Supernatural: Dead Man's Blood (1x20) | Recap & Lore

Supernatural Season 1, Episode 20, Dead Man's Blood recap 🧛 Daddy's back! Jeffrey Dean Morgan returns as John Winchester, the boys learn that VAMPIRES are real, and the legendary Colt enters the chat on Denim-wrapped Nightmares, a Supernatural rewatch podcast.

The episode opens in Colorado, where an old hunter, Daniel Elkins, is scribbling in a journal at a bar (we thought it was John's journal at first). That night, Elkins is attacked in his home, and a very special gun goes missing. The boys investigate, find a letter addressed to their dad (hello, mail theft), and then John himself shows up, gets in the car, and informs them he's been watching them the whole time. Rude.

The Winchesters are finally together again, and the tension between John and Sam is THICK.

Episode Highlights:

• The first vampires of the series, and their fangs pop out of the gums
• John's reveal that vampires exist (and the boys are only mildly surprised)
• John and Sam getting in each other's faces within five minutes of reuniting
• John's super-organized, pull-out, automated truck trunk
• The vampire screech heard round the nest
• A new hot vampire character (Hank?) who's dead within two seconds, and our fourth blood splooge of the series
• Dean finally standing up to Dad
• Sam and John mending some fences, sort of

In the lore segment, we dig into vampire history, from John Polidori's 1819 The Vampyre (inspired by Lord Byron) to Bram Stoker's Dracula and Bela Lugosi. Then we explore real-life vampire communities: a survey by the Atlanta Vampire Alliance found thousands of people in the US who identify as vampires, from blood drinkers with willing donors to psychic vampires who feed on energy (hello, Debbie Downer), plus why New Orleans is a vampire hotspot.

Sam: "Hey, Dad, whatever happened to that college fund?"
John: "Spent it on ammo."

Your turn, hunters: Team John or Team Sam in the Winchester family feud? And would the Winchesters wreck a modern-day vampire or WHAT? Tell us in the Spotify comments, leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts (it's how new hunters find us), or send us fan mail. Bonus points for fandom fun facts we missed.

Sources:

• https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Blood
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire
• https://www.today.com/life/holidays/are-vampires-real-rcna35691
• https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/29/us/real-vampires-new-orleans-atlanta-cec

Transcript

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Berly: 0:01

Welcome to denim wrapped nightmares a Supernatural rewatch Podcast where we explore the TV series episode by episode.

LA: 0:10

over drinks, we'll discuss the lore of gore and what we adore about the Winchesters and their adventures.

Berly: 0:17

I'm burly, and I'm a new fan of the series.

LA: 0:20

I'm LA, and I'm here along for the ride.

Berly: 0:26

Hello la neighbourly. Oh, well.

LA: 0:34

Getting ready. Yes. So last week, provenance, which we learned in November, yeah. What was it? I don't know. It's like an origin. The origin is basically like the origin. Well, that was one of the things

Berly: 0:49

and then the other thing was talking about like artwork and who's owned it and all

LA: 0:53

kinds of stitches story of something of artwork. Yeah, yeah, there was like three

Berly: 0:57

different definitions. Yeah, I said, we learned a new word. Clearly, I didn't learn shit.

LA: 1:02

That's, that's pretty much the gist of what I got what it meant. Okay, that episode was we saw the young couple trying to get it on, but sadly, they got killed. Mm hmm. And there was a painting, we thought that the painting itself was haunted, and was coming around like a slash and people's throats who own the painting of this family. And we thought it was the bother who had killed his whole family and then himself. And it the story flipped. And Sam kind of fell for this art dealer lady when they went to the art dealer. And they were really out of place and the wasps started swarming around them and tell them Be like, Get out if you don't belong. Get out. Clearly. You don't belong. You're in

Berly: 1:44

jeans.

LA: 1:45

Yeah.

Berly: 1:46

Get the fuck out of here. You trash.

LA: 1:51

So yeah, it was it was nice to see Sam getting, you know, a little romance going on. And but anyway, the story ended up. Basically, it wasn't the father. It was the little adopted daughter that we found out she was adopted. Right, address that in the episode. Yeah,

Berly: 2:05

we didn't emphasize that. And they said that she the reason she was orphaned is because her real family was found with all of their throats.

LA: 2:17

She was a little psycho. Yeah. So yeah, it ended up being her not the dad, but the dad took fall back in the day for. And so they ended up trying to burn the thing. The painting itself didn't work, tried to burn the dad's bones that didn't work that actually had it set or loose from the painting. But in the end, they Sam's new girl mentioned that kids back then their dolls were like, made in their what is effigy or image image or something? Yeah. And they often use like their own hair. Mm hmm. And and so Dean in the nick of time, burn the doll up, save the day, Sam got a kiss. And at the end,

Berly: 3:01

maybe more. We don't know. The show didn't show it to us. But a recap seemed to imply the duck around, which Dean was recommending. So I guess maybe the kiss meant that Sam was going to take Dean up on that recommendation. Get some good for

LA: 3:17

him. Good for her.

