Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Heart of Darkness! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Janelle & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on torture. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming...
May 30, 2025•1 hr 39 min•Season 3Ep. 19
Dear podcast listener, Welcome to The Murder of One! Please excuse our audio issues. If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Brigid's mic had some issues on this one, it's not your earphones. Sorry for the intermittent clicking! Sincerely, Christina & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on torture. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take ...
Jan 10, 2025•35 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Dear listeners, Happy Holidaaaaays! Please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, DVD Cast -Credits- Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki - Follow the pod - @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com
Dec 25, 2024•2 min•Season 3Ep. 19
Dear podcast listener, Welcome to an all-TVDU-spoiler-INCLUSIVE conversation with the incredible Dr. Kendra R. Parker! If you are doing a spoiler-free re-watch, come back and listen to this episode once you've consumed all eight seasons of The Vampire Diaries . You can find out more about Kendra's work at her website: http://www.kendrarparker.com/ If you'd like to support the podcast's work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerel...
Dec 06, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Break On Through! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Brigid's mic had some issues on this one, it's not your earphones. Sorry for the intermittent clicking! Sincerely, Gaby & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on predatory/grooming behavior, suicide, disordered eating, restraining orders, and sexual assault. We want safety for you. If you need ...
Sep 06, 2024•45 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Dear podcast listener, Welcome to 1912! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps For more about Janelle: https://janellegray.wixsite.com/janelle , https://janellegray.wixsite.com/allagrayarea and https://www.echoesofthestruggle.com/ Sincerely, Janelle & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on grooming, disordered eating, restraining orders, and sexual assault. We want safety for you. I...
Aug 23, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Dear podcast listener, Welcome to All My Children! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps For more about Janelle: https://janellegray.wixsite.com/janelle , https://janellegray.wixsite.com/allagrayarea and https://www.echoesofthestruggle.com/ Citations for this episode: Hudson, Dale M. Vampires, Race, and Transnational Hollywoods . Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press Ltd, 2018. Hughey, Matthew W. “C...
Aug 09, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Dangerous Liaisons! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps To order Black Witches and Queer Ghosts: Race, Gender, & Sexual Orientation in Teen Supernatural Serials go to https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666926750/Black-Witches-and-Queer-Ghosts-Race-Gender-and-Sexual-Orientation-in-Teen-Supernatural-Serials For more about Deanna: www.deannakoretsky.com Sincerely, Deanna &a...
Jul 26, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Bringing Out the Dead! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Christina & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on parental abandonment of a child, violence, and sexism. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html I...
Jul 12, 2024•47 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Dear podcast listener, Welcome to The Ties That Bind! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps To order Black Witches and Queer Ghosts: Race, Gender, & Sexual Orientation in Teen Supernatural Serials go to https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666926750/Black-Witches-and-Queer-Ghosts-Race-Gender-and-Sexual-Orientation-in-Teen-Supernatural-Serials For more about Deanna: www.deannakoretsky.com Anyiwo, U. Melissa (...
Jun 28, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Our Town! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Roslyn & Brigid This episode contains conversations about existential depression and suicidality. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/...
Jun 14, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Dear podcast listener, Welcome to The New Deal! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Gaby & Brigid This episode contains conversations about beheading. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-...
May 31, 2024•44 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Homecoming! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Bryan & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on a man escourting an unconscious woman out of a party, and abusive family dynamics. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources...
May 17, 2024•49 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Ordinary People! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps To pre-order Black Witches and Queer Ghosts: Race, Gender, & Sexual Orientation in Teen Supernatural Serials go to https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666926750/Black-Witches-and-Queer-Ghosts-Race-Gender-and-Sexual-Orientation-in-Teen-Supernatural-Serials Koretsky, Deanna. 2023. "Mystic Falls in Covington, GA: Race, Gen...
May 03, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Ghost World! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Christina & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on grief and torture. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/gr...
Apr 19, 2024•44 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Carmilla! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps To pre-order Black Witches and Queer Ghosts: Race, Gender, & Sexual Orientation in Teen Supernatural Serials go to https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666926750/Black-Witches-and-Queer-Ghosts-Race-Gender-and-Sexual-Orientation-in-Teen-Supernatural-Serials Le Fanu, J. S. (2022). Carmilla. Mumbai, GENERAL PRESS. "Who or What is ...
