Mudbank bones. River wrecks. Salty seas. Pink ponds. Poison dust devils. Steamy streams.. It’s Haunted Hydrology with your favorite Spooky Lakes ambassador, the artist and author Geo Rutherford who is widely known as Geodesaurus. Geo covers the dark history of The Great Lakes, a stump that controls the weather, the what and why of a good lagoon, the field excursions she’s been on for research, the lakes she wants to see the most, and how a drought can shiver your spine. It’s a Spooktober spectacular, folks. It’s Haunted Hydrology. Visit Geo Rutherford’s website and follow her on TikTok and InstagramVisit Geo Rutherford’s website and follow her on TikTok and InstagramBuy Geo’s Spooky Lakes Books including her new coloring book and 2026 calendarVisit SpookyLakes.com to buy stickers, pins, prints and more designed by Geo A donation went to the Alliance for the Great LakesMore episode sources and linksOther episodes you may enjoy: Spooktober: Topics to Startle and Love, Maritime Archaeology (SHIPWRECKS), Speleology (CAVES), Oceanology (OCEANS), Disasterology (DISASTERS), Indigenous Pedology (SOIL SCIENCE), Environmental Microbiology (TESTING WASTEWATER FOR DISEASES), Ichthyology (FISHES), Salugenology (WHY HUMANS REQUIRE HOBBIES), Ethnoecology (NATIVE PLANTS)400+ Ologies episodes sorted by topicSmologies (short, classroom-safe) episodesSponsors of OlogiesTranscripts and bleeped episodesBecome a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a monthOlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes!Follow Ologies on Instagram and BlueskyFollow Alie Ward on Instagram and TikTokEditing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jake ChaffeeManaging Director: Susan HaleScheduling Producer: Noel DilworthTranscripts by Aveline Malek Website by Kelly R. DwyerTheme song by Nick Thorburn Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Oh, hey, if you're listening to this and it seems like you are, a quick announcement that I'll be doing my first ever live show on Monday, November 17th in Brooklyn, New York at the Bell House. Patrons, I have sent you a pre-sale code.
So if you haven't joined Patreon, it costs $1, but tickets are available there with a code, but they'll go on sale to the general public in a few days, Thursday, October 9th. Again, the show is November 17th in Brooklyn. Okay, link is in the show notes. Let's have the episode.
Yes, hello.
It's the podcast host using the greeting of her guest. And this is Ologies. I'm Allie Ward. And either you are shaking and crying right now about who we're about to talk to, or you are here for curiosity's sake. You don't even know what a deep dive into haunted waters you're about to take. It's great. My guest today is one that y'all have begged for for five years in a row.
Their TikTok rivets 2 million people, many of whom gather specifically for a month of spooktober, haunted hydrology, or spooky lakes and rivers and ponds and oceans and seas and sometimes dams and fountains. Anything that is a threat to your life and involves liquid, they'll cover. And they do so with a boatload of facts. some deep research, creepy visuals, and a very smooth voice. We love them.
Ologites love them so much that you tag us in each other's social media. And this is the year we made it happen for Spooktober. They're also a brilliantly talented artist and illustrator. And last year came out with the very gorgeous and informative and creepy book, Spooky Lakes, 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet. And there's a companion coloring book,
Just get it, get them both. Wonderful, beautiful. The book is linked in the show notes. I own it. I love it. 10 out of 10 spookies. And we will get to the episode in a moment, but first thank you to patrons at patreon.com slash allergies who support the show for a hot dollar a month or more. It also allows you to send in questions for the guests before we record, even audio questions.
So you might hear your voice on the show. Also got you the presale ticket code and we could not do the show without you. If you need classroom-safe, kid-friendly episodes, we have them. They are called Smologies, S-M-O-L-O-G-I-E-S, and you can subscribe to them wherever you get podcasts or in their own feed.
And also, Ologies Merch is available at OlogiesMerch.com in case you need a sweatshirt for the chilly weather. Thank you also to folks who leave us reviews because they help the show so much, and I read them all. as for example, this one that was just left by Wolf Girl 7200, who wrote, thank you for reminding me that I love our planet and want to fight for it.
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