Berly: 3:19

Good for everybody. Yeah.

LA: 3:20

Except for Dean.

Berly: 3:22

Hey, Dean got some at the beginning of the episode. Okay, true. That's

LA: 3:25

true. But yeah, so that was very brief summary of Providence.

Berly: 3:30

This week's episode is called dead man's blood. And we saw when we went to the video thing that good old Jeffrey Dean Morgan was going to be he's back Daddy's back. But the episode starts out in Colorado, we see an elderly guy and it showing the journal at first so I thought maybe it was gonna be a flashback of John Winchester or something. Yeah, I kept I was like, how does he have John's journal? Yeah, but I guess it was his own journal. Because it turns out this guy is also a hunter, and his name is Daniel Elkins. And he's sitting at a bar scribbling away. Bartender comes over to check and see if he wants anything. And then she goes and talk shit about him to another patrons like, he's just, he's just a crazy old man. Then a group of people enter the bar and Elkins is obviously oozed out. He's picking up on some bad vibes. He is not liking what has just come into this bar. But the chick has on a fabulous leather jacket. It's just like we have dinner plans. We have early dinner plans bottle a jack. So the bartender's like, yeah. Okay. She turns around to go get a bottle off of the shelf that didn't look like Jack to me. That didn't look like a jack label. I don't know.

LA: 4:40

Maybe she was like, you can wait and she was gonna go serve somebody

Berly: 4:44

else. Maybe. Yeah, maybe that's what was going on. But she turns around, and the shot that she had just poured Elkins is sitting on the bar alone. The journal and the man are gone. So he got the fuck out of there.

LA: 4:58

Oh yeah, he did. To switch for an older man,

Berly: 5:01

he moved very quickly, very quickly. So we see him at like a cabin seems like it's kind of isolated, maybe in the middle of nowhere. And he still seems pretty freaked out. Yeah. He's trying to get into his cabin very quickly. He runs into this room, it looks kind of like an office, and he pulls out a box. And it looks like he's putting a gun together.

LA: 5:24

I think it was together in the box. But then like the way he had the way he was alerting, is that what it was? Almost like the whole thing came apart for Him to put the bullets in.

Berly: 5:32

Yeah, I couldn't really figure out exactly what was going on there. But he went in there specifically for this gun that was in this very pristine box. It's a fancy gun, very fancy gun, and he is going in there for it. But

LA: 5:44

there was like a little little slots for the bullets. But then all the bullets weren't there.

Berly: 5:48

Yeah, some of the bullets were gone. So he's getting this very special gun. And then what Oh, leather jacket chick shows up. I guess the rule that vampires can't come in unless they're invited bullshit in the world of supernatural because she let herself in. And she's just like, Hey, what's up? Nice gun. Think I'll take it. And then she tells her like minions like, fuck them up. So they fight for a little bit like he had pushed a dresser in front of the door and all this stuff was trying to get away. Like totally fucked up his shit. Then we see him get tackled, and the vampires are on top of them. And they're like, Mmm, Mmm, yum, yum, yum. So Daniel Elkins does not live. Cut, too. We're in a diner in this says Nebraska. I'll trust it. I don't remember it saying where they were. But whatever, it doesn't matter. I did notice that the diner said home cooked meals on it. And it made me sad because it made me think like when Sam and Dean are traveling, if they see something that says like home, home cooking, are they prone to go to those places so they can feel like they're I would that sad though, when a home cooked meal made me sad. But anyway, so they're in this little diner, getting some home cooking, trying to feel normal. And they are going over the papers, going through the newspapers, looking for a job. They come across the story about Elkins death. And as Sam is reading the story, Dean says, I know that ain't I've heard that name before. He goes into daddy's journal. And what do you know, there's a Colorado phone number for a D Elkins and this story that they're reading is Colorado. So they go, Okay, let's go check it out. Like that's enough for us. Let's go see what the fuck is going on. They get to the cabin and see that it is foot up like somebody has gone through there and torn some shit up. So they're looking around, and they find the gun box, but it's empty and nothing's in there. Dean happens to find some scratches on the floor and puts a piece of paper over it and scribbles a pencil on it. And apparently while Elkins was dying, and getting beaten up and sucked on and whatever. I mean, I'm guessing this is when he did it. Maybe he did it at a different time. I don't know. But apparently he had the energy and the strength to scratch into the floor combination to a Pio box. They get that and they're just like, Well, this was like what dad used to do. Let's go see what the fuck is up. Let's go find out what's going on with this stuff. Now Little do they know, they're being watched. So they go to the post office. Sure enough, they're able to get into the PIO box and they find a letter addressed to JWJ W. They get in their car. And as they're about to open it, all of a sudden, boom, boom, boom, Big Daddy Winchester, is that the window and it scared the shit out of LA?

