Devil's Trap: A Supernatural Podcast

Diana and Liz dish all the dirt on Supernatural Season 1, Episode 12 "Faith." We'll finally learn what the goddess Dolly Parton meant about the booger man, Rawhead and Bloody Bones. Sherlock Sam will deduce all the things but get schooled by Liz about Tarot, Coptic Crosses, and Necromancy. And we'll learn if those rascally sheriffs will ever catch Dean!

Links:

• Siouxsie and the Banshees "Rawhead and Bloody Bones" https://youtu.be/m4Mv0vbFEsE
• Black Altar "Deus Inversus” https://youtu.be/wIYeo92-QYs

Sources:

https://monster.fandom.com/wiki/Bloody_Bones

https://deepsouthmag.com/2014/10/17/bloody-bones-a-history-of-southern-scares/

https://writingwerewolf.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/folklores-scariest-creatures-rawhead-and-bloody-bones/

https://maskofreason.wordpress.com/the-book-of-mysteries/know-your-ghosts/europe/rawhead-and-bloody-bones/

https://public.oed.com/blog/raw-head-bloody-bones-and-other-terrors-of-the-nursery/

https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2020/10/why-did-rawhead-scare-kids-so.html

https://recklesstea.wordpress.com/2019/01/26/rawhead-and-bloody-bones/

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA01/Grand-Jean/Hurston/Chapter10.html

https://grannysu.blogspot.com/2008/11/raw-head-bloody-bones.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_cross

https://symbolsage.com/coptic-cross-meaning/

https://www.thetarotguide.com/the-hierophant

https://web.archive.org/web/20090223094339/http://tarothermit.com/pope.htm

https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10735a.htm

https://www.black-altar-horde.com/biography

https://spn-heavymeta.livejournal.com/24372.html

http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/1.12_Faith

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0713614/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0713614/goofs?ref_=tttrv_sa_1

https://www.sciencia.cat/temes/medieval-necromancy-art-controlling-demons

https://www.grunge.com/251326/the-crazy-history-of-necromancy-explained/

We're talking about Season 1, Episode 11 of Supernatural "Scarecrow." Do all roads lead to pie? Only evil girls knowingly get into shady vans! Liz divulges her new crush on Dr. Jackson Crawford, the snack of a cowboy Old Norse expert. And it wouldn't be Devi's Trap without talking Phallus Magic when we delve in to the mythology behind the Vanir and other Norse mythology.

Sources and Links:

https://youtu.be/lUQ-Oqu028E Vanir, “Denmarks #1 #vikingmetal band

https://sokisamlingar.sormlandsmuseum.se/items/show/320808

https://sokisamlingar.sormlandsmuseum.se/items/show/320808

https://sokisamlingar.sormlandsmuseum.se/items/show/320808

https://mythology.wikia.org/wiki/Vanir

https://earthandstarryheaven.com/2018/12/19/vanir-cult/

http://www.erichshall.com/asanew/blot.htm

https://youtu.be/crOzii_iiNo Wagon of the Vanir God. Jackson Crawford

https://grimfrost.com/

https://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-ancient-cult-of-wagon-goddess.html

https://norse-mythology.org/concepts/seidr/

https://youtu.be/pPPWde7SVk0 The Vǫlva (Norse Seeress) and Seiðr

https://jacksonwcrawford.com/

https://youtu.be/4GcUphVrMjE) Norse Gods Names

https://youtu.be/qv8UVW3mBhw Historical Worship of the Norse Gods

https://youtu.be/OGWZGvpk-aw Dísablót: A Norse Fall Festival

https://www.academia.edu/14914702/Among_trees_bones_and_stones_Th

e_sacred_grove_at_Lunda

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A4llinge_statuette#CITEREFAnderssonBeronius_J%C3%B6rpelandDun%C3%A9r2003

https://www.learnreligions.com/freyja-goddess-of-abundance-fertility-war-2561963

https://mythopedia.com/norse-mythology/gods/njord/

https://skjalden.com/freyr/

https://mythopedia.com/norse-mythology/gods/freya/

https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2015/02/stone-phalluses-and-ancient-fertility-cults/

http://www.littleredumbrella.com/2010/12/story-of-saint-olaf-and-viking-horse.html

http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/1.11_Scarecrow

This week we discuss Supernatural Season 1, Episode 10 Asylum. We figures out LIz and Diana's rule for life:

1. Don't go in spooky basements
2. Don't split up
3. Don't go in haunted asylums

Lore this week covers the Witch's Castle aka the Danver State Hospital.

