Devil's Trap: A Supernatural Podcast

We are breaking down Supernatural Season 13, Episode 11, "Breakdown." We are, of course, excited for Donna's bad assery, but are horrified at how unsanitary this torture room is. Liz dives into the kidnapping of glamour model Chloe Ayling and the myth of the dark web human trafficking gang, The Black Death.

Research Links

• Here’s Everything We Know About The Black Death Group “Plot To Kidnap And Sell A British Model”
• Fact vies with fantasy in 'Black Death' model kidnap case | AP News
• Abduction of Chloe Ayling - Wikipedia
• My Brief Encounter with a Dark Web 'Human Trafficking' Site
• Kidnapped model Chloe Ayling: ‘People didn't believe me because I wasn't in tears' | UK news | The Guardian
• British model kidnapped for auction, Italian police say | CNN
• Chloe Ayling 'vindicated' over kidnapper's conviction
• Police posed as model Chloe Ayling's agent and took control of his computer in bid to track down kidnappers - The Mirror
• The ongoing nightmare of Chloe Ayling's abduction | The Week
• Trafficking In Persons Report - Factsheet

It's Season 13, Episode 10, "Wayward Sisters." We are here not just to talk about this episode we both enjoyed, but also about its use as a backdoor pilot for a potential "Wayward Sisters" series that was ultimately not greenlit.

We discuss the fandom-driven origins and development of the "Wayward Daughters" concept, starting from social media campaigns to petition efforts. Then we go into the reasoning behind the show's cancellation: network decisions, scheduling constraints, and focus on other spin-offs like "Legacies."

Research Links

• Supernatural: Wayward Sisters | Supernatural Wiki | Fandom
• 'Supernatural' Boss Reveals What 'Wayward Sisters' Would Have Been (Exclusive)
• Wayward Daughters - Super-wiki
• How Supernatural's Spinoff Wayward Sisters Will Be Different - TV Guide
• Wayward Sisters TV Show Comes to CW in 2018 - New Supernatural Spinoff Series
• WAYWARD SISTERS Is Bringing Female Empowerment to the SUPERNATURAL Universe | Nerdist
• Wayward Sisters: One Year Later - Nerds and Beyond
• CW Boss Admits A Supernatural Spinoff May Never Work
• Why Supernatural Spinoff Wayward Sisters Isn't Happening
• Category:Wayward Sisters - Super-wiki
• Wayward Sisters: Why the Proposed Supernatural Spinoff is More Vital Than Ever - IGN
• Wayward Sisters TV Show Comes to CW in 2018 - New Supernatural Spinoff Series
• Supernatural spin-off Wayward Sisters: CW boss explains why network passed

We're discussing Season 13, Episode 9 The Bad Place, sadly with no farting demons. We discuss the lore, or lack thereof, of dream walking, and Liz provides some questionable instructions on how to do it.

Research Links

• The Witch’s Guide to Dreamwalking: How to Visit Other Realms While You Sleep
• The dream in native American and other primitive cultures : Lincoln, Jackson Steward, 1902-1941 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

It's Season 13, Episode 8: The Scorpion and the Frog. Who is the scorpion in this analogy? It doesn't matter. It's a heist episode! And who doesn't love a heist? Liz gives some heist lore, talking about Olivera Ćirković and the international jewel thieves, the Pink Panthers.

Research Links

• Infamous International: The Pink Panthers Story — EXACTLY RIGHT
• Pink Panthers (organized crime group) - Wikipedia
• MetFilm teams up with United Media for doc on Yugoslav criminal mastermind Olivera Ćirković | News | C21Media
• Olivere Cirković's life story | Scene
• Queen Panther breaks her silence and tells all about her life as an international jewel thief | The Independent

It's Season 13, Episode 7, "War of the Worlds," and we're here for Meth-head Kevin Tran, but not so much for this Arthur/Alexander evil twin nonsense. Liz talks about the Scottish 17th-century witch hunters, the Witch Prickers.

