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* [[Constance Welch]], the [[Woman in White]] in [[1.01 Pilot (episode)]] | * [[Constance Welch]], the [[Woman in White]] in [[1.01 Pilot (episode)]] | ||
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* [[Nurse Glockner]] in [[2.19 Folsom Prison Blues (episode)]] | * [[Nurse Glockner]] in [[2.19 Folsom Prison Blues (episode)]] | ||
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* A ghost or spirit remains connected to the mortal realm because it is attached to it through unfinished business or an unwillingness to move on. Many have a desire for revenge against those who caused their death for example [[Peter Sweeney]] or represent those who did [[Constance Welch]]. Others like [[Dr Ellicott]], [[Dr. H.H. Holmes]] and [[Nurse Glockner]] were evil in life and continued this after death. | * A ghost or spirit remains connected to the mortal realm because it is attached to it through unfinished business or an unwillingness to move on. Many have a desire for revenge against those who caused their death for example [[Peter Sweeney]] or represent those who did [[Constance Welch]]. Others like [[Dr Ellicott]], [[Dr. H.H. Holmes]] and [[Nurse Glockner]] were evil in life and continued this after death. | ||
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* Ghosts who move objects are referred to as a [[Poltergeist]] | * Ghosts who move objects are referred to as a [[Poltergeist]] | ||
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* The boys commonly dispatch a ghost by salting and burning its corpse. In [[2.16 Roadkill (episode)]], Sam admits that "My dad always said it's like death for spirits. But the truth is, we never know."<br> | * The boys commonly dispatch a ghost by salting and burning its corpse. In [[2.16 Roadkill (episode)]], Sam admits that "My dad always said it's like death for spirits. But the truth is, we never know."<br> | ||
Revision as of 06:59, 26 September 2007
Ghosts or spooks are controversial phenomena which have several possible definitions:
- The spirit or soul of a person who has died, especially one which haunts a place which was of emotional significance to that person when living.
- The personality of a person after his or her own death which is not directly tied to the soul or spirit. A sort of psychic memory-imprint.
- The character or memory of some being or thing which has died or, if it was never alive, been somehow destroyed or disassembled, which nevertheless remains existent (and sometimes detectable) in a semi-corporeal form.
According to reported sightings, ghosts have taken the shape of humans, animals, and even vehicles. There are reports of ghosts (usually of deceased humans) in most cultures throughout the world. There is a great deal of dispute whether ghosts are figments of the imagination or part of objective existence. Ghosts are among the subjects studied by parapsychologists.
from Wikipedia
Ghosts in "Supernatural"
Guest Ghosts
- Constance Welch, the Woman in White in 1.01 Pilot (episode)
- Peter Sweeney, aka the drowned boy in 1.03 Dead in the Water (episode)
- Mary Worthington, aka Bloody Mary (urban legend), and Jess in 1.05 Bloody Mary (episode)
- Jacob Karns from Hook Man Legend in 1.07 Hookman (episode)
- Mary Winchester in 1.09 Home (episode)
- Dr Ellicottfrom Rockford Asylum in 1.10 Asylum (episode)
- Cyrus Dorian's spirit possesses his truck in 1.13 Route 666 (episode)
- Melanie Merchant in 1.19 Provenance (episode)
- Dr. H.H. Holmes in 2.06 No Exit (episode)
- Claire Becker in 2.07 The Usual Suspects (episode)
- Maggie Thompson in 2.11 Playthings (episode)
- Father Thomas Gregory in 2.13 Houses of the Holy (episode)
- Molly McNamara and Jonah Greely in 2.16 Roadkill (episode)
- Ghosts of old Hollywood actors in 2.18 Hollywood Babylon (episode)
- Nurse Glockner in 2.19 Folsom Prison Blues (episode)
Ghost lore
- A ghost or spirit remains connected to the mortal realm because it is attached to it through unfinished business or an unwillingness to move on. Many have a desire for revenge against those who caused their death for example Peter Sweeney or represent those who did Constance Welch. Others like Dr Ellicott, Dr. H.H. Holmes and Nurse Glockner were evil in life and continued this after death.
From In My Time of Dying
- Tessa the Reaper: Well, like you said. There's always a choice. I can't make you come with me. But you're not getting back in your body. And that's just facts. So yes, you can stay. You'll stay here for years. Disembodied, scared, and over the decades it'll probably drive you mad. Maybe you'll even get violent.
- Dean: What are you saying?
- Tessa: Dean. How do you think angry spirits are born? They can't let go and they can't move on. And you're about to become one. The same thing you hunt.
- Molly: I don't understand how a guy like this can turn into that monster.
- Sam: Well, spirits like Greely are like wounded animals. Lost... in so much pain that they lash out.
- Molly: Why? Why are they here?
- Sam: There's some part of them that... that's keeping them here. Like their remains, or unfinished business.
- Molly: Unfinished business?
- Sam: Yeah. It could be revenge. It could be love, or hate. Whatever it is, they just hold on too tight. Can't let go. So they're trapped. Caught in the same loops. Replaying the same tragedies over and over.
- Molly: You sound almost sorry for them.
- Sam: Well, they weren't evil people, you know. A lot of them were good, just something happened to them. Something they couldn't control.
- One common theory of Ghosts is that they have the ability to manipulate electromagnetism, hence although they cannot communicate in the normal human spectrum of hearing they can manipulate electronic equipment to communicate by EVP.
- When they materialize. they may exude ectoplasm as Dr. H.H. Holmes did in 2.06 No Exit (episode)
- Ghosts who move objects are referred to as a Poltergeist
Dispatching ghosts
- The boys commonly dispatch a ghost by salting and burning its corpse. In 2.16 Roadkill (episode), Sam admits that "My dad always said it's like death for spirits. But the truth is, we never know."
This method is successful in the cases of Dr Ellicott, Nurse Glockner and Jonah Greely. With the Hook Man Legend they salt and burn him and also have to melt all the silver from his hook, Cyrus Dorian is salted and burned but only banished when he is lured onto holy ground, and Melanie Merchant's remaining hair is burnt.
- Iron repels ghosts. Sam uses an iron poker to protect himself and Sarah from Melanie Merchantin 1.19 Provenance (episode). The use of iron to repel ghosts has another link with the electromagnetism theory, as striking a Ghost with an object made of iron earths they're electric charge disrupting them - effectively warding them off until they're able to recover.