LA: 8:46

Well, I just that all I was thinking was that they're about to commit mail fraud, or mail theft by opening dad's mail.

Berly: 8:53

It didn't startle you were concerned for them.

LA: 8:55

Well, no. That's what I was focused on. So and then just out of nowhere, he's banging on their windows like, oh,

Berly: 9:01

you jumped it cracks me up. So John just gets in the car. And it's like, hey, hey, assholes, like, I'm here to. I was watching you at the cabin. And they're like, why didn't you come in? And he goes, you know why? He does that a lot. You know why? He's like, I had to make sure y'all weren't being followed it dumb asses. No,

LA: 9:19

he did say he did a good job on.

Berly: 9:22

Covering your tracks. Yeah, there you go. Yeah. But before that, he was like, I had to make sure.

LA: 9:28

Yeah, he's a little aggressive. Yeah. In the wrong ways. Yeah.

Berly: 9:33

So he takes the letter, and as he's reading it, he's like, motherfucker, you know, he had it. Or something, something like that. Something along the lines of an epiphany, fuck you guy. And he's like, he had it all. Yeah, that's what it was. And he's talking about the gun, which we find out later on is a legendary cone. Go go. You got an gun. Made by Samuel Holtz in 1835 Something was said about the Alamo on Hunter on horseback and that like 13 bullets were made, but only half a dozen of them were used. There's a big story about it. That happens a little bit later on in the episode, but at this point in time, per usual, John isn't telling Sam and Dean shit. He tells them what they need to know. He says something about the gun. Did you guys see a gun while y'all were at that cabinet? Cabinet? The GLC a gun in the cab guy cabin. And Sam and Dean say no, like there was a box, but it was empty. There was nothing in it. You know, whatever attacked. Elkins must have taken it. And that's when John goes oh is vampires. And Sam and Dean are like, What the fuck? Vampires are real. Yeah. We didn't know vampires were real. Why haven't you told us this before? Trying to keep

LA: 10:52

you safe. I mean, also, are you guys surprised? I mean, right you deal with and what you've seen?

Berly: 10:58

I mean, come on. Skinwalker. Yeah. When do you go? Ghost after ghost after ghost who's like, pissed off?

LA: 11:05

I mean, like, okay, that tracks, right.

Berly: 11:08

I mean, they weren't seriously shocked. But they did seem a little surprised. Yeah, it was kind of like what? So basically, he's like vampires exist, and they decide we're going to try to track these vampires together, because it's important. But again, John's not really explaining to them. Why, like, why they need to go after them and all of this kind of stuff. Which you do this? This is what y'all do. You save people kill monsters to the family business. So why does there need to be a why but you know that Sammy? Gotta be defiant with daddy, he's got to know what the heck's going on. Gotta challenge him. Anyway, in the meantime, we see the gang of vampires with leather jacket chick, and they're kind of like in a forest or something. The vampire chick says to one of her vampire minions is basically like you're up, like, it's your turn or something like that. And then it shows this car driving down the highway, and there's a very sweet heteronormative couple in the car. And the girlfriend is giving the boyfriend shit because he has on a hideous shirt. And he's like, I like this shirt. And then there's a body on the road. And she's like, Holy fuck, stop. So he slams on his brakes. He throws the car in park, his dumbass gets out of the car. Why would you get out of the car? Are you a trained medical professional? Are you going to be doing able to do anything to help this person in the middle of nowhere?

LA: 12:25

You know, though, that even if he did, if they did call 911 They would tell them to get out and like, because they want to, like talk you through like CPR and stuff and like life saving measures well, so he would have to get out eventually.

Berly: 12:38

I would tell them, I am not a trained professional. You just need to get somebody I would need to have a weapon. I am in the middle of nowhere, and I am not going to put myself at risk. Anyway, before the boyfriend got out of the car to check on the body. He told the girlfriend call 911 So she calls 911. He goes over and is like hey, are you okay? And the guy's like, Man, I'm having my wrath attacks him and his teeth. Yeah, the

LA: 12:59

thing like they were all sort of like just the two things only row hangs skinny things was weird. It was interesting. And they like came down in front of his other team. Yeah, it was weird. You're gonna