Sources:

https://frightfind.com/danvers-state-hospital/

https://www.hauntedrooms.com/massachusetts/haunted-places/danvers-state-hospital

https://www.danversstatehospital.org/history

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/massachusetts/insane-asylum-ma/

https://horrorfacts.com/danvers-state-hospital/

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/massachusetts/boston/creepy-asylum-boston/

http://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Danvers_State_Hospital

https://anomalien.com/creepy-ghost-places-danvers-state-hospital/

https://exemplore.com/paranormal/Insane-Asylums-Americas-Most-Notorious-Hauntings

http://www.hauntedhovel.com/danversstatehospital.html

https://youtu.be/4qV9AOh8UFs (Danvers State Mental Hospital Inside & Out) 

http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/1.10_Asylum

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cash-settlement-for-sterilized-women-1.565802

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/riverview-hospital-a-brief-history-1.2876488

http://searcharchives.coquitlam.ca/index.php/informationobject/browse?page=3&collection=1809&topLod=0&view=card&onlyMedia=1&sort=alphabetic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smurl_haunting

https://www.aftermath.com/content/body-decomposition-smell/

https://www.ranker.com/list/how-long-does-it-take-a-body-to-decompose/erin-wisti

https://www.crimescenecleanup.com/how-long-does-it-take-for-a-body-to-decompose/

In Season 1, Episode 9 - Sam and Dean are going back to Lawrence and we're so here for it. Except for creepy basements and disturbing clapping monkeys. Our lore is all about Gef - the helpful mongoose poltergeist, aka the Dalby Spook.

Sources:

http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/1.09_Home

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2016/08/the-bizarre-saga-of-gef-the-talking-mongoose/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71816/strange-story-gef-talking-mongoose

https://www.themystica.com/gris-gris/

Ashford, Jenny The Unseen Hand 

Fraser, John Poltergeist! A New Investigation into Destructive Haunting

Knight, Nicholas Supernatural: The Official Companion Season 1

I'm covered in bees! I'm covered in bees! This week's episode looks at Season 1, Episode 8 "Bugs." Diana gets upset at Sam putting his feet all over Baby, we talk about the famous bee scene, and then for our lore we delve into the curse of Old Town Spring, Texas, where things burn down. A lot.

Things that Liz searched this week:

• "How long does it take flesh-eating beetles to devour a human corpse down to the bone?"
• “Can you tell the age of human bones by looking at them?

Sources:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0713612/

http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/1.08_Bugs

http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/The_Bee_Story

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/mad-cow-disease-in-humans#symptoms

https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2013/01/17/flesh-eating-beetles-explained/

http://dakotaskulls.com/FleshEatingBeetles.shtm

https://www.futurity.org/taphonomy-bones-forensics-1170042-2/

https://youtu.be/CYuvLSFFalo (Eddie Izzard I’m covered in bees) 

https://sde.ok.gov/sites/ok.gov.sde/files/documents/files/Tribes_of_OK_Education%20Guide_Euchee_Tribe.pdf

https://www.cherokeephoenix.org/Article/Index/134607

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atakapa

http://carsonphotos.com/skylineoa/files/index.html

https://www.hcp4.net/parks/jjp/akokisa/

https://southwritlarge.com/articles/the-curse-of-old-town-spring/

https://houstonhistorymagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/spring-creek.pdf

https://youtu.be/1dXeFWps7LQ (Old Town Spring Doll hospital) 

https://hollowhill.com/old-town-spring-ghost-in-the-bank/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Hjl700M-c (Haunted hotel in Old Town Spring? Inside Wunsche Brothers Café)

Jackson, Jason Baird Yuchi Folklore - Cultural Expression in a Southeastern Native Community 

Speck, Frank Gouldsmith Ethnology of the Yuchi Indians

Nance, Cathy Haunted Old Town Spring

It's Supernatural Season 1, Episode 7 "Hook Man" and we're taking the boys to college! Dean's gonna dig a grave and Sam is gonna get moon eyed. We're gonna dive head first into three Urban Legends then talk about the Texarkana Moonlight Murders aka the Phantom Killer aka Butt Face.

Sources:

https://members.huntakiller.com/blog-articles/lovers-lane

https://www.reference.com/science/hot-wood-fire-902305ee9dfd05a4

https://asouthernsleuthpodcast.com/2019/03/17/episode-3-cheryl-henry-andy-atkinson/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-boyfriends-death/

https://www.liveabout.com/the-dead-boyfriend-3299479

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/arent-you-glad-you-didnt-turn-on-the-light/?collection-id=209633

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-hook/?collection-id=209633

https://listverse.com/2018/06/25/10-disturbing-facts-about-the-colonial-parkway-murders/

https://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2020/12/13-creepy-facts-about-the-texarkana-phantom-killer/

https://www.unsolvedcasebook.com/the-texarkana-phantom-moonlight-murders/

https://youtu.be/87y1_IbJRZE The Horrifying Texarkana Phantom Killer

https://truecrimediva.com/cheryl-henry-andy-atkinson-lovers-lane-murders-houston/

Brunvand, Jan Harold. "NEW LEGENDS FOR OLD." ETC: A Review of General Semantics 43, no. 4 (1986): 381-88. Accessed January 4, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/42579289.

https://texasranger.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/E0C9D686-43A8-4AFB-856C-900091633336

The Phantom Killer Presley, James

We talk about Supernatural Season 1, Episode 6 "Skin" an episode which didn't skeeve Diana out and Liz can't stalk talking about proper sewer attire. The lore this week is about doppelgängers and Emilie Sagée.

