John's Journal
John Winchester's journal provides Sam and Dean with a lot of the information
they use to hunt evil. If you visit the WB
Official Website, there is an interactive section where you can actually
look certain parts of the journal. This page is here to gather the information
from that website, as well as information that we pick up from the journal
throughout the show.
Click on any of the pictures on this page to see a larger version in
a popup window.
The Website
Although the journal is primarily used as a notebook now, it was, at
one time at least, used as a proper journal. There are several handwritten
entries from John from shortly after Mary's death, which discuss his reactions
and those of the boys as well as newspaper articles and handwritten notes.
Click on the entry date to read the actual entry.
- November
6, 1983
- November
13, 1983
- November
17, 1983
- November
26, 1983
- November
30, 1983
- December
4, 1983
- December
7, 1983
- December
8, 1983
- December
11, 1983
- December
13, 1983
- December
14, 1983
- December
17, 1983
- December
20, 1983
- December
23, 1983
- December
25, 1983
- January
1, 1984
Pilot
The first time we ever hear about or see the journal in the show is during
the pilot episode. Dean has just been arrested by the police as a suspect in
the disappearance of Troy when the police officer shows him the journal. It
is open to a page that has Dean's name and a set of co-ordinates on it. Dean
keeps the journal when he escapes from the police station.
Wendigo
After following the co-ordinates, Dean and Sam end up in Blackwater Ridge,
Colorado, facing a Wendigo. Sam finds information in the journal that tells
them about the Wendigo, even showing a picture of one.
Phantom Traveler
The exorcism that Dean and Sam use on the demon was written in the journal.
Home
When Sam gets his dream of their old house in Lawrence, he opens the journal
to look for an old photo of the four of them standing in front of their house
before the fire. He compares the drawing of the tree from his dream to the tree
in the background of the photo. In addition, the front of John's journal can
be seen clearly, showing several medals he won while serving in the US Marine
Corps.
Provenance
John had collected a list of the previous owners of the haunted painting.
Dead Man's Blood
When Sam reads out the name of Daniel Elkins, Dean recalls having read the
name somewhere in the journal. Sure enough, on a page alongside K. Johnson and
T. Bradford, we see Daniel's name and telephone number : 970-555-0156.
In My Time Of Dying
Sam and Dean look through the journal to see if there is any information on
the Reapers. Although Sam misses the relevance, Dean notices a passage about
how a reaper can appear in whatever guise they wish. This was the point he realised
that Tessa was a reaper.
