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"Earth Break" creator Morgan Ormond and "Shoe Bones" writer El Haney invite their friends to do a deep dive into each episode of "The Vampire Diaries," a supernatural teen drama on the CW from 2008 to 2016. We bring our queer perspectives, emotional processing, and knowledge of vampire lore and literature to try and answer the question: "Is this show actually good?" You can support this podcast! Click the link below to get started. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho ...
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Shoe Bones

Morgan Ormond

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Bone-chilling Horror on a Shoe-String Budget A horror-anthology podcast with 6 short stories in its first season. Our narrator, Gideon, puts a modern spin on classic tales of horror--from alien invasions to Frankenstein--deadly doppelgangers to deep, dark unknowns--from haunted houses to monkey's paws. But not all is as it seems. Who exactly is Gideon and why did she decide to tell these tales? Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @ShoeBonesPod or visit our website at www.ShoeBones.com. Shoe B ...
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Earth Break

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After everyone she's ever known was killed in an alien invasion, Lynn Gellert (Jenny Slate) might be the last person left on Earth. Her constant and only companion is the voice recorder she managed to salvage from her mother's house. As symptoms of a strange illness seem to set in, Lynn comes to terms with her mortality, only to realize that she's not sick, she's pregnant. Lynn is not a survivalist, or even good at camping, but somehow she has to find what it takes to confront a dangerous an ...
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In this episode, Klaus flaunts his Aramaic codex skills. Jeremy and Bonnie find Silas and a whole lot of trouble. Katherine makes another big villain entrance. Meanwhile, everyone plays a game of telephone with the fact that there's only one cure.Content: The Vampire Diaries; Season 4, Episode 14: Down the Rabbit HoleFacebook Page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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In this episode, the gang goes to Novascotia Canada to find the world's biggest baddest immortal witch Silas. Bonnie uses Jeremy's boy map to find he way, but Professor Shane has plans of his own. Meanwhile, there's someone else on the island throwing axes and being mysterious.Content: The Vampire Diaries; Season 4, Episode 13: Into the WildFaceboo…
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In this episode, it's another Decade Dance, and Rebekah still won't get to attend. Damon is in the Salvator dungeon because Kol compelled him to kill Jeremy. Meanwhile, Bonnie's dad calls in the calvalry to help deal with Bonnie's newfound power.Content: The Vampire Diaries; Season 4, Episode 12: A View To A KillFacebook Page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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In this episode, Elena comes to a tipping point, suggesting a way for Jeremy to kill 10s of thousands of vampires. Klaus forbids Kol from killing Jeremy, but Kol follows the letter of the law as a shitty little brother does. Meanwhile, Professor Shane gets arrested for all those murders.Content: The Vampire Diaries; Season 4, Episode 11: Catch Me I…
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In this episode, Rebekah is back and out for revenge. She holds everyone hostage at the school library a la The Breakfast Club to get all the juicy updates. Meanwhile, Damon and Klaus fight over how best to train Jeremy. Content: The Vampire Diaries; Season 4, Episode 10: After School SpecialFacebook Page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Journals Podcast⁠⁠⁠…
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In this episode, it's Christmas and the town of Mystic Falls puts on another event at the Lockwood Mansion: a Winter Wonderland. Surely nothing bad will happen here! Professor Shane (Shady-pants) helps hypnosis Jeremy into not wanting to kill his sister-- I'm sure there's no ulterior motive. Shane also fills everyone in on the witch Silas, whatever…
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In this episode, the Salvator Bros take a road trip to New Orleans to figure out just how literal the sire bond is. A new hybrid challenges Tyler for the werewolf alpha crown. Meanwhile, Elena, Caroline, and Bonnie have a girls' sleepover at the Salvator mansion and do sleepover things like drinking, dancing, and cellphone product placement.Content…
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In this episode, it's the Miss Mystic Falls pageant again, and this time, Elena and Caroline support April as pageant veterans. Damon smells something off about Professor Shane and won't stop until he finds out what this occult prof is up to. Meanwhile, has anyone checked up on Jeremy lately?Content: The Vampire Diaries Season 4, Episode 7: My Brot…
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In this episode, Elena is plagued by hallucinations of the man she murdered. Klaus locks Elena away to prevent her from hurting herself. Professor Shane reveals an ancient witchcraft that he's been teaching to Bonnie. And Caroline makes a selfish mistake with Tyler. Meanwhile, Stefan and Klaus have Jeremy on the path to tattooed hunterdom.Content: …