Berly: 13:11

get a lot more blood with those then. Oh, yeah. You know, like, I mean, it makes sense. Yeah. So I mean, yeah, but yeah, we got a really good look at the vampire teeth. They were they were some nasty things. And I think later on John explains that they kind of that they fall out. Yeah, I thought that was interesting. They talked a couple and we find out later that they take them back to the cabin where they totally kill the boyfriend all because of his ugly shirt for like a barn a big old barn. Yeah, big old barn. And they they keep the girlfriend but the boyfriend they're like your fashion sins. What did not pass the test? Here you go. And they just throw him to the minions. Yeah, but

LA: 13:50

how bad Oh time they're like Karate Champ on

Berly: 13:53

him. The attack has happened on the road. The couple hasn't been eaten. We haven't seen any of that shit. Yet. It cuts to the motel. And Sam and Dan are sleeping fully dressed on top of the covers Sodom, Sodom. And John isn't even sleeping. He's sitting there listening to a radio. He picks up on a police scanner, I guess it was that the was the 911 call. And by the time they got there, there was nothing. It was just an abandoned car. He's like, Ah, gotcha. That's them. So he's like, wake the fuck up. Let's say I'm in danger. Just like Jesus Christ wake up. And he's like, let's go. And Sam is not happy. Because yet again, they're just getting orders barked at them. He has no idea why What the fuck is going on? So he kind of tries to QUESTION John, but John is just like, No, just get in the car follow me. They follow him to the place where the abandoned car is. And now the sun is up because who cares about things about like what time of day it is on the show. There's just too many other things that we need to worry about. And John goes over and he that's where he finds the tooth and that's where he kind of explains like their teeth come out. But he doesn't show the tooth right away. He just comes over and is ordering things again. And Sam was like, how are you sure? How do you know that this was the vampires like, can you please fucking explain to us what's going on? And that's when John was like, because I found this and shows the tooth and explains it. And it's like, how hard was that? Like, this was a teachable moment. They just learned what vampires were yesterday. Don't you think you should be sharing a little bit more information with them, John?

LA: 15:27

I mean, I think he's a man of few words, you know,

Berly: 15:30

he's a deficit close to the chest. He's being a dick in this episode. And then he makes the comment about the car as he's walking back to his truck. And

LA: 15:37

I agree, he needs to clean it. Outside looks like shit. It's a nice car, it needs to be nice and shiny.

Berly: 15:42

Yeah, he basically is walking back to his truck after being all pissy with Sam. And it's like, wash the car, do something to the car before it gets rust on it, I wouldn't have given it to you, if I didn't think you were going to take care of it. Like something like that to Dean. So Sam is kind of bitching. He talks to us like we're children. He talks down to us, basically. And Dean is obviously just kind of frustrated that these old arguments and the stress is coming and that they can't just be a happy family and just be together. We're kind of seeing stuff that they've been hinting at all season long. We're kind of getting to actually see it. See what happened. What drove Sam away and all of that. Meanwhile, back at the nest, we have what's going on with a 911 couple. And also Luthor shows up and apparently Luthor is actually the guy in charge not leather jacket girl. Yeah, leather jacket. girl's name is Kate. When Luther comes in. She tells him what happened, how they killed Elkins. And at first, Luther is not happy. He's like, Why the fuck did you do that? Because he was a hunter. And if you kill a hunter, more hunters are going to show up. Like it's not worth it to get revenge if you just end up dead. But then she shows him the gun as a gift. And he seems kind of happy about that. So that just kind of lets us know that the gun is important. And she says something about how it looks like it was made around the time Luther was born. I don't know if that means when he was actually born, if that means he went when he was turned or whatever. But she makes some comment like that. He obviously recognizes the gun though, whenever she shows it to him. Now, the Winchesters are all driving Johnson his truck, Sam and Dean are following behind. And Sam just gets pissed off. And it's just like I've had enough. I want to know what's going on. I want to know why this is also important. speeds up and he cuts off John on the road. And John is pissed. Yeah. And so he gets out of the car, and they end up having a serious altercation in the road. And poor Dean is just like, oh, my god, please stop fighting

LA: 17:44

in the middle of it. They almost like I mean, he has to break them up physically.

Berly: 17:49

Yes. Like John grabs Sam, by the jacket, and it's getting in his face and all of that. So yeah, there's definitely a lot of tension between Sam and John. And I don't know, I guess I tend to side with Sam, I would want to know what was going on. Why aren't you giving us more information? Like you give us your journal? You send us on trips. You say that you want to keep us safe. Which cool, but now you're also asking us to help you. Why can't you tell us more about what we're helping you with? Like I get it? Yeah, I'd be pissed. Anyway. Luckily, they eventually pull over while John is showing off his Go Go gadget trunk with his fancy machete which remember, Dean was like, Hey, Dad, I have an extra machete if you need one. And John pulled out his machete. You were like, I have a bigger dick than you.