Sources:

http://folklorethursday.com/folktales/doppelganger-double-meaning-folklore/

https://mythology.net/others/concepts/doppelganger/

http://www.paranormal-encyclopedia.com/d/doppelganger/

https://listverse.com/2013/08/30/10-disturbing-tales-of-doppelgangers/

https://coolinterestingstuff.com/the-very-strange-case-of-emilie-sagee

https://mysteriesrunsolved.com/2020/04/emilie-sagee-doppelganger.html

https://youtu.be/YNlnoPfrg1M

https://youtu.be/pdoIr0LG9Ws

http://themutineer.org/the-double-life-of-emilie-sagee/

Diana and Liz talk about Supernatural Season 1, Episode 5 - Bloody Mary. You know Bloody Mary, the legend where if you stare into a mirror long enough you see a terrible ghost who rips out your eyes, and not just your inner turmoil. We talk about Sam and Dean confront the ghost. And how Liz confronts this lore and finds the charming town of Whitewater, Wisconsin, where the local beer has amazing branding and once Spiritualists roamed free. Subscribe and find us at devilstrappodcast.com

Sources:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0713611/

http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/1.05_Bloody_Mary

https://www.barnardhealth.us/forensic-pathology/postmortem-hemorrhage.html

https://people.howstuffworks.com/why-is-it-bad-luck-to-break-mirror.htm

https://www.liveabout.com/bloody-mary-in-the-mirror-3299478

https://people.howstuffworks.com/bloody-mary-legend.htm

http://www.jesterbear.com/Wicca/BloodyMary2.html

https://www.lakecountyjournal.com/2013/10/14/legends-abound-regarding-bloody-mary-worth/ano8osd/

https://www.whitewaterchamber.com/spirit-tour/

https://www.apg-wi.com/vintage-wisconsin-worlds-first-spiritualist-school-founded-in-wisconsin/article_f0e3547c-e117-11e7-a76b-0b615da76190.html

http://www.morrispratt.org/

https://hauntedauckland.com/site/strangers-in-the-mirror/

Strange-face-in-the-mirror illusion Perception, 2010, volume 39, pages 1007 ^ 1008 Giovanni B Caputo Department of Psychology, University of Urbino

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bloody-mary-story/

https://www.usparanormalresearch.com/witches-of-whitewater-documentary.html

https://www.discoverwhitewater.org/blog/top-5-haunted-places-in-whitewater-wi-aka-the-second-salem

https://www.discoverwhitewater.org/tourism-council/history-of-whitewater

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Mounds_Park_(Whitewater,_Wisconsin)

https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS301

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritualism

https://www.cultofweird.com/paranormal/morris-pratt-institute-of-spiritualism/

http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/woodhull_and_claflins_weekly/woodhull_and_claflins_weekly_v7_n19_apr_11_1874.pdf

https://www.spiritualpathspiritualistchurch.org/morris-pratt-institute-builder/

We are discussing Season 1, Episode 4 of Supernatural "Phantom Traveler" in which we get our introduction to black-eyed demons! We talk about what is the proper plane etiquette when you are possessed and whether or not airlines will issue a voucher for Demons. The lore focuses on the most famous case of mass exorcism "The Devils of Loudon" aka yoga nuns aka the old times, when priests banged and fought in Church.

Sources: 

https://vimeo.com/14581423 “Zabulon, the Lord of Hell” http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/The_Ackles_Ass_Equation https://web.archive.org/web/20130227154620/https://entirelyjensen.livejournal.com/451397.html

http://numerology.center/biblical_numbers_number_40.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_401

http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Exorcism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbain_Grandier

https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-189052346/a-jesuit-mystic-s-feminine-melancholia-jean-joseph)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dApwLJVI_e4

A Case of Witchcraft: The Trial of Urbain Grandier by Robert Rapley · 1998 

The Penguin book of Exorcisms (editor Dr. Joseph Laycock

The Encyclopedia of Demons & Demonology Rosemary Ellen Guiley 

Encyclopedia of demons in world religions and cultures by Theresa Bane

A discussion about Supernatural, Season 1 Episode 3 "Dead in the Water" in which Diana and Liz talk about the nature of evil in humans (aka people who don't like big buckets of chicken are evil), the evolution of the characterization of Dean (aka maybe he isn't a total douche), and the occult use of sodium chloride (aka why salt is like a phallus). Oh and also poop magick. Yup. Poop magick.

Sources:

Buckland, Raymond "Complete Book of Witchcraft"

Budge, E.A. " Amulets and Superstitions"

Cavendish, Richard "The Black Arts"

De Givry, Grillot "Witchcraft, Magic, and Alchemy"

Kurlansky, Mark "Salt - a World History"

http://tviv.org/