To Live and Die in LA" Season 2 Returns on May 27

   Tenderfoot TV, the independent Atlanta-based content creation company with over 600 million downloads for its award-winning podcasts, announced today that the second season of Neil Strauss’ hit true-crime podcast, “To Live and Die in LA” will investigate the disappearance of Elaine Park. Season two premieres on May 27. 

 

Strauss returns as host to find out what happened to Elaine Park, a 20-year-old woman from Glendale, just north of Los Angeles who went missing in January 2017. Park went to a movie with her ex-boyfriend and slept over at his Calabasas home. 

The next morning, surveillance footage shows her leaving his home, but she hasn't been seen since. Elaine’s Honda Civic was discovered in Malibu five days later with the doors unlocked, the battery dead, and all of her personal belongings still in the car. Almost five years later, with Elaine still missing and many unanswered questions remaining, Strauss is turning to the podcast to share details from his investigation and follow new leads in real time, with the hope of uncovering the truth as listeners who may know something share information.

The upcoming season, in partnership with Cadence13, an Audacy company, follows the critically acclaimed podcast’s 2019 debut in which Strauss, an award-winning journalist and Rolling Stone contributing editor, investigated and helped uncover the truth about the tragic death of aspiring Hollywood actress Adea Shabani. The Associated Press dubbed it “Podcast of the Year,” the series reached #1 on iTunes, and the show racked up more than 50 million downloads.

This season of “To Live and Die in LA” is both a sequel and a prequel to season one. The tragic disappearance of Elaine Park predates the disappearance of Adea Shabani by about one year. While Neil was investigating Adea’s disappearance and death, he was also investigating Elaine’s disappearance. Elaine’s disappearance represents the origin story of “To Live and Die in LA,” painting a picture of how Neil first met season one investigator Jayden Brant, his journey into true crime, and the woman who first introduced Neil to Elaine’s case, his then-wife, Ingrid De La O. 

Neil and Ingrid became obsessed with this case and have followed every detail from 2017 until this point. With help from Incubus guitarist and songwriter Michael Einziger and his wife Ann Marie Simpson, a concert violinist, Strauss, Brant and De La O assemble to find answers, tracking down leads and uncovering revelations in real time. Along the way, Strauss, Brant and this unlikely group of citizen sleuths meet various people, including some household names in Hollywood, with unique connections to Elaine’s case, who they interview along the way. As the case remains active with Neil working closely with law enforcement, every bit of information they collect becomes valuable.

“It’s my hope that the attention this podcast draws to the case helps bring forward information that will lead to Elaine’s whereabouts. This occurred last season, and the person who called in requested anonymity. That is something we have honored, and will continue to honor for anyone who knows anything that can help further this investigation and provide closure for Elaine’s loved ones.” said host Neil Strauss. 

The first season of “To Live and Die in LA” was Strauss’s first foray into narrative podcasting, after more than a decade of going undercover in different communities and writing bestsellers based on his experiences, including The Truth, in addition to award-winning reporting for the New York Times and Rolling Stone. 

Season two of “To Live and Die in LA” premieres May 27. Listen to the teasers and subscribe here, or wherever you listen to podcasts.