Episode 192: The Devil’s Hole Pupfish

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 38.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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There is a cave in the middle of the Mojave Desert called Devil's Hole. It's home to a small iridescent blue fish, called the Devil's Hole pupfish - and you can't find them anywhere else in the world. There are fences, cameras, and motion sensors for security. In 2016, three men rammed the fences and broke in. We need your help. We are conducting a short audience survey to help plan for our future and hear from you. To participate, head to vox.com/podsurvey, and thank you! Did you know we have a shop on our website where you can buy things like t-shirts, water bottles, postcards - even baby onesies? And right now, we're having a summer sale. Go to thisiscriminal.com/shop and get 20% off your purchase. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.9	It's a really fascinating place in that the water surface is about 50 feet below the land
0:43.4	surface.
0:44.4	So it's essentially a collapsed cave or cavern.
0:49.0	And so when the ceiling fell in about 60,000 years ago, it exposed the aquifer or the
0:56.0	groundwater.
0:57.9	And so the spring doesn't actually flow out into a stream.
1:01.9	It's just a body of water that you can see that has unknown depth.
1:10.4	Devil's Hole is in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
1:13.7	It isn't easy to get to or see.
1:16.2	It's surrounded by fences topped with barbed wire and there are cameras everywhere.
1:22.9	In April of 2016, police were called to Devil's Hole with reports of an incident.
1:28.2	The fence surrounding it had been breached.
1:31.0	And when police arrived, they found shotgun shells.
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