Episodes

  • Intimidated by a Drawing S3E19

    Intimidated by a Drawing S3E19
    May 30 2025

    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-know-warning-signs

    https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/

    https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/

    https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/

    United States:

    https://www.thehotline.org/

    “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)”

    Canada:

    https://www.sheltersafe.ca/

    https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html

    UK

    https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/

    https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1

    -Credits-

    Music by Patrick Hornig

    Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source.

    Editing by Brigid

    Artwork by Nikki

    - Follow the pod -

    @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram

    Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com
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    1 hr and 39 mins
  • It's Always Revenge S3E18

    It's Always Revenge S3E18
    Jan 10 2025

    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 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.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/

    https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/

    https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/

    United States:

    https://www.thehotline.org/

    “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)”

    Canada:

    https://www.sheltersafe.ca/

    https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html

    UK

    https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/

    https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1

    -Credits-

    Music by Patrick Hornig

    Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source.

    Editing by Brigid

    Artwork by Nikki

    - Follow the pod -

    @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram

    Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com
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    35 mins
  • Niklaus The Only Hybrid

    Niklaus The Only Hybrid
    Dec 25 2024

    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
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    2 mins
  • A Conversation with Dr. Kendra R. Parker (TVDU Spoiler-inclusive)

    A Conversation with Dr. Kendra R. Parker (TVDU Spoiler-inclusive)
    Dec 6 2024
    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

    Sincerely,

    Brigid

    Kendra R. Parker's website: http://www.kendrarparker.com/ PARKER, K. R. (2020). Black female vampires in African American women’s novels, 1977-2011: She bites back. LEXINGTON BOOKS. PARKER, K. R. (2025) Understanding Octavia E. Butler. University of South Carolina Press. Bishop, R.S. (1990). Mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors. Perspectives: Choosing and Using Books for the Classroom, vol. 6, no. 3, 1990, pp. ix-xi. https://scenicregional.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Mirrors-Windows-and-Sliding-Glass-Doors.pdf Jones, Charisse, and Kumea Shorter-Gooden, Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America (Harper Collins, 2003), 124. Movies with Black Vampires
    • Blacula
    • Scream, Blacula Scream
    • Vampire in Brooklyn
    • Vamp (with Grace Jones)
    • Vampires vs. The Bronx
    • Blade
    Movies Mentioned Ghost with Whoopi Goldberg, Demi Moore, and Patrick Swayze Secondary Sources
    Mitchell, Koritha. “Identifying White Mediocrity and Know-Your-Place Aggression: a Form of Self-Care,” African American Review 51, no. 4 (January 1, 2018): 253.
    Thomas, Ebony Elizabeth. The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games, 116. Johnson, K. Murry (2012). “A Slaves Tale.” Image of Emeralds and Chocolate. Johnson & Franklin, LLC. Jackson, Monica (2004). “The Ultimate Diet.” Dark Thirst, edited by Angela C. Allen, Pocket Books, pp. 3-37. Farmer, A. D. (2018). “Archiving While Black”. African American Intellectual Historical Society. https://www.aaihs.org/archiving-while-black/ Books/Stories
    Massey, Brandon. Dark Corner. Dark Corner Publishing, 2017.
    The Black Girl Survives in This One    , edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell, Macmillan, 2024.

    Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source material.

    Editing by Brigid

    Artwork by Nikki

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Just Normal Sandwiches S3E17

    Just Normal Sandwiches S3E17
    Sep 6 2024

    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 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.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/

    https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/

    https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/

    United States:

    https://www.thehotline.org/

    “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)”

    Canada:

    https://www.sheltersafe.ca/

    https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html

    UK

    https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/

    https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1

    -Credits-

    Music by Patrick Hornig

    Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source.

    Editing by Brigid

    Artwork by Nikki

    - Follow the pod -

    @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram

    Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com
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    45 mins
  • There's a Silent "D" S3E16

    There's a Silent "D" S3E16
    Aug 23 2024

    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.

    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.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/

    https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/

    https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/

    United States:

    https://www.thehotline.org/

    “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)”

    Canada:

    https://www.sheltersafe.ca/

    https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html

    UK

    https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/

    https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1

    -Credits-

    Music by Patrick Hornig

    Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source.

    Editing by Brigid

    Artwork by Nikki

    - Follow the pod -

    @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram

    Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Homicidal Karen S3E15

    Homicidal Karen S3E15
    Aug 9 2024

    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. “Cinethetic Racism: White Redemption and Black Stereotypes in ‘Magical Negro’ Films.” Social Problems 56, no. 3 (2009): 543–77. https://doi.org/10.1525/sp.2009.56.3.543.

    Sincerely,

    Janelle & Brigid

    This episode contains conversations that touch on death of a parent, racism, and kidnapping.

    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.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/

    https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/

    https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/

    United States:

    https://www.thehotline.org/

    “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)”

    Canada:

    https://www.sheltersafe.ca/

    https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html

    UK

    https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/

    https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1

    -Credits-

    Music by Patrick Hornig

    Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source.

    Editing by Brigid

    Artwork by Nikki

    - Follow the pod -

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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • A Little Incesty S3E14

    A Little Incesty S3E14
    Jul 26 2024

    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 & Brigid

    This episode contains conversations that touch on incest, racism, and intimate partner abuse.

    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.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/

    https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/

    https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/

    United States:

    https://www.thehotline.org/

    “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)”

    Canada:

    https://www.sheltersafe.ca/

    https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html

    UK

    https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/

    https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1

    -Credits-

    Music by Patrick Hornig

    Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source.

    Editing by Brigid

    Artwork by Nikki

    - Follow the pod -

    @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram

    Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com
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    1 hr and 25 mins