{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5a9d984d04dec1fb262d232f/695de27e8e6dd12efb347cad?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 184 – I Know That You Twisted Again Like We Did Last Summer","description":"<p>Winter AND a new year? That can only mean one thing: it’s time for some creepy frozen lakes! Fulla dead people, these lakes.</p><p><br></p><p>First up is a viral ghost story about Minnesota’s Lake Weller, and the ghostly radio signals that seem to be coming from its depths every winter. Ope! Jake and Wyatt then fumble the best chance anyone will ever get at a “76 Trombones” joke as they head to the Indian Himalayas to Roopkund! Also known as Skeleton Lake, you’ll NEVER GUESS what’s inside. And you’ll certainly never guess what happened there…</p><p><br></p><p><strong>EPISODE LINKS</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://superduperstitious.com/links\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">All-purpose show links</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.myhomepark.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Wyatt’s native plant biznass</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@BizarreBeasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The show Jake writes</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Lake Weller</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-14569-0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Nature</em> article about lakes vs. ponds</a></p><p><a href=\"https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsta/article-abstract/377/2146/20180161/40934/Optical-properties-of-ice-and-snowOptical?redirectedFrom=fulltext\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ice-penetrating radio waves</a></p><p><a href=\"https://seagrant.umn.edu/news-info/directors-column/minnesota-land-how-many-lakes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota’s lake definition</a></p><p><a href=\"https://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/water-dnr-hydrography\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Database of every MN lake</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Roopkund</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/skeleton-lake-of-roopkund-india\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Atlas Obscura article</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/science/skeleton-lake-archaeology-roopkund.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>New York Times</em> article</a></p><p><a href=\"https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A597895425/WHIC?u=hennepin&amp;sid=bookmark-WHIC&amp;xid=28a63996\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>NYT</em> article without the paywall</a></p><p><a href=\"https://hauntedindia.blogspot.com/2014/05/riddles-of-dead-skeleton-lake-roopkund.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Haunted India blog post (for photos of Roopkund)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56116533\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BBC article (which includes even more photos)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://youtu.be/eH7jMNJJS8w?si=LRTnAgx__j82o_Xl\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">History Channel clip with William Shatner</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlticq\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Riddles of the Dead</em> episode from National Geographic</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-11357-9\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Nature Communications</em> article</a></p>","author_name":"Wyatt Shell and Jake Withee"}