About The Water
An Exploration of High Strangeness on and around the Great Lakes.
Episodes
23 episodes
Ep. 23 - Recalibrating
The Great Lakes have a way of snapping us and our lives back into place. But what happens when they don't? What happens when even the awesome power of Niagara Falls is no match for how out of place we are? As even our reflections seem lost as t...
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Episode 23
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23:04
Ep. 22 - Unspoken
Grab your bike, my Freshwater Friends, we're headed North! Along a Lakefront path, in Marquette Michigan, we'll receive a message. One that is silent, unspoken, and yet still echoes About The Water.
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Episode 22
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28:22
Ep. 21 - The Peculiar Tale of the Five Irondequoit Voodoo Potatoes
The title says it all. Keep an open mind, and a respectful curiosity, as our jump into the deep will undoubtedly leave ripples About The Water.
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Episode 21
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23:10
Ep. 20 - Early
A strange feeling sweeps over us as we cruise the deserted Northern shoreline of Lake Michigan. As we ask ourselves, is this place even real. It's a proposal that may not be as absurd as it sounds, as a lone motorcycle engine on a dark coastal ...
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Episode 20
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22:34
Ep. 19 - The Older Kids
We're off for some Trick-or-Treating in the Lake Erie town of Ashtabula, Ohio. It's here, where the award for best costume just might end up going to the strangers who aren't wearing one. The autumn breezes blow as the darkness begins to creep ...
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Episode 19
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17:50
Ep. 18 - X Changed
Every contract assigns a debt to be paid. And as we set off for a homemade recording studio, on the Wiarton, Ontario shores of Lake Huron, we'll learn just what can be a stake when we decide to sell. A piece of our soul. As words that we once c...
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Episode 18
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24:19
Ep. 17 - Freighthopper
As we wander through the woods, along the Northern shores of Lake Superior, we'll find ourselves taken by surprise by both the explainable and the unexplainable. As the sound of steel on steel does and doesn't echo About The Water.
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Episode 17
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22:40
Ep. 16 - Unambiguously Unidentified
We set sail for Lakes "M" and "O" for two stories, in which ghostly sails cut through the laws of physics, and puffing steamers defy logic, as the "U" truly finds its home About The Water.
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Episode 16
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21:39
Ep. 15 - Tommy Guns and Tree Stumps
Let's trawl the Western Islands of Lake Erie. In our nets we hope to find a, well, I guess we'll know when we see it. As the sound of screams and gunshots echo About The Water.
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Episode 15
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19:48
Ep. 14 - Sand, Sage, and Obsidian
I can tell you that we are headed for the Southern waters of Lake Michigan, to my hometown of Chesterton, Indiana. Beyond that, what lies in store for each of us I can't really say. As I'm not sure that this story has reached its conclusion yet...
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Episode 14
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30:11
Ep. 13 - Recalculating
Grab your keys. We travel the roads near Lake Huron, to strange locations that you won’t find by way of your favorite maps app. As the sound of our revving engines and skidding tires echo About The Water.
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Episode 13
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23:38
Ep. 12 - Off
Shhhhh! We travel to silent and calm Lake Erie waters, to experience a transformation unlike anything we've heard so far. One that leaves not even a whisper of a voice, echoing About The Water.
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Episode 12
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18:42
Ep. 11 - Number 327
I think...we travel out onto Lake Superior, and possibly Lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario as well, but we can't be sure. We travel here for a firsthand account of high strangeness that, if you believe it, seems to break every rule we have as to h...
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Episode 11
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23:25
Ep. 10 - Straightforward
We visit two different Lakes, Michigan and Ontario, for two different straightforward ghost encounters. Encounters that may turn out to be anything but, as their retelling now echoes About The Water.
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Episode 10
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16:35
Ep. 9 - Going Back
If you could go anywhere, right now, where would you go? For now, we'll brave the winter snow and travel to New Buffalo, Michigan, on the Southeastern shores of Lake Michigan. It's here, where we'll encounter someone who may have traveled a bit...
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Episode 9
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15:12
Ep. 8 - Cricket's Dance
Hop in, we'll carpool through the traffic packed streets of Toronto, Ontario, on the Northwest side of Lake Ontario. Here, we'll find that our commute takes a series of unexpected turns. Turns that will leave a young woman forever remembering t...
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Episode 8
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15:21
Ep. 7 - Winter, Nevermore
Zip up your winter coat, we're headed to the southern shores of Lake Erie, to the city of Erie, Pennsylvania. It was here, where a young woman took an unexplainable journey. One that would forever leave her wondering exactly what happened out t...
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Episode 7
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15:38
Ep. 6 - Heirloom
We visit the neighbor cities of Benton Harbor and Saint Joseph, Michigan, on the Southwestern shores of Lake Michigan.Here, we'll discover a valuable item. One that you can't sell. One that you can't give away. One that you couldn't even pay to...
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Episode 6
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16:12
Ep. 5 - The Grand Bend Anomaly
How about a late night walk through the deserted residential streets of Grand Bend, Ontario? A small town located on the Southeastern shores of Lake Huron. Here, we'll experience a phenomenon not easily categorized. A strange encounter that lea...
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Episode 5
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13:40
Ep. 4 - Lemonade
We're off to the legendary and iconic Manistee, Michigan, on the Western shores of Lake Michigan. It is here where one particular story of high strangeness just might forever change our very definition of high strangeness, as it's retelling for...
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Episode 4
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9:54
Ep. 3 - Lou's Change
Keep the change. You'll need it along the far Southwestern reaches of Lake Ontario, in Cape Vincent, NY. It was here where one man found himself haunted by change. Both figuratively, and literally.
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Episode 3
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12:56