Research Links

• The Professional Pricker and His Test for Witchcraft
• Witch Prickers of the 17th-century
• The woman who became a witch-pricker
• The Devil's Mark and the Witch-Prickers of Scotland
• 12 Enemies of God?: Slander, Gender and Witchcraft in the Scottish Parish | JSTOR
• The Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1661-1662 | JSTOR
• Witch-hunting in 17th-century Scotland was so well paid that it attracted some blatant fakers – Susan Morrison
• John Kincaid, Scotland’s Witch Brodder – Haddington's History Society

Join us to discuss Season 13, Episode 6 Tombstone. No, it's not about the frozen pizza, nor is it actually in Tombstone. That doesn't stop Liz from doing lore based there, though, as she talks about the maybe haunted, and maybe not a former bordello, the Bird Cage Theater.

Research Links

• The Bird Cage Theater
• Aimee Austin | THE CABINET CARD GALLERY
• The Birdcage Theatre - Phoenix Ghosts
• The Haunted Bird Cage Theatre | Tombstone's Wickedest Night Spot | Ghost City Tours
• The Tombstone News
• The Tombstone News
• Secrets of Bird Cage Theatre - Deaths Shootings Ghosts & More
• Bird Cage Theatre – OCCULT WORLD
• The Famous “Bird Cages” Balcony Cribs
• Why Big Nose Kate Was More Than Just Doc Holliday's Lover

Season 13, Episode 5 is titled "Advanced Thanatology". Thanatology is the study of death. Now do you get the joke? We delve into that, Billie's wardrobe upgrade, but lack of weapon containers, how Diana still hates ghost shudders, and then tells you all about the history of plague doctors, and it gets kinda gross.

Research Links

• Men in Tights: Charles De Lorme (1584–1678) and the First Plague Costume
• The Redolent Plague Doctor? – Death Scent
• Edinburgh's Dark Side
• 8 Fascinating Facts About Plague Doctors - Listverse
• Remarks On The Treatment Of Bubonic Plague on JSTOR
• The Plague Doctor: AN engraving by Gerhart Altzenbach (17th century). New Haven, Yale Medical Library, Clements C. Fry Collection on JSTOR
• How Did The Black Plague End? Experts Are Still Working On An Answer
• Plague Doctors, The Masked Physicians Who Fought The Black Death
• 17th-century Plague Doctors Were the Stuff of Nightmares | HowStuffWorks
• Plague doctors: Separating medical myths from facts | Live Science

Join us for Season 13, Episode 4, "The Big Empty." Dean's journey into the King of Dicks continues as the celestial man-baby grapples with his lack of feelings. Liz deep dives into EMF and its usefulness, or lack thereof, during paranormal investigations.

Research Links

• Electromagnetism and Paranormal Phenomena – Psi Encyclopedia
• Ghost hunters utilize latest in technology / Paranormal research has become a popular pursuit
• Teddy Bears and Proton Packs: The Pseudoscientific History of Ghost Hunting Gadgets
• The Shady Science of Ghost Hunting | Live Science
• EMF in the Paranormal: What it is, How its Used and Why Investigators Take it Seriously – Paranormal Down Under

It's Season 13, Episode 3, and we just need a little "Patience." We also need Dean to stop being such a Dean. We cheer the returns of both Missouri and Jody! We discuss what would have happened if Missouri had been more a part of the show. Liz talks about what lithomancy and lithomantic gems are, and how to store your heavy bag of rocks.

Research Links

• Gary Wimmer
• Your Guide Towards Lithomancy
• The Poison Pie Publishing House
• Cleromancy - Wikipedia
• The Role of Seer Stones in Biblical History Explained  ~
• The Power Of Lithomancy Revealed: The Ancient Art of Stone Divination - Good Witches Homestead
• Lithomancy - Wikipedia

There was a motel in Wisconsin, they did not call the Rising Son but the Black Hat Motel, which is where we found our Winchesters in Season 13, Episode 2. This is also the introduction of Asmodeus, however the eff you say his name, and Liz gives the background lore on him.

Research Links

• Dictionary of Demons by M. Ballanger
• The Encyclopedia Of Demons And Demonology By Guiley Rosemary Ellen : motivator8 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
• Asmodeus - Wikipedia
• Shedim - Wikipedia