Haunted Hydrology (SPOOKY LAKES) with Geo Rutherford

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.9 • 23.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

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.

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0:00.0	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.
0:10.3	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,
0:22.0	Thursday, October 9th. Again, the show is November 17th in Brooklyn. Okay, link is in the show
0:27.1	notes. Let's have the episode. Um, yes, hello. It's the podcast host using the greeting of her guest.
0:32.9	And this is Ologies. I'm Allie Ward. and either you are shaking and crying right now about who we're
0:38.5	about to talk to or you are here for curiosity's sake. You don't even know what a deep dive
0:44.3	into haunted waters you're about to take. It's great. My guest today is one that y'all have
0:49.1	begged for for five years in a row. There are TikTok rivets two million people, many of whom gather specifically for a month of
0:57.9	Spooktober, haunted hydrology, or spooky lakes and rivers and ponds and oceans and seas
1:03.5	and sometimes dams and fountains.
1:06.1	Anything that is a threat to your life and involves liquid, they'll cover.
1:10.5	And they do so with a boatload of facts,
1:14.2	some deep research, creepy visuals, and a very smooth voice. We love them. Ologites love them so much
1:20.5	that you tag us in each other's social media. And this is the year we made it happen for Spooktober.
1:26.2	They're also a brilliantly talented artist and
1:28.6	illustrator. And last year came out with the very gorgeous and informative and creepy book,
1:33.6	Spooky Lakes, 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes that dot our planet. And there's a companion coloring
1:38.7	book. Just get it. Get them both. Wonderful. Beautiful. The book is linked in the show notes. I own it. I love it.
1:46.1	10 out of 10 spookies. And we will get to the episode in a moment, but first thank you to patrons at
1:50.2	patreon.com slash ologies who support the show for a hot dollar a month or more. It also allows you
1:55.7	to send in questions for the guests before we record, even audio questions. So you might hear your
2:00.5	voice on the show.
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