The show was originally about two journalists

While "Supernatural" stands out today as a series about two brothers hunting monsters and saving the world, that wasn't the idea that series creator Eric Kripke had in mind when he first imagined the series. He originally wanted it to be an anthology, similar to shows like "The Twilight Zone" or "American Horror Story," but with a direct connection to distinctly American urban legends.

After recognizing that Hollywood wasn't into that at the time, , hoping to tell the story of two journalists as they "[fought] demons in search of the truth." If that sounds a lot like "Kolchak: The Night Stalker," that's because that series heavily influenced the two most popular paranormal shows on television.

Eventually, Kripke settled on the idea of "two estranged brothers in their '67 Chevy Impala, navigating the back roads of America," and thus was born the series we know today as "Supernatural.

" Of course, there were before our heroes became Sam and Dean Winchester, such as changing Sam's original name "Sal" into "Sam," their father's name from "Jack" to "John," and the boy's original last name of "Harrison" (in honor of Harrison Ford himself) to "Winchester," which had spookier connotations. But don't worry, Kripke kept most of those names for future use in naming his son Jack Harrison Kripke.

Spooky birthdays

When "Supernatural" began in 2005, we learned that Sam Winchester's birthday was on October 2, 1983. This might not seem like a big deal, and it wasn't at first, but then, two years later, on October 2, 2007, series creator  they named Jack Harrison Kripke. , that's pretty spooky! Of course, Dean Winchester and Sam's long-dead girlfriend Jessica Moore both shared a birthday of January 24, which is actually Kripke's wife's birthday (which is a bit less spooky since it was planned).

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