LA: 18:40

It was a lot bigger.

Berly: 18:41

It was a nicer to it was pretty. He keeps his shit clean. And his trunk like rolled out and automated and all of that. He finally starts telling them about vampires. So I think Sam got through to him a little bit maybe one isn't it because they're like heading into the barn to Yeah, like they're about to go attack they've they've tracked the vampires down. They're about to go in. And basically he tells them everything you've seen in movies all that it's bullshit like crosses don't hurt them. They can go out and sun it hurts like a really bad sunburn, but it's not that they can't go into the sun. It's not like the sunlight kills them. They do sleep during the day, but like totally fucking wake up if we're in there making noise. He's like the only way you can kill them is with a beheading. Basically, be careful, be quiet, like we need to be stealthy when we go into the barn to try and find the gun because that's that's the whole reason that they're tracking these vampires is because they want to find the gun. Also seemingly reluctant. He does finally tell them about the Colt and why the gun is so important. So apparently this gun can literally kill anything supernatural. John doesn't know how he's going to kill this demon and get his revenge for his wife. But now he has this gun that apparently is real. That would work. So that's why it's so important. And he really wants to find these vampires and get them. Some other things he mentioned about the vampires that I forgot to mention was that he says that sometimes they'll keep people for days like feeding on them, which we know to be true because they had like a little prison with some people, and they're in the barn. And he also mentioned something. After they get out of the nest, he mentions that, once a vampire has your scent, they have it for life. They go into the barn, and they're being really sneaky. And John goes into where Luther and Kate are sleeping, and he sees the gun. But before he can get it, Sam cuts loose 911 girlfriend. And we know because we saw it earlier in the episode after her boyfriend got eaten up. They've already turned her. Yeah, she's still tied up to the post for some reason, but she's already a vampire. So when Sam cuts her loose, and it's like, we're here to help you. He doesn't get like a nice, thank you. She's like,

LA: 21:03

Yeah, she's like a screech.

Berly: 21:04

It's like a really loud screech, crazy, loud screech. So she warns all the other vampires that they're there, Luther wakes up and sees John, and John picks up a bottle and throws it at a window that's been blacked out so that they get some sunlight on them. And they're like, Oh, we don't like it. Ah, but he had to run away. Like he tells the boys run and they just all take off running. So he didn't get the gun. And I think this is when he tells them like, we're stuck. We're gonna have to go back. We have to get the gun and we have to take care of the Vampires now. Because once they have your set, they have it for life. John comes up with a different plan, and tells Dean go to a funeral home and get some dead man's blood because apparently dead man's blood is like poison to vampires. And in the meantime, he and Sam kind of have a heart to heart. John kind of confesses that this isn't the life I had planned for you guys. You know, shit just happens. I also noticed during the scene that John still had on his wedding ring, which I thought was really sad. I mean, more than 20 years. A little obsessive. Yeah. I mean, come on. But whatever. Next, we see that sexy ass Dean is used as bait. They have Dean just kind of on the side of the road, digging around in his trunk. And Kate and this really sexy black guy come walking up on him. And it's like, finally some more representation. Yeah, but then they cut off the black guy said, I was like, ah. And they shoot up Kate with dead man's blood so that they can take her as hostage. And John's plan is basically to trade Kate for the Colts because it turns out vampires mate for life.

LA: 22:49

Long time, there was

Berly: 22:51

a really long time, right? John, basically tell Sam and Dean to get the fuck out of there that he's going to take care of everything. But they don't listen to Daddy, this time. They ended up going back to the barn and killing the guy who's keeping watch there and setting loose all the people who were in that little cage because, you know, good for them. They didn't just leave those people there. Yeah, definitely. And in the meantime, John is driving around because he knows Luthor is going to pick up the scent of Kate and come for him. So he meets up with Luthor and like three or four other vampires and is trying to trade Kate for the gun and things go south. Kate gets free. John Lewis gets his ass beat. Yeah. But then Sam and Dean come run it out of the forest because they were nearby. And they end up helping to take down the other vampires. John gets the Colt. And luckily, he gets it before Sammy gets hurt because Luther got ahold of Sammy. Yeah, and Dean was not happy to see somebody else touching his baby, bro.

LA: 23:49

He had the machete up ready to go. Yes.

Berly: 23:52

And that guy I was like, how tall is that guy? Because he had Jared had likey like in a headlock down low. And then you said he was what on? What do you say

LA: 24:02

on an apple crate? Yeah, sorbets?

