Devil's Trap: A Supernatural Podcast

We are talking about SPN Season 12, Episode 15, Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell. We are close to heaven with Kelvin but so close to hell with this horrific treatment of the poor hellhound Ramsey. Diana loves the weird. Liz ruins the fun of the Reptile Lizard People conspiracy theory when she discusses David Icke and the tragedies surrounding it, including the Sherry Shriner deaths.

Research Links

• How Sherry Shriner's 'Alien Reptile' YouTube Cult Inspired A Murder
• Reptilian conspiracy theory - Wikipedia
• The Reptoid Hypothesis: Utopian and Dystopian Representational Motifs in David Icke's Alien Conspiracy Theory on JSTOR
• Who Are The Reptilians, And What Do They Want With The Human Race?
• Psycho lizards from Saturn: The godlike genius of David Icke!
• David Icke: Conspiracy of the Lizard Illuminati (Part 1/2) - YouTube
• Like QAnon's Capitol rioters, the Nashville bomber's lizard people theory is deadly serious
• 12 Million Reasons to Believe in Lizard People

We are talking about Supernatural, Season 12, Episode 14, "The Raid." No, its not about bug spray, although I'm sure the British Men of Letters (BMOL) have some fancy British version. Can the boys work together with the BMOL? Is there an antibiotic for AVD? Why is the Alpha Vamp yelling at the Brits to get off his lawn? We'll discuss all that, plus Liz breaks down how Enochian relates to the spy and magician John Dee in lore.

Research Links

• Edward Kelley - Wikipedia
• (PDF) John Dee and Edward Kelley in Cracow: Identifying the House of Enochian Revelations
• Edward Kelly - Golden Dawn Ancient Mystery School
• Enochian: The Mysterious Lost Language of Angels | Ancient Origins
• Edward Kelly - Golden Dawn Ancient Mystery School

We're jumping into Season 12, Episode 13 of Supernatural "Family Feud." We debate who is actually feuding, why Crowley never learns, and what kind of vampires live in the Pembrooke Academy. Liz tells the story of another haunted ship, and that is the story of the Queen Mary. Is it really haunted? Or did Disney just ruin another thing for you?

Research Links

• Haunting of the Queen Mary: The True Story Behind The Haunted Ship
• How Disney tried to turn the Queen Mary into a Haunted Mansion at sea
• The Queen Mary Hauntings, Most Active Rooms and Ghost Stories – Strange & Twisted
• There’s Something about Mary (but It’s Not What You’ve Heard) | Skeptical Inquirer
• RMS Queen Mary - Wikipedia

We are Stuck in the Middle with You and the Winchesters in Season 12, Episode 12. We delve into the important topics like "Why do demons whistle?" "Is Classic Horny Demon a better title for a sex tape or an album?" "Will Mary suffer from bladder kharma?" and "Why would you ever agree to go hunting with the Winchesters?"

During lore, Liz attempts to summarize Rosicrucianism and the secret societies it inspired.

Regarding Season 12, Episode 11, "Regarding Dean," we have some thoughts. Plus, because Rowena tells a story of a witch, Liz tells the story of three witches who were tried in the 1500s! Heard about the trial of Mother Waterhouse (The Chelmsford Witch Trials) and the familiar, Sathan!

Research Links

• Criminal court cases: assize courts 1559-1971 - The National Archives
• Faking It: A Case of Counterfeit Possession in the Reign of James I on JSTOR
• Elizabethan England’s First Witches – Legal History Miscellany
• The Trial of Agnes Waterhouse – Witchcraft in Essex, 1566 |
• Chelmsford witch trials: The tragic case of Agnes Waterhouse | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
• Agnes Waterhouse: The First Woman Executed for Witchcraft in England | Ancient Origins
• The Project Gutenberg eBook of A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718, by Wallace Notestein.

It's Season 10 Episode 12, and while we don't have any, Lily Sunder has some regrets. Liz tells Diana more about the lore behind Nephilim and the Cardix Giant Hoax.

Research Links

• THE CARDIFF GIANT HOAX on JSTOR
• The Cardiff Giant – “A Sucker Born Every Minute” – Legends of America
• The Cardiff Giant: The Biggest Hoax of the 19th Century - JSTOR Daily
• Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries : Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology : Feder, Kenneth L., author : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
• Cardiff Giant - Wikipedia
• Nephilim - Wikipedia
• The Encyclopedia Of Demons And Demonology By Guiley Rosemary Ellen : motivator8 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

We're breaking down Season 12, Episode 9, First Blood, like the Winchesters break out of prison. It's the 250th episode, and we have trivia! Liz quizzes Diana on all the times the boys were arrested.

No, Season 12 Episode 8 "LOTUS" is not about a flower, but instead about the time that Lucifer possessed the president? They didn't! But they did. We discuss that and all the other madness of this episode. In keeping with the British secret society theme, Liz tells the story of the most boring sex magic society ever - The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor (HB of L).

Research Links

• Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor - Wikipedia
• The Occult in Nineteenth-Century America (2005, Davies Group) - Libgen - Li | PDF | Western Esotericism | Freemasonry
• 23. The Brotherhood of Luxor — Ordo ab Chao
• Order of the Golden and Rosy Cross - Wikipedia
• Straight Dope Staff Report: What is Rosicrucianism all about?

We're talking Season 12, Episode 7, Rock Never Dies, as our love for this show will never die, no matter how mad we get that Lucifer can't play guitar for some absurd reason. Liz explains "backmasking" and whether Satan is trying to subliminally influence minds through records.

Research Links

• H.R.6363 - 97th Congress (1981-1982): Phonograph Record Backward Masking Labeling Act of 1982 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
• The satanic messages in Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven'
• Backmasking - Wikipedia
• The Fight to Save America From Satan's Subliminal Rock Messages - Atlas Obscura
• Ev : Audio Reversal In Popular Culture
• Satan, Subliminals, and Suicide: The Formation and Development of an Antirock Discourse in the United States during the 1980s on JSTOR
• ELO "Fire On High" Backwards Message Reversed - YouTube
• The hidden messages in songs

Hunters have gathered and are Celebrating the Life and Times of Asa Fox, and so are we, even though we just met him. The boys take their first trip to Canada, but keep all knowledge of anti-possession tattoos to themselves. Liz talks about Clinical Lycanthropy cases from the 1970s and 1980s.

Research Links

• Vampires, werewolves, and demons : twentieth century reports in the psychiatric literature : Richard Noll : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
• What Is Clinical Lycanthropy?