Salt Shakers
where pop culture meets the paranormal
Episodes
144 episodes
The Bachelorette(ish)
Salt Shakers proudly presents: the series premiere of The Bachelorette(ish)! If you haven't been following along on TikTok, when The (real) Bachelorette got cancelled, we decided to take matters into our own hands. Over the next six weeks(ish),...
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The Beast of Gevaudan
This week, we're taking a look at an unidentified wolf-like beast which attacked more than 200 people in the Gevaudan region of France between 1764 and 1767, tearing out many of its victims' throats and forcing King Louis XV to (sort of) interv...
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Season 1
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Episode 139
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27:49
The LaLaurie Mansion
This week, we're exploring one of New Orleans's most haunted addresses, 1140 Royal Street, aka the LaLaurie Mansion. In the 1800s, Madame Delphine LaLaurie (whose husbands all died mysteriously) was exposed for torturing many enslaved people th...
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Season 1
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Episode 137
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30:28
The Weekly Spill: March 19, 2026
BREAKING NEWS: Taylor Frankie Paul's season of The Bachelorette, set to premiere this weekend, is cancelled. Plus, Zendaya and Tom Holland are setting a dangerous precedent for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, Hannah Montana is back (but why is B...
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Season 1
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Episode 136
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56:04
Paul Sanders
In this episode, we discuss the August 2001 disappearance of 17-year-old Paul Sanders from his father's home in Mesa, Arizona, in a silver Chevy pickup truck which was later found wrecked and abandoned in the Santa Catalina mountains. Paul was ...
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Season 1
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Episode 135
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34:21
The Weekly Spill: March 12, 2026
On this week's edition of The Weekly Spill, we're talking reasons not to draft us for WW3, the Carolyn Bessette Kennedy mania, Travis Kelce's return to the Chiefs (and what that means for Taylor Swift), celebrities that we think would be fun to...
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Season 1
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Episode 134
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50:24
Michele Hundley Smith
This week, we're discussing the 2001 disappearance of Rockingham County, North Carolina mother of three, Michele Hundley Smith, and her stunning 2026 re-appearance.
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Season 1
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Episode 133
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26:55
The Weekly Spill: March 5, 2026
This week, we're talking Selena Gomez's close friends story, Chase Stokes in the comment section attacking Morgan Evans (not Morgan Wallen), Nick Jonas's mysterious relationship with Aaron Rodgers, and Britney Spears getting arrested.
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Season 1
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Episode 132
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32:03
Havana Syndrome
This week, we're talking the mysterious medical condition known as "Havana Syndrome" afflicting United States government personnel in Havana, Cuba and around the world. Do we think there are directed energy weapons in use?Sources used in...
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Season 1
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Episode 131
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33:24
The Hoover Dam
This week, we're visiting the border of Arizona and Nevada to talk Great Depression era deaths, lingering spirits, and government conspiracies around (and underneath) the Hoover Dam. Sources used in this episode include:...
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Season 1
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Episode 130
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41:05
The Weekly Spill: February 19, 2026
This week, we're closing a chapter that started on our very first episode of Salt Shakers and exposing the truth about The Serial Cheater's identity.
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Season 1
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Episode 129
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45:47
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
This week, we're talking 1920s mobsters and the February 14, 1929 Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago. No one was ever prosecuted for the 7 murders committed that day, but when he was questioned about the shooting, Al Capone did admit to not pa...
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Season 1
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Episode 128
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15:19
The Weekly Spill: February 12, 2026
Welcome back to The Weekly Spill! This week, we're chatting Super Bowl commercials, the drama unfolding at the Winter Olympics in Milan, the latest on Nancy Guthrie, and Kelsea and Chase (again). Btw, did you guys know that Kurt Cobain was (all...
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Season 1
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Episode 127
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44:41
Conor and Sheila Dwyer
In this episode, we're taking a look at the mysterious May 1991 disappearance of Irish married couple Conor and Sheila Dwyer.Sources used in this episode include:
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Season 1
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Episode 126
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29:07
The Weekly Spill: February 5, 2026
It's time for The Weekly Spill! This week we're chatting all things Grammy Awards, from the looks to the performances to the pre-recorded mess. The official position of this podcast is NO MORE JEANS ON THE RED CARPET! So what do we think Madely...
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Season 1
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Episode 125
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59:45
Nancy Guthrie
In this special report, we're joined by Chelsea Donovan of "Crime Capsule" podcast to discuss the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, 84-year-old mother to "Today" show anchor Savannah Guthrie.For additional coverage of this developing story...
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Season 1
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Episode 124
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34:49
Weigh Down by the Remnant Fellowship Church
This week, we're bringing Spooky Saturday home to Nashville to take a look at Gwen Shamblin's Christian diet program, The Weigh Down Workshop, and the church (or, some might say, cult) she founded, Remnant Fellowship. PS -- to our n...
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Season 1
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Episode 123
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31:45
The Weekly Spill: January 29, 2026
Welcome back to The Weekly Spill! This week, we're talking the Nashville ice storm, keeping secrets about Taylor Swift, Todd Chrisley's prison food, obscene Harry Styles ticket prices, rumors about Nicola Peltz's past behavior amid the Beckham ...
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Season 1
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Episode 122
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56:17
ICYMI: The Bell Witch Haunting
In case you missed it, we're diving into an Appalachian folk tale which originated right in Nashville's backyard: The 1817 legend of The Bell Witch Haunting. This episode was originally posted on August 31, 2024.
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Season 1
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Episode 121
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38:22
ICYMI: Conspiracy Theorists
In case you missed it, we're throwing it back to August 8, 2024, when we chatted Bruno Mars and other music industry short kings, falling down in Louboutins and getting caught by Twilight's own Kellan Lutz, drinking "water" and mocktails, a lis...
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Season 1
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Episode 120
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45:12
Don Lewis (aka Mr. Carole Baskin)
Spooky Saturday is a state of mind, not just a day of the week. In this episode, we're discussing the August 1997 disappearance of Don Lewis, best known to us as the second husband of Tiger King star Carole Baskin.
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Season 1
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Episode 119
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35:57
The Weekly Spill: January 15, 2026
In this week's edition of The Weekly Spill, we're talking Hollywood mom group drama (team Hilary Duff), Golden Globes fashion (is Jennifer Lawrence starting to look like Taylor Swift?), TV FOMO (are you guys watching Heated Rivalry and Traitors...
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Season 1
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Episode 118
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39:09
The Voynich Manuscript
On this #SpookySaturday, we're taking a look at the Voynich Manuscript: a seemingly normal book from the early 1400s, except that no one knows who wrote it or what it says.See some of the ill...
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Season 1
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Episode 117
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26:52
The Weekly Spill: January 8, 2026
Welcome back to The Weekly Spill, aka our weekly roundup of pop culture news and gossip. On the agenda this week are love lives in the limelight: Alix Earle and Tom Brady, Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes, and of course, Taylor Swift and Travi...
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Season 1
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Episode 116
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25:51
The Montauk Project: Real Stranger Things
In honor of the "Stranger Things" series finale, in this episode we're discussing the real-life inspiration behind the series: The Montauk Project. In World War II, the United States government built a military defense base known as "Camp Hero"...
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Season 1
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Episode 115
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30:39