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To Live and Die in LA
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In Feb 2018, an aspiring actress vanished from her Hollywood apartment. Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss was asked to help the family get answers. Together, they found them...sometimes at great personal risk. Now the award-winning true crime podcast returns, unraveling the baffling and tragic case that started Neil Strauss down the rabbit hole of true crime investigation, along with his wife and his neighbors, Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger, and concert violinist Ann Marie Simpson. To Live and Die in LA Season 2 is available now.
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To Live and Die in LA with Neil Strauss. Available now.
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From the creators of Up and Vanished and Atlanta Monster comes a new investigative true crime podcast, introducing To Live and Die in LA. Rolling Stone contributing editor and New York Times best-selling author, Neil Strauss takes you inside the real time investigation into the disappearance of Adea Shabani, an aspiring actress and model who vanished without a trace from her apartment complex near Hollywood's famous Walk of Fame. The first 2 episodes premiere February 28th.
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When a 25-year-old aspiring actress and model vanishes from outside her Hollywood apartment, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Neil Strauss finds himself at the center of the investigation. What happened to Adea Shabani?
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Neil chases down the first big break in Adea's recent disappearance, but new information produces more questions than answers as several suspects emerge. A secret relationship is revealed.
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Surveillance video surfaces from the day of Adea's disappearance. Neil and Jayden begin to pursue the suspect from state to state.
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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.
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Everything changes after an unexpected turn of events. At a loss for words, only two come to mind...
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A new witness emerges...with a shocking accusation.
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Neil begins to see this case from another perspective as a new theory emerges.
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One big break is interrupted by another. The LAPD break their silence.
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Neil travels to Fort Morgan, Colorado, to attend the funeral, and discovers skeletons (and warrants) in the closet
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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The results of the cadaver dog search are revealed, and a new development leads to an emergency meeting with the police.
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As a result of the cadaver dog search, the team meets with the police and presents some shocking new material.
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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.
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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.
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The last person to see Elaine before she disappeared finally speaks, after more than nine months. His story is not what the team expects.
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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.
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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?
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3 years and no updates... 😮💨😕
Sorry but this mom is infuriating and beyond annoying way she speaks and interacts with ppl, it's like she feels the need to constantly be speaking and interrupts or interjects way too often. Hold up, she just said she was so embarrassed that there was weed in her house that she hid it when ppl came to the house, but now just said she smoked marijuana the night before....??? This lady makes no sense and so tired of her bullshit.
Ok I'm confused, he said her car was leased?? Usually only new cars are leased, what year was th vehicle? And if pretty new then the battery story isn't super likely unless they did something stupid to kill it.... 🤔
I kind of understand why they used the Amanda Knox stuff to compare but also in a way totally different and not close to the same thing at all. A nervous laugh or mannerisms is very different thing than all these weird actions after by the mom. For example the DIE!!! texts, purposely trying to lead them into thinking she got into crazy stuff maybe prostitution or something isn't what a parent would do unless there was very strong evidence, it's very odd she seems super guilty and only one left..
how does someone fly in to pick someone up??
how would Mary know immediately that they pulled him over and had guns drawn??
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Can Dustin say the word "like" a few thousand more times?
I know this entire podcast was released awhile ago but maybe if someone on the production team sees this maybe put a heads up that an ad is coming soon so we can skip the damn things?? TIA Love all your work, keep it going!!!
like like like like like like like like DeRp dErP like like like dErP like DeRp
The only word I could understand out of Kenny was LIKE because he said it so many God damn times and why do these kids think going back stage is so damn cool? I used to do security for metal bands back in the 80s and no one was allowed back unless you had a pass or a pussy!!!
I want to listen but the host is sooo dramatic about his role in this investigation. it feels like he made it more about himself than her. And it's still unsolved! He didn't even get anywhere. lol
I wish people would like, stop, like , using the word like in this podcast. Sheesh
love this podcast!
love this podcast I've been listening to all of the episodes for this podcast I am hooked!
Garbage
Ms. Susan is tough to make out... At times she seems so concerned with all of her records and such, but other times she's just so cold-hearted.
Not saying Ms. Susan is behind her daughter's disappearance... but what an awful woman, what a horrible mother! Poor Ms. Elaine had such a sad life 😔... I hope that wherever she is, she's finally happy 🌈🕊️💞💫
Poor sweet Coco 😔😭🐱🥺
I can't believe law enforcement couldn't help Miss. Jade, it's so sad 😥..
I have listened to this entire series up to this point. I am beginning to wonder if this is not a voluntary disappearance. There are so many odd things. It is easy to suspect the mom, at times. It makes sense to. But her continued cooperation, her continued interaction with the podcasters and the private detective, even when she knows she is becoming of interest ..... The father's behavior is odd too. Cultural differences or not. I am beginning to sense that there is pretense and secrecy in this disappearance, of a protective kind, but not protective of violent ugly secrets. Maybe these last interactions with her friends were so she could see them one last time, but there is something she can't tell them.
Can’t you use the Google tracking off her phone like you did in season 1
Mom didn't value her, and thought no one else would either. She banked on no one caring to even looking into it. She is adamant about making sure everyone knows about her "car battery dying" which it was conveniently left to do on the side of the road. This is one of the saddest stories I have ever heard. She didn't feel loved by anyone.
Susan is too detailed in her timeline. She makes sure it is all down pat to support what she wants the story to be. She has everything planned out to say. I believe she also plays dumb to figuring out technology a lot.
I don't feel like the fact that meth was in his truck was taken into consideration as much as it should have been. It would definitely explain the magnified paranoia and even the aggression behind the actual act.
I am blown away by how dedicated all of you are to finding a person you never knew or met. You even picked up her furniture and rented her room to preserve evidence! Incredible!
You guys are awesome- I cannot believe how much info you found. The police are not helpful and Jayden is not finding new info… but - wow- I’d want you on my side if anyone I knew went missing. Super podcast, very well narrated
Could Jeff also be involved?
wow, the test results were shocking.
Y'all are killing me! The anticipation is so much!
Is anybody else wondering what the hell is going on with Susan, the mom?
I am so excited for this season!
Strange that she was worried about the "cliffs" and the car wasn't found by the cliffs till after she said she was worried to the X.
Finally! I feel like mouse and this podcast is like a tiny swinging piece of 🧀! 😫
Wish it was next Friday! What cliff hanger!
Taking the cats to the shelter, these people are trash, full stop
i don't understand i went looking online for other facts about this case and stumbled across where he mother and Cece the journalist are working together and nit with you and trying to discredit your work? can you give insight please
these are too short! ughh...I want to hear more
SHE DOESN'T REACH OUT MONETARILY, BUT SHE REACHED OUT FOR A DONATION FROM INCUBUS DUDE. WTF?