DINNER PARTNERS with Christopher & Eric

To celebrate their birthdays this year, your hosts Christopher and Eric are serving up a generous slice of one of their favorite comfort watches, the classic (and campy) mystery series MURDER, SHE WROTE. They’ll dish about the sweet spots and the sour bites on offer in the show’s first season. It’s not True Crime TV Club, but some of the ingredients are just as tasty.

Christopher just released SAPPHIRE SUNSET, the first book in his steamy and emotional Sapphire Cove series. Since the novel's set at a luxury resort, Eric thought that in honor of Christopher's new work and achievement, this week's True Crime TV Club should be hospitality-themed, so we bring you DATELINE Season 21, episode 3, entitled "Family Affair", a tale of murder, brutality and millions among...

Christopher & Eric's True Crime Special Edition serves up a multi-episode true crime documentary series for you in one episode of our podcast. In this installment, we bring you the HBO series MURDER ON MIDDLE BEACH, a sprawling and frustrating tale of suburban privilege and addiction that at times pushes the boundaries of journalistic ethics. When Connecticut housewife and mother Barbara Hamburg i...

Christopher and Eric are both writers, and so it's often their duty to bring you the real story they see hidden behind TV's smoke and mirrors. Never has that been more true than with THE CURSE OF THE HIGHGATE VAMPIRE on Discovery +. As its stars seek out a supposed vampire inside a Victorian London cemetery, this overwrought and scattered ghost hunter's tale wants to dazzle you with night vision t...

On a special Valentine's Day edition of Christopher & Eric's True Crime TV Club, your hosts serve up philandering politicians, deranged cults and a rousing discussion of the true meaning of the word "filth". Christopher heads to the Garden State for the unsettling tale of the gay icon gay people didn't want, serving up Season 2, Episode 9 of STRANGE BEDFELLOWS on Discovery +. Eric takes a dusty an...

Great artists remain immortal through their work, so we never have to truly say goodbye.   To honor the posthumous release of "Ramses the Damned – The Reign of Osiris", your hosts Christopher and Eric have their first unscripted discussion of Anne Rice's impact on their lives and work since her passing. Christopher offers a glimpse inside the collaborative writing process with his late mother on t...

"You have to write the book you want to read." – Anne Rice What better way to wrap up this special tribute to Anne's memory than with cheers and applause? In our fourth "Dinner with Anne" we bring you Anne's appearance at the only episode of The Dinner Party Show ever to take place in front of a live audience. Join a gleeful crowd of cosplayers and comic book fans as they cheer Anne's thoughts on...

"It seemed like the gift you gave everyone last night at the [Lestat Coronation] Ball was freedom." – Eric Shaw Quinn  The TDPS celebration of Anne Rice's memory continues. For our third "Dinner with Anne", we're headed south for an elegant sit-down in the city that care forgot. Step into Anne's French Quarter hotel suite the day after the dazzling Lestat Coronation Ball to hear Anne's joyful acco...

"You forever changed the vampire genre. You took us into their hearts and into their souls." – Christopher Rice  As they continue to celebrate the memory of their most beloved guest — and Christopher's mother, and Eric's dear friend — your hosts serve up another "Dinner with Anne". In 2014, the menu for this particular meal was a closely guarded secret until the last possible second. When the cove...

"I am the only woman I know of who's ever been played by Brad Pitt on screen." – Anne Rice Still reeling from the loss of Anne Rice, our beloved Premiere Party Person, Christopher and Eric return to the studio for the first time since her passing to bring you the first in this special series of archival interviews showcasing some of the finest moments of Anne's career. We're calling it "Dinner wit...

A former college basketball star turned recovering addict, or a man who claims Bigfoot might be capable of multiple murders? America's first terrorist airplane bombing, or a savage New York homicide shrouded in a media driven narrative of lies? In their 2021 True Crime Countdown, Christopher and Eric turned to you, our Party People, for your picks for their best true crime episode of the year. The...

While it's technically not a tale of true crime, Christopher and Eric think some of the ancient origins of our most popular holiday traditions sound pretty criminal. Or so say the experts featured on episode 8 of season 1 of the HISTORY OF THE HOLIDAYS, entitled "The Real History of Christmas. Is Christopher right when he says caroling started as trick or treating for alcoholics? Or is that just r...

