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In the nineteenth episode of Supernatural, Sam and Dean must deal with a dangerous spirit bound to an old family portrait that brings misfortune and death to anyone who buys it.

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In the eighteenth episode of Supernatural, Dean gets a second chance to right a wrong from his past when the brothers get a mysterious tip from their father about a case they'd worked years ago, but left unfinished after Sam was nearly killed by the creature.

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In the seventeenth episode of Supernatural, Sam and Dean investigate the case of a maniacal ghost inhabiting a long abandoned Texas farmhouse known as `Hell House'. They believe the ghost is the spirit of a deceased depression-era farmer who killed his family, but they soon realize it is something far more powerful.

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In the sixteenth episode of Supernatural, the brothers pursue Meg, a woman responsible for a mysterious murder, and she unleashes shadow spirits on them and sets a trap for their father.

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In the fifteenth episode of Supernatural, Dean and Sam learn that the kidnappers they seek are not supernatural, but humans using their captives as human prey for a twisted hunting expedition.

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In the fourteenth episode of Supernatural, Sam's precognitive dream leads the brothers to investigate a mysterious death which seems to connect to a boy in possession of the power of telekinesis.

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In the thirteenth episode of Supernatural, Dean is contacted by an ex-flame who asks him for help when black men in her hometown are being murdered by a driverless racist truck.

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In the twelfth episode of Supernatural, when Dean is accidentally electrocuted fighting a monster, he permanently damages his heart. When he's diagnosed as only having a month, at most, to live, Sam searches for a means to save him and finds Roy Le Grange, a faith healer who may actually be the real deal.

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In the eleventh episode of Supernatural, Sam and Dean contact their father, who tells them to stop searching for him and sends them to a small town in Indiana where people are being sacrificed to a pagan god.

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In the tenth episode of Supernatural, while searching for lost college students within an abandoned sanitarium, tortured spirits from the building's past begin to haunt Dean and Sam, turning brother against brother.

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In the ninth episode of Supernatural, when Sam has nightmares of their old home, the brothers return to Lawrence, Kansas to investigate. They discover that a new family has moved into the Winchester's home and the woman is the one that Sam has been dreaming about.

The Road So Far

• (1:57) Air date, crew credits, and viewership
• (3:47) International titles
• (5:40) The TV Guide episode description and the lack of a soundtrack

Dad’s Journal

• (8:20) Poltergeists
• • Poltergeists
• (11:50) Famous cases of poltergeists
• • Gef the Talking Mongoose
  • Gef the Talking Mongoose - Mental Floss
  • The Enfield Poltergeist
  • The Enfield Poltergeist - UK’s Daily Mail
  • The Conjuring 2 (Film)

Episode Notes

• (17:48) Opening in the past and flashing to the present to meet Jenny and her daughters
• • Kristin Richardson
• (22:50) Sam recognizes the tree from a childhood photo in his bag
• • The Shining (Film)
  • The Shining by Stephen King
• (26:05) The boys have to go back to their family home
• (30:54) Dean shows emotion and vulnerability while calling his dad
• (34:00) The second Stephen King reference, the clapping monkey
• • Cymbal Banging Monkey - TV Tropes
  • Cymbal Banging Monkey Toy
• (36:23) The boys talk to Mike and get some history on John
• (38:20) “That woman is cold banging the gardener.” The boys meet Missouri
• (41:30) Richie gets trapped in the refrigerator and the boys show up with Missouri
• (44:17) “That kind of evil leaves wounds.”  Two un-related poltergeists.
• (47:17) The house appears peaceful and Missouri declares it safe
• (49:15) Jenny appears screaming in the upstairs window and Dean takes her to safety
• • Poltergiest (Film)
• (51:51) The third Shining reference and a ghost fight
• (56:08) John Winchester is alive and watching

Closing Thoughts and Episode Rating

• (1:01:16) Richard’s surprisingly impressed by the episode and 4.5/5 Sink Stumps
• (1:03:07) Reid agrees with everything Richard said and 4.5/5 Fire Moms

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It's our first ever Hunterween special! In this bonus episode, we dive into Dad's Journal to learn the real-world lore behind a monster never seen on Supernatural: the skinless cyclops Orcadian sea-demon centaur known as the Nuckelavee!

