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==Iron in "Supernatural"==
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The following are typical uses of iron to repel or combat ghosts, monsters, and demons.
* [[1.17 Hell House]] - Sam and Dean get [[Harry Spengler]] and [[Ed Zeddmore]] to post on their website, [[Hell Hound's Lair]], that the [[tulpa]] [[Mordechai|Mordechai Murdoch]] can be killed by special wrought-iron rounds.
* [[1.18 Something Wicked]] - Dean learned from John that a [[shtriga]] can be killed by consecrated wrought-iron rounds.
* [[1.19 Provenance]] - Sam uses an iron poker to repel [[Melanie Merchant]].
* [[2.06 No Exit]] - Jo uses a knife with an iron blade, that used to belong to her father, to repel the spirit of [[Dr. H.H. Holmes]].
* [[2.21 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part One]] - Sam uses an iron bar to repel the [[Acheri Demon]].
* [[2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two]] - A [[devil's trap (symbol)|devil's trap]] constructed from iron railroad lines by [[Samuel Colt]] keeps the [[Yellow-Eyed Demon]] from approaching the [[Devil's Gate in Wyoming]] until it is broken when the gate opens.
* [[4.02 Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester]] - [[Bobby's Panic Room]], first shown in this episode, is made of iron walls coated with [[Salt]] and has an iron [[Devil's Trap]] over the light source and fan in the ceiling.
* [[4.06 Yellow Fever]] - Sam and Bobby use an iron chain etched with spell work to trap and drag a [[buruburu]] behind the [[Impala]].
* [[5.10 Abandon All Hope]] - Sam, Dean, and [[Ellen]] build a bomb from propane, salt, and iron nails at [[Jo]]'s insistence to destroy the hellhounds surrounding them.
* [[6.09 Clap Your Hands If You Believe]] - Sam shoots the [[Leprechaun]] with iron buckshot, weakening him.
* [[6.18 Frontierland]] - The [[phoenix]] was unable to escape from the jail or handcuffs because they were made of iron.
Sam and Dean gain firsthand knowledge of the effect of iron on spirits when they astral project with the assistance of [[Pamela Barnes]] in [[4.15 Death Takes A Holiday]]. They find themselves trapped when a demon, despite being burned by the metal itself, encircles them with an iron chain.
Wrought iron is sometimes asserted to repel, contain, or harm ghosts, fairies, witches, and/or other malevolent supernatural creatures. This belief continued into later superstitions in a number of forms:
* Nailing an iron horseshoe to a door was said to repel evil spirits or later, to bring good luck.
* Surrounding a cemetery with an iron fence was thought to contain the souls of the dead.
* Burying an iron knife under the entrance to one's home was alleged to keep witches from entering. ( Source: <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_iron Cold Iron on Wikipedia])</ref> Cold iron is also used for similar purposes. However, cold iron is pure iron that is not smelted out of ore, but hammered pure without melting.
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