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We’re in Appalachia this Spooky Saturday -specifically Sevierville, Tennessee, home of Dolly Parton and one of East Tennessee’s darkest true stories: the White Caps.

In the 1890s, this masked vigilante group terrorized Sevier County in the name of “morality,” using threats, beatings, and intimidation. What started as moral policing quickly escalated into murder, trials, and a public hanging.

This is the true story of how it all unraveled.

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This week we are coming at you live from Alyssa's car (sorry for the audio issues) while she heads back from her New England and South Carolina adventures. We also discuss the drama of Ed Sheeran and the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Cast. But most importantly - we are here to decode the Taylor Swift Emmy's cameo and announce that WE will be in attendance with Taylor for the CMA Awards (YEE HAW)! 

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We are officially in spooky season! For our first episode of the 2026 spooky season we are traveling to Alyssa's college town of Columbia, South Carolina to visit The Babcock, a former asylum turned luxury college apartments.

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This week, we're talking Miley (not Cyrus), Taylor Frankie Paul and the return of the Mormon Wives, the current status of the Lindsay Clancy trial, and of course, Wendy Swift-Kelce.

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In this week's edition of The Weekly Spill, we've only got one person to talk about: the undisputed Queen of Appalachia, Dolly Parton. We're celebrating Dolly's life and legacy with a donation to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. If you're able to join us, you can make one right here. We will always love you, Dolly!

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In this edition of The Weekly Spill (aka our weekly roundup of pop culture news and gossip), we're talking the loss of Hayden Panettiere, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's return to the UK, clowning for Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version), the Jonas Brothers, and the Lindsay Clancy trial.

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In this Spooky Saturday episode, we're taking a look inside (literally) one of Las Vegas's spookiest resorts, Circus Circus.

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Lindsay Clancy is currently on trial for the murder of her 3 children back in January of 2023. In this bonus episode, we're diving into some armchair detective theories popping up as that trial unfolds. 

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We're back from summer break! In this week's edition of The Weekly Spill (aka our weekly roundup of pop culture news and gossip) we're talking all things Y2K, including the Backstreet Boys, Hilary Duff, the Jonas Brothers, Anne Hathaway as Mia Thermopolis, and, in 2026 lore, Travis Kelce dropping the first "my wife."

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We've got a real situation developing on Situationship Island. Patreon access here for the 35 minutes we had to leave out.

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In this episode, we're talking Los Angeles's favorite "urban wilderness," Griffith Park, and the curse on the land that started long before Griffith J. Griffith donated it to the city. 

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This week, we’re diving into the dark history and eerie legends of Lake Lanier — one of America’s most infamous “cursed” lakes. Built over submerged communities, cemeteries, and land tied to a violent past, Lake Lanier has become known for its chilling folklore, tragic deaths, and the mysterious Lady of the Lake. But is the lake truly haunted, or are its dangers rooted in something much more real?

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We are back at it! This week join us to discuss the Bachelorette(ish) updates — now Situationship Island — Love Island recap, Alyssa’s World Cup (and celebrity sightings) experience, the Jelly Roll tea, and Kat Von D’s 2010 house fire drama. 

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In this episode, we're stepping inside New York City's Algonquin Hotel, best known for the "vicious circle" of the Algonquin Round Table, whose members may or may not have ever checked out. At the center of it all was Dorothy Parker, whose hauntings seem to have stopped for now.

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As usual, in this week's edition of The Weekly Spill, we're talking Taylor Swift clown theories and Bachelorette(ish) contestant clown behavior.

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In this week's edition of The Weekly Spill, aka our pop culture news and gossip roundup, we're talking our sworn enemy (Mr. Monopoly), Scott Borchetta getting booed by the MTSU grads, the burial (?) practice known as Towers of Silence, and of course, a bachelorette-ish update.

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In this episode, as the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office continues to search for new evidence in real time, we're taking another look at the May 1996 disappearance of Kristin Smart from her college campus and the 2002 conviction of fellow student Paul Flores for her murder.

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This week, we're talking Alyssa's rom com weekend trip to NYC, Luke Bryan's new song, and influencer Gabriela Gonzalez's alleged plot to have a hitman take out Jack Avery amidst a custody battle.

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Welcome back!! This week we detail bachelorette(ish) updates including one man carrying Alyssa’s pyramid and a pending “lover” trip to NYC. In celebrity news, Chris Martin was in Nashville (?!!), Michael Jackson reappears, and we all are stressing about Hantavirus. 

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We are BACK with week 6 of The Bachelorette(ish), aka our live reporting from the Nashville dating pool, and this week Alyssa’s dating gets serious. This time it’s a full on compare and contrast between two front runners - Corey and Dr Nick. See which one is still in the running and which one slipped to the depths of hell. Join us to hear about a live-in (soon to be) ex wife, mega church obsession, a fantasy suites pyramid-style ranking, and a diabolical breakup text. 

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This week, Katie & Alyssa discuss the still-unresolved disappearance of Minnesota college student Brandon Swanson.  If you have any information about Brandon please contact the FBI at 800-225-5324. 

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We're back with more Bachelorette-ish! The pollen tried to take us all out this week, but we've got an update on the make-or-break third date. 

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In this episode, we're taking a look at the unsolved April 12, 2016 disappearance of high school student Mekayla Bali from her hometown of Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. Sources used in this episode include:

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It's Week 4 of The Bachelorette(ish), aka our live reporting from the Nashville dating pool, and Alyssa had a week FULL of dates. Three new men entered the chat, including one who is really bad with names, a bartender with poor planning, and another who was just plain rude. We also have an update on Corey after last week's intense one-on-one AND of course Paul had to make his reappearance! 

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This week, we’re back with another unsolved mystery as we examine the disappearances of Suzie Streeter, Stacy McCall, and Sherrill Levitt. Join us as we break down the events of that night, when the three women vanished from Sherrill’s home without a trace, and explore the several viable suspects connected to the case.

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It's Week 3 of The Bachelorette(ish), aka our live reporting from the Nashville dating pool, and things are getting a little messy. Two hot new bombshells entered the Mansion this week, including a TikTok throwback. Corey jumped straight into the Lowe's hardware aisle and to the top of the pyramid after two one-on-ones, but Paul's vibes are definitely up too.

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This week, we're back to our haunted hotel roots and taking a look at Bardstown, Kentucky's 1770's Old Talbott Tavern, which is possibly the 13th most haunted hotel in the USA and definitely where Jesse James put bullet holes through King Louis's French garden murals after seeing a ghost.

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We’re back with Week 2 of The Bachelorette(ish)! The pyramid has been shaken up this week, several of the men have been voted off the island, AND some hot new bombshells have entered the mansion.

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In this episode, we're talking Kennedys -- specifically, the long pattern of tragedies affecting the family of President John F. Kennedy -- from plane crashes and terrible accidents to cold-blooded murders and political assassinations. And, for good measure, a lobotomy.

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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), we're reporting live from the Nashville dating pool. On top of the pyramid this week, thanks in large part to his golden retriever, is Micah.

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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) intervene.

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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 the home give the property a lingering negative energy to this day. And, for some reason, Nicholas Cage once owned the house.

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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. Rushmore.

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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.

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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. 

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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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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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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?

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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. 

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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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