Denim-wrapped Nightmares, a Supernatural podcast

Pishtacos, Pudding & the Monster Who Was Actually Doing Good
This week Sam and Dean go undercover at Canyon Valley, a suspiciously effective weight loss retreat run by the sweetest monster they've ever had to shut down. Sam teaches yoga in a tank top. Dean gets assigned to the kitchen, steals some pudding, and sneaks away to eat it in a basement corner like a raccoon. Sheriff Donna Hanscom shows up on vacation and immediately becomes Berly and LA's new favorite character. The real villain turns out to be a very hungry, very disgruntled brother with a grudge and a body count.
Also: the debate about whether to kill monsters who are living their best non-murderous lives comes up, again, and Berly has some feelings about how many times this show is going to make them have this exact conversation.
The lore this week covers the real Andean legend behind the Pishtaco, which turns out to be rooted in genuinely horrifying colonial history. 
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Sources:
https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/The_Purge
https://przekroj.org/en/art-stories/the-pishtaco-emerges-from-the-andes/
https://www.fertur-travel.com/blog/2017/spooky-folklore-monsters-and-myths-of-highland-peru/7814/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pishtaco
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Garth Returns, Werewolf Cults & the Myth of Fenrir
Garth is back. He killed a cow. And he got hit by a car. We have questions.
Sharp Teeth reunites the boys with everybody's favorite lanky hunter, who has been MIA for six months and has some explaining to do. Turns out Garth got bit on a hunt, fell in love with a born werewolf named Bess, and joined a peaceful werewolf congregation run by a very sincere reverend with a very suspicious wife. Berly and LA are charmed by Garth and Bess, deeply skeptical of the stepmother from the jump, and mildly concerned about Sam Winchester's brain after yet another knock to the head.
Meanwhile, Dean and Sam are technically working together but driving separate cars and absolutely not talking about their feelings. Progress.
The lore this week covers Fenrir, the Norse wolf so catastrophically large and dangerous that the gods had to trick him into being chained up using a magical ribbon and one god's hand as a bargaining chip. He is currently down there waiting. 
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Sources:
https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Sharp_Teeth 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenrir 
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fenrir 
https://www.norsegarde.com/blogs/lore-and-mythology/unleashing-the-legend-exploring-fenrir-wolf-from-norse-mythology
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Cain, the First Blade & the Mark of Cain Explained
It's 1863, Confederate demons are terrified, and a man with a jawbone and a leather jacket just kicked in a door. That's our cold open, and we are already locked in.
Dean and Crowley hit the road together as the world's least likely hunting duo, tracking down the First Blade, the only weapon that can kill Abaddon. The trail leads them to a crotchety hunter named Tara (who shares way too much information about John Winchester) and eventually to a very charming beekeeper (who turns out to be the father of murder himself). Cain is retired, unbothered, and shucking corn while demons get their asses handed to them in the next room. Berly and LA are smitten, and they are not hiding it.
Back at the bunker, Sam and Castiel are working on extracting the last traces of Gadreel's grace, and somehow a peanut butter and jelly sandwich becomes the emotional thesis statement of the episode.
The lore this week covers the real biblical Cain: the first murder, the mark, the curse, and how the world's original problem child accidentally kickstarted urban civilization and the music industry. It tracks.
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Sources:
https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/First_Born
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cain
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cain-biblical-figure
https://www.gotquestions.org/Cain-in-the-Bible.html
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Crowley, Gadreel, & the Mark Begins
A hunter's funeral, a rock star in pleather pants, and Crowley finally getting out of the dungeon. That's just the first fifteen minutes.

Road Trip picks up right where the midseason finale left our broken little hearts. Dean is not okay. Sam still doesn't know what's been living inside him. And the only person with a plan to fix any of it is Crowley, which tells you everything about how bad things have gotten.

This week Berly and LA break down the road trip to Somerset, Metatron lurking in a bar for reasons that may or may not be strategic, a very handsome angel named Abner who makes some deeply unfortunate life choices, and the moment Sam finally gets the full picture of what Dean did. Also: Castiel's new trench coat gets a formal review, Crowley earns some genuine tenderness from two people who should know better, and Abaddon finds out the hard way that hell is not a dictatorship.

This week's lore digs into the real Aleister Crowley, the self-proclaimed Beast who founded his own religion, dabbled in occult secret societies, and inspired everyone from Neil Gaiman to Ozzy Osbourne. The reputation, as it turns out, is bigger than the man. Sound familiar?

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Sources:
https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Road_Trip
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2076426/episodes/13865259
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Mid-season bonus! We sat down with Jerry Wanek, production designer, later producer and director on Supernatural, and the guy behind basically every set you've ever paused the screen to stare at. 
We get into how a $35-a-day PA fetching Ronald McDonald's coffee ended up building the Men of Letters bunker, the real story behind that telescope, the Eric Kripke love-fest, a finally-answered fan debate about the dungeon devil's trap floor, the legend of "mud flap girls," the disco motel reveal that had the boys dancing on the beds, hidden sigils we never noticed, and one extremely chaotic Friday night involving Jared and a vintage Buick.
Jerry was generous, funny, and an absolute joy. Let us know which detail blew your mind most, and we'll be back soon with the second half of Season 9. Cheers! 🥂
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