Crime Scene Live TicketsOct 2 · Nov 6

Crime SceneLiveSanta Monica

A real closed murder case. A retired LAPD homicide detective. One room.

First Fridays — Oct 2 & Nov 6, 2026 — 7 & 9 PM

ITrailer

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Official trailer · 2026

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IIThe Case

The case is real. So is the man who opens it. Not a play · No actors · Nothing jumps out at you · Not a haunted house

IIIThe Detective
Retired · LAPD · Homicide
Don Tabak, retired LAPD homicide detective

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Retired LAPD Homicide Detective

He opens one real, closed murder case in front of the room and hands you what the investigators had.

Evidence. Witness statements. The timeline. Then he wants to hear what you think.

IVOn the Record

Don Tabak · in the media

Twenty-four years of homicide. Then the cameras came.

The networks call him when a case needs someone who has actually stood in the room. This is some of where you've seen and heard him.

Television · Investigation Discovery · 2016 Real Detective — “Silence” A full episode built around one of Don's cases: a detective hardened by years of Los Angeles homicides, until a victim's mother changes how he sees the work. About the episode → Documentary series What Happened to Baby Jessica The 1986 abduction of Jessica Gutierrez, and the 2024 conviction that finally closed it. Don appears as the retired LAPD investigator. Watch → Documentary Shattered Shields Inside LAPD misconduct cases and what reform actually looked like from the detective's desk. Watch → Interview · YouTube Behind the Scenes of Homicide and High-Profile Crimes A long-form sit-down with Barb Allen on how big cases are actually worked, and what the public never sees. Watch → Podcast · Gangland Wire · 2025 From Homicide to Hollywood Don's road from LAPD homicide to consulting on screen — and how Crime Scene Live came out of it. Listen → Podcast · The Outlier Crime Scenes Gone Wrong An insider's review of police blunders — the mistakes that break cases, and the ones that don't. Listen → Podcast · True Crime News Ghost Hunter Becomes the Hunted With Ana Garcia, on the plot against Ghost Adventures star Aaron Goodwin — how the case was built. Listen → Speaking Power Talks Speakers Bureau Homicide investigations, high-profile cases and what leadership under pressure actually means — booked for stages and corporate rooms. Booking → Consultant On-air analysis Called on as an investigations consultant by national and international news outlets when a case needs a detective's read. dontabak.net →
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Everything on Don →
VThe File

The room gets the file

Everything the detectives had. Nothing they concluded.

VIThe Walk-Through

Then he walks you through it.

The scene. The people. The night it happened. About an hour and a half, start to finish — and the room is asking questions the whole way.

VIIIn Real Time
A guest laughing and posing for a photo, drink in hand, with the Crime Scene Live screen behind her

Wherever you're sitting, you get a say.

Your theories. Your questions. Your ideas.

In real time.

Guided by Don, as the case unfolds

VIIIThe Reveal

Then he tells you what actually happened.

Same real case, every show He knows how it ends You won't

This isn't a script. It's a homicide file, a detective who worked cases like it for a living, and a room full of people trying to see what he saw.

IXDates

Now playing · Illusion Magic Lounge · Santa Monica

First FridaysTwo shows a night

Doors open one hour before · About 1.5 hours · For mature audiences · Bring 3 friends, the 4th is free — pick the 4-Pack at checkout · Refunds up to 7 days before the show, through Eventbrite · Tickets open right here, no redirect

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XThe Room

Illusion Magic LoungeSanta Monica

Where Crime Scene Live is playing now. An epic room right off the Third Street Promenade, with great food and drinks, run by the former President of the Magic Castle.

  • DoorsOne hour before showtime
  • RuntimeAbout an hour and a half
  • Food & drinkGreat food and drinks at the venue — come early
  • AudienceFor mature audiences
  • Also playedLoews Hollywood · Huntington Beach · more venues coming
XICredits

With

Don Tabak

Presented by

Wiggle Room Entertainment

Produced by

Next World Productions

Founders

Erich ReckerEmmy award winning producer who has produced more magic on television than anyone else.
Jeff TimmonsOf the world-famous band 98 Degrees.
Nick FossProducer extraordinaire; founder of Next World.
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