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Shows by Theme

Browse our original comedy mysteries by the kind of world they parody or celebrate.

Adventurer show (newer) — Indiana Smith and the Raiders of the Lost Sequel

Adventurer show (original) — Indiana Smith and the Restaurant of Doom

Alien show — E.A.T. (The Extra Added Terrestrial)

Art collector show — A Medium for Murder

Baseball show — Take Me Out of the Ball Game

Beatles show — Happiness Is a Warm Gun

Beverly Hillbillies parody — Capitol Hillbillies

British period costume romance — Bridgerdon Abbey

Caveman show — You Bet Jurassic He’s Dead

Charlie Brown show — You’re a Dead Man, Chuckie Brown

Chef show — Who Killed the Top Chef?

Christmas show (original) — Slay Ride (Rudolph the Dead-Nosed Reindeer)

Christmas show — Slay Ride II: Screaming All the Way

Christmas show — Slay Ride III: The Santa Sham Scam

Christmas show — Slay Ride IV: Revenge of the Claus

Christmas show — Slay Ride V: CSI North Pole

Christmas show — Slay Ride VI: Santa’s Last Christmas

Christmas show — Slay Ride VII: The Buttcracker Suite

Christmas show — A Deadly Christmas Carol (or What the Dickens?)

Christmas show — A Very Hellmark Christmas Special

Circus show — Murder Under the Big Top

Class reunion show — Dead of the Class

Classical music show — Overture for an Undertaker

Clue parody — Elliot Brick’s Case of the Maltese Ferret

College show — Something Stinks at P.U.

Cooking show — Recipe for Murder

Cooking show — Who Killed the Top Chef?

Cop show parody — Coleslaw & Order

Cowboy show (original) — Montana Marie Gets Gunned Down at Three

Cowboy show (newer) — How the West Was Dumb

Cruise ship show — Murder on the Luv Boat

Disney Princess show — Happily Never After

Dr. Phil parody — Kill Phil

Fairy tale show (original) — Once Upon a Crime (in the Blacklight Zone)

Fairy tale show (Disney Princesses) — Happily Never After

Fifties (1950s) show — Johnny B. Dead

Funeral show — Last Kill and Testament

Game show parody — Who Wants to Murder a Millionaire?

Gangster show — Speakeasy, Die Hard

Gilligan’s Island parody — Survivor on Killigan’s Island

Great Chefs show — Recipe for Murder

Hair salon show — Salon, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, You’re Dead (or Dead Wringer)

Halloween show (monsters) — Tales from the Script

Halloween show (Charlie Brown) — You’re a Dead Man, Chuckie Brown

Haunted house show — Calamityville Horror

Harry Potter parody — Harry 4gotter & the Pantry of the Secret Sauces

High school (1950s) show — Johnny B. Dead

High school reunion show — Dead of the Class

I Love Lucy parody — I Killed Lucy

Indiana Jones parody (newer) — Indiana Smith and the Raiders of the Lost Sequel

Indiana Jones parody (original) — Indiana Smith and the Restaurant of Doom

Jekyll and Hyde spoof — Strange Case of Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hype

Law & Order parody — Coleslaw & Order

Love Boat parody — Murder on the Luv Boat

Lounge singers show — Murder at the Kit Kat Klub

Mad scientist show — Mind Over Murder

Mayberry show — Mayberry R.I.P.

Medieval show — The Tragic Death of Alfred the Squatty

New Year’s Eve show — DOA in the Y2K (Murder in the Millennium)

Noir detective show (original) — Elliot Brick’s Case of the Ditz and the Diamond

Noir detective show (second) — Elliot Brick’s The Case of the Ms. and the Show Biz Whiz

Noir detective show (third) — Slay Ride III: The Santa Sham Scam

Noir detective show (fourth) — Elliot Brick’s Case of the Maltese Ferret

Noir detective show (fifth) — Overture for an Undertaker

Opera show — Il Morte di Figaro (or I Know Why the Fat Lady Sings)

Pirate show (newer) — Pirates of Poughkeepsie

Pirate show (original) — Avast Ye Murderous Swabs

Political parody — Capitol Hillbillies

Political parody (2016 presidential election) — Dead of State

Popeye the Sailor parody — Popguy the Sailor Man

Princess show — Happily Never After

Robin Hood show — Damn! Damn! That Rotten Old Nottingham!

Rock and roll show — Rock ’em Dead

Science fiction show — Space Trek XII: The Rash of Budda Kahn

Science fiction show — Star Bores 6.5: A New Dope or Return of the Dead Guy or The Farce Awakens

Shakespeare parody — McDeath or Nothing Much About Doo-Doo

Soap opera show — One Life to Lose

Spy show (older) — License to Spy (And Then There Was No! Dr. No)

Spy show (newer) — Mission: Unpossible

Star Trek parody — Space Trek XII: The Rash of Budda Kahn

Star Wars parody — Star Bores 6.5: A New Dope or Return of the Dead Guy or The Farce Awakens

Superhero show — The Menace of the Super Duper Party-Pooper

Survivor parody — Survivor on Killigan’s Island

Symphony show — Overture for an Undertaker

TV psychologist show — Kill Phil

Vintage variety show parody — Variety Is the Spice of Death

Wedding show — My Big Fat Reality Wedding

Wizarding school parody — Harry 4gotter & the Pantry of the Secret Sauces

Wizard of Oz parody — The Wizard of Odds

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Last updated: September 22, 2025