Devil's Trap: A Supernatural Podcast

Hey hey hey, Don't You Forget About Me or this Season 11, Episode 12 banger of an episode. We find out if Diana is married to a vampire, and which Supernatural character she is destined to be with. Somewhere in between, we discuss what happens when Sam and Dean return to Sioux Falls to help out Jump Scare Claire, and get thrown into a conversation about birth control. Good times.

Research Links

• QUIZ: Are You Dating a Vampire? | The SparkNotes Blog
• Quiz: Which "Supernatural" Character Should You Marry?

AI says: "In "Into the Mystic," the salient point centers on the profound exploration of life’s fleeting nature and the importance of following one’s heart, as exemplified by Mildred's secret to a long, happy life." Liz determined that Mildred's secret was staying horny AF. We dive into banshee lore and how you may need to learn to speak with a full mouth.

Research Links

• The Banshee's Comb (MLSIT 4026): The Role of Tellers and Audiences in the Shaping of Redactions and Variations on JSTOR
• "Blow the House down": Coding, the Banshee, and Woman's Place on JSTOR
• A Folklore Survey of County Clare
• In Search of the Irish Family Banshee, Her Cry Echoing Across Generations | Folklife Magazine
• Types of Fae - Discover Their Folklore and Magic - thepeculiarbrunette.com
• Banshee - Wikipedia
• ban-sìthe | Facts, Information, and Mythology
• The Scold's Bridle | Lancaster Castle : Lancaster Castle

Here comes Season 11, Episode 10: The Devil in the Details, where everybody is trying to get in somebody. Sam is forced to witness his awkward teenage years, we're forced to witness an Amelia flashback, and Cas is forced to wear the world's most awkward brand on his chest. Liz discusses the medieval torture device known as the Scold's Bridle, also referred to as the witch’s bridle, a gossip’s bridle, a brank’s bridle, or simply the branks. Hop on one foot indeed.

An AI robot who might have listened to a different episode said: Diana and Liz's insightful commentary provides a rich backdrop to the episode's events, inviting listeners to contemplate the broader implications of the narrative while retaining an engaging dialogue throughout.

Research Links

• The Scold's Bridle | Lancaster Castle : Lancaster Castle
• The Horrible Medieval Weapon That Was Used To Torture Wives
• Object of the month - Scold's Bridle - Museum of Witchcraft and Magic
• The Branks: A Chilling Artifact of Medieval Torture -
• Hold yer tongue | National Trust for Scotland
• Our Legal Heritage: The Branks or Scold’s Bridle | Scottish Legal News
• Scold's bridle - Wikipedia
• No Gossiping, Gluttony, Lying, or Eavesdropping! European Metal Masks Would Shame You into Good Behavior | Ancient Origins
• Scold’s Bridles: 12 Torturous and Humiliating Shame Masks of the Middle Ages (In Pics) | Ancient Origins
• Scolding Brides and Bridling Scolds: Taming the Woman's Unruly Member on JSTOR

O Brother, it is Season 11, Episode 9, and that is where thou art? Amara has grown up and is sucking face everywhere she goes. We talk about pyrophytes which shocking is not something you see at a metal show. The Cage has returned, and you have to take a handcart to get to it.

Research Links

• Plants That Burn: Spontaneous Combustion in Plants With David Attenborough - Bite Sized Gardening
• Spontaneous combustion - Wikipedia
• Pyrophyte - Wikipedia
• Going To Hell In A Handbasket - Meaning & Origin Of The Phrase
• Is there a bush that spontaneously bursts into flame to reproduce? - The Straight Dope

Was it "Just My Imagination" or are we at Season 11, Episode 8 of Supernatural? Besides Sully and his friends, we talk about some modern imaginary friends and Lucas Rizotto's Magnetron (not to be confused with Megatron).

Research Links

• Someone Turned Their Imaginary Friend Into an AI Microwave and It Wanted to Kill Them - IGN
• Lucas Rizzotto (@_LucasRizzotto) / X
• Man Recreates Childhood Friend With AI, Then It Tries to 'Murder' Him - Newsweek
• The Most Prevalent Feminine Mythical Characters in Romanian Folklore – Romanian Language

It's Season 7, Episode 11: Plush. Everyone is wearing a mask in some way or another. Then we discuss Unidentified Hopping Objects (UHOs), aka the cryptid Phantom Kangaroos, in Minnesota and beyond.

Research Links

• Phantom kangaroo - Wikipedia
• Phantom Kangaroo | Cryptid Wiki | Fandom
• Wrestling with Cryptid Categories – The National Cryptid Society
• Unexplained! : 347 strange sightings, incredible occurrences, and puzzling physical phenomena : Clark, Jerome : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
• What Happened To Minnesota's Phantom Kangaroos?
• The M-files : true reports of Minnesota's unexplained phenomena : Rath, Jay : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
• What Happened To Minnesota's Phantom Kangaroos?

Join us as we talk about Season 11, Episode Six "Our Little World" where we just want Amara to grow up so we stop getting creeped out, and can you beat Diana in her quiz on the band The Darkness? What band's fans spit gum in Justin Hawkins mouth? Yum.

Research Links

• DAVID DRAIMAN And JUSTIN HAWKINS End Their War Of Words, Agree To Meet In Person 'And Laugh About It' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
• Justin Hawkins - Wikipedia

Supernatural Season 11, Episode 5 "Thin Lizzy" is not about one of the greatest bands to come out of Dublin, but about the Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast Museum, and what Sam and Dean find inside. Did you know that Lizzie was also descended from Elizabeth Morse, who was convicted of witchcraft in Colonial Massachusetts before the Salem Witch Trials? You will if you listen to this episode.

Research Links

• Nancy Won - Super-wiki
• The Witchcraft Trial of Elizabeth Morse of Newbury, 1680 – Historic Ipswich
• A sketch of the history of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, from 1635 to 1845 : Coffin, Joshua, 1792-1864 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
• The Elusive John Morse – The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden & Victorian America
• Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County
• A Guide to the Court Records of Early Massachusetts - Colonial Society of Massachusetts
• The First New England Witch -- Willard H. Morse, M. D.
• D2213-2 Elizabeth_Morse_Witch_of_Newbury.pdf
• Elizabeth Morse Witch Trials from Actual Town Records of the Time | Memories on FamilySearch

Oh baby it's Season 11, Episode 4 Baby. We are down for the camera shots but not for the smells. We discuss the lore behind nachzehrers (aka shroud munchers) and Charon's obal.

Research Links

• The Petelia Tablet, Greek, c.300-200 BCE: originally buried with a human body, this totenpäss (a "passport for the dead") is supposed to provide the dead with special privileges in the Underworld; the inscription also tells them where to go and what to say when they get there [4096x5120] : r/ArtefactPorn
• Nachzehrer: Ghastly Undead of German Folklore and Plague
• The Real Reason People Were Buried With Coins In Their Mouths
• Vampires Of The Slavs : Jan L. Perkowski : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
• Nachzehrers: The Shroud Eating Vampires of Germanic Folklore | Ancient Origins

Can you blame an infinite being for hunger pains? Find out as we discuss Season 11, Episode 3 "The Bad Seed." We play "What Would Jensen and Jared Say?" A completely made-up game where Liz has Diana guess what was said during J2 panels at some recent SPN cons.

Research Links

• VegasCon 2019 Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles MAIN FULL Panel Supernatural - YouTube
• J2 Panel - SPN Chicago, IL - YouTube
• 2024 SPN Chicago J2 Main Panel - YouTube