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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 there, inspiring Kathy Bates's character in American Horror Story: Coven. The particularly horrifying horrors of Madame LaLaurie's time in...

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 Billy Ray Cyrus there too?), we have an Oprah-official update on the Coldplay Jumbotron cheaters, and we weigh in on our personal Disney Channel Mt. Rus...

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 never seen again, but his sister Jessica doesn't believe that he would have left voluntarily. Sources used in this episode include: NBC News Charl...

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 watch on Survivor, concern for Oprah, and our fear of being bullied by Chappell Roan.  Text us your tea! Support the show

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. Text us your tea! Support the show

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. Text us your tea! Support the show

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 this episode include: CNN American University U.S. Government Accountability Office People Wikipedia NDTV Text us your tea! Support the show

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: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library US Bureau of Reclamation Vegas Ghosts Ghost City Tours National Archives Ghost Hunters Text us your tea! Support the show

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.  Text us your tea! Support the show

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 paying his income taxes. Sources used in this episode include: Wikipedia The Mob Museum History FBI Records Text us your tea! Support the show

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 (allegedly) murdered? Text us your tea! Support the show

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: Ireland National Police Irish Central Wikipedia Reddit Lost N Found Kildare Now Text us your tea! Support the show

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 Madelyn Cline and Kelsea Ballerini were talking about? Text us your tea! Support the show

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, listen to Crime Capsule here . Text us your tea! Support the show

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 neighbors impacted by this week's ice storm, HERE are some helpful resources put together by Nashville Scene. Stay safe <3  Sources used in this episo...

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 family feud, and the downfall of The Fab Five. Tag us your reviews of Bridgerton season 4 and "Wuthering Heights," and if you want...

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. Text us your tea! Support the show

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 listener update from the Jerome Grand Hotel, and pre-2024 election conspiracy theories about the United States government.  Text us your te...

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. Text us your tea! Support the show

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?), Katie's most recent Southwest flight experience and Alyssa's field trip to Bridgestone Arena to take some puppies to visit the hocke...

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 illustrations we're looking at here . Additional sources used in this episode include: Yale Wikipedia History Text us your tea! Support the show

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 Travis Kelce. Text us your tea! Support the show

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" in New York disguised as a fishing village. In the years following WWII, Camp Hero was largely abandoned until it was converted to...

Happy New Year! In our first episode of 2026, we're talking New Year's resolutions and calling out a Maura Murray-adjacent mystery that's been plaguing this podcast's statistics. Alma, Georgia, please explain yourselves immediately. Text us your tea! Support the show

In this episode, we're discussing one of Chicago's most infamous cold cases: the February 2, 2008 shooting of six women, both employees and customers, in the dressing rooms of a Tinley Park, Illinois Lane Bryant store. Five of those women were killed-- Jennifer Bishop (age 34), Carrie Chiuso (age 33), store manager Rhonda McFarland (age 42), Sarah Szafranski (age 22), and Connie Woolfolk...