Back to the Bones Podcast
Welcome to Back to the Bones! Join father-daughter duo Madeleine and Andrew Hayes as they rewatch and recap each episode of the Fox hit TV show Bones. If you’ve never seen the show, can’t remember who the Gravedigger is, or are sharing the show with a loved one for the first time, this podcast is spoiler-free! Madeleine and Andrew have watched and loved Bones for over a decade, sometimes together, sometimes apart. Madeleine’s degree in psychology and passion for true crime paired with Andrew’s background in both acting and law combine to create two squints who love digging into the minutiae of jurisdiction, autism-coding, and really bad green screens. So head to the lab, it’s time to get back to the bones.
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Episodes
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
This week, Madeleine and Andrew discuss Season 1 Episode 12 The Superhero in the Alley. Check out this comic-book-centric episode and see a wonderful young Aaron Paul!
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Research References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Crime_Information_Center
https://laist.com/shows/take-two/whats-the-difference-between-a-geek-and-a-nerd
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440307002208
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Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
This week, Madeleine and Andrew discuss Season 1 Episode 1 The Woman in the Car. Listen to this extremely rational episode to learn about how earwax can solve an entire case. This episode contains mentions of harm to a child, listener discretion is advised.
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Research References:
https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual-1034-kidnapping-federal-jurisdiction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_teeth
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3190432/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostage_Rescue_Team
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Monday Mar 31, 2025
Monday Mar 31, 2025
This week, Madeleine and Andrew discuss Season 1 Episode 10 The Woman at the Airport. Listen to learn about coyotes in LA, Pictish men, and so, so many screens.
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Research References:
https://mondrianhotels.com/los-angeles/dining/skybar/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Fleiss
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Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
It's the Christmas Episode! This week, Madeleine and Andrew discuss Season 1 Episode 9 The Man in the Fallout Shelter. Listen along to learn about Valley Fever and elf costumes in this quarantine-themed Holiday episode!
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Research References:
https://screencraft.org/blog/simple-guide-to-the-tv-writers-room-hierarchy/
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/valley-fever/symptoms-causes/syc-20378761
https://medium.com/metadata-get-to-know-the-world/monday-minutia-what-your-handwriting-portrays-about-your-personality-afebb6080efe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-miscegenation_laws_in_the_United_States
https://carescribe.io/blog/what-is-an-autism-accent/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle_episode
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Monday Mar 17, 2025
Monday Mar 17, 2025
This week, Madeleine and Andrew discuss Season 1 Episode 8 The Girl in the Fridge. In this episode, we learn about the "women in refrigerators" trope and just how much Madeleine hates inappropriate academic relationships! Listener discretion is advised for this episode.
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Research References:
The Day the Earth Stood Still Twentieth Century Fox, 1951
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_refrigerators
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Monday Mar 10, 2025
Monday Mar 10, 2025
This week, Madeleine and Andrew discuss Season 1 Episode 7 The Man on Death Row. It's the Howard Epps-isode! Listen along as they discover why executions occur at midnight and find out if Booth really has a "thing" for lawyers.
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Research References:
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/recondite
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2005/12/why-midnight-executions.html
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Monday Mar 03, 2025
Monday Mar 03, 2025
This week, Madeleine and Andrew discuss Season 1 Episode 6 The Man in the Wall. Listen along as they learn about the origins of KRUMP and discuss whether or not Angela made up the official stages of a relationship.
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Research References:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umvJQXZlSHw
https://www.thesprucepets.com/cadaver-dogs-1113771
https://www.reddit.com/r/searchandrescue/comments/tx1oz9/question_about_cadaver_dogs/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665910724000483
Psalm 59:2 (King James Version)
https://dancebibles.com/what-is-krump/
https://dancebibles.com/history-of-hip-hop-dance/
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Monday Feb 24, 2025
Monday Feb 24, 2025
This week, Madeleine and Andrew discuss Season 1 Episode 5 The Boy in the Bush. Learn about the history of the Smithsonian's relationship with the FBI before diving into this extremely sad episode. Listener discretion is advised: this episode centers around the death of a child.
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Research References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gazoo
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/history-smithsonian-fbi-collaboration-forensic-anthropology
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24040-hypophosphatemia
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Monday Feb 17, 2025
Monday Feb 17, 2025
This week, Madeleine and Andrew discuss Season 1 Episode 4 The Man in the Bear. Listen along as we all learn about cannibals, the Salish people, and the tactical uses of a bedpan.
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Research References:
https://tribalnations.mt.gov/Directory/ConfederatedSalishKootenaiTribes
https://cskt.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flathead_Indian_Reservation
https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/what-is-an-indigenous-medicine-wheel
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/exhibition/healing-ways/medicine-ways/medicine-wheel.html
https://douglasreynoldsgallery.com/collections/sun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Peltier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_name_controversy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Power_movement
Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs - Kerf Marks
https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/bogart-slang-origins
https://onesearch.library.northeastern.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma9951589148501401&context=L&vid=01NEU_INST:NU&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=sub,contains,Women%20--%20Rome%20--%20History,AND&mode=advanced&offset=0
http://headboardsofstone.blogspot.com/2009/12/choctaw-bone-pickers-burial-customs-and.html
https://fixbayonetsusmc.blog/2022/09/09/snake-eaters/#:~:text=The%20term%20“Snake%20Eater”%20originated,at%20Fort%20Bragg%2C%20North%20Carolina.
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Monday Feb 10, 2025
Monday Feb 10, 2025
This week, Madeleine and Andrew discuss Season 1 Episode A Boy in a Tree. From translating Latin to cringing at teenage sex tapes, listen to their take.
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Research References:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=stir%20the%20pudding
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stir-up_Sunday
https://www.roanokecriminalattorney.com/sexting-child-pornography-laws-united-states/
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