1.17 Hell House
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| Title | Hell House |
| Episode # | Season 1, Episode 17 |
| First aired | 6 April, 2006 |
| Directed by | Chris Long |
| Written by | Trey Callaway |
| On IMDB | http://imdb.com/title/tt0763064/ |
| Outline | Sam and Dean struggle to shut down a haunted house generated by an internet audience. |
| Monster | Tulpa |
| Timeline | 4-5 days between 20-31 August, 2006 (speculation) |
| Location(s) | Richardson, Texas |
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Contents
Synopsis
A group of teenagers in Richardson, Texas, visit a reputedly haunted house, but the thrills turn tragic when they find the body of a girl hanging in the cellar. However by the time the police arrive, the body is missing.
Sam and Dean, who are engaged in a prank war, decide to investigate and track down Craig Thursten, who relates the legend, told to him by his cousin Dana, of Mordechai Murdoch, a farmer who lived in the house during the 1930s, and who killed his daughters hanging them in the cellar.
Sam and Dean visit the house, which has symbols painted from many different origins freshly painted on the walls and floor. While searching the house, the boys run into Ed Zeddmore and Harry Spengler, paranormal investigators, who run a website called Hell Hound's Lair.
Sam and Dean do some more research, but can’t find any evidence to support the legend of Mordechai Murdoch. They are preparing to leave when they hear that the previous night a girl did die in the house – hung from the rafters.
Returning to the house the again run into Ed and Harry – and the spirit of Mordechai who chases them from the house and is not slowed by a blast of rock-salt.
Back at their motel, the boys try and work out what is happening. Mordechai’s spirit appeared to have slit wrists, which was previously not part of his legend. The story on the Hell Hound's Lair website has also changed.
Dean recognises one of the symbols painted in the house, and he and Sam return to visit Craig. The symbol is from a Blue Oyster Cult album cover – and Craig works in a record shop. Craig admits that he and his cousin painted the symbols and spread the rumour about Mordecai as a prank.
Sam postulates that Mordecai is a tulpa – the manifestation of a thought. One of the symbols painted in the house is Tibetan spirit sigil, which assists in concentrating mental energy. Sam thinks that as people view the website, they are willing into reality what they read there.
In order to “kill off” Mordechai, the boys tell Ed and Harry that they have found out that being shot with iron rounds will kill him. They wait for the boys to post it on their website, and enough people view it so that it becomes real.
Sam and Dean return to the house to finish off Mordecai, but they Ed and Harry are there and tell them the server crashed, so the new legend will not manifest. As Mordechai attacks them, Dean sets the house on fire, figuring that without that part of the legend Mordechai won’t exist.
Sam and Dean farewell Ed and Harry – Sam with a prank call from a Hollywood producer and Dean with a fish in the back of their car. The boys call a halt to their own prank war – for now.
Characters
Definitions
- Satanic Looking Symbols PoD
- Sigil of Sulfur PoD
- Tibetan Spirit Sigil: Tulpa PoD
- Hell Hound's Lair
- Thought Forms/Psychic Projections
Music
- Blue Öyster Cult – Fire of Unknown Origin
- Blue Öyster Cult – Burnin' for You
as well as, according to the S1Com:
- Extrem Music - Slow Death
- Extreme Music - Anthem
- Rex Horbart and The Misery Boys - Point of No Return
- The Waco Brothers - Fast Train Down
