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[[Image:Normal_Provenance_642.jpg|right|thumb|400px|[[Sam]] using iron to dissipate a [[ghost]].]]
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|title=Iron used to repel spirits|text=In theory, if ghosts do exist and they do use electromagnetic energy to manifest, then hypothetically one could use a conductor of electricity, such as iron to drain or ground out the energy from the spirit. Therefore, touching a grounded, iron object to the spirit itself would drain all usable energy from that spirit. Based on this theory, many cemeteries are enclosed by iron fencing to keep the spirits in. Also, it has been said than an iron horseshoe placed at your front door will bring good luck by keeping evil spirits out.
|author= [[Pad of Definitions]] ([[1.19 Provenance]])
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[[Sam]] and [[Dean]] feel cold iron is the best way to repel a spirit.<ref>[[BoM]]</ref> They usually employ fireplace pokers, and on at least one occasion a wrench.<ref name="four17">[[4.17 It's a Terrible Life]]</ref> Their [[hunters|hunting]] relatives also made use of iron. A house belonging to the Campbells, [[Mary]]'s family, was outfitted with iron fixtures.<ref name="five13">[[5.13 The Song Remains the Same]]</ref> [[John]] owned an iron axe that is eventually used by Sam to behead [[Leshii]].<ref name="five05">[[5.05 Fallen Idols]]</ref>
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.
==Episodes==
===[[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 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]] summoned by [[Ava Wilson]].
===[[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.
===[[4.01 Lazarus Rising]]===
Dean mentions iron as one of the weapons he and [[Bobby]] brought with them to summon [[Castiel]].
===[[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 the [[buruburu]] [[Luther Garland]] 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 [[Wayne Whittaker]] with iron buckshot, weakening him.
===[[6.18 Frontierland]]===
The [[phoenix]] Elias Finch was unable to escape from the jail or handcuffs because they were made of iron.
===[[7.07 The Mentalists]]===
When Melanie Golden and Camille Thibodeaux are being attacked by the [[ghost]] of [[Margaret Fox]], Sam tells Melanie to find some iron. Melanie grabs a fire poker, but is knocked out Margaret and is unable to use it against the ghost.
===[[7.10 Death's Door]]===
As [[Bobby]] lays dying in a hospital bed, he travels through his subconscious, reliving various memories. In one memory he is attacked by [[Lara Coggins]], a [[vengeful spirit]]. Before she can kill Bobby, [[Rufus]] dissipates her with iron.
===[[7.23 Survival of the Fittest]]===
When is possessing the motel maid [[Louise]], Bobby attempts to pick up a mallet from the back of a pickup truck, however it is iron and causes Bobby's ghost to leave Louise's body.
===[[9.14 Captives]]===
When the lights in [[the Bunker]] begin to flicker, indicating a haunting. [[Sam]] rushes to the main room and sees one of the chairs spinning on its own, he grabs a iron sword from the wall and we see the apparition slowly walking behind him. Before Sam can swing around the apparition is blown away by [[Dean]].
===[[10.16 Paint It Black]]===
[[Crowley]] hands over the leader of the [[Grand Coven]] [[Olivette]] to [[Rowena]] in iron shackles, telling his mother that they will prevent Olivette from using any magic on her.
===[[10.19 The Werther Project]]===
In order to ensure Rowena decodes the ''[[Book of the Damned]]'', [[Sam]] locks her in iron chains in an abandoned building. Telling her once she figures out how to remove the [[Mark of Cain]], he will let her go.
===[[10.21 Dark Dynasty]]===
Rowena is still chained up in iron shackles, which she claims are diminishing her capacity to translate the ''Book of the Damned''.
===[[10.22 The Prisoner]]===
Rowena is still chained up in iron shackles, much to her chagrin.
===[[10.23 Brother's Keeper]]===
When Rowena performs the [[spell]] to remove the Mark of Cain, the shock wave is so great that it allows her to be freed of her iron shackles, and perform magic at her full power. Freezing [[Crowley]] and [[Castiel]] where they stand, she performs the impetus bestiarum spell on Castiel, and orders him to attack Crowley.
===[[11.03 The Bad Seed]]===
To prevent [[Rowena]] from performing any [[spells]], [[Sam]] places her in iron shackles.
===[[11.07 Plush]]===
Dean informs [[Sheriff Donna Hanscum]] of the use of salt and iron against ghosts and gives Sam an iron railroad spike. Sam later uses it to exorcise the ghost from a possessed old man and Dean uses it for the same effect on Max Johnson.
===[[11.09 O Brother Where Art Thou?]]===
Crowley has Rowena captured once again, and placed in iron shackles. She remains in them until she, Sam and Crowley descend to [[Hell]] to communicate with [[Lucifer]].
===[[11.10 The Devil in the Details]]===
Crowley and Dean place Rowena in a [[witchcatcher]], in order to control her.
===[[11.23 Alpha and Omega]]===
Dean uses a fire iron while fending off the [[vengeful spirits]] in Waverly Hills Sanatorium.
===[[12.03 The Foundry]]===
Dean uses an iron crowbar to swat away the ghost of [[Lucas Kellinger]] after he grabs a hold of [[Mary]]'s arm. Later when Mary is possessed by the [[vengeful spirit]] of [[Hugo Moriarty]], Dean wraps her up in an iron chain to subdue Hugo's spirit.
===[[13.05 Advanced Thanatology]]===
Sam uses an iron crowbar to dissipate [[Dr. Avery Meadows]] when he is attacking Dean.
==Iron in "Supernatural"=[[13.16 Scoobynatural]]===Sam and Dean uses iron candlestick holders to send the [[Image:Normal_Provenance_642.jpg|rightPhantom Ghost Kid|frame|IronPhantom]]away after it attacks the Scooby Gang. Later, Fred's plan to trap the Phantom implements an iron chain to trap it in the room.
===[[14.20 Moriah]]===
When the [[soul]]s of the damned begin possessing the corpses buried in the cemetery they were released in, [[Dean]] removes two rusted iron bars from a nearby fence for him and [[Sam]] to use as weapons.
==Wrought iron=[[15.03 The Rupture]]===The Winchesters continue wearing iron chains to ward off ghost possession. Later, after being informed by [[Rowena]] that he can't protect himself with a [[salt]] circle while doing his part in the Sanetur Acre Vulnus spell, Dean arms himself with an iron crowbar instead. However, he never ends up having to use it.
==Wrought Iron Lore==
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 similiar similar purposes. However, cold iron is pure iron that is not smelted out of ore, but hammered pure without melting.
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