DINNER PARTNERS with Christopher & Eric

Christopher’s third and latest offering in his Burning Girl book series unfolds in Texas. To celebrate the release of BLOOD VICTORY, Christopher and Eric revisit the sordid mysteries of a small Texas town that's fairly free of chainsaws, but home to one blood-soaked axe murderer. In Season 2, Episode 3 of THE 1980's, THE DEADLIEST DECADE, entitled "Friday The 13th", we meet mild mannered married couple Al and Betty Gore. When Betty, a devoted wife and school teacher is found brutally murdered in their suburban home, all roads lead to …the local movie theater? As if. Try Betty's church group. Can shushing someone have deadly consequences? Not on this podcast, apparently, because there's no telling your hosts to be quiet about the outrageous defense and impossible-to-believe outcome of this gruesome case.

(If this episode sounds different from our others, that's because it was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope to be back in our usual studio space as soon as public health advisories allow.)

Inspired by the first episode of HBO's documentary series I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK, Christopher and Eric channel their inner Michelle McNamara, the citizen detective who helped crack The Golden State Killer case, and take to the internet to discover all they can about two real life mysteries that have obsessed them for years. For Eric, it's a mysterious Santa Barbara kidnapping with strange sexual overtones in which the wealthy and handsome young victim might have been in on the scheme. For Christopher, it's the gruesome unsolved homicide of a popular gay porn performer William Newton (aka Billy London), whose severed body parts were found in a Hollywood dumpster. Your intrepid studio detectives work to bring fresh attention to the case with new tips and leads -- maybe even from you -- as the 30th anniversary of Newton's murder approaches. Visit The Dinner Party Show's Facebook page for more info. We don't want this tragic and gruesome crime to be forgotten.

(If this episode sounds different from our others, that's because it was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope to be back in our usual studio space as soon as public health advisories allow.)

 

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.

It's some parents' worst nightmare, and in the early 2000's it was every cable news network's favorite kind of story. A missing young white woman whose disappearance is shrouded in mystery and suspicion. But the Natalee Holloway case took more twists than most. It even made a pit stop for a little retribution. As your hosts serve up Episode 12 from season 3 of VANITY FAIR CONFIDENTIAL, find out which central player in this international drama most impressed Eric with her fortitude and smarts, and take solace in the fact that your vacation plans got cancelled this summer. As the Natalee Holloway case proves, sometimes that island paradise is not as tranquil as it looks.

(If this episode sounds different from our others, that's because it was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope to be back in our usual studio space as soon as public health advisories allow.)

Something tells Christopher and Eric that big summer vacation you had planned for 2020 isn't going to work out. So why not take a walk down memory lane and relive some of those summers when you felt safe going outside without protective gear and a pocket full of experimental (and non-recreational) drugs? On The Dinner Party Show's Facebook page we asked you to share your happiest summer memories, and did you ever! Join us as we celebrate your wonderful responses. And just a reminder that even when it's not summer, your questions and comments about the podcast are always welcome on the Facebook page for The Dinner Party Show or at [email protected].

(If this episode sounds different from our others, that's because it was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope to be back in our usual studio space as soon as public health advisories allow.)

Christopher and Eric take you back to the very unfriendly skies of 1956 and a  murder that changed the modern conception of human evil - at 30,000 feet! Your intrepid flat screen detectives visit the series A CRIME TO REMEMBER, Episode 4, Season 1, where they discover that sometimes even the most hideous acts of mass murder are caused by the simplest (and darkest) of human motives. What happened aboard United Airlines Flight 629 changed the aviation industry forever, and its artful depiction here wins the admiration of your opinionated hosts. Christopher and Eric agree. This is definitely a crime to remember.

(If this episode sounds different from our others, that's because it was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope to be back in our usual studio space as soon as public health advisories allow.)

Our fearless hosts take a break from the grueling True Crime TV beat to consort with the lunatic fringe! They’ll each explore a different mind-bending episode of MYSTERIES AT THE NATIONAL PARKS. Then, in a TDPS first, Christopher and Eric face off as each man recounts his walk on the weird side and tries his best to describe…whatever the hell it is he just watched.  In Episode 4, "Land of the Lost", Christopher's hike up Mt. Shasta turns up a race of very tall, very robed alien beings while Eric's boat ride through the haunted Everglades in Episode 8, "Flight to Hell", lands him on a series of haunted airplanes. Christopher and Eric love a good paranormal mystery. But sometimes the line between science and fiction has a few too many potholes.

(If this episode sounds different from our others, that's because it was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope to be back in our usual studio space as soon as public health advisories allow.)

Did Christopher and Eric finally discover a true crime TV show with re-enactments that live up to Christopher's impossibly exacting standards? Will this bloody foray into the forests of British Columbia convince Eric to spend more time outside? The answer to only one of these questions is yes. Find out which one when Christopher and Eric's True Crime TV Club serves up Episode 8, Season 1 of THE CASE THAT HAUNTS ME. Detective Mike Eastham delivers a harrowing re-telling of a disturbing crime that claimed the life of an entire family in the woods outside Kamloops, British Columbia, terrifying all of Canada and leading police on a cross-country hunt for a remorseless killer.

(If this episode sounds different from our others, that's because it was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope to be back in our usual studio space as soon as public health advisories allow.)

Christopher and Eric close out their Pride Month celebration with an episode packed full of coming out stories in all their various forms. They asked, you answered. Thanks to your Facebook responses, your hosts spend the episode celebrating your authenticity and self-acceptance as well as their own. Maybe you took the courageous step yourself, or maybe you were the one someone came out to. It's all something to be proud of! A reminder that even when it's not Pride Month your questions and comments about the podcast are always welcome on the Facebook page for The Dinner Party Show or at [email protected].

(If this episode sounds different from our others, that's because it was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope to be back in our usual studio space as soon as public health advisories allow.)

Christopher and Eric continue to honor Pride Month with an installment of Christopher and Eric's True Crime TV Club that takes us back to a time when getting thrown out of the military wasn’t the worst thing gay people had to worry about. As Christopher and Eric discuss Season 1, Episode 8 of THE 1990'S, THE DEADLIEST DECADE, we meet handsome, beloved Navy radioman Allen Schindler, whose attempts to shield himself from institutionalized, systemic anti-gay harassment result in bloodshed and a mother's agonizing grief. But sometimes grief turns to activism and activism creates change. As one determined mother pursues justice for her son, we're reminded of all that's been accomplished by the LGBT community in the past two decades and how far we still have to go.

(If this episode sounds different from our others, that's because it was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope to be back in our usual studio space as soon as public health advisories allow.)

"Gay panic"! It's not just when Eric finds out he can't watch the Oscars live. It's the offensive and ridiculous notion that implying someone might be gay is so terrible that person is justified in doing all manner of awful things in response. Christopher and Eric  vent a little gay rage on this hideous and hypocritical concept in this, their second episode observing Pride Month. Their impassioned discussion touches on an episode of the new Netflix series TRIAL BY MEDIA and its coverage of the infamous Jenny Jones murder case, in which "gay panic" made an ugly and fatal appearance.

(If this episode sounds different from our others, that's because it was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope to be back in our usual studio space as soon as public health advisories allow.)