Salt Shakers
where pop culture meets the paranormal
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 96
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Natalee Holloway
On May 30, 2005, recent high school grad Natalee Holloway disappeared from Oranjestad, Aruba after meeting prime suspect Joran van der Sloot at Carlos 'n Charlies. Here's what we know.
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Inside A Cult
This week, we're joined by a very special guest and friend of the pod to discuss his firsthand experience of life inside a metaphysical cult in 1980s Baltimore.
The Sodder Family
On Christmas Eve 1945, a fire broke out at the Sodder family home in Fayetteville, West Virginia. George Sodder, his wife Jennie, and 9 of their 10 children had been home that night. George, Jennie, …
The Engagement
In a surprise to absolutely no one, this week we're chatting the Taylor Swift x Travis Kelce engagement announcement. Congratulations to our dear and close personal friends! We love you both!
Yogurt Shop Murders
On December 6, 1991, while responding to a fire in an "I Can't Believe It's Yogurt!" shop in Austin, Texas, authorities discovered four girls dead -- Amy Ayers (13), Eliza Thomas (17), Sarah Harbison…
ICYMI: RushTok
Tis the season for us to dust off our Greek letters and dive into #RushTok. Please never stop posting, girls! We love you!
This episode was originally posted on September 4, 2024.
Rebecca Coriam
On March 21, 2011, 24-year-old Disney Cruise Line employee Rebecca Coriam wrote to her parents that she'd call home the next day. Instead, on March 22 at 5:45am she was captured on the Wonder's CCTV …
Poop Cruise
This week, we're diving into the February 2013 "Poop Cruise" incident on board the Carnival Triumph, now sailing as the Carnival Sunrise. Would you rather fall out of a waterslide or poop in a biohaz…
The Dodleston Messages
In this episode, we're exploring The Dodleston Messages, a series of unexplained computer communications in 1980s England. Poltergeist? Time travelers? Advanced AI? Let's find out.
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ICYMI: Prison Pen Pal
In case you missed it, this week we're revisiting some of our favorite tea that a listener has ever spilled into our inbox-- the classic prison pen pal story.
This episode was originally posted on Ju…
VINE
This week we're talking about the 1992 murder of 29-year-old Elena Sanchez Hawkins, the 1993 murder of Mary Byron on her 21st birthday, and the creation of the VINE (Victim Information & Notification…
The Aughts
Part 2 of our trip down memory lane - this week we're discussing some iconic pop culture moments and memories from the early 2000s. Gen Alpha could never.
ICYMI: Gardner Museum Heist
In case you missed it, we're revisiting the St. Patrick's Day 1990 heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
This episode was originally posted on July 6, 2024.
Idaho Sentencing Update
We have an update in the case of the November 2022 murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. We're sharing the full victim impact statements read by surviving roomm…
Maura Murray
This week we're diving into the February 9, 2004 disappearance of college student Maura Murray in New England.
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The Jumbotron Cheaters
Interrupting our regularly-scheduled programming to bring you the tea of the day-- if you work (or used to work) for the Coldplay concert jumbotron cheater couple, we are literally begging you to sen…
The Idaho Murders
Following the entry of Bryan Kohberger's guilty plea, here's what we know about the brutal and entirely senseless November 2022 murders of University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle…
90s Nostalgia
This week, we're talking iconic moments and memories from 1990s pop culture. Gen Z, you had to be there.
Amy Lynn Bradley
This week we're discussing the (spoiler alert: unsolved) March 1998 disappearance of 23-year-old Amy Lynn Bradley while onboard a Caribbean cruise with her family.
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Tight End U (Taylor's Version)
ICYMI, Taylor Swift showed up at Tight End University in Nashville this week and WE WERE THERE FOR HER SURPRISE PERFORMANCE! Full story time is now live.