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In this episode, vampire hunter Jordan Connor sets up a trap at the Mystic Grill, holding Jeremy, Matt, and April as teen hostages. Stefan allies with Klaus and continues to keep the vampire cure a secret. Meanwhile, Elena will do anything to save her brother... even kill.Content: The Vampire Diaries Season 4, Episode 5: The KillerFacebook Page: ⁠⁠…
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In this episode, we cold open to 5 hunks getting sweet tatts. Damon teaches Elena how to hunt at college frat parties. And in a flashback to 12th Century Italy, Klaus reveals that those 5 hunks are super vampire hunters. Meanwhile, Bonnie meets up with Professor Atticus Shane who convinces her to start practicing magic again.Content: The Vampire Di…
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In this episode, Rebekah throws a party, the hunter uses werewolf venom in the beer kegs, and Tyler keeps new-werewolf-in-town Haley from Caroline. Meanwhile, Elena continues to struggle to drink blood that's not straight from the vein. Content: The Vampire Diaries Season 4, Episode 3: The RagerFacebook Page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Journals Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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In this episode, Elena continues to vomit all non-Matt and non-Damon blood while the Salvators argue about how she should best be a vampire. Meanwhile, the town holds a memorial for Pastor Young and all the council members he blew up, and Tyler takes one for the team to distract the new vampire slayer. Content: The Vampire Diaries Season 4, Episode…
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In this episode, everyone scrambles to find a way to save Elena from transitioning into a vampire. Bonnie dabbles in dark magic and pays a heavy price. Meanwhile, the council does a hostile takeover of Mystic Falls, and Pastor Young is up to something nefarious.Content: The Vampire Diaries Season 4, Episode 1: Growing PainsFacebook Page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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Due to losing 40 minutes of recording episode 21, we decided to watch episode 22 and record one double feature. In this episode, everything leads up to a pivotal moment in Elena's life that connects her past to her present and forever changes her future. Klaus teams up with the Salvatore brothers, but that alliance is short-lived when Elena reveals…
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Bonus episode: We talk predictions for the season 3 finale of The Vampire Diaries. After watching The Vampire Diaries episode 21, Before Sunset, our equipment crashed and we lost 40 minutes of recorded content. So, we decided to watch episode 22, The Departed, and record one big season finale double episode. Content: All of The Vampire Diaries Seas…
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In this episode, we watched the second Twilight movie, New Moon. Edward leaves Bella because his world is just too dangerous. Bella goes into a depression spiral and then becomes an adrenaline junkie. Meanwhile, Jacob does some pining and then some doggy whining. Our takeaway? We wish the whole movie could have been just big CGI wolf fights and big…
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In this episode, Esther continues her plan to kill all her children. She turns Alaric into another Original Vampire(TM) but he decides to let himself die before drinking human blood. But will Esther let her plans fail that easily? Meanwhile, Rebekah misses yet another school dance: The Decade Dance is here again; this time, it's the 1920's. Content…
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In this episode, Elena and Damon take a trip to Colorado to get Jeremy so that he can ask ghost Rose who her upline is. They stop at a motel where things get spicy. Stefan tries to get Alaric's alter ego to appear and tell him where the last white oak stake is. Meanwhile, Caroline and Tyler have a spicy reunion of their own.Content: The Vampire Dia…
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In this episode, one of the Original vampires gets murdered and his whole downline goes with him. Backed into a corner, Stefan makes peace with Klaus by offering the rest of the white oak stakes. Meanwhile, Elena and the gang try to figure out who is in Klaus' downline.Content: The Vampire Diaries, Season 3 Episode 18: Murder of OneFacebook Page: ⁠…
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In this episode, Elena learns the history of her ancestor Samantha Gilbert, and her tragic death. Sage reappears in the modern day to help Finn Mikaelson survive. Damon and Sage plot against Rebekah to get information about the white oak tree, but that is a threesome never meant to be. Meanwhile, Alaric continues to spiral in his discovery of the s…
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In this episode, we go back to 1912 where a hot female vampire boxer punches her way through the hearts and heads of men. The mystery of the Mystic Falls serial killer unfolds as we connect the dots to the past and present. It has something to do with Alaric, the Gilbert anti-supernatural death ring, and ancestor Samantha Gilbert. Meanwhile, Damon …
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In this episode, Esther continues her plan to murder all her kids by drawing power from Bonnie and Abby--and the whole Bennett witch bloodline. Elijah makes a new deal with the Salvatores to save his family. Meanwhile, Alaric is still looking for the mysterious Mystic Falls serial killer who stabbed him. Content: The Vampire Diaries, Season 3 Episo…