Berly: 24:05

Who knows who knows? We didn't Google it. Then John gets the Colt and it's like oh, my God turns around and he shoots right in the forehead has a very dramatic supernatural death. His forehead like started Yeah, it was like his lakes he did like a lengthy like his forehead looked like it was rotted skiing and he was getting weak and all of this and then finally there was like a bright white light that like flashed from inside his brain and he was gone. Yep. Kate leatherjacket vampire and another vampire movie the new vampire at 911 chick So Kate leather jacket and 911 chick back away to the car and they let them go they don't ever end up addressing them so I have a feeling they're going to come up later. Because he said once they have your scent they have your scent for life

LA: 24:48

right? Yeah,

Berly: 24:49

I was kind of like okay, that's kind of Twilight it but whatever. But lover coming to get vengeance and all that. Who cares? So now the three of them are all talking, John is basically trying to tell the guys what to do again. And then who speaks up is like, no, it's Dean. Dean is the one who's like, hey, we saved your ass back there. We're stronger together as a family. Stop this bullshit. It's not fun. And dad totally changes his tune. He's like, You know what? You're right. We're going to hunt down the demon. We've got the Colt. We've got the gun. It works. We know it works. Let's go get this demon together. And as he's like talking, the supernatural theme music starts up in the background. Yeah. And that was the end of the episode. This felt like a finale to me. Yeah, I could see that. But we have two episodes left. So now I'm sitting here going oh my god. Are we gonna see them actually get the demon this season? Huh, I didn't think we would.

LA: 25:49

How do they go on long enough after that? For all the season? Yeah. Like how are John and Sam not going to kill each other? Yeah,

Berly: 25:56

there's obviously a now Dean is willing to speak up and talk against daddy to how's that gonna be? Oh, one more thing I forgot to mention. We did get our fourth blood splooge of the series. When they decapitated the vampire that I was so excited. I was like, Yeah, I was like, Oh, look at this character. Who's this? And literally within like two seconds. He's dead. That's where he is. We did find out later. His name was Hank or something like that.

LA: 26:28

Yeah, he didn't even have any lines. Nothing. He

Berly: 26:30

just stood there and looked sexy. Yeah,

LA: 26:32

come on.

Berly: 26:34

Oh, well. Rip, Hank. But not not very gory episode. I mean, even when they were showing the vampire attacks, they didn't show a lot of blood or Yeah, it was just like frenzy. The teeth thing was really cool. I enjoyed that. But yeah, the the blood splurge, I would say is the glorious thing that happened to this episode. Yeah. I liked it. It was good to see John. It was good to finally see him interact more with his sons and kind of see what they've been referencing all damn season. Yes. When he has been around. It hasn't been long enough to get into it. Right. So I like I liked this one. Yeah, probably not my favorite.

LA: 27:13

But hopefully he's in the next couple episodes, too.

Berly: 27:16

I imagine he I mean, they're gonna be hunting together. Now. He said it said together. So that's all I've got for the recap.

LA: 27:25

Okay, well, I can to tell you some lore. Yeah, let's hear about some vampire good old vampires. I mean, everybody kind of knows the gist of the whole vampire stuff. But I thought this was interesting that, you know, we always think folklore of vampires came from like Vlad the Impaler and all this stuff, but this one says this article said it first appeared in the writings in the 1700s by Joseph Blaylock, but he used it as a term to describe price gouging merchants rather than blood sucking monsters. Oh, so that's what it was. Originally, the word was originally used

Berly: 28:01

for. The word was originally used for like people who were ripping you off. Yeah. Okay. Financially, not physically. Right. Right.

LA: 28:09

But then, in 1819, they kind of became that vampires what we know now kind of became more mainstream by because John William polarity polarity poli poli Dorie Polidori. Yeah. He wrote a fictional story called The vampire with a Y. And that was kind of based loosely off of Lord Byron.

Berly: 28:34

Lord Byron. Yeah. I've not heard that before.

LA: 28:38

It says it's the first of its kind make vampire seem more aristocratic and seductive. Which, I guess that's how Lord Byron was. So. But then it was 80 years later that Bram Bram Stoker published Dracula. So it's a big stretch. Yeah. And of course, we know he was based on Vlad the Impaler, the real life Romanian Prince that was had a real affinity for impaling his people on the battlefield. Yeah. stroker strokers Count Dracula. He's a he was a far cry from Byron sexy womanizing vampire. It said he has hairy palms, bad breath. And he looked more like a corpse.

