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Secure your oxygen masks and your life jackets, because this week we're asking: what happened to Malaysia Airlines flight 370 and the crew of ghost ship The Mary Celeste? Sources used in this episode include: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/ https://www.history.com/news/what-happened-to-the-mary-celeste https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celest...

If you're here, we must have survived. This week's Tea Time features some highlights from the AITA subreddit holiday feed AND a first look at our official Christmas gift guide, including SALT SHAKERS MERCH - COMING SOON! Christmas Gift Guide HERE More info about the Appalachian Helene Response Fund HERE Text us your tea! Support the show

Next up on our listener hometown spooky story tour of the world is everyone's favorite island full of criminals, Australia. We're talking The Somerton Man (including a major DNA update from 2022!) and the land down under's most haunted abandoned insane asylum, Larundel. Music box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBEHGb95tJg Sources used in this episode include: https://www.smithsoni...

Happy Thanksgiving, Americans! We're celebrating by surprising each other with some international snacks to taste test. Our selections come from China, Portugal, Korea, Japan, Germany, and Australia and garnered official ratings between -5 and 9. Misophonia girlies, this might not be your episode. Text us your tea! Support the show

Knock knock Russia, it's us again. We're back to discuss what really happened to those hikers in Part 2 of the Dyatlov Pass Incident, and the chilly abandoned mining town of Vorkuta. Bundle up. Sources used in this episode include: https://dyatlovpass.com/theories https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/17/has-an-old-soviet-mystery-at-last-been-solved https://theworld.org/stories/2020...

Buckle up! This week we're joined by someone *very* close to The Serial Cheater for some brutally honest intel, direct from the source.  Text us your tea! Support the show

In the first of our Spooky Saturday listener hometown series, we're talking spooky stories from Lithuania, featuring Countess Sofija Horvataitė-Tiškevičienė and The Black Ghost. Who knew Lithuanians were so spooky? Sources used in today's episode include: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Horwatt-16 https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofija_Horvatait%C4%97-Ti%C5%A1kevi%C4%8Dien%C4%97 https://www....

Welcome back to #WouldYouRatherWednesday! We're talking polarizing holiday foods, the Walmart oven incident, and Lyin' Zach Bryan. Text us your tea! Support the show

This week, we're sticking to what we know: the Taylor Swift cinematic universe, featuring Katie's Indy N1 Eras Tour experience. Do we think KillaTrav will go all in on the Erik von Detten haircut? Here's hoping ✨ Austin Swift TikTok cred: @ozbourn73 Text us your tea! Support the show

This week, we're talking some of our favorite Russian mysteries-- the UVB-76 ghost radio station, and the Dyatlov Pass incident (Part 1). These mysteries have it all-- ghosts, nuclear disasters, alien encounters, and government conspiracies. Sources used in this episode include: https://yucelkulturvakfi.org/hayalet-radyo-istasyonu-uvb76 https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170801-the-ghostly-...

BOO! We're back with our first-ever Halloween special. This year, we're talking murders on both sides of the trick-or-treat equation-- the Halloween 1957 murder of Peter Fabiano, and the 1974 murder of Timothy O'Bryan by The Man Who Killed Halloween. All tricks, no treats.  Sources used in this episode include: https://www.talesfromtheunderworld.com/p/threes-a-crowd-the-cold-blooded...

This week, we're back with our usual nonsense, and are joined by special guest relationship enthusiast Leslie for a long overdue update on The Serial Cheater! Text us your tea! Support the show

We’re talking horrifying cults! First, we visit The Order of the Solar Temple with Knights Templar fanatics Joseph Di Mambro and Luc Jouret, culminating in the ritualistic deaths of 74 of the Order’s members around the world in the 1990s. Next, we look a little closer to home at Angel’s Landing leader Daniel Perez (aka Lou Castro) and his 2015 convictions for first-degree murder, child exploitatio...

