Salt Shakers

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 (15), and Jennifer Harbison (17). This case is best known as "The Yogurt Shop Murders." Although several suspects have confessed to some involvement in these crimes, the...

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. Text us your tea! Support the show

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 looking distressed on a phone call, and then never seen again. The ship's captain believes that Rebecca was taken overboard by a rogue wave. What do you think? Sources used in this episo...

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 biohazard bag? Learn more: Netflix Wikipedia Text us your tea! Support the show

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. Sources used in this episode include: Historic Mysteries How Stuff Works Wikipedia Mariner Talk Fox Technologies Avalon Library All That's Interesting Reddit Text us your tea! Support the show

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 June 5, 2024. Text us your tea! Support the show

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 Everyday) victim alert system for changes of custody for Kentucky prisoners - like Ernest Pine. Sources used in this episode include: WAVE 3 Kentucky Department of Corrections Text us your te...

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. Text us your tea! Support the show

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. Text us your tea! Support the show

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 roommate Dylan Mortensen and Kaylee's older sister Alivea Goncalves at Bryan Kohberger's sentencing hearing on July 23, 2025. Text us your tea! Support the show

This week we're diving into the February 9, 2004 disappearance of college student Maura Murray in New England. Sources used in this episode include: People WMUR Crime Timelines 107 degree The Sun Web Sleuths Reddit Tapa Talk Text us your tea! Support the show

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 send us screenshots of your coworker group texts! Text us your tea! Support the show

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, Ethan Chapin, and Madison Mogen. Check out these organizations founded in the victims' honor: Made With Kindness Foundation Ethan's Smile Foundation Sources used in this episode i...

This week, we're talking iconic moments and memories from 1990s pop culture. Gen Z, you had to be there. Text us your tea! Support the show

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. Sources used in this episode include: FBI People Wikipedia Oxygen ABC News Unsolved Mysteries All That's Interesting Danny Dutch Ranker Text us your tea! Support the show

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. Text us your tea! Support the show

This week we're back to our haunted hotel roots with some very spooky tales from The Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. This hotel has everything-- the Titanic, bodies on display, and a history of suspicious deaths on site. Text us your tea! Support the show

This week we're talking World War via tweet, the Wiggles performing at CMA Fest with a special guest, Chris Martin's relationship status and conducting a serious research study re: concert signage. Rate, review, and subscribe if you want to share our doomsday prep supplies. Text us your tea! Support the show

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! We're talking the very horrifying and very fascinating methods of public execution at the Colosseum in Ancient Rome. Sources used in this episode include: History.com Ancient Origins Live Science Top Tenz Text us your tea! Support the show

In between demonic possessions of our audio equipment, we're back with tales of world travel, our congratulations to Taylor Swift (RIP Rep TV), dissecting where we stand today on Blake Lively and Meghan Markle, Donald and Elon's public breakup, and policing your boring and unoriginal Instagram captions. Text us your tea! Support the show

All aboard for our very first ghost train story: The Silver Arrow of Stockholm, Sweden. Sources used in this episode include: Atlas Obscura Mental Floss National Geographic Wikipedia Text us your tea! Support the show

This week we're talking some of our current favorite rabbit holes to go down after scrolling just a little too long. Today's lineup includes The Prophecy of the Popes, the Tartarian Empire, Wiggins Wild World, and potential serial killers in Atlanta and New England. Text us your tea! Support the show

Today we're exploring the site of an infamously haunted honky tonk, Bobby Mackey's Music World in Wilder, Kentucky. Sources used in this episode include: Medium Haunted US Cincinnati Enquirer Wikipedia Reddit Text us your tea! Support the show

This week we're chatting Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's triumphant return to the public eye, current clown theories, our thoughts on 2025's rising baby names, and Usher feeding people cherries at his shows. Text us your tea! Support the show

We're back with more British royal family drama-- this time, going all the way back to the 1483 disappearance of Edward V and Richard, Duke of York, a.k.a., the Princes in the Tower of London. Sources used in this episode include: Historic Royal Palaces BBC The National Archives Wikipedia Richard III Society Text us your tea! Support the show