Episode 18 - Into the Depths: Lake Tahoe and Lake Mead

Join us this week as we dive into the depths of two US lakes full of secrets. Savanna covers Lake Tahoe and the rumors surrounding preserved bodies and Tahoe Tessie. Next Hayley takes us to Lake Mead and exposes the hidden world lurking beneath the surface.   If you have anything you'd like us to cover on a future episode you can email us at [email protected]   Sources: Lake Tahoe Sources https://www.kqed.org/news/11777857/do-preserved-bodies-dwell-in-lake-tahoes-depths-the-truth-behind-tahoes-myths Lake Tahoe's Haunted History: Ghost Stories and Legends | Boat Tahoe https://tahoe.ucdavis.edu/stateofthelake  Lake’s depths hold many dead bodies: Officials report most corpses don’t surface if lost in Lake Tahoe | TahoeDailyTribune.com Mythbuster; What are the origins of Tahoe’s myths? – TahoeMagazine https://www.ranker.com/list/lake-tahoe-legend/ada-hart https://www.wildwestchallenge.com/legends-lake-tahoe-stories-monsters-mafiosos/  https://www.kqed.org/quest/22882/rumors-and-truth-in-lake-tahoe  https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/10/21/lake-tahoe-dead-bodies/  https://web.archive.org/web/20230718180350/www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2021/raising-dead-bodies-lake-tahoe/  https://www.trpa.gov/wp-content/uploads/documents/archive/1/Winter2019_final_sml.pdf   https://tahoe.ucdavis.edu/deep-lake-oxygen  https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/tahoe-tessie  https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/dark-shapes-in-the-lake-tahoe-tessie-legend-remains-alive-for-visitors  https://www.recordcourier.com/news/2005/may/11/it-came-from-the-deep/  http://www.weirdnv.com/location.php?location=54   Lake Mead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Ym6X6U0Sk  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMB3yE2nhKo  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/31/lake-mead-human-remains-identification-climate-crisis  https://www.wbay.com/2022/10/27/diver-finds-more-human-remains-lake-mead-amid-receding-water-levels  https://www.legendsofamerica.com/lake-mead-ghosts  https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/more-human-remains-in-lake-mead-found-amid-water-level-drop  https://justalittlefurther.com/just-a-little-further/2023/2/26/st-thomas-lake-meads-ghost-town-uncovered  https://callvillebay.com/uncover-the-hidden-history-of-lake-mead-mines-ruins-historic-sites  https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/as-lake-mead-dries-up-its-history-and-dark-secrets-are-being-uncovered  https://www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com/article/lake-mead-swim-beach-human-remains-third-time/40919920  https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-05-08/second-skeletal-remain-found-in-lake-mead  https://www.nps.gov/lake/learn/the-lost-city.htm  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/31/lake-mead-nevada-water-level-drought  https://www.wef.org/publications/news/wef-news/ghost-town-emerges-from-the-depths-of-lake-mead  https://www.nps.gov/lake/learn/historyculture/mining-history.htm  https://web.archive.org/web/20110716025609/http://www.seatrepid.com/files/LAMEAAReview11-02-V3.pdf  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Lake_Mead_Boeing_B-29_crash  https://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/faqs/damfaqs.html  https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/the-story-behind-the-b-29-bomber-in-lake-mead.htm  https://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/history/essays/fatal.html  https://themobmuseum.org/blog/body-in-the-barrel-at-lake-mead-has-makings-of-mob-hit  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lake-mead-water-level-human-remains-identity-theories-mobsters  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150111/lake-mead-keeps-dropping  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lake-mead-nasa-images-hoover-dam-water-levels-drought  https://www.eregulations.com/nevada/fishing/state-record-fish  https://www.ndow.org/waters/lake-mead  https://www.nps.gov/lake/learn/historyculture/stthomas.htm