This week, Alyssa & Katie chat wardrobes— Taylor Swift’s plaid era, Katie’s Eras Tour outfit search, Alyssa’s Kris Jenner workwear hand-me-downs, and feelings on renting clothes— before digging (get it?) into our favorite Internet mystery of the moment: what’s in that rug? BONUS: We share a listener theory on who killed JonBenet!  Text us your tea! Support the show

We're back with Part 2 of our discussion of the 1996 death of JonBenet Ramsey. Last week, we talked about the attention on the Ramsey family. This week, we're focusing in on the intruder theory and a few notable suspects that came up in authorities' investigation into this theory. Text us your tea! Support the show

This week, Alyssa & Katie chat pumpkin spice preferences, the pop star girlies, and some conspiracies surrounding the Sean Combs aka P. Diddy aka Puff Daddy scandal. Are you a member of the Illuminati? Do you have tea? Hit us at saltshakerspod@gmail.com Text us your tea! Support the show

In this week’s edition of Spooky Saturday, we’re going where many podcasters have gone before— the death of JonBenet Ramsey. In Part 1, we’re talking what happened inside the Ramsey home on Christmas of 1996, and why many suspect JonBenet’s own family was involved in her death. Next week, we’ll take a closer look at some suspects outside of the Ramsey household. Sources used in today's episod...

IT’S SPOOKY SEASON! This week, Alyssa & Katie chat Monopoly Go! trials and tribulations, taste testing the Oreo x Coca Cola collab, dressing for success from the Kardashian Kloset, the horrors of Tennessee’s own McKamey Manor (sorry, Indiana) and some slightly spooky #WouldYouRather questions. Text us your tea! Support the show

This week, Katie & Alyssa discuss the still-unresolved disappearances of Minnesota college student Brandon Swanson and six-year-old Timmothy Pitzen. If you have any information about Brandon or Timmothy, please contact the FBI at 800-225-5324 or the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children at 800-843-5678. Sources used in today's episode include: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap...

This week, Alyssa and Katie recap major drama in the world of The Bachelorette, talk the discovery of Celebrity #6 and other unsolved mysteries we need answers to, clown for a Taylor Swift announcement at the VMAs, and ask important questions like “why is Kate Middleton frolicking in the forest?” and “would you rather vomit on your celebrity crush or have your celebrity crush vomit on you?” Text u...

This week, Katie & Alyssa dig into spooky color theory— we’re talking the paranormal power of Haint Blue and the psychological influence of Baker-Miller Pink. Sources used in today's episode include: https://forsythfamilymagazine.com/haint-blue-a-history-of-porches-evil-spirits-and-paint/ https://www.al.com/living/2016/08/tv_show_to_feature_alabama_hau.html https://hitchcockproject.org/ca...

This week, Alyssa & Katie dust off their Greek letters and dive into #RushTok. Please never stop posting, SEC girls! We love you! Text us your tea! Support the show

This week, Katie & Alyssa explore the Appalachian folk tales of the Flatwoods Monster of West Virginia and the Bell Witch of Tennessee. Sources used in today's episode include: http://bluemountainstravelguide.com https://www.thecollector.com/appalachian-folk-stories-scary/ https://www.bellwitchcave.com/ https://tnmuseum.org/junior-curators/posts/tennessee-legends-the-bell-witch https://ba...

This week, Alyssa & Katie chat the Jennifer Lopez + Ben Affleck divorce, anti-LASIK propaganda and more eyeball nightmares, Alicia Silverstone and the time-honored Southern tradition of eating things off of random plants, clowning for Reputation (Taylor's Version) (again), and tell a horrifying tea time story of almost getting unalived while camping in Appalachia. On that note, WOULD YOU...

This week, Katie & Alyssa explore a few of the mysteries of the Catacombs under the streets of France, Italy, and Ukraine. Sources used for today's episode include: Vice Grunge Geri Walton Text us your tea! Support the show