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NOTE: While we don't talk any specific spoilers, we do talk generally about Supernatural as a show including names of characters from future seasons. If you're watching along with us for the first time, just be warned that some of that stuff is in this episode!

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Dad’s Journal - Nuckelavee

• (2:15) A monster that was NOT covered Supernatural
• (3:05) Going to the Orkneys, Scotland
• • Orkneyjar - Nuckelavee - The Devil of the Seas
  • Nuckelavee
  • Mythology Wiki - Nuckelavee
• (9:34) One person saw it and came up with how to fight it?!
• (12:04) Burning seaweed
• (13:30) Examples in popular culture
• • RWBY Volume 4
  • Grimm S02E04 - “Quill”
• (15:07) How did Reid find the Nuckelavee?
• (16:00) Pitching a Supernatural episode/version of the Nuckelavee

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In the eighth episode of Supernatural, Dean and Sam arrive in a town checking up a report of a mysterious death and stop at a realtor's open-house barbecue. Sam then meets the realtor's son Matt who is fascinated with bugs. Soon the town is invaded by swarms of deadly bugs and and it looks like there may be no way out.

 

The Road So Far

• (1:32) Air date and crew
• • Kim Manners
• (4:02) TV Guide description and featured music

Dad’s Journal

• (6:35) Indian Burial Grounds
• • The Indian Burying Ground by Philip Freneau

Episode Notes

• (13:38) One of the fans’ least favorite episodes
• (15:33) Opening on a construction site in Oasis Plains, Oklahoma
• (19:13) Arriving at the gas company, Travis escorts the boys to the death scene
• (22:37) Larry Pike welcoming the boys to the BBQ
• • Andrew Airlie (Larry Pike)
• (26:15) Dean connects a previous death to bugs and the boys squat in a house
• (29:35) Sam and Dean sneak into the victim’s house
• (33:12) The department of anthropology and the boys discuss their father
• (35:55) The boys drive out to investigate and head back to the first murder scene
• (38:55) Flashing to Matt’s house and the onslaught of bugs coming out of the ground
• (42:15) Bugs begin flying in the fireplace and the boys escape to the attic
• (45:05) Nighttime to daytime in 20 minutes and more trivia about the bees
• (48:03) Larry didn’t lose his family and Matt throws away his bug collection

Closing Thoughts and Episode Rating

• (49:14) Reid’s review of ‘Bugs’ and 2/5 boxes of recycled bugs
• (50:46) Richard is surprised at Reid’s review and gives it a 1/5 boxes of recycled bugs

 

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In the seventh episode of Supernatural, Sam and Dean investigate an age-old urban legend known only as the Hook-Man, the spirit of a 19th century pastor with a twisted sense of morals that is unknowingly being used as an innocent girl's attack dog.

 

The Road So Far

• (2:25) Original air date, director, writer, viewership, and TV guide description
• • The Equalizer (1980s TV Series)
  • Miami Vice (TV Series)
  • David Jackson
• (4:15) Notable music and the iconic Hook Hand
• • I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997 Film)
  • Treehouse of Horror X - I Know What You Diddily-Iddily-Did

Dad’s Journal

• (6:54) The Hook
• • American Urban Legend
  • Texarkana Moonlight Murders
  • Dear Abby

