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Sam Winchester (series star JARED PADALECKI) has done his best to escape his family's eerie history. Unlike his older brother, Dean (series star JENSEN ACKLES), Sam rejected their father's obsessive quest to uncover the evil forces that claimed the life of the boys' mother. Putting as much distance as possible between himself and his family, Sam left home right after high school and went away to college. His new life includes a beautiful and loving girlfriend and plans to enter law school. Dean, however, took a very different path, following their father into the "family business." When Dean arrives on Sam's doorstep with the news that their father has vanished, Sam has no choice but to put his personal plans on hold and join Dean on the road.
After four years apart, the reunited brothers are getting to know each other again, and their familiar sibling rivalries are never far from the surface. Despite the strange childhood they shared, these boys turned out to have very different views of the world. Dean still idolises his father and, although he often appears cocky and fearless, in reality he is haunted by memories of his mother's violent death. Sam was too young to remember the awful night that their mother died and has never fully accepted the frightening path his father and brother have followed.
A mysterious phone message from their father leads the Winchester brothers to a California town plagued by a series of unexplained deaths. They soon come face-to-face with the local legend of a Lady in White - a ghostly and beautiful hitchhiker who wanders country roads by night, luring young men to their doom. Although they don't find their father, Dean and Sam discover his journal and try to decipher his writings for clues that will help them destroy the spirit.
Once the job is done, Sam tries to return to college life but finds that the malevolent force that claimed his mother has now taken his girlfriend in the same unthinkable way. Fueled by rage, sorrow and guilt, Sam suddenly understands his father's obsession. Like Dean, Sam is now totally committed to the hunt for answers and, ultimately, for revenge.
Written by:
Eric Kripke
Directed by:
David Nutter
In 1878, Esther Teed (her last name is Teed in the 'Ghosts and Spirits' book) of Amherst, Nova Scotia was victimised in one of the most frighteningly haunting cases in Canadian history. The poltergeist, which dubbed himself "Bob" in written messages on walls, tormented not only nineteen year old Esther, but also anyone who tried to help her, including her entire family
The spirit first made its presence known by frightening and then sickening Esther; at one point the girl's body swelled to nearly double it's normal size. The family called in doctors and clergy to help, but the haunting escalated, terrifying the family with deafening noises, horrifying threats, unspeakable violence and spontaneous fire-starting. As word of these occurrences spread, curious people began gathering in the Teed house.
Eventually, the Teed's landlord, distressed at the damage that was occurring, requested that Esther leave the property. The house immediately returned to normal: Esther, however, was harassed by the spirit one last time, when it followed her into a barn and set it alight. Esther was arrested and sentenced to four months in jail, but appeals from friends who knew her history led to her release. Soon after, Esther married and the spirit ceased his visitations.
A legendary subterranean passageway in Passaic, New Jersey that many people believe ultimately leads to the lair of the devil. The area is a maze of underground tunnels and storm sewers: deep inside, a network of dead trees can be found, each planted exactly three feet apart. According to numerous accounts, dead cats and birds hang from the tree trunks, and an evil spirit guards the passage.
The recording of voices on audiotapes, that have no known physical source. EVP researchers capture the voices of spirit beings, made possible when the beings interrupt the Electro Magnetic Field (EMF). EVP is the first high technology method that allows communication with the dead and other discarnate beings. A simple audio cassette recorder is all that is necessary to reveal these previously unheard voices to the human ear.
A professional digital audio editor. Among other things the program can be used to digitally re master and restore old recordings with noise reduction and pop/click filters, and to analyse human and animal voices.
As first reported in folklore, the silver bullet is the only weapon capable of killing a witch, giant, or person living a changed or supernatural life. Werewolves, for example, are widely known to be vulnerable to silver bullets.
In various traditions, silver is the metal most commonly associated with the moon and the human soul.
A representation of the cross on which Jesus was crucified, representing the goodness of Christ and God and the power of good over evil. Crosses are used to ward off vampires and demons that are associated with Satan. Much vampire lore insists that the one holding the cross must have faith if it is to work properly as a deterrent.
A cross isn`t usually powerful enough to kill a vampire or demon on it's own, but it can drain them in strength, burn their flesh and keep them at a safe distance.
A type of folk lore magic used in New Orleans and surrounding areas marked by a belief in sorcery, primitive deities, fetishes and magical spells and curses. In voodoo, objects like roots, gris-gris bags, powders, graveyard dirt and "puppets" or "voodoo dolls" are employed for magical effect for the purpose of material gain or against and enemy.
Voodoo is more or less synonymous with hoodoo and is not to be confused with the religion of Vodou.
A folk tale with many variations. The most famous is a Mexican story about La Llorona the Sobbing Woman.
The story takes place long ago when a beautiful Indian princess, Dona Luisa de Loveros, fell in love with a handsome Mexican nobleman named Don Nuna de Monteselaros. The princess loved the nobleman deeply and had two children by him, but Monteselaros refused to marry her. When he finally deserted her and married another woman, Dona Luisa went mad with rage and stabbed her two children. Authorities found her wandering the street, sobbing, her clothes covered in blood. She was charged with infanticide and sent to the gallows.
Ever since, it is said, the ghost of la Llorona walks the country at night in her bloody dress crying out for her murdered children. if she finds any child, she's likely to carry it away with her to nether regions, where her own spirit dwells.
The most common symbol of Neo-Pagan Witchcraft, it has nevertheless been denigrated by movie and publishing industries that try to connect it with Satanism and other malevolent practices. However, like the Roman Cross or Crucifix, it is only when the symbol is INVERTED that it alludes to negativity.
In it's usual upright position (one point uppermost) the pentagram is an ancient symbol of protection from evil. Also called 'the endless knot' (in its interlaced form), the pentagram was often displayed on doors, windows and hearths of houses throughout pre-Christian Europe. It can be traced back to Egyptian and Sumerian cultures, and has even been found on Native American medicine tools. Sometimes confused with the Star of David, or hexagram (a six-pointed star emblematic of Judaism), the pentagram is sometimes called the Star of Solomon, especially by ceremonial magicians.
A scottish weed, first used in England in 1513. A wraith is an apparition, vision, or double of another living person. It's appearance is commonly seen as an omen that the person being doubled is about to die
Also Banshi and Benshee, Irish and Scottish in origin. A female death omen that manifests to herald approaching death with wailing. The word is derived from the Old Irish ben sidhe, a woman of the fairy folk, or 'woman of the fairy mound', but it is translated by different scholars in a variety of ways, including Female Fairy, Angel of Death, Lady of Death, Woman of Peace, White Lady of Sorrow, Nymph of the Air and Spirit of the Air, amongst others.
Many people have described the 'terrible wail', which precedes a death, and certain families are traditionally believed to be 'followed' by the Banshee. The word is sometimes also used to denote a sort of demon, but in Nordic folklore the Banshee is always benevolent.
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