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Original Air Date: 30th March 2006
Production Code: 2T6916
Writer: Trey Callaway
Director: Chris Long

Official Episode Description

Sam and Dean investigate a house haunted by the ghost of Mordecai, a man who killed his six daughters during the 1930s. The brothers discover a website dedicated to the Mordecai legend and realize the town is unknowingly conjuring up the evil spirit through the site.

Summary

Sam and Dean find out from a website that a group of teenagers discovered a dead body hanging in a haunted house. By the time the police got there to investigate, the body had gone.

Talking to the teenagers, they find that they were all led there by one person, their friend, Craig, who reveals to Dean and Sam that the house is supposedly haunted by a man called Mordechai Murdoch who murdered his six daughters. When Dean and Sam go to the house, they meet two other people, Ed and Harry - 'professional' ghosthunters who happen to run the website that mentioned the haunted house story. Leaving Ed and Harry to it, the boys head over to the library to investigate the ghost.

That night, another group of teenagers go to the house. One of the girls ends up dead - hung in the basement. The next evening, Dean and Sam sneak back into the house to take another look around. They come face to face with the ghost of Mordechai, who tries to kill them with an axe. And, unusually for a spirit, he seems to be immune to rock salt. The boys barely make it out of the house alive.

They realise that one of the symbols painted on the wall of the house was actually from an old record cover and suspect that Craig may have had more to do with the story than he originally said. After some discussion, he reveals that he and his cousin Dana thought it would be fun to make the house look haunted and to scare some of his friends. None of it was real. Dean wonders to Sam how, if everything was made up by Craig, what the hell attacked them the night before...

Back at the motel, Sam suggests that Mordechai could be a Tupla - a Tibetan thought form which had come to life through the beliefs of the hundreds of visitors to the Hellhoundslair website, combined with a Tibetan spirit sigil which Craig had painted on the wall of the house. That could explain why the spirit was changing his method of killing. Testing their theory, Sam and Dean 'reveal' to Ed and Harry that Mordechai is vulnerable from a .45 loaded with wrought-iron rounds. A few hours later and the new story is up on the website.

They head back to the house, planning an easy kill with the wrought-iron rounds, but instead discover that the Hellhoundslair web server had crashed, meaning that the story never got around. Mordechai wasn't vulnerable any more. They make it out of the house, but cant defeat Mordechai. Instead, Dean decides to set fire to the house - after all, if there is no house left, how can Mordechai haunt it?

Notes

The website Sam mentions is actually a real one - http://hellhoundslair.com. The site is owned by the WB.
Dean hates rats.
All through the episode, the boys play pranks on each other.
The symbol from the house was actually from the group Blue Oyster Cult who are most famous for their song "Don't fear the Reaper", which featured in the episode "Faith".
Actor Jensen Ackles (Dean) actually grew up in Richardson, Texas, where this episode takes place.
Ed Zeddmore and Harry Spengler are named after Egon Spengler and Winston Zeddmore from the movie "Ghostbusters".

Cultural References

You afraid you’re gonna get a little Nair in your shampoo again, huh?
Nair is a hair removal product used by women on their legs etc.
Who you gonna call?
This is one of the most famous lines from the theme song from the 1984 movie "Ghostbusters".
Sweet Lord...
... of the Rings!
Lord of the Rings is a very famous work of fiction by JRR Tolkein which was recently made into a trilogy of movies. It is sometimes considered the ultimate example of fantasy writing.
W.W.B.D. What would Buffy do, huh?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a character on a show of the same name. She is a teenage girl who spends her life fighting vampires and demons.
The power of Christ compels you.
This is one of the phrases used in the movie "The Exorcist" to exorcise the demons.
I was thinking Mordechai just has like a really super high attack bonus.
The super high attack bonus refers to role-playing games in which characters are awarded increased abilities to attack etc.