Skeleton Lake

The Morbid Curiosity Podcast

Hallie Lloyd

Cryptid, Serialkiller, Science, Disease, Medicine, Scary, Skeleton, Historyofmedicine, Social Sciences, Ghost, History, Medical, Anthropology, Monsters, Archeology, Murder, Creepy, Skeptic, Paranormal, Prison

4.8 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

High in the Himalaya Mountains sits a tiny lake surrounded by hundreds of shattered human skeletons. Known as 'Skeleton Lake' in the media, its true name is Roopkund and it seems determined to keep its secrets. In this episode, we try to shed some light on this shroud of mystery.

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0:00.0	This episode was suggested by Matthew G. on Facebook, Charlotte on Twitter, and my husband, David.
0:06.0	If you'd like to make a suggestion, you can do so on Facebook and Instagram at Morbid Curiosity Podcast, on Twitter, at MorbidPodcast, and on our website, www.morbidCuriositypod Podcast.com.
0:37.3	Humans are fascinated by gore and violence, but even more so the mysterious and unsolved.
0:42.8	Interest in these disturbing and unpleasant subjects is called morbid curiosity,
0:46.1	and it has gripped hundreds of people throughout the ages.
0:48.4	I am one of those people.
0:53.6	My name is Halley, and this is the Morbid Curiosity podcast. An archaeological mystery has been circulating in the news and on social media recently, involving
1:28.5	a lake surrounded by hundreds of human skeletons. That lake is Rupkund, known in the media
1:35.1	as skeleton lake. No one knows how the skeletons ended up there, or why there are so many.
1:41.6	The site has never been subjected to a systematic archaeological or anthropological excavation
1:47.5	due to its difficult location and the disturbed nature of the site, but a paper published in
1:52.8	August of this year has shed some light on this long-lost mystery, or perhaps has only highlighted
1:58.9	how much is left in shadow. Before we get into this topic, a disclaimer is necessary.
2:04.6	I can't speak or read Hindi, so a lot of the articles about Rupkund from both locals and many experts were not available to me,
2:11.6	and translation apps just can't get across the minute details I was looking for.
2:16.6	In addition, many of the sources on
2:18.9	this topic weren't available to me, as they were either not digital or were behind a steep
2:23.7	paywall, so I felt a little limited in my academic sources. I was, however, able to find several
2:29.8	great articles written by the researchers of Ripkund, thanks to the National Library of Australia,
2:35.1	just not as many as I'd have liked. Therefore, please let me know if I got anything wrong
2:40.1	or missed something. Also, please forgive my mispronunciations of names and places. I did
2:46.0	research how to say them, but I still probably won't get them quite right, as I'm not a speaker
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