T: Welcome to Lost and Forgotten, we’re your hosts, Timothy, Hank, and Nick. Today we have a special guest with us, why don’t you introduce yourself?

E: Hello, I’m Eric Kripke and I am the writer for the show Supernatural.

T: Supernatural is a TV show that aired on September 13, 2005. The show follows two brothers as they hunt down the supernatural beings roaming the Earth, from demons to ghouls.

Q: Do you believe in the supernatural?
E: Well yes. When I was little, my dad was always very interested and fascinated by the supernatural, and he had read me many stories as a kid.

Q: Could you tell us about your father for a bit?
E: Well my dad worked at an aluminum scrap company and was pretty successful but later on he wanted to start his own company, so he left and started his own company, Kripke Enterprises Inc. Later on in his career, he got ownership over MidSouth Aluminum, Inc. which was one of the biggest aluminum coil companies in America.

Q: Did your dad influence you to start working on what you do now?
E: He did a lot. He would constantly tell me stories about ghosts, aliens, and other things that couldn’t be explained and some of them he told me he had experienced.

Q: Have you yourself ever experienced anything supernatural? If yes, what was it?
E: Oh, plenty! Especially while filming for the show was happening! Spotlights turning off and on for no reason, cameras starting to record without any input from the cameraman, insane stuff.

Q: What were your inspirations for Supernatural?
E: Well… there is a large number of episodes are based on the real-life experiences of mine. Plenty of times when I heard of legends and myths, I started researching those topics, and it always came up with something that I could put into my show. And that is why we never ran out of ideas. Those real-life experiences make the tv show more realistic, and people started to gain interest in our show.

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Eric Kripke