Seneca Lake Mysteries
by Jim Meaney
Exploring the unusual, strange and unexplained on New York's largest Finger Lake. Anomalous encounters, forgotten history, strange phenomena and unique places, events, and people around Seneca Lake, NY, including the Seneca Lake Monster, UFOs, hauntings, sacred sites, legends, cryptids, myths and much more. [email protected] 607-307-1167 linktr.ee/senecalakemysteries Support the show - Venmo @senecalake
Episodes
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E16 It's Time. Thank You!
The time has come for the podcast to end, but I'm not done bringing you stories of the unusual, strange and unexplained on New York's largest Finger Lake. In this episode, I'll talk about why I've decided to end the podcast and what the future holds for Seneca Lake Mysteries. Plus, I have a very...
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E15 Listener UFO Report, Lodi's Buried Treasure and Rediscovering Sacred Sites at the Alpine Portal w/Rick from Alpine (PT 2)
In this episode, I'll share the story of a UFO encounter from 1980 that was submitted by a listener. The sighting lines up with the incredible, multi-witness sighting that occurred in Ovid that same year (a story covered in Episode 13). Then, we'll hear a tale from the late 19th century about the...
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E14 Peek-a-boo Diving Corporation, Seneca White Trout and the Legend of Locomotive 13
In this episode, we'll look at the story of some enterprising young men who back in 1939 built an underwater helmet breathing contraption and brought it to Rock Stream to explore below the waves of Seneca Lake. Next, we'll go back to 1947 for the tale of an albino trout that was pulled from…
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E13 Mystery Craters Revisited, Ancient Stone Faces, Fiery Blob Over Ovid...and Vampires?
In this episode, we revisit the mysterious round craters that were recently discovered at the bottom of Seneca Lake believed to be caused by methane gas seeping through the lakebed. Then, we'll examine other cases of craters found at the bottom of the ocean, including one that has some striking…
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E12 July UFO Reports, Seneca Pseudocide and Lake Serpent Lore
In this episode, we'll into two UFO reports from the last week of July around the southern tip of Seneca Lake. Video footage was shot of an orb over Burdett on the 25th, and on the 29th, the Schuyler County Sheriff’s Department dispatched deputy to investigate anomalous light(s) moving from…
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E11 Bolton's Bizarre Baptisms, Burnt Hill UFO Chase and Creekside Bigfoot
In this episode, we explore the extraordinary life of Dresden, NY native Bolton Coit Brown. An accomplished artist, painter, lithographer and mountaineer of the late 1800s and early 1900s, Bolton spent his childhood exploring the woods and streams near Seneca Lake. Did his strange youthful…
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E10 Rediscovering Sacred Sites at the Alpine Portal w/Rick from Alpine
In early July 2025, I visited Connecticut Hill, also called the Alpine Portal, with my guide, Rick. Rick has spent the last 15-20 years hunting on Connecticut Hill, which is widely known for mysterious phenomena like UFOs, hauntings, cryptid sightings, anomalous weather and more. Our goal was to...
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E09 Alien Black Cats, UFO Splashdown Revisited and Alpine Portal Time Warp
On July 9th, 2025, a resident of Rochester, New York captured footage of a large cat, believed by state DEC officials to be a cougar, on their doorbell camera, with the video going viral and putting the city in the media spotlight. The Seneca Lake area also has reports of large cats in the past...
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E08 Paranormal Vortexes and Earth Magic w/The Vortex Detective Dan Shaw
In this episode, we explore the mystical and mind-bending world of earth magic and geomancy with The Vortex Detective Dan Shaw. Dan shares details of his nearly 40-year study of earth magic before breaking down some of the basics: earth energies, ley lines, sacred geometry, visionary maps,...
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E07 North Street Orbs, Cursed Steamboats and the Portadora Breaks Bad
In this episode, we'll look into two separate orb sightings that took place around the spring of 2022, both in the same neighborhood on North Street in Geneva at the northern tip of Seneca Lake. Not only were the two orbs seen moving through the air at a low altitude, one of the orbs was caught…
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E06 Visit to Willard Asylum Cemetery w/ Seriah Azkath (Part 2)
For this episode, we are back on location at Willard Cemetery with Seriah Azkath, host of the “Where Did the Road Go?” podcast, for the second of our two-part conversation from a June evening at one of Seneca Lake's most mysterious spots. First, we talk about an ancient earthwork that once…
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E05 Visit to Willard Asylum Cemetery w/ Seriah Azkath (Part 1)
For this episode, we go on location at Willard Cemetery with Seriah Azkath, host of the “Where Did the Road Go?” podcast, for the first of two parts of our conversation from a June evening at one of Seneca Lake's most mysterious spots. First, we dive into the history of the Willard State...
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E04 Deep Diving Drums, Strange Seneca Sippin' and White Deer (Wee)
In this episode, we'll go deeper into the history of the Seneca Drums, the theories that attempt to explain the phenomenon, and the time in 2009 when the US government said "right now we don't understand what makes (the Seneca Drums)." Next is a new kind of segment spotlighting some some...
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E03 Nukes, Hitler, Underwater Tunnels and Lake Drums
In this episode, we'll look at the recently announced research project to solve the mystery of the Seneca Lake Drums, the newly-released data showing dozens of “holes” on the bottom of Seneca Lake. Next, we'll get into the iconic Seneca Army Depot, the land where it's located, the people who…
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E02 Lake Serpents, Lake Lights and Giants?
First, we've got the all-time champion of Seneca Lake Monster stories, the 1900 encounter with the steamboat Otetiani that I call The Steamer-Serpent Showdown. Then, we've got what I consider the top contender for the second-best Seneca Lake Monster story ever: The Blacksmith and the Giant Eel....
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E01 Hidden Treasure, Mystery Manuscript, Giant Whirlpools, Missing Faces and more
In this episode, I introduce the new podcast and cover some intriguing and wild stories including a search for hidden gold, giant whirlpools, bizarre creatures by the railroad tracks, April Fool's Day terror on the water, a missing piece from a forgotten manuscript and much more. Mystery…
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About this show
Exploring the unusual, strange and unexplained on New York's largest Finger Lake.
Anomalous encounters, forgotten history, strange phenomena and unique places, events, and people around Seneca Lake, NY, including the Seneca Lake Monster, UFOs, hauntings, sacred sites, legends, cryptids, myths and much more.
607-307-1167
linktr.ee/senecalakemysteries
Support the show - Venmo @senecalake
Hosted by
Jim Meaney