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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

CLASSIC: Tatum Salt Dome: Nuclear Explosions on U.S. Soil

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Society & Culture

4.310.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

With a special shoutout to fellow Conspiracy Realist J, we present our Classic episode on some hidden history from Mississippi: Most people have heard of Three Mile Island — but what about the multiple other nuclear events on US soil? Join Ben and Matt as they explore the strange, largely untold story of the Tatum Salt Dome in this story from 2020.

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0:00.0

Fellow conspiracy realist, we're returning to you with a tale of a little bit of synchronicity here.

0:07.4

We recently received an excellent piece of correspondence from our fellow conspiracy realist that we'll call Jay.

0:16.0

And Jay, you asked us about nuclear experiments in Mississippi.

0:21.8

Most people have heard about Three Mile Island,

0:24.3

but what about other nuclear tests on U.S. soil?

0:27.8

As we were researching your question here,

0:30.9

we were struck by a moment of deja vu.

0:33.8

Things seemed very familiar,

0:35.6

and lo and behold, we did an entire episode about this debacle back in 2020.

0:42.4

Do you guys remember this one?

0:44.0

Oh yes.

0:44.8

Salt gnomes.

0:45.8

See, when the U.S. government was doing a lot of experiments blowing up nuclear weapons, hydrogen bombs, atom bombs, all those things.

0:55.8

They tended to do it out in the desert, way in the west of the U.S.

0:59.9

But the thing we're going to talk about today is the only place.

1:04.4

This area, this thing, also known as the Salmon Test site, it's the only place east of the

1:10.3

Mississippi that the U.S.

1:11.5

government has ever detonated a nuclear device. Yeah, and they did it on purpose. And they did it

1:18.9

without repercussions or consequence. It's a real conspiracy. And Jay, your timing is impeccable.

1:25.6

We hope you, as well as all our fellow listeners, enjoy this one.

1:29.1

So without further ado, let's drop it.

1:33.9

Like, drop it like a bomb.

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