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In this episode, the Michaelson family matriarch throws a ball! Klaus does all he can to get Caroline's attention, like sending her a ball gown and drawing a picture of her next to a horse. Stefan is still pretending he can't love Elena while Damon's love confession gets rejected. Meanwhile, Elena is pulled into Esther's plot to murder all her chil…
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In this episode, Stefan fucked around and found out the 4th coffin housed the body of the Original Witch: She's back and she wants to forgive her children. Caroline's dad makes a decision that, again, hurts Caroline. Elena stabs Alaric to save him from dying from being stabbed. Meanwhile, Mikaelson brothers Klaus and Elijah tell Salvatore brothers …
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In this episode, Bonnie reunites with her mom so that she can open up Klaus' mysterious 4th coffin. Tyler calls in Caroline's dad to help him get rid of the sire bond. Meanwhile, Dr. Meredith Fell reveals she uses vampire blood to cheat at being a doctor. Content: The Vampire Diaries, Season 3 Episode 12: The Ties That Bind Facebook Page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jo…
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In this episode, it's Caroline's 18th birthday and her friends throw her a funeral. Tyler struggles against the sire bond and bites Caroline. But that's okay: Klaus loves birthdays and comes to save the day he ruined. Meanwhile, Stefan continues to play chicken with Klaus, re-traumatizing Elena in the process. Content: The Vampire Diaries, Season 3…
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In this episode, Tyler struggles with his sire bond to Klaus, who commands him to bite Caroline. Elena and Alaric send Jeremy away after Klaus tries to kill him, even though Elena strikes a deal with Klaus to spare him. Meanwhile, Stefan and Klaus play a dangerous game of chicken. Who will blink first? Content: The Vampire Diaries, Season 3 Episode…
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In this episode, Klaus throws a "daddy's dead" party at the high school's Homecoming dance. Everyone schemes with Mikael to kill Klaus, and even though Mikael makes him cry, Klaus is still one step ahead. Allegiances change, plots thicken, and Katherine throws a wolfsbane grenade.Please subscribe and share. You can also support this podcast! Click …
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In this episode, Rebekah tells all! We flashback to the Originals when they were still ordinary people! Michael and Esther will do anything to save their children (even Klaus, who they don't like very much). Meanwhile, Damon and Alaric decode the cave paintings, and Elena makes a realization that gets Rebekah on their side. Please subscribe and sha…
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Ronnie moves into a new house hoping to fix her marriage with her husband, Calvin. But she finds more is broken than just her relationship. There's something about the well on her new property that calls to her. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and visit our website! ⁠www.ShoeBones.com⁠ Follow⁠ @ShoeBonesPod⁠ on Twitter and Instagram. Episo…
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In this episode, Hannah and Bridget host two new guest experts: a ghost and a Long Island Medium. The door between worlds has opened and many of our favorites make a reappearance! Lexi! Mason! Grams! Pearl! Lexi focuses on helping Stefan get his humanity back by stabbing him over and over. Mason leads Damon to an ancient secret locked away inside a…
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In this episode, Matt summons Vicki's ghost and instantly regrets it. Caroline discovers that Tyler is sired and will happily do Klaus' bidding. Elena, Damon, and Alaric hatch a plan to capture Stefan at the teen bonfire. Meanwhile, the Original Witch is hatching a plan of her own from the Other Side. Please subscribe and share. You can also suppor…
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In this episode, it's Senior Prank Night at Mystic Falls High (go Timberwolves!) But pranks don't go according to plan when Klaus shows up. He demands Bonnie find a way to save Tyler before turning into a hybrid kills him. Stefan gets his actual humanity turned off this time. Meanwhile, everything hinges on Jeremy being able to talk to the ghosts o…
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In this episode, Stefan tries to stop the witch, Gloria, from tracking down Rebekah's necklace. Katherine is back to help Stefan figure out who is chasing Klaus through history. Rebekah reveals how she's a kissing lie detector. Meanwhile, Damon tries to make Bill forget all about Caroline being a vampire. Please subscribe and share. You can also su…
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In this episode, we go back to the 1920's where Stefan first met Klaus and Rebekah. Klaus is still on the hunt for information on why he can't sire his hybrids. Damon and Elena find Stefan's murder wall. Meanwhile, Caroline is tortured by her gay vampire hunter dad via conversion therapy... and WE. HAVE. OPINIONS. Please subscribe and share. You ca…
