{"podcast":{"title":"That Would Be Rad","slug":"that-would-be-rad-1311722","podcast_index_feed_id":1311722,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/2afc66f4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.thatwouldberadpodcast.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/7111845/7111845-1597426792895-dc28549c23f36.jpg","author":"Woody Brown and Tyler Bence","episode_count":244,"summary":"A Podcast that MAJORS IN: '80s/'90s Nostalgia, Comic Culture, ALL THINGS Paranormal. And MINORS IN: Retro Video Games, Table Top RPG's, Pre-Internet Mysteries and Raising our Kids to be HALF as cool as we were back in the '80s. Hosted by: WOODY BROWN and TYLER BENCE","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T06:18:23.676167+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-would-be-rad-1311722"},"episode":{"title":"S5 E31: Lake Baikal - Secrets, Monsters, and the Portal to the Unknown","slug":"s5-e31-lake-baikal-secrets-monsters-and-the-portal-to-the-unknown","published_at":"2025-12-08T10:25:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-would-be-rad-1311722/s5-e31-lake-baikal-secrets-monsters-and-the-portal-to-the-unknown","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-would-be-rad-1311722","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thatwouldberad/episodes/S5-E31-Lake-Baikal---Secrets--Monsters--and-the-Portal-to-the-Unknown-e3c1mvq","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5289028755.mp3","summary":"What if one of the most mysterious places on Earth… wasn’t in the ocean, or the jungle, or buried in some ancient ruin — but hidden beneath the frozen surface of a Siberian lake? A place older than civilization. Deeper than imagination. And stranger than anything the X-Files ever dared to film. This week, we journey into Lake Baikal — the world’s oldest and deepest lake — a place so vast and so ancient it feels less like a body of water and more like a boundary between realities. For thousands of years, travelers, fishermen, explorers, and even Soviet military divers have reported things in Baikal that defy explanation: Monsters. Ghost ships. Blinding lights in the deep. Humanoids in silver suits. Vessels that vanish — and sometimes return. And a magnetic anomaly so powerful it seems to pulse with… intention . Together, we’ll dive into the legends, the science, the folklore, and the straight-up bizarre documented encounters that make Baikal one of the greatest unsolved mysteries on the planet. 🎙️ This episode, we’ll uncover: • The ancient Water Dragon Master , Baikal’s monster said to prowl the crystal depths — carved into stone long before modern history.• The chilling 1982 encounter where Soviet divers came face-to-face with underwater humanoids … and not everyone returned.• UFOs that don’t just fly — they plunge into the lake like it’s a doorway.• Ships that disappear without a trace, swallowed by fog, whirlpools, or something far stranger.• The mirages so vivid they produce phantom trains, castles, and ghostly vessels drifting across the water.• A magnetic anomaly that has doubled in size — twice — with no scientific explanation.• And the unnerving question:Is Baikal simply a lake… or is it a portal to the unknown ? So grab your parka, your flashlight, and your cou…","meta_description":"What if one of the most mysterious places on Earth… wasn’t in the ocean, or the jungle, or buried in some ancient ruin — but hidden beneath the frozen sur…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5162,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/that-would-be-rad-1311722/episodes/s5-e31-lake-baikal-secrets-monsters-and-the-portal-to-the-unknown/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-would-be-rad-1311722/s5-e31-lake-baikal-secrets-monsters-and-the-portal-to-the-unknown.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}