Berly: 29:19

Oh my goodness. not sexy. Not at all. Then we

LA: 29:23

jumped to 1931 where Bela Bela Lugosi? I would love his name Bela Lugosi. Yeah, start as you're you said 1919 3131. Okay. Bram Stoker gets a credit in the movie for writing. But the film is actually based on the 1920s stage play that was adapted from Brom Stoker's novel but not the book itself. It was just kind of taken from it, but it was more based on the stage play. And this one established Bela Lugosi Dracula was more. He was wealthy, debonair and who has a mortal kiss was more does that was what was desirable more than dead. Li. So he was just like very seductive and everybody wanted him. Hmm, sounds like me. Just kidding. And then of course, in our main culture we've got then we have our Count Dracula. In 1992, Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder Kiona reads, pretty fab, The Lost Boys my favorite Interview with a Vampire. And then of course, then we had like some kind of more funny, lighthearted portrayals with like Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And what we do in the shadows of the movie, and now the TV show, and of course, Twilight, you know, then we, then it starts talking about if vampires are real nowadays,

Berly: 30:43

which this is all in one article. Yeah. Okay.

LA: 30:47

It's from it's from today. I think it was some that they did an interview with this guy. Or somebody I forget his name. I should probably know that. But I know. Are they real? Well, so it says like, if you consider people who drink blood, the blood of others for pleasure, then yes.

Berly: 31:04

I think I saw something like that on a documentary. I did too. And they were like, weird. They were really weird. Yeah, they would have like donors who would come over? Yes. And he just like, had a hole or something. Like give him a tiny cut, like on their shoulder blade and sit there and suck on them for a little bit. And then he'd be like, I have I feel better and I feel like this. And the person who got sucked on would say that they felt good to indebted and I was just like, you did not there's no way you possibly got that much blood from there. Yeah, no. And I have fair skin. I would get Hickey I would have a hickey? Oh, yeah. Like no.

LA: 31:41

Well, according to this 2015 Search survey conducted by the Atlanta vampire Alliance, what? There are at least 5000 people in the US who identify as real Shut up

Berly: 31:56

5000 But have clubs. Yeah. Oh my God.

LA: 32:02

They say that. These people that have they're like, more like people who have blood fetishes and call themselves well, they don't they actually don't call themselves vampires. They call themselves sanguine, sanguine ins, sanguine seeing queens. Something like that es ANGUI. And es sanguine thing. Gwynns. Anyway,

Berly: 32:27

your guess is as good as mine. So some of

LA: 32:29

them consider themselves that others say they're vampires. They present themselves like our fictional creatures, like they avoid sunlight. And they say they enjoy drinking human blood from donors.

Berly: 32:39

And then it gives them power like that they it gives them energy like this. The guy in this documentary was saying he can tell whenever he needs to feed kind of thing. Just do you have an iron deficiency? There must be something else going on there.

LA: 32:55

But I thought this was funny too, because he talks about psychic vampires that feed in a completely different way. Much like our own a brutal friend on what we do in the shadows, Colin Robins anys he says that they steal energy Off the living and they just some people just don't create energy that people normally make for themselves. So so they steal from others to feel complete. And those are Miss like

Berly: 33:25

how do they feed? I guess they just do like

LA: 33:29

him. I guess it's like, you know like a how an empath is, I guess maybe it's the reverse.

Berly: 33:35

Maybe? I'm like picturing like Debbie Downer. Was she an energy vampire?

LA: 33:46

It says the blood drinking vampires can be found on six of the seven continents.

Berly: 33:51

Which continent North is it doesn't say Antarctica doesn't have vampires? Probably

LA: 33:56

not. But it's a worldwide thing. And in each place, it's different forms different cultures. You know, they they take their own spin on it. Oh, it says in this article that nearly everyone agrees that New Orleans is a good place to start fighting them.

Berly: 34:11

That's where the guy was in the documentary. I cannot remember the name of it, though. But whatever. It's the same guy. He was in New Orleans.

LA: 34:17

I have to see. Oh, no, I think this is a woman. Sara Lohmeyer from today

Berly: 34:25

was the vampire. Notice who wrote this? Oh, no. I'm talking about the guy who was I know. Okay,

LA: 34:30

I'm saying maybe it's the same person I realized. Yeah. Okay.

Berly: 34:34

That's crazy.

LA: 34:36

So the idea of vampires in New Orleans is a really It says it's a very very old concept. And it's believed to have been built on curse ground in New Orleans and has long been known as the city steeped in myth. Of course it's the city steeped in mysticism voodoo in the occult. And so that's why why says it makes sense that vampires are like the idea or root of where it you know, started that it was fertile ground for them to like build upon that. And it's also the backdrop of Interview with a Vampire. So right,

Berly: 35:06

that's more what I was thinking. I was thinking they probably moved there because the movie but okay, well, and I think I think preacher had some episodes in New Orleans as well, but it wasn't necessarily like based around vampires. They just, they just had a vampire in tow.

LA: 35:23

And then I found this other Well, I didn't find this article, the article you did. But there are two, like real life vampires that they talk to. One guy's name is Maven lore. That's a good name. And he fits things for people. Oh, yeah. And they're like acrylic things that people can get. And he lives in New Orleans. And he's a

Berly: 35:47

vampire. He's, he identifies as a vampire.