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In this episode, Klaus tries to sire his hybrids and become the ultimate daddy vampwolf, but his plans go horribly awry. Elena takes Alaric on a field trip to the werewolf mountains to find Stefan (and Damon was also there). Meanwhile, daddy Forbes has Caroline locked in the Vamp torture dungeon. Please subscribe and share. You can also support thi…
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In this episode, we kick off season 3 of The Vampire Diaries with Elena’s 18th birthday bash. Stefan and Klaus become villains from Criminal Minds. Caroline and Tyler discover supernatural horniness, Alaric’s life is in shambles, and Jeremy is a buff medium. Meanwhile, Damon has a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day. Please subscribe and shar…
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We go around the table and make predictions about what we will see in season 3 of The Vampire Diaries. Thank you so much for listening to Season 2 of The Vampire Journals! We will be taking a little holiday break and be back in February 2023 for Season 3! Please subscribe and share. You can also support this podcast! Click the link below to get sta…
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In this episode, we watched the first Twilight movie. We discuss vampire lore and do some Vampire Diaries comparisons. Please subscribe and share. You can also support this podcast! Click the link below to get started. Content: Twilight, the first movie Facebook Page: Journals Podcast Facebook Group: The Vampire Journals Podcast Twitter: @JournalsP…
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In this episode, we see the aftermath of the ritual in this Season 2 Finale! Klaus is now a hybrid and starts his new set of plans by giving Stefan an ultimatum. Elena helps care for a wolf-bitten Damon as she did for Rose, only this time there's a kiss involved. Meanwhile, the sheriff shoots Jeremy dead, Bonnie gets the witches to bring him back t…
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In this episode, Klaus' ritual pops off with some surprises, some betrayals, and some sacrifices. Now that Klaus is the world's first hybrid, where do our experts think the story goes from here? Please subscribe and share. You can also support this podcast! Click the link below to get started. Content: The Vampire Diaries, Season 2 Episode 21: The …
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In this episode, everyone is preparing for the ritual in their own way. Damon takes Elena's future into his own hands. Caroline and Tyler finally have a heart-to-heart while trapped in a dungeon. And Klaus remains one step ahead of the sabotage. Meanwhile, The Vampire Journals podcast crew forgets how to record a podcast. Please subscribe and share…
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In this episode, Klaus is back and out of his box, baby! Elijah takes Elena on a flashback field trip to 1492 when Katerina first met Klaus. We learn the truth behind the Sun and the Moon Curse. And Andy Star finally escapes the vampire mansion. Meanwhile, Aunt Jenna returns thinking she's gotten over the worst secrets ever kept from her. Please su…
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In this episode, everyone goes to the Decade Dance! Team Elena plots to kill Klaus at the dance using their secret weapon: Bonnie supercharged with the power of 100 dead witches. But Klaus is one step ahead. Meanwhile, Caroline and Matt go to the dance as Jackie O and JFK, and it's not the kind of foreshadowing you think it is. Please subscribe and…
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In this episode, so much happens. Too many things. Isobel is compelled by Klaus and pretends allegiance to Katherine. Bonnie soaks in the power of 100 dead witches and Damon tags her as their secret weapon against Klaus. Meanwhile, Alaric is kidnapped and... becomes Klaus. We are confused. Send help. Please subscribe and share. You can also support…
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In this episode, Damon has some fun with a flamethrower, Caroline gets a musical number, and the lives of Jonas and Luka end in tragedy. Meanwhile, Katherine and Isobel are back and up to no good, and Matt discovers Caroline's a vampire...and takes it just as well as you'd expect. Please subscribe and share. You can also support this podcast! Click…
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In this episode, Damon and Andy Star throw a dinner party for Elijah, Jenna, and Alaric. Damon plans to kill Elijah at the party with the ash-dipped dagger, but plans go awry and Alaric gets stuck in the middle. Meanwhile, Elena reads Jonathan Gilbert's journal and learns some shocking new things about Stefan and his past. Please subscribe and shar…
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In this episode, Bonnie forces Lucas to tell her of Elijah's real plans for Elena, Klaus, and the sacrificial ceremony. Elena and Stefan discover her parent's vampire-hunter secret at the lake cabin. Elena goes into Final-Girl survival mode when the werewolves come to kidnap her. Meanwhile, Tyler makes a fantastic character turnaround...and then tu…
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In this episode, Caroline gets wolfnapped and Tyler hesitates to save the day. Papa Warlock Jonas does his part to keep everyone safe. Meanwhile, uncle daddy John is back, but Elena makes it clear she wants none of that. Please subscribe and share. You can also support this podcast! Click the link below to get started. Content: The Vampire Diaries,…
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