Deadly Manners

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Deadly Manners is a 10 episode, dark comedy murder-mystery series set in the winter of 1954. It follows the events during the night of the affluent Billings family annual dinner party with their distinguished, eccentric guests. However, all is not fun and games as shortly after the party starts, a snowstorm begins to rage outside, trapping all the partygoers inside their host’s mansion. When a murderer starts killing off those in attendance, the guests must figure out who is responsible, or at least how to stay alive -- lest they be next.Deadly Manners was created by Ali Garfinkel and Alex Aldea.Deadly Manners stars Kristen Bell, Denis O'Hare, Alisha Boe, RuPaul, Anna Chlumsky, Timothy Simons, Michelle Visage, Alona Tal, David Cummings and is narrated by LeVar Burton.Artwork by Kina Lee.

The Oyster
Nov 13, 2020 – 31:24
Chapter 10
Nov 28, 2017 – 36:57
Chapter 9
Nov 21, 2017 – 29:16
Chapter 8
Nov 14, 2017 – 28:41
Chapter 7
Nov 7, 2017 – 27:42
Chapter 6
Oct 31, 2017 – 25:27
Chapter 5
Oct 24, 2017 – 24:58
Chapter 4
Oct 17, 2017 – 28:17
Chapter 3
Oct 10, 2017 – 26:09
Chapter 2
Oct 3, 2017 – 28:49
Chapter 1
Oct 3, 2017 – 23:53
Deadly Manners Trailer
Sep 29, 2017 – 01:37

Recent Reviews

SolKMM

The sound design!!

Episode 1 and I kept looking around. I listen to a lot of Spatial Audio and I still was not convinced that these sounds were coming from my headphones. Love this!
SydB88

Sigh

I was loving the podcast, until the final episode where it turns into nothing but communist propaganda.
Jamie Cheval

Great Voice Acting

All the voice actors were superb. Great story and kept me guessing until the end. The only complaint I have is how heavy handed the handling of the same sex relationship was. I get wanting to preach tolerance, but it wasn’t realistic of the time period and it was distracting with how many times “everyone deserves love” was brought up. After it was mentioned for the 100th time, it started to detract from the story because their romance no longer felt organic and like it was placed there to tick a box. Other than that, this was a very entertaining podcast.
RhodesyB

Meh 🫤

While it’s campy tone is sometimes fun, it reads lame at other times. I get that this is intentioned to be over-the-top however, the story is beyond ridic. Lavar Burton however, is fantastic.
cocahStella

A must listen !!!

This series was a whirlwind of mystery and comic relief ! I was fully immersed from episode one Hope to hear more from this crew !!!
TheMatrix

Audio

Uneven audio levels
siobhan gordon

Good to pass the time

Never listened to one of these before willingly but decided to give it a go while going to visit my long distance boyfriend. Passes the time but soemtimes ran a bit slow and ending was kinda like 😐. Rupaul added a pretty funny tone to it though and Kristen bell was the perfect voice slay gossip girl
KBlake88

Unrealistic, Overacted, Anachronistic, and Just Bad

Modern speech, sentiments, and political beliefs rolled into poorly contextualized 1950’s setting. Other than Kristen Bell and Rue Paul, the acting was just terrible and the strory was so disappointing. Skip this and go watch Clue or the new Bodies, Bodies, Bodies.
Anapinkvanilla

Terrible acting

I couldn’t make it past the first episode. And the racism was unnecessary.
butterflygoddedd2002

Excellent!

Oh this was so much fun! It would be amazing if you could do another series… pretty please?!
Ricman82

Great listen

We need a season 2 #enoughsaid
mommaswann71

Love it! Love it!

I love the story and the characters are outstanding! I am hoping there will be a Season 2!
Erica7650864

Good podcast

I’m really hoping there is a season two.
Bh997

Good for kids, until...

(Spoiler alert) Great if somewhat cheesy old school murder mystery. So my kids are super into murder mysteries and can handle adult themes (they loved Knives Out) so I thought this would be a great one for some long car rides we had. And it was solidly PG until about six episodes in when completely out of the blue a bdsm storyline emerges! I had to laugh to myself from the front seat as they sat silent through it. Still recommend it, just be prepared!
Globbsss

Disappointing

The voice acting and production is amazing but the writing and story and ending is just bad
DoggLover3

Star Talent - Star Podcast

With such a great compilation of talent, how can you go wrong?!? I was laughing out loud by myself at the comedic slant (butler who appears from nowhere, the actor, ect) Then there’s the plot - I was glued. The surround sound was so clear, it had me jumping around like a nut. LOL. Thank you for a super well written, well acted podcast that was not about the apocalypse during a pandemic. I needed the relief. Thank you!
middle age white woman

So fun I had to ....

Listen again. Thanks, loves
Spiderfan14763044

Loved it!

Brings me back to radio serials from the 1950s...
Ingu22

Great podcast

Love it. Listened it again more than twice Waiting for next series
alinmyhead

Good

Why was this so goody goody good Like I’m seriously so mad season one is over and yes I listened over Serious just so freakishly good
Tante143

Loved its KITCHY DRAMA !

I don’t know how I missed this when it came out. The Voice Actors are HUGE STARS ! It was such a kookie cast and crazier story. NO SPOILERS HERE but it kept me guessing until the end. It was NOT who I thought it would be! I want MORE! I wish there were more podcasts like this one !
TrulyBlessed23

Kept me guessing

In all of my guessing I totally got it wrong! Great job! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
mercedesjewel

Can’t be bothered to finish this story.

