2.13 The Very Secret Diary

A story was given out that the girl had died in a freak accident. They gave me a nice, shiny, engraved trophy for my trouble and warned me to keep my mouth shut. But I knew it could happen again. The monster lived on, and the one who had the power to release it was not imprisoned.

It’s Monday and that means a new episode of Podtrificus Totalus, the universe’s favorite Harry Potter podcast!

In this week’s chapter, Harry finds a mystery diary that belonged to a T.M. Riddle fifty years ago – the same amount of time that has passed since the Chamber of Secrets was last opened. A Valentine’s Day disaster ends up revealing the diary’s secrets, and Harry learns who opened the Chamber last time.

We make a number of references to outside sources and popular culture, which are listed below:

Buster’s Breathless, an episode of Arthur

Philoctetes, a character in Disney’s Hercules (1997)

Gimli, a character in The Lord of the Rings

Armando Dippet on the Harry Potter Lexicon

Thomas (name) on Wikipedia

“Twelfth Night” by William Shakespeare

The Revealing Charm on the Harry Potter Wiki

Our Spell of the Week is Aparecium, which Hermione uses on the diary in attempt to reveal its secrets.