Jacob Carns

In 1862, a preacher, Jacob karns who was furious over the newly built Red Light District, killed seventeen prostitutes for crimes against 'sins of the flesh'. Some of his victims were found murdered in thier beds while others were found castrated upside down. He was captured by the local authorities and then executed.

It seems Karns spirit feeds off other peoples repressed emotions, which give him a temporary source of strength. Any people who do have any emotions of such are more likely to become his next victims. He lost his hand is a working accident and had it replaced with a long, silver, hook.

Though Sam and Dean manage to salt and burn his corpse, it fails to stop Karns. They discover that a number of silver items that were originally his hook, were melted down and transformed into jewelery. When the last of these are melted down, he is laid to rest.