Winter AND a new year? That can only mean one thing: it’s time for some creepy frozen lakes! Fulla dead people, these lakes.

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…

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt’s native plant biznass

The show Jake writes

Lake Weller

Nature article about lakes vs. ponds

Ice-penetrating radio waves

Minnesota’s lake definition

Database of every MN lake

Roopkund

Atlas Obscura article

New York Times article

NYT article without the paywall