S5 Ep396: The Urban Legend of “Mel’s Hole” & How to Get Better Sleep

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🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

What is it about a hole that evokes excitement, mystery, and the paranormal? Bethany’s talking about a mysterious, bottomless hole in Washington State that gained fame after its “owner,” Mel, called into Coast to Coast AM. Then, Kathleen knows you’re not getting enough sleep. She also knows how to fix that! Learn the 5 Must-Do’s to improve your sleep! Plus, a full technology meltdown.

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What We Talked About:

0:18- Intro To Topics

01:26 - Digging holes to stay out of prison

01:49 - Weird noises in the night

02:33 - Dying in your sleep

06:57 - Basements, castles, secret passageways

09:22 - Zillow stalking

12:19 - The Urban Legend of “Mel’s Hole”

39:33 - How to Get Better Sleep!

1:03:34 - Movie props up for auction

1:07:46 - Swords and the TSA

1:10:25 - Bethany’s fear of ‘the cloud’

1:16:29 - What we learned this week

1:17:31 - Voicemails

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BETHANY’S SOURCES:

https://www.dailyrecordnews.com/top_story/getting-to-the-bottom-of-mel-s-hole/article_d72b6a68-7ac2-11e1-b3ce-001a4bcf887a.html?mode=jqm

https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/2aconl/mels_hole_blocked_by_a_single_cloud_on_google_maps/citroo4/

https://historydaily.org/mels-hole-a-sensational-urban-myth-of-a-mysterious-bottomless-pit

http://www.nwlegendsmuseum.com/MelsHole.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel's_Hole

Original TerraServer image: http://hideousmonster.com/melsholemap.jpg

Possible location of the hole: https://www.google.com/maps/place/47°08'44.0%22N+120°37'25.6%22W/@47.1455647,-120.6237529,64497m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x687336c4f1e52d4c!8m2!3d47.1455556!4d-120.6237778

Mel’s hole blocked by cloud: https://imgur.com/a/goJDB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Range

KATHLEEN’S SOURCES:

Zoe Weiner Tries Video: https://www.wellandgood.com/best-sleep-technology/

https://uamshealth.com/medical-myths/will-drinking-warm-milk-make-you-sleepy/#:~:text=The%20'milk%20myth'%20may%20have,to%20cause%20any%20real%20drowsiness.

https://www.stylist.co.uk/health/sleep/how-to-get-good-night-sleep-rules/479790

https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/features/10-results-sleep-loss

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/electroencephalogram-eeg#:~:text=An%20EEG%20is%20a%20test,activity%20of%20your%20brain%20cells.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Stop laughing, this is erotic.
0:02.0	I'm on a new medication and I think it's making me lose to me.
0:06.0	I would have been a Ted Bundy victim.
0:08.0	Yeah, I had no idea that so many people out there felt the same way.
0:12.0	I did.
0:14.0	Now I want a peanut colada.
0:16.0	An acquired taste.
0:18.0	This is an acquired taste podcast.
0:20.0	I'm Bethany Watson.
0:21.0	Your eye twitch having iced tea still drinking.
0:25.0	Last night I heard someone moving throughout my apartment.
0:28.0	But I decided to fall asleep instead of investigate it because I had a headache
0:32.0	and I just needed the day to be over friend.
0:34.0	And I'm Kathleen Heaney, your chia seed enthusiast.
0:38.0	I used the gym in my building for the first time since moving in nearly a year ago.
0:42.0	I've been buying water bottles for every occasion friend.
0:46.0	And every week Kathleen and I get together to discuss our lives and what's weird in the world.
0:50.0	And we invite you to join us.
0:52.0	Kathleen, what are you talking about this week?
0:54.0	I'm talking about how to get better sleep.
0:57.0	Oh, I can tell you ignore the intruders in your house.
1:01.0	Yeah, did you sleep well last night my friend?
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