Episode Notes

• (12:07) Behind the scenes facts and trivia
• (14:20) Opening on the Theta House at Eastern Iowa University
• (18:50) Dean and Sam at the cafe with their stickered laptop
• (21:54) Cut to the church, Reverend Sorenson, and the boys undercover skills
• • Dan Butler
• (27:17) Back to 9-Mile Road and the rock salt shot guns
• (33:22) Smelling ozone for the first (and last?) time and finding the Jerusalem Cross
• (36:08) Dean searches for the grave, Sam watches Lori’s house
• (39:00) Lori’s dad is attacked by The Hook, Dean’s bone burning didn’t take, and the Reverend is cleared of suspicion
• (42:02) Searching for something silver and burning versus reforging
• (47:51) Dean gets the girl at the end

Closing Thoughts and Episode Rating

• (49:30) Reid’s closing thoughts and takeaways, 4/5 Hooks
• (52:34) Richard’s remarks and 4/5 Hooks

 

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In the sixth episode of Supernatural, Sam's friend, Zach, is accused of murder and Sam offers to help out by checking up on his sister, Rebecca. She claims her brother could not have committed the murder because he was with her at the time of the murder, but all the physical evidence points to Zach being at the scene of the crime. Could Zach have been at two places at the same time?

The Road So Far

• (1:33) Robert Duncan McNeill
• • Delta Flyers Podcast
• (3:57) Fun international titles and featured music
• (6:16) The TV Guide description

Dad’s Journal

• (7:10) Mythological shapeshifters versus popular portrayals of shapeshifters
• (8:24) Shapeshifting in mythology
• • Aremenian Nhang
  • Mayan Mestaclocan
  • Celtic Pwyll and Arawn
• (10:27) Metamorphosis
• (11:21) Capgras Delusion

Episode Notes

• (12:50) “22 years ago…” and peeling out of a gas station headed to St. Louis
• (19:09) Impersonating law enforcement and the importance of identity
• (23:40) Dean is not a morning person and the boys go sewer diving
• (28:41) Grenade launchers and biological memories
• (33:00) The boys start their escape and Becky is held captive
• (33:53) Changing shape 
• (37:44) The buddy cop, comedy and horror balancing act
• (41:47) Sam and “Dean” fight and Dean shoots “Dean”
• (44:20) The episode ends with a wrap-up talk in the car

Closing Thoughts and Episode Rating

• (46:16) Reid’s learned appreciation for the episode and 3/5 Flesh Goo Piles
• (48:30) What Richard wanted from the episode

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What better way to celebrate the return of Supernatural to our screens for its final run of original episodes than with a Bed, Wed, or Behead that may turn at least a third of the fandom against Meg and Carla?! Your fearless hosts take on Team Free Will...and each other. Carla hits the hard stuff and Meg hits the floor with her jaw as an unexpected scenario leaves her speechless. Supernatural (2005 - 2020, allegedly), debuted on The WB and, once The CW replaced The WB, became and the longest running CW show AND genre show. 

 

Do the BeWBs decide to behead Cas (Misha Collins), Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles), or Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki)? There are no wrong answers but there are also no right ones! Press play and find out!

In the fifth episode of Supernatural, a game of Bloody Mary unleashes a ghost who lives in mirrors and kills by gouging out the eyes of her prey, and Sam and Dean must find a way to stop her before she claims another victim.

 

The Road So Far

• (1:46) The TV Guide description, featured music
• (4:45) Playing Bloody Mary as a kid

 

Dad’s Journal

• (6:15) The lore behind the game
• (7:43) Who is Bloody Mary?
• • Mary Worth/Mary Worthington
  • “Bloody” Mary Tudor
• (9:24) Based on real divination rituals or mirror lore

 

Episode Notes

• (12:15) The influence of Kripke’s childhood in smalltown Ohio
• (13:20) Opening on the slumber party
• (18:15) Melted eyes, an unnatural amount of blood, and specific vs.general monsters
• (23:24) “What are you?  Cops or something?”  “Yea, something like that.”
• (25:45) Inconsistencies in Bloody Mary’s target, Sam has a dream, and Jill dies
• (29:35) Establishing the use of a camera lens and blacklights, a nod to Smallville
• (33:00) Tracking down the mirror and researching the lore
• (36:14) Back to the highschool and confronting some disbelief
• (40:50) Now it's time for the boys to solve the problem, Sam’s secret
• (47:45) The episode wrap up and Sam won’t tell Dean about his dreams

 

Closing Thoughts and Episode Rating

• (49:24) Richard’s thoughts and 3.5/5 Rating
• (50:33) Reid’s takeaways and 3.5/5 Rating

 

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In the third episode of Supernatural, the boys head to a small town where something in the lake is dragging people into its water's murky depths. But before we do we discuss the real world lore behind this episode’s monster: Ghosts!

