Devil's Trap: A Supernatural Podcast

Season 2, Episode 10 of Supernatural "Hunted" dedicated to the memory of Mr. Tinkles. Learn about the original Miss Cleo, Marie Anne Lenormand. Appelle-moi maintenant!

Sources:

• https://inquisitivewonder.com/the-life-and-divination-practices-of-marie-le-normand/
• https://reference.jrank.org/biography/Lenormand_Marie_Anne.html
• https://jimmckeague.wordpress.com/the-napoleon-josephine-divorce-prophecy/
• https://jimmckeague.wordpress.com/marie-anne-lenormand-the-parisian-prophetess/
• https://www.cafelenormand.com/lenormand-tarot/
• https://gameofhopelenormand.bigcartel.com/game-of-hope-numbered-edition
• https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/509667/good-fortune-how-empress-bonaparte-popularized-tarot-card-trend-and-made-her-cartomancer-household
• http://loyolaphoenix.com/2015/04/what-really-happens-when-you-mix-pop-rocks-and-coke/

Woo Supernatural Season 2, Episode 9 "Croatoan!" Did germ warfare kill DJ Tanner's mom? What is the contract like on a blood bowl phone? Is there a data cap? Also - learn about the how we STILL don't know what happened to the Lost Colony at Roanoke but at least they gave us racist grapes?

We're talking about Supernatural Season Two, Episode Eight "Crossroad Blues." Diana gets excited to talk about music and Liz gets excited to talk about the return of phallic magic. Did you know that the guardian of the crossroads likes copulation and is well endowed? Neither did we.

Sources:

• http://www.paranormalscholar.com/the-devils-blues-tommy-johnson-and-his-crossroads-deal-with-satan/
• https://nationalbluesmuseum.org/stories-of-the-crossroads-blues-myths-did-robert-johnson-really-sell-his-soul-to-the-devil/
• Smith, Ayana. “Blues, Criticism, and the Signifying Trickster.” Popular Music, vol. 24, no. 2, 2005, pp. 179–191. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3877642. Accessed 26 June 2021. http://readersandrootworkers.org/wiki/Category:The_Crossroads
• Beyond the Crossroads Gussow, Adam, 2017.

It is Supernatural Season 2, Episode 7 "The Usual Suspects" and Linda Blair has come to town but her head isn't spinning. You know whose head IS spinning? That is Zona Shue, The Greenbrier Ghost! Is it true crime? A ghost story? We don't know!

Sources:

• http://www.theoccultmuseum.com/greenbrier-ghost-zona-heaster-shue-helped-solve-murder/
• https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2018/01/greenbrier-ghost.html
• https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/west-virginia/unique-wv-2/
• https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4679
• https://greenbrierwv.com/editorials/the-greenbrier-ghost

We're going over Supernatural Season 2, Episode 6 - No Exit. And eeewwww that is a lot of goo. And serial killers! Well one serial killer - H.H. Holmes. Sorta. Liz will delve into his background and tell you all about the H.H. Holmes Curse!

Sources:

• The Curse of H.H. Holmes Selzer, Adam 2012.
• H.H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil Selzer, Adam 2017. 
• https://rebeccafrostwrites.com/2020/10/30/the-curse-of-h-h-holmes/
• http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/2.06_No_Exit

It's Supernatural Season Two, Episode Five, and it is mostly about the demon babies. Liz explores the question "Can twins be trusted?" when she goes into the True Crime tale behind Spahlaski twins. The brothers who commit crime together, end up in prison together. And lest we forget - Dr Bad Ass is In!

Sources:

• https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/spahalski-robert.htm
• https://www.oxygen.com/killer-siblings/crime-news/twin-killers-robert-stephen-spahalski-attica-michael-benson
• https://medium.com/true-crime-addiction/identical-twins-connected-by-dna-and-murder-true-crime-6e22df2b84e5
• http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Spahalski,%20Robert.pdf
• Killer Twins Benson, Michael. 2010. 
• Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York)13 Jan 2010, Wed. Page 11. 
• Star-Gazette (Elmira, New York) March 12, 2010 Friday By Jason Whong
• http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Ben_Edlund
• http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/2.05_Simon_Said

It is Supernatural Season 2, Episode 4 "Children Shouldn't Play Things." Or as we're calling it "Pitter Patter Bloody Splatter!" since Letterkenny's Jared Keeso is in it! EEK! Also we're discussing the Bone Discourse aka Boneghazi. Should you need consent for bones? Discuss.

