10 Scariest Supernatural Episodes Ever Made

3. Croatoan (Season 2, Episode 9)

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Ever wonder what happened to the lost colony of Roanoke? Well Supernatural has an answer for you.

After Sam has a psychic vision of Dean dusting an innocent man, the two head to a small town in search of answers. Things get messy once they find out they've step foot into ground zero for a demonic blood plague.

Not only is this one of the scariest episodes of the series, but it's also one of the best. 'Croatoan' feels like a mix between The Thing and Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Most of the episode takes place inside a clinic where the few survivors have held up together. Any one of them could be infected, making the tension here so thick you could cut it with a knife.

Demon blood monsters aside, this is also one of the first times viewers get to see Dean go dark. His willingness to almost murder a possibly innocent man is something that feels so out of character for him that it's scary in itself.

Nail-biting tension and excellent character work makes this an episode for the ages.

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