 

Dad’s Journal

• Ghosts
• Vengeful Ghosts
• Mogwai
• Onryo
• Water Spirits
• Types of Ghosts and Spirits
• Water Spirits in Folklore

The Road So Far

• Jared Padalecki broke his hand while filming
• This lake scene appeared in Devour (2005)

Episode Notes

• Opening on Lake Manitoc in Wisconsin
• The brothers in the diner and the show’s borderline misogyny
• The classic motel research scene
• Dean has trouble connecting with kids
• The second ghost encounter of the episode
• The horror trope of creepy kids
• Bill is going to sacrifice himself to the ghost
• Dean decides to turn around and see it through to the end
• The boys dig up a red bicycle and the sheriff shows up
• Lucas gets pulled into the water
• Sam gets to talk to the girl

Closing Thoughts and Episode Rating

• Richard on how well the show has aged visually
• Richard: 4.5 out of 5 Water Ghosts
• Reid on the classic horror iconology
• Reid: 4 out of 5 Water Ghosts

People Mentioned

• Sera Gamble (Twitter) (Instagram)
• Amy Acker (Twitter) (Instagram)

 

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In the second episode of Supernatural, the boys head into the remote woods to investigate disappearing hikers. But before we do we discuss the real world lore behind this episode’s monster: the Wendigo.

 

The Road So Far and Dad’s Journal

• Eric Kripke historically dislikes the episode
• The music in the episode
• Opening Dad’s Journal and exploring the lore

Episode Notes

• The first episode with a recap, but not really
• The episode opens on a camping trip
• Sam’s haircut and Dad’s coordinates
• The Park Ranger, the sister, and the bar
• “Saving people, killing things, the family business.”
• Leather jackets, a duffle bag of guns, and some M&M’s
• Finding the abandoned mine and confronting the Wendigo

Closing Thoughts and Episode Rating

• Reid’s thoughts on the episode and pick of the Wendigo
• Richard’s takeaways and how the episode adds to the formula
• Reid: 5 out of 5 Wendigos
• Richard: 4.5 out of 5 Wendigos

 

Alden Ehrenreich

Algonquian People

Donner Party

Eric Kripke on “Wendigo”

Wendigo - Flesheater of the Forests

Wendigo - Wikipedia

Wendigo Psychosis

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It’s the first episode! This week we're breaking down the Pilot, but before we do we discuss the real world lore behind this episode’s monster: the Woman in White.

 

The Road So Far and Dad’s Journal

• Where the boys were when the pilot aired on September 13, 2005.
• Background, creation, and some behind the scenes of Supernatural.
• Real world lore behind the monster of the week.

Episode Notes

• Jumping in to the show and the opening of the episode.
• Dean shows up and tells Sam their dad is missing.
• The monster is introduced and the template is established.
• Establishing how they afford to live and the classic rock theme.
• Encountering the ghost and setting up the show’s sense of humor.
• Dean gets arrested and Sam investigates solo.
• The boys confront the ghost and help her go home.
• Sam’s house burns down, Dean gets Sam out, and the boys set off after the demon.

Closing Thoughts and Episode Rating

• Solid dialogue and story for a “sets up everything” pilot.
• Richard’s Rating: 4
• Redi’s Rating: 4

Curse of La Llorona

Legend of the Woman in White

Montmorency Falls, Quebec

Perchta of Rozmberk

'Scariest Places on Earth' Hosted by Linda Blair

Woman in White

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