**spoiler alert** I got through 6 episodes of people complaining about being hungry and out-of-time-period phrases(I’m looking at you, “hot mess.”) just to have the fortune-teller return to be murdered in front of the entire cast of lame characters. I don’t even care about the ending.
MaRyRoSeY$$$$

Reminds me of..

This reminds me so much of the movie ‘Clue’. Anyone agree?
JasmineBaggins

Campy fun

Really enjoyed listening to this wild, old school murder mystery!
Ok4123ok

Returned to this two years later

I had such a great adventure listening to this series when it first came out and was yearning for another series to stir my imagination with such a talented cast!! Sadly nothing could rival this. So I listened all over again and fell in love again. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻please bring another season!
bv090909

Listen to 3 of 10 and you’re good

I listened to the first 2.5 episodes and it was too cheesy and not interesting enough to continue. Character development was drawn out and too campy but not enough to be funny. I ended up listening to the final episode a few days later ... would recommend doing that just for the bizarre twist, so odd that it was comical
the.real.mah

Loved it!

Listened to the whole series twice - really well done. Wickedly funny and smart. And a good mystery, to boot! Two thumbs (and five stars) up!
Antonius404

Good talent put to waste

I loathe to give podcasts negative reviews, but I keep seeing this as a “top” podcast despite being terribly written and grossly overacted. The twists are bad, the characters are bad. Give this a pass and go watch Clue (1985).
Angered Language Learner

Wow

Very entertaining! Would recommend.
NicknameID99999999999999999

Love it!

Great audio drama that really brings the story to life!
CH1378

Child-like writing

Couldn’t get through the first episode. They were all partying, eating, and drinking. They attended parties together for years. Then someone gets capped and all the sudden everyone is calling each other racist names. Sounds like a woke writer imprinting his/her/xe’s interpretation of of the past.
ladydragon2007

so much fun!

Wow! I really enjoyed this. The old time feel mixed with modern influences, the mystery, the characters, the comedy. I enjoyed this very much:)
rocksea64

If you can make it through the awful ads

Do yourself a favor and skip through the ads. They were loud and irritating. I have no problem with ads in general but these were worse than fingernails on a chalk board. THE SHOW IS FANTASTIC!!! Great characters and the actors are superb!!
dea.ces

Great show

This show is so great, I just listened to it a second time! Put it in your ears! Unfortunately there was a super frustrating audio issue with the very last episode (sound cuts out for a second every 30 seconds) and I really hope they can fix the glitch
mama machine

Best dinner party I got to listen to!

So, so good! Enjoyed it all. Love the theatrics!
Megawinters

Took a while, but turned out pretty good

At the first few episodes, it felt like it dragged. Or maybe it was because Olivia whined about everything. Everything. And at times contradicted herself, “I hate these people, they’re bullies” only then to ‘question’ suspects and bullied them. By the end, the characters became more likable, except for Rodger (screw you Rodger) and the story turned out pretty good.
trish5170

No comedy, not much mystery, no relation to reality, no humanity

Boring, ridiculous, not at all funny
Chb in AZ

Loved this!

It was through and through a play in my mind. I could see the characters, it was all painted so excellently!
Rosari1

Absolutely loved it!

We need more stories like this! I wish audiobooks were read the same way! Love it!
anncece

love love love

i can not explain how much i adored amir & rupert’s story. this podcast was funny, thrilling, adventures, & of course—romantic. i highly suggest this wonderful piece of art. and i am happy that people of all ages can listen in & especially for the children & young people who listen to children-revolved story with lgbtq+ main characters in it.
Johnboytweed

Get A Clue

It’s nothing more than a podcast drama of board game Clue. Pretty unremarkable
Sauceydrip357

The black girl

I like the black girl she really makes it hard to identify her nationality
Str1k3

Perfect for a rainy night.

My only regret is not having both headphones functioning to hear the knock-your-socks-off cast, the beautiful music and the small sound effects that send you into the story. I stumbled upon this podcast this morning and gave it a shot. A few hours later and I have sadly finished it but am also satisfied. I love the classic murder mystery and pride myself on identifying the killer early on. I actually felt my jaw drop when they were revealed and their motive. Normally the period setting is solely aesthetic but the small references to the time kept it realistic. Sadly I can’t gush about too much because of the mystery would be ruined but I swear, as a picky podcaster, it’s defiantly good for a cold night.
Ash:)83

Loooved!!

I am a big fan of a classic who-done-it and this podcast hit all the marks! It was a nice break from the darker podcasts I typically go for. Give it a try, it’s so much fun!!
Sa.Sailor6656

I loved it!

I absolutely loved this podcast! I could not stop listening, especially while I was in art class or painting! Please make something else like this one!
GoNoles0509

Bleeding heart

Got me when you got political as always. My family escaped communist Cuba. Screw commies.
American revert Muslimah

Had higher expectations

I was so excited to find this podcast, but it didn’t deliver as I thought it would. Reminded me of Clue and 8 Women, but a less thought out plot line and “twist”. The twist wasn’t even that exciting and I suspected the killer from the beginning, which is always a disappointment when you realize you were right all along.
Danermal

Painful

I see what they are trying to do with the attempt at historical murder camp, and I would be down for that, but DM misses the mark in writing and execution. The sound tricks are tacky and seem amateur. I actually cringe when listening... I mean seriously ... I don’t understand how someone thought this was in good enough shape to release. It would need so much work to be worthy of the stars who lended their talents to it.
MartineSesma

Quirky and unpredictable!

I loved it!! Where is season two!?