Meaning of Some Episodes' Titles - Season 1

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Route 666 is the 6th spur of the famous "motherline" Route 66, and the last remaining stretch of road was renamed into Route 491 in 2003. Route 666 has also been called "The Devil's Highway" It wouldn't be the Devil's Highway without a number of strange incidents.


The Benders were a family of 19th century mass murderers from Kansas.


Something Wicked, The title refers to a line of Shakespeare's Macbeth: "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes". 

"Something Wicked This Way Comes" is also the title of a Ray Bradbury novel in which two teenage boys encounter Mr. Dark, the owner of a mysterious carnival, who has offered secret desires to several people, only to bind them in service to the carnival.

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