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  The fascination that Americans seems to have with supernatural forces seems to travel way back to the time where the country was so afraid of it, people unconsciously became highly curious about the unknown forces that lurks around. Some of the most popular shows today are actually about these unknowns that has been part of the American history for years. One example would be, of course, Supernatural.

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  Supernatural is an American supernatural drama television series, created by Eric Kripke. The show revolves around the Winchester brothers, Dean and Sam, they fight off supernatural beings while they try to find their father after their mother's death. The plot then evolves more dangerously towards beings like Lucifer and Death, but the main plot still stays.

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  Another example of a famous American TV series would be The Walking Dead,  an American horror drama television series developed by Frank Darabont, based off of the comic book series by Robert Kirkman. The idea of zombie apocalypses has been very popular in the recent years, and this series portrays the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse.

  There are many more examples of supernatural shows, such as Teen Wolf and American Horror Stories, both are exceptionally popular today.

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Such ideas about the occult originated from stories like as "Young Goodman Brown", by Nathaniel Hawthorne . This story sort of enforces the idea that Americans have regarding being paranoid about the things and people around them since Puritan times. Writers and producers today fancies supernatural things just as much as American teenagers do, because there's always so much to write about when everything could be true.

                                                                                           

Why Do We Like Anti-Heroes?

The idea of an anti-hero is quite popular in today's society, it is what makes the characters unique to us. Unlike the ideal image of a hero, anti-heroes have multiple flaws that make their imperfections stand out. A good example of a popular anti-hero would be Sherlock Holmes from Elementary, an American crime drama series under the production of CBS Television Studios, created by producer Robert Doherty.

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Although Sherlock Holmes originally worked as a consultant for Scotland Yard in England, he became a drug addict after hearing news of Irene Adler's death. After he became unable to cooperate properly as a consultant and had to spend some time in rehab, his wealthy father sends him to live in Manhattan, where is forced to live with a sober companion - Dr. Joan Watson.

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Over time, Sherlock began to accept and warm up to their companionship, and they started to work together as consultants for Captain Thomas Gregson and Detective Marcus Bell. Though, Sherlock's harsh character and apathy towards other's well-being caused many conflict with other characters. Later on, they came across a case regarding a serial killer known as "M", later on revealed to be Sebastian Moran, a professional assassin. Sherlock then attempts to murder M when he was claims that Irene Adler was murdered by M. 

In The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving also portrayed Ichabod Crane as an anti-hero, in fact, he is the first anti-hero in the history of American Literature. Ichabod Crane's attitude towards other people's feelings is quite similar to Sherlock's, both of them can be quite selfish. Yet, their flaws are what makes them stand out, it is what captures our attention.