Many of the episodes are based on existing legends, myths, and ghost stories. For example the episode "Crossroads" is based in part on the legend of Robert Johnson - who in turn borrowed it from another Blues singer.
Many episodes are either named after 영화 ("Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things", "The Usual Suspects", "I Know What 당신 Did Last Summer") 또는 classic rock songs ("In My Time of Dying", "Born Under a Bad Sign", "What is and What Should Never Be", "Sympathy For The Devil", "When The Levee Breaks").
The round blue/skull sticker on the 상단, 맨 위로 of Sam's season one laptop is from a prominent local North Vancouver mountain bike company, Deep Cove Bike Shop.
The character of "Bobby Singer" was named after executive producer Robert Singer.
The original concept had a reporter going to investigate the urban legends and 글쓰기 about them in his column instead of having the Dean and Sam concept.
Sam's birthday is May 2nd (born in 1983). This coincidentally also became Eric Kripke's (the show creator and executive producer) son's birthday in 2007, which Kripke describes as "Creepy".
Dean's birthday is January 24th (born in 1979).