DINNER PARTNERS with Christopher & Eric

Welcome to Malibu, home to surf, celebrities and a murderous sniper who became a political football in a hotly contested election for Los Angeles County Sheriff. Christopher and Eric kick off Citizen Detective Month with this twisty exploration of a case that captivated LA County and the nation. Is amateur journalist and Malibu resident CeCe Woods a crusader for justice or an overwrought conspiracy theorist who allowed herself to be used by ambitious politicians? Find out in this installment of True Crime TV Club as your hosts serve up episode 2 of season 1 of the show CITIZEN P.I. entitled “Malibu Sniper.”

"If you've got a criminal record in both Florida and Jersey, you're automatically guilty," is the line that emerges loudest from your hosts in this new installment of True Crime TV Club’s Winter Times Crime finale. Here the victim is only spoken for by one friend, who didn't seem to know her very well, and the footprints leading into the victim's house don't seem to come out again. In episode 1, season 1 of HOME SWEET HOMICIDE entitled "Footprints In The Snow",  the Northeast shows its most frigid colors in a tale of young love gone bad. But Eric senses some holes in the story he's eager to fill.

Can a hunting accident happen behind the wheel of a car? Can a stray bullet travel over a mile? Can a cold blooded killer be quite this transparent and stupid? These are the Winter Time Crime questions Christopher and Eric want answers to as they serve up episode 5, season 6 of ICE COLD KILLERS entitled "Open Season".  On a freeze night in a small Missouri town, the killing of a local outdoorsman leaves the community baffled — until the killer starts advertising their guilt in bright red neon.

Christopher and Eric serve up one of the most infamous, unsolved mysteries of all time, the Dyatlov Pass Incident, as Winter Time Crime continues with a tale of the collision of Cold War secrecy and Russia's brutal wintry landscape — a tale  that produced decades of paranormal conspiracy mongering. Apparently winter wasn't the harshest thing awaiting this group of experienced young Russian hikers when they set out into the Ural Mountains in 1959. While the documentary AN UNKNOWN COMPELLING FORCE might have its flaws, it gives a thorough crash course in this baffling story — not so baffling to Eric, however, who offers up an explanation as simple as it is compelling.

Winter Time Crime begins with this twisted, frigid tale of random shootings, terrifyingly loyal girlfriends and vindictive parents. Was Sean Cerniglia a sweet humorous teen or a criminal enabler? The jury's still out as family, friends and local law enforcement deliver the disturbing details of his untimely end in season 2, episode 5 of DEAD OF WINTER entitled "The Killing Field".  Christopher and Eric have plenty to say about the sluggish initial response from law enforcement and the petty asides of the parents involved. Dead of winter and cold as ice is the order of menu.

Come now, you didn't think two bitches as opinionated as Christopher and Eric wouldn't do a Best Of episode, did you? Well, you might be surprised to hear they're keeping the list positive. Christopher and Eric offer up their best TV shows for 2023 and surprisingly almost none of them are the true crime documentaries they podcast about on a regular basis. Perhaps that's a sign, or perhaps yet another example of how in order to gain their attention your show must have a hero both handsome and British. Couldn’t hurt, right?

What do you want for Christmas this year? Unless it was "for Christopher and Eric to shut up and stop making podcasts", your hosts served up your responses to our Facebook query. While they don't have an in with Santa — not since they accused him of extortion in a previous episode, what with that whole "naughty or nice" racket — they loved hearing about your hoped for gifts, large and small. Spiritual and shiny. Handsome and hot. Henry Cavill and otherwise.

Christopher and Eric continue their celebration of the return of THE CROWN with a True Crime TV Club serving of the tragic, real life basis for one of the famed Netflix series' most haunting episodes. In season 1, episode 8 of ROYAL INQUEST entitled "The Mountbatten Murder", the most decorated and experienced royal in British history becomes the victim of a chilling terrorist attack, and the ticking-clock investigation that follows has all the suspense and drama of a crime thriller. A deft use of forensic science and a growing Irish disdain for nationalist terrorism combine in this race for to avert greater violence and find justice.

Christopher and Eric celebrate the return of one of their favorite TV shows of all time, Netflix's THE CROWN, with this House of Windsor themed installment of True Crime TV Club. Who would you most want defending you in a fight? Queen Elizabeth II or Princess Anne? It might be tough to decide after watching this double feature. In season 1, episode 3 of ROYAL INQUEST entitled "Hunted Royal/The Queen's Visitor" two of the most famous women in the history of the British royal family face bloody, life threatening attacks which – spoiler alert! — they survive with astonishing results. Also, our VIPPs are treated to a brand new Insider Episode celebrating THE CROWN and all its previous seasons. Sign up today if you haven’t already. See you in the VIPP section!

What would a buffet of Heartland Horrors be without a trip to the Deep South? The South Carolina Low County that is, where miles of backroads lead to swampy mysteries, mysteries from which some of us don't return. In season 5, episode 2 of MURDER COMES TO TOWN entitled "No Witnesses", Christopher and Eric meet a bright and promising young woman who vanished without a trace while giving a friend a late night ride home. The resulting trip rocked the small town of Moncks Corner to its core, put the young woman's loved ones through hell and unveiled villains as pathetic as they were diabolical.