Apr 05, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Smells Like Teen Spirit! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Anusha & Brigid This episode contains conversations around sexual assault, suicide, and grief. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://ww...
Mar 22, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Dear podcast listener, Welcome to The Reckoning! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Christina & Brigid We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit...
Mar 08, 2024•45 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Dear Podcast Listener, Welcome to Disturbing Behavior. If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Kathleen & Brigid We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Statistics on queer conversion therapy in the United States: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1053024/lgbtq-youth-in-us-attempted-suicide-conversion-therapy-experience/ https://www.thet...
Feb 23, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Dear Podcast Listener, Welcome to The End of the Affair. If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Gaby & Brigid We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Statistics on queer conversion therapy in the United States: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1053024/lgbtq-youth-in-us-attempted-suicide-conversion-therapy-experience/ https://www.thetre...
Feb 09, 2024•50 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Dear Podcast Listener, Welcome to The Hybrid. If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Mary Beth & Brigid We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/ https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-...
Jan 26, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Dear Podcast Listener, Welcome to The Birthday. If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Nikki & Brigid Sensitive themes include: underage drug use/drinking, torture/violence We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/...
Jan 12, 2024•54 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Dear listeners, Happy Holidaaaaays! Please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, DVD Cast -Credits- Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki - Follow the pod - @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com
Dec 24, 2023•4 min•Season 2Ep. 25
P.P.P.P.S. In memorium: we rank the memorability of the deaths of Season Two's characters. Obviously there are spoilers. Dearly beloved, you've been warned. Please support us by donating if you'd like, to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Write to us: dearvampdiaries@gmail.com Find us on Socials @dearvampdiaries All the ooey gooey love, DVD Cast Editing by Brigid Music recorded & played by Patrick Hornig, written by Frédéric Chopin....
Dec 15, 2023•3 min•Season 2Ep. 21
P.P.P.S. Let us regale you (and sometimes serenade you) with the songs of Season Two. All credit to the artists in this playlist (and on the Vampire Diaries CD that Brigid plays in her car all the live long day): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0burjlyfu9le6EEnA5N84b?si=076cee1ed6b44a57 Please support us by donating if you'd like, to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Write to us: dearvampdiaries@gmail.com Find us on Socials @dearvampdiaries All the ooey gooey love, DVD Cast Editing by Br...
Dec 01, 2023•26 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Dear podcast listeners, We're baaaaaaaaaack, but not in a creepy Poltergeist way. More in a Katherine Peirce being badass way. We have changes to the show: we are going bi-weekly for our release schedule, and we will be getting back to wrapping Season 2 in December, starting Season 3 rewatch in January! We made the top 10 list of Vampire Diaries podcasts from Feedspot (check it out): https://podcasts.feedspot.com/the_vampire_dairies_podcasts/ Please support us continuing by donating if you'd lik...
Nov 17, 2023•3 min•Season 2Ep. 23
In solidarity with SAGAFTRA and WGA, this podcast is on strike until AMPTP comes to its senses. Sincerely, DVD Cast
Aug 14, 2023•56 sec•Season 2Ep. 25
P.P.S. We ranked the town events of Mystic Falls from Season 2. Sincerely, Bryan & Brigid -Follow us- @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram or email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki
Jul 28, 2023•30 min•Season 2Ep. 24
P.S. We tallied up the takes and stakes of season two. Sincerely, Mary Beth & Brigid -Follow us- @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram or email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com -Donate to the pod at - www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki
Jul 14, 2023•14 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Dear Podcast Listener, You are invited to the next big Mystic Falls town event, ahem oops (force of habit), I mean, a play that Brigid is acting in in Los Angeles, CA in June 2023 - possibly July 2023. The information for tickets are here: https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/9826 Hope to see you there! Sincerely, Brigid Follow us: @itsmeanusha (Anusha on instagram for DVD polls) @dearvampdiaries on Twitter & Instagram Write to us: dearvampdiaries@gmail.com...
May 24, 2023•4 min•Season 2Ep. 23
