Crime Scene Live

Retired · LAPD · Homicide

Don Tabak

Twenty-four years with the Los Angeles Police Department. A career in homicide. The detective who opens the case at Crime Scene Live.

Don Tabak

Who he is

He worked homicide in Los Angeles for a living. The cases he brings into the room are real, closed, and his to tell — and he opens them the way they were actually worked: the scene, the people, the timeline, the thing that didn't fit.

After the badge, the networks came calling. He's been the subject of a full Investigation Discovery episode, appeared in documentary series, and is called on by national and international news outlets when a case needs a detective's read. Today he runs D. Tabak & Associates, a private investigations firm staffed by active and retired federal, state and local law enforcement.

  • Service24+ years, Los Angeles Police Department
  • SpecialtyHomicide investigation
  • NowPrivate investigator · D. Tabak & Associates
  • On stageCrime Scene Live · live shows, residencies & private events

See him live →   dontabak.net

“If I committed a crime, the last person I would want on my ass is Don Tabak.”Presiding Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Watch

On screen.

Interview · Behind the Scenes of Homicide and High-Profile Crimes

Crime Scene Live · Official trailer

On the record

Television, documentaries, podcasts.

Podcast · The First Degree The First Degree Don sits down with The First Degree — one of the biggest true-crime podcasts going — on working homicide in Los Angeles. 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 · Gangland Wire 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 · 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 → Documentary What Happened to Baby Jessica The 1986 abduction of Jessica Gutierrez, and the arrest that finally came 35 years later. Don is the retired LAPD investigator at the center of it. Watch → Television · Investigation Discovery 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 → Interview Behind the Scenes of Homicide & 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 → Now playing · Santa Monica Crime Scene Live The show all of this leads to. A real closed case, opened in front of the room. Now playing in Santa Monica; booking venues and private events nationwide. Tickets →
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