I don't think you're nuts at all,
Baba, the whole '4 special kids' thing has been driving me nuts too... I spent a pile of time last night trying to figure out any connection, and writing a pile of theories down. Unfortunately, that Word document is on my laptop, which isn't with me right now. *sigh* But, in a couple days, I’m gonna have a big post about all my theories.
I don't think The Demon was trying to kill the babies, and yet that is really weird how Sam's crib bursts into flame... although I think it probably just boils down to the special effects department making it as dramatic as possible. I always assumed that John meant he never saved the mothers in time... but if that's the case, and the kids got rescued, it sure would be handy if John had kept track of who they were so that could maybe give the boys a few more clues. But, no, he’s dead, and didn’t tell them everything he knew about The Demon anyways, so they have to start from square one practically.
One of the biggest things that’s been driving me nuts is that Sam keeps assuming that it’s only ’83 babies, but I think there’s an extremely good chance that there could be some from other years, too… at least ’82 or ’84 if nothing else. Just because he’s found a couple of psy!kids born in ’83, he assumes that’s the only year. But, when The Demon starts burning moms recently, they weren’t all born in the same year:
In Salvation, John says “Look, our whole lives we’ve been searching for this demon, right? And not a trace, just nothing….until about a year ago.” Now, according to
this timeline, Salvation took place in approx. October of 2006. That means that Rosie must have been born in about April, ’06 (give or take a couple months, in case the timeline on that website is slightly off). But, if John found signs of mommy burnings in October-ish of ’05, then those babies would have been born in ’05. So, if that string of burnings takes place over more than one year, then there could be way more kids close to Sammy’s age.
Also, I have so many questions about Ava and Sam’s connection. So, they seem to have the same ability. It appears at first as though The Demon killed both of their significant others. Does he burn females and slash the throats of males? And I really want to know when Ava’s birthday is, too. Because if it ‘aint in ’83, then who knows how many psy!kids there are… there could have been dozens born every year for the past 20 years… yikes.
One last thing: Is there any pattern to the location of mommy burnings? We’ve had Kansas, Oklahoma, Michigan, and Indiana in ’83; Arizona, New Jersey, California, and Iowa in ‘05/’06. And does the Demon only burn moms in the U.S.? Do demons care about political boundaries?
ETA: Man, I'm sorry, my posts keep getting really fricking long. Whoops.
Oh, and also, I friggin' love the song "Supermassive Black Hole" which was playing in the background when Sam was at the Roadhouse (I think that's when it was anyways, can't remember).