LA: 35:51

Most modern day vampires don't fit the archetypes of Bram Stoker and all the popularized ones that we know. These are people who have I don't know why. And these are people who often work day jobs. And Maven lore is also a graphic designer, DJ and jeweler. And then the other guy that they talked to Berkus. He's an expert in antique fifth finishing furnishings.

Berly: 36:16

These are good names though. Right? I got some good names. They got some good vampire names. You know, I wonder if like, Were you born with that name? Or whenever you decided you were a vampire? Hey, those names? You think? Sure. I don't know. People have some crazy names.

LA: 36:32

But they say that, that most vampires these days like ethnographically that he's found that the members of these communities were mostly drawn to each other through like social elements, and not necessarily like the affinity for being for vampire ism, I guess.

Berly: 36:49

So basically, you're telling me the Winchesters would fuck up a modern day vampire? Sure. No problem.

LA: 36:57

It doesn't sound like they have any special abilities or like any of that stuff. It's like they're just a little community. Yeah.

Berly: 37:03

It'd be like, Oh, no, my thanks, fella. Wait a minute. Hang on, Sam, let's get this back on here. And if it was a kink, and they would admit it was a kink, I would think completely different. I would still be fascinated. Don't get me wrong, right? Like furries. I don't judge you. Yeah, I just I don't I also don't get it. If that makes sense. It's not from a judging place. It's just I'm one of those people who's obsessed with wanting to be able to put myself in somebody else's shoes and understand why they're doing what they do or why they like what they do. And I can't really do that with furries. I don't judge you. I just don't get it. Same thing with this. If it's a kink thing. I mean, as long as it's all consensual, I don't judge you, but I don't get it. Right. But for people who are really like, no, like, I'm literally a vampire. And this can't go in the sun and I need blood. I'm just like, what happened?

LA: 37:53

And yeah,

Berly: 37:54

go to a doctor. Yeah.

LA: 37:56

Murder kiss said that he was seeking answers from others like him. And so he joined these vampire chat rooms in 1996. After noticing,

Berly: 38:07

I bet they were fire back in the 90s. I bet those chat rooms were awesome back then, oh my God. He joined it

LA: 38:16

after noticing for years that he could draw strength from charged situations. So he realized that he was a psychic feeder, which they keep calling it psychic. But we know like for whatever we do in the shadows, he's an energy feeder.

Berly: 38:30

Or maybe he's just an empath, like me, like, like I was saying, I can go into a room and be in the worst mood of my life. And I think this is true for most people, not just empaths you go into a room and there's really high energy. You're gonna match the energy. Yeah, you go into a room feeling great. Like it's the best day of your life. And everyone's sad. You're gonna be brought down. Yeah. I mean, what does he mean by he could draw on other people. Because all of us do that. To an extent.

LA: 38:57

He says, I've never felt as though my body or even this time period aligns with my spirit or soul. Or more simply, I've always felt something was different about me, and that I couldn't quite put my finger on it. But he said the friends he made in those chat rooms are still in his life today, online and offline, and that the connections grow stronger. And that's, I guess, I mean, it sounds like what you're saying is what he's talking about. So there, there's this little community and family, and lore. Maven lore says, we just want we just want to get along and be loved. That's why I love the vampire community. It doesn't fucking matter what race what gender you are, you're accepted.

Berly: 39:39

I mean, that's good. Yeah, like I said, No judgement. I don't know. I personally don't get it. Yeah. But as long as it's all consensual, and it's all adults, whatever. Yeah. To each their own

LA: 39:51

right. There's a bunch more in this article about these two people, but I won't go much far.

Berly: 39:56

Is there anything else fun?

LA: 39:58

I mean, it's just like they just keep going on on and on about it and like it doesn't occupy their entire lives. They have other parts. It's just I don't know, they're it's just they're taking it real seriously.

Berly: 40:12

That's fine. Good. Good for you. Yeah. Good for you. You found a

LA: 40:15

place where you belong. Yeah. More power to you. As long as I mean, it's not hurting anybody. I still

Berly: 40:21

think you should go to a doctor. If you can't go out in the sun without it hurting you. You know, have a taste that you feel like you need and if you feel like you need I think you should go to a doctor. There's deficiency going on there. Just my two cents. You know, I agree. I concur. So to close it out. We have a quote from the episode. I'll be Joan was when Sam and John were having their little heart to heart and mending some fences. And Sam said, Hey, Dad, whatever happened to that college fund?

LA: 40:52

And John says, spent it on ammo.

Berly: 40:55

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LA: 41:09

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Berly: 41:15

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LA: 41:17

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