She was a poster girl for innocence before she became a tragic headline. In Hollywood, few untimely deaths have left behind more pain and unanswered questions than the sudden loss of Brittany Murphy. Christopher and Eric serve up both parts of the searing HBO Documentary WHAT HAPPENED, BRITTANY MURPHY?  What caused the starlet's light to fade? At what point do pathological lies become a crime? Wil...

Loins and triceps and murder, oh my! Christopher and Eric bust into the famous Ladies Only club to serve up the super-sized documentary series CURSE OF THE CHIPPENDALES from Discovery Plus. Join us on this pulsing, gyrating journey into the sordid series of crimes that haunted the world's first successful all-male burlesque show, and hold on to your hats for the sordid tale's shocking climax. How...

Supply chain issues are on everyone's lips and minds this holiday season, so Christopher and Eric turned to you, our Party People, to find out how you were coping with a holiday gift buying season in which your gifts might end up stuck on a cargo ship that will still be anchored far off shore come New Year's Eve. We share your advice, ranging from the witty to the practical, your unique gift givin...

When the grieving family of slain Latin pop star Selena Quintanilla discovered there were several films in development about their loved one's life and tragic murder, they pushed past their grief to assemble their own. The result is SELENA, the film that made Jennifer Lopez a star. More biopic than crime story, it features a talented, all-star cast and stunning vocal performances from the late sin...

A wildly talented singer and performer and one of the most important figures in the history of Latin American pop culture, Selena Quintanilla's shocking murder outside of a Texas motel was a defining event of the 1990's. As they serve up season 1, episode 5 of THE CRIMES THAT CHANGED US, entitled "Selena", Christopher and Eric navigate the harrowing events of that shocking day in an attempt to unt...

Isn't it romantic? Christopher and Eric talk love and romance as they announce the birth of Christopher's new pen name, C. Travis Rice, devoted to tales of romance between men. SAPPHIRE SUNSET, the first steamy tale from C. Travis Rice, is available for pre-order, and here Christopher and Eric give you a sneek peak. Your hosts also asked you, our Party People, to tell us about the most romantic th...

Don't worry. It's not a clip show. But Christopher and Eric are still pinching themselves that this is their 100th episode of the podcast, and so they're celebrating with a lively conversation with you, our Party People, that highlights some of the how and why you enjoy their weekly podcast. Pandemic be damned, yours hosts have served up a scintillating buffet of new episodes since they served the...

In this edition of Christopher and Eric's True Crime TV Club, your hosts serve up a shocking set of murders that destroyed a small town's innocence. In May 1986, three popular local teenagers from Hawkins, Texas drove out to a nearby lake to spend the day the swimming and sunning — they were never seen alive again. The shocking events that followed included a massive manhunt, a jail break and two...

 One year ago and with your help, Christopher and Eric marked the 30th anniversary of the tragic murder of young gay man named Billy Newton by bringing investigators their first real lead in decades. In this episode, they cover all the latest developments in the case and offer tips on how all of us might advance the investigation again. In October of 1990, Billy Newton, who performed in gay adult...

In 2017, Blaze Bernstein, a talented and beloved young gay man, returned home to California to visit his family for the holidays and vanished into thin air. Or so it seemed. Our Party People have been asking us to visit this shocking case for some time, so Christopher and Eric made it the focus of this True Crime TV Club, serving up episode 45 of season 43 of the series 48 HOURS, entitled "In The...

During last episode's discussion of the Robert Durst murder trial, Christopher and Eric raised intriguing questions about cover stories and fake alibis, and what it means to stand by the ones you love through thick and thin. Then they put the question to you, our Party People, on The Dinner Party Show's Facebook page. When it comes to your best friends, your children, your lovers, what crimes or s...

The Robert Durst murder trial just ended in a guilty verdict here in Los Angeles, so Christopher and Eric bring you a new installment of True Crime Movie Time featuring the star-studded (and vastly underrated) drama that ultimately led to the production of THE JINX, the much talked about documentary that made Robert Durst a household name and may even have provided the clues that brought him to ju...

From the moment we launched Christopher & Eric's True Crime TV Club, our Party People have been asking us to serve up a steaming episode of this heavily battered and deep fried goodie. And what better time to start than hurricane season. So fire up those electric lanterns, get your spare batteries ready and break out the sardines and Vienna sausages, it's time to discuss season 3, episode 3 of SOU...