Sources:

• https://www.vice.com/en/article/vb4m4a/boneghazi-how-a-grave-robbing-controversy-tore-an-online-witch-community-apart
• https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/stealing-human-bones-boneghazi
• https://youtu.be/r9RtooH8xXY
• https://www.atticvoices.com/2019/boneghazi

It's Supernatural Season Two, Episode 2 Bloodlust and we've got more vampires! And Amber Benson! I mean the show has Amber Benson, she's not on the podcast. Sorry!

Lore dives into the real story behind Enriqueta Martí aka the Vampire of Barcelona aka La Vampira del Raval. The story is full of FUD and witch shaming.

We discuss Supernatural Season Two, Episode Two "Everybody Loves A Clown" and discuss why nobody loves the clown in this episode. We also learn about the wondrous Impala Land! Then come down the lore hole and find out the difference between Phantom Clowns and Stalking Clowns. It could save your life.

Sources:

• https://symbolsage.com/rakshasa-hindu-mythology/
• http://www.goodmagic.com/carny/c_a.htm
• http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/2.02_Everybody_Loves_a_Clown
• https://ways-to-die.com/clown-serial-killers/
• https://www.ibtimes.com/creepy-clown-sightings-map-2016-timeline-threats-arrests-school-closings-false-2426296
• https://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/10/world/creepy-clown-sightings-global/index.html
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37455073
• https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/state-texas-invasion-clowns/
• https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/755765/posts
• https://slate.com/culture/2016/10/evil-clowns-have-been-sighted-all-over-america-since-1981.html
• Bad Clowns. Radford, Benjamin, Benjamin, 2016. 
• https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/clown-sightings-raise-concerns-among-annandale-residents
• https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7916729/knife-wielding-killer-clown-scares-boy/
• https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/17848427.clown-waving-knife-chases-kids-mottingham-mum-warns/
• https://heavy.com/news/2020/09/killer-clowns-2020-tiktok/
• https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/killer-clowns-now-targets-of-violence-106268/
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/255943603/?terms=%22clown%20sighting%22&match=1 The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville, Tennessee)
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/255943603/?terms=%22clown%20sighting%22&match=1 The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville, Tennessee) 30 Dec 2016, Fri

We start off Supernatural Season 2, Episode 1 "In My Time of Dying" with a big bang.. or wreck, whatever. We dance the Planchette Polka while diving into the history of the Ouija board and the real story behind the Exorcist.

Let’s go on a field trip! 

“Ghosts in the Machine”

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/weird-homes-tour-x-atlas-obscura-ghosts-in-the-machines-tickets-152786453395

Sources:

• http://mysteriousplanchette.com/History/history1.html
• http://mysteriousplanchette.com/Manu_Portal/kirbyandco.html
• https://mysteriousplanchette.blogspot.com/2013/03/planchette-polka-little-plank-in.html
• https://museumoftalkingboards.com/dials.html
• https://museumoftalkingboards.com/history.html
• https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/the-dark-and-fascinating-history-of-the-ouija-board-baltimore-origins/
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ouija-7eleven
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/play-in-mind/201205/the-ouija-board-explained
• https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/do-ouija-boards-work/
• https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-mysterious-phenomena/how-ouija-board-got-its-sinister-reputation-0011443
• https://occult-world.com/st-louis-exorcism-case/
• https://www.distractify.com/p/was-the-exorcism-of-roland-doe-real
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2449423/Devil-Roland-Doe-The-Exorcist-based-real-life-Missouri-possession.html
• http://www.strangemag.com/exorcistpage4.html
• http://www.strangemag.com/exorcistpage5.html
• http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/2.01_In_My_Time_of_Dying
• Raupert, John Godfrey. The New Black Magic and the Truth about the Ouija-board. United States, Devin-Adair Company, 1919.
• O'Donnell, Elliott. The menace of spiritualism. 1920. 
• Morton, Lisa. Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances. 2021. 
• http://www.strangemag.com/exorcistpage2.html
• Guiley, Rosemary Ellen and Rick Fisher. Ouija Gone Wild: Shocking True Stories, 2012. 
• Knight, Nicholas. Supernatural: The Official Companion Season 2, 2008.