cry for help that was never answered.

The award-winning true crime podcast To Live and Die in LA returns with Season 2, unraveling the case that started Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss down the rabbit hole of true crime investigation. Meet the team and get ready to join him on that journey on May 27th.

The award-winning true crime podcast To Live and Die in LA returns with Season 2, unraveling the case that started Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss down the rabbit hole of true crime investigation. Meet the team and get ready to join him on that journey on May 27th.

The award-winning true crime podcast To Live and Die in LA returns with Season 2, unraveling the case that started Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss down the rabbit hole of true crime investigation. Meet the team and get ready to join him on that journey on May 27th.

The award-winning #1 true crime podcast, named by Associated Press as the best of the year, is back with an all-new case. On January 27, 2017, a 20-year-old college student named Elaine Park left her ex-boyfriend’s home in Calabasas. Five days later, her Honda Civic was found abandoned on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, not far from the home of Rolling Stone contributing editor Neil Strauss and his wife Ingrid. The two of them, along with their neighbors, Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger and concert violinist Ann Marie Simpson, formed an unlikely investigative team determined to find out: What happened to Elaine Park? This mystery would put them in contact with investigators for the police, the FBI, and the CIA, and at great personal risk. Listen to the baffling and tragic case that started To Live and Die in LA host Neil Strauss down the rabbit hole of true crime investigation. www.livediela.com

What would you do if someone went missing in your neighborhood? When Elaine Park, a twenty-year-old college student with roles as an extra on ER and Crazy Stupid Love, disappeared in host Neil Strauss’s neighborhood of Malibu, California, he decided to use his experience as a reporter to help. Forming an unlikely team of investigators with his wife and concerned neighbors, they used all their resources to raise a reward, spread awareness, and ultimately investigate the parties that many believe were responsible. Elaine’s disappearance would mark the beginning of Neil’s journey down the rabbit hole of true crime investigation, the origin story behind To Live and Die in LA. Meet Elaine.

Neil and the team jump into action, kicking off their investigation into the disappearance of twenty-year-old Elaine Park, whose car was found abandoned in Malibu, just minutes from their homes. www.livediela.com

A very disturbing theory, involving several high-profile individuals, has been shared by Elaine’s mother and the private investigator to explain Elaine’s disappearance. Neil and the team track down first-hand witnesses and untangle a web of secrets to discover the truth. www.livediela.com

A previous ex-boyfriend with a police record emerges, intimating violence and revealing a potential motive in the disappearance of Elaine Park. This new lead may be too dangerous for Neil and the team to take on alone. www.livediela.com

Neil and the team discover never before seen details after missing data on Elaine’s iCloud is recovered. Who sent a series of text messages to Elaine just months before she disappeared reading “DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!” - and why? www.livediela.com. | www.tenderfoot.tv

A visit to Elaine's home raises new questions, doubts and concerns. The investigation takes an uncomfortable turn as Neil and the team suspect a trail of deceit.

Jayden brings in cadaver dogs to help determine whether or not Elaine returned home after leaving her ex-boyfriend’s house. Meanwhile, Elaine’s room is surprisingly seen on a website as available for rent.

The results of the cadaver dog search are revealed, and a new development leads to an emergency meeting with the police. www.livediela.com

As a result of the cadaver dog search, the team meets with the police and presents some shocking new material.

Hear the full story of the circumstances surrounding Elaine’s disappearance in the first ever recorded interview with her mother and her mother’s boyfriend with private investigator Jayden Brant.

While tips come pouring in and the police prepare their case, we provide an inside look at an active missing persons investigation, and the incredible amount of legwork necessary to follow every lead to its end. Until...the team chases down three important leads that promise to answer questions about the hours just before Elaine disappeared.

The last person to see Elaine before she disappeared finally speaks, after more than nine months. His story is not what the team expects.

In part 1 of our season finale, new investigators enter the picture, a lie detector test is given, and the results are shared. Stay tuned next week for the conclusion of To Live & Die in LA season 2, and please call or email if you have any information about the disappearance of Elaine Park.

Elaine's iPhone is unlocked in the Season 2 finale, revealing new information about the last 24 hours before her disappearance. And what appears to be location sharing. But with who?

It's been five years since the disappearance of Adea Shabani, a 25-year-old aspiring actress and model, last seen outside her Hollywood apartment. Experience the first had journey alongside award-winning journalist and bestselling author Neil Strauss, as he finds himself at the center of the investigation. What happened to Adea? [Season 1, Episode 1 - Republish]