About The Water
A Library of Great Lakes Ghost Stories
Episodes
41 episodes
Ep. 41 - The House Of Sunken Ships
Today, we're off to Bayfield Wisconsin, Southwestern Lake Superior. Here, contrary to Great Lakes paranormal norm, we'll find that not only lighthouses are haunted around here. And that not all ships sink About The Water.
Ep. 40 - Veronica Doesn't See Ghosts
We're off to Lake Ontario, my Freshwater Friends. We'll review a handful of ghost stories, spanning decades. All involving one lifelong Lake Ontario resident who has never once seen a ghost wandering About The Water.
Ep. 39 - The Incomplete Story of the Belle Isle Whatever It Was's
We're South of Huron, North of Erie, my Freshwater Friends. Let's meet on the Southern Side of Lake St. Claire. Here, on Detroit's Belle Isle, we'll stop to rehydrate, and recharge. Alongside the other strange creatures that wander About The Wa...
Ep. 38 - An Odd Meet
This episode is about water. My Freshwater Friends. Sorry to give away the plot. Who knows, though. Maybe The Great Falls of Tinkers Creek, on the Southern Side of Cleveland, OH, holds something unexpected for us as well, as we wander About The...
Ep. 37 - Paddling Back
Grab a paddle, my Freshwater Friends, today we kayak Lake Huron's Les Cheneaux Islands. And head west. We think. As strange currents try to veer us off course while we make our way About The Water.
Ep. 36 - 100100
We journey to all five Great Lakes today, my Freshwater Friends, without leaving the comforts of Lake Michigan. Here's we'll see that even the 1's and 0's in this strange region of the world behave in strange ways, as they race at the speed of ...
Ep. 35 - A Gate You Can't Close
We're off to the Northeast side of Lake Huron's Georgian Bay, making our way to Sudbury, Ontario. Here, we'll see if the passing of time brings us any understanding. As we each draw our on conclusions about the strange events that happen About ...
Ep. 34 - Bookmark
Today, we head up. And back. My Freshwater Friends. Up to the middle of Michigan's Old Mission Peninsula, and back to the middle of the 1950's. Here, we'll learn the rule of the land, whether we're ready or not. As the sound of a lone tractor e...
Ep. 33 - The Loop Road Lights
This one's not what you think. In the Great Lakes, it never is. Today we head for the Western Shores of Lake Superior. Just North of Two Harbors, Minnesota. Here, the unexpected will become the unexplained, as strange lights shine About The Wat...
Ep. 32 - Serpents On The Sandbars
It's hardtack and salt pork for us today, my Freshwater Friends. We're headed North across the newly formed state of Ohio, to Southwestern Lake Erie. Here, we'll keep a weathered eye on the horizon. For here, there be monsters About The Water.
Ep. 31 - A Fish That Follows
We're off to the waterfront town of Brighton, Ontario, my Freshwater Friends, for a visit with our Uncle Gordon. Here, we'll learn exactly why we must never break his one rule. As we find ourselves becoming part of a tale that winds us through ...
Ep. 30 - Eclairs et Tonnerre
Bonjour, my Freshwater Friends. We're off to Milwaukee, for a cruise along the beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline. Here, we'll experience a phenomenon that occurs without warning. Or explanation. As lightning rips and thunder rolls About The Wat...
Ep. 29 - Silent Barques
We're Lake Huron bound, my Freshwater Friends. To an historic lighthouse on the tip of Michigan's thumb. Here, we'll learn a couple of important things about ghosts. One, if they are in fact real, they are deserving of our respect. Second, some...
Ep. 28 - November Over Charlie
Today we hop aboard a work in progress, as our worn out trawler does it's best to get us across Henderson Bay, Eastern Lake Ontario. Here, we'll find ourselves a bit in over our heads, both physically and metaphysically. As radio waves carrying...
Ep. 27 - The Distant Heard
Every square inch of this world seems to be cataloged and readily available online. However, we may have found an exception. Deep in the woods of Northern Lake Superior, outside of Terrace Bay, Ontario, we stumble upon a point of interest that ...
Ep. 26 - Make Time, Always
Into the wetlands we go, for a walk and talk, through Lake Erie's Maumee Bay State Park, in Oregon, Ohio. Here, the worldly will keep stride with the otherworldly, as they stroll in perfect unison About The Water.
Ep. 25 - Orbuculum Veritas
Keep your eyes on the ball. We're headed to that world famous stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline, Chicago, Illinois. Here, we'll be taken on a mystery tour of the unknown by a guide who's never been there. As the sound of crashing thunder tears...
Ep. 24 - The Shadowpack
In an area of the Great Lakes where population is minimal, and thick trees cover the land, we visit a beach on Presque Isle, Michigan. Here, we'll walk amongst the shadows, who's silent journeys and immortal howls will forever echo, About The W...
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...
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
