DINNER PARTNERS with Christopher & Eric

Something tells us this isn't what they mean by "love, Italian style"! Or is it? Bone up on your fashion trivia before the Lady Gaga and Adam Driver film inspired by this true crime story hits screens. Patrizia Reggiani married her way into one of Italy's most prominent fashion families. But did she resort to murder to avoid being banished from the House of Gucci forever? Well, it all depends on who you ask, and Christopher and Eric were left to wonder who curated this cast of characters. We think you’ll agree that these unusual suspects put the cat in catwalk as we serve up, "Lady Gucci: The Story of Patrizia Reggiani", currently available on Discovery +.

(This episode was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, which might explain slight variations in sound quality.)

The jab. The shot. The way forward. Whatever you're calling it, the COVID-19 vaccines are opening up our world again. Christopher and Eric celebrate their own vaccinations by asking you, our beloved Party People, what you plan to do once you're fully vaccinated and free to go out in the world again. But more importantly, is it fully vaccinated or fully vested? It's been a long, dark year, and then some. Time to celebrate, #TDPS style!

(This episode was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, which might explain slight variations in sound quality.)

The terrifyingly toxic relationship between teenager Gypsy Rose Blancharde and her mother-from-hell Dee Dee has been the fodder for countless true crime specials and even a limited television series featuring Hollywood stars. So what does one of the world's most successful thriller novelists have to say about it? Christopher and Eric serve up an episode of JAMES PATTERSON'S MURDER IS FOREVER entitled "Mother Of All Murders", Season 1, Episode 2. Will the author narrate? Will there be talking heads galore? Will it be in "reincraptacular"? Our answers might surprise you.

(This episode was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, which might explain slight variations in sound quality.)

You remember where you were. You remember exactly what you were doing. Afterwards, your world seemed forever changed. A recent #TrueCrimeTVClub covering the 1994 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City inspired a discussion on our Facebook page about the news stories that changed and traumatized us. Christopher and Eric discuss your responses, as well as their own life altering moments, in this emotional discussion of what it means to lose some of our innocence as our eyes are suddenly opened to the perils of a complex world.

(This episode was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, which might explain slight variations in sound quality.)

Christopher and Eric's ongoing discussion of the brutal, 30-year old unsolved homicide of gay adult film actor William "Billy" Newton (aka Billy London) hasn't just drawn the attention of the LAPD homicide detective in charge of the case (see Episode 63), it's also stirred the interest of acclaimed documentarian Rachel Mason. Her beloved film CIRCUS OF BOOKS explored her childhood as the daughter of a seemingly conventional couple who also happened to own and manage one of the most successful adult book stores in West Hollywood and distribute some of the most successful gay adult films of all time. Now, Rachel joins Christopher and Eric to discuss her own exciting plans for looking into the Billy Newton murder and the startling connections to the case she’s discovered through her family’s bookstore. West Hollywood is a very small town. As always, we ask you to send any tips or recollections you might have about the case to [email protected]. Justice for Billy is long overdue.

(This episode was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, which might explain slight variations in sound quality.)

To listen to all the episodes featuring the William Arnold "Billy" Newton case and how it came to a stunning conclusion, check out our Episode Guide.

What do Albert Einstein, the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and the sleepy beach town of Santa Cruz, California have in common? Nothing. Unless you enter the mind of serial killer Herbert Mullin, who beat a path of terror through the backwoods of Northern California in the early 70's. For the first time, Christopher and Eric head to You Tube for this installment of #TrueCrimeTVClub, serving up an episode from the Real Crime You Tube channel, entitled "Was Herbert Mullin Born To Kill?". It's a terrifying and gruesome case which bring us to the sometimes blurry line between true madness and a murderous desire for revenge.  

(This episode was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, which might explain slight variations in sound quality.)

We asked, you answered! On The Dinner Party Show's Facebook page, our #WednesdayQuestion is a chance for you to let your guard down with your hosts and fellow Party People. Recently, we presented all of you with the following query: "What's the most absurd and inaccurate piece of gossip anyone's ever told about you?" Your answers ranged from the hilarious to the heartbreaking. And naturally, Christopher and Eric had to add their own. Is it only gossip if it's not the truth?

(This episode was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, which might explain slight variations in sound quality.)

In a possible #TrueCrimeTVClub first, Christopher and Eric serve up a holiday-set crime that isn't a family massacre. But the brutal murder of Sister Margaret Ann Pahl inside of a Toledo, Ohio church on Holy Saturday is no less disturbing. In THE LAKE EERIE MURDERS, Season 2, Episode 4, entitled "Black Sabbath", Christopher and Eric go on a Gothic journey into faith, sadism and the dark secrets that can hide behind the holiest walls. 

(This episode was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, which might explain slight variations in sound quality.)

#TrueCrimeTVClub gets super-sized with this #TrueCrimeSpecialEdition delivering all three episodes in the new Dateline NBC series, THE WIDOWER. Sit back and strap yourselves in as Christopher and Eric take you on a cross-country, generation-hopping saga of murder and deception that asks the question: Is the most dangerous place for a woman on Thomas Randolph's arm? It's a tale so complex you might want to take notes. (Christopher didn't, and he paid the price.) And you thought black widows were the deadliest spiders!

(This episode was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, which might explain slight variations in sound quality.)

In the latest #TrueCrimeTVClub, Christopher and Eric honor March Madness the only way they know how, with a true crime tale that kinda, sorta has something to do with basketball. When a former college athlete turned model turned film executive goes missing, the result is a twisted tale of deception and drugs that's as LA as palm trees and sun. And so is this episode of THE PERFECT MURDER, Season 5, Episode 9,  entitled "Jump Shot", which sets new a benchmark for reenactments in the true crime TV world. Is it a slam dunk, or just "reincraptacular"? Watch for yourself, or listen to find out if this "Jump Shot" is a hit or a miss.

(This episode was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, which might explain slight variations in sound quality.)