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Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

Heart Starts Pounding

Horrors, hauntings and mysteries! A collection of scary stories that will have you on the edge of your seat. If you’re a fan of all things spooky, creepy, and thrilling, this is the podcast for you. Want more darkly curious content? Join the Rogue Detecting Society on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/heartstartspounding) for ad-free listening, exclusive bonus content and more! Follow @heartstartspounding on: YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@heartstartspounding/) // TikTok

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170. The Mysterious Disappearance of Leah Roberts

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries ·

2026/04/02

Go to https://kachava.com and use code HSP for 15% off your first order.In March 2000, 23-year-old Leah Roberts left a note for her roommate and took off on a solo cross-country trip. Nine days later, her wrecked Jeep was found by hikers at the bottom of a ravine in upstate Washington and Leah was not inside. What initially looked like a crash started to feel more sinister as the investigation continued. More than 25 years later the questions surrounding what happened only grow darker. TW:

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Presenting True Crime News: The Podcast

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries ·

2026/03/27

True Crime News: The Podcast is your weekly dose of real-time updates on the most gripping true crime stories, current cases, investigations, scams, and schemes. Host Ana Garcia is joined by crime experts, police officers, defense attorneys, and other leading authorities in their fields as they cover murders, scams, investigations, and unsolved crimes from across the country. Join us each week as we take you inside the biggest, most shocking, and most bizarre true crime cases.To learn more about

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169. Real Scary Stories: A Cursed Church Camp, An...

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries ·

2026/03/26

Your terrifying stories are back, and they did not disappoint! From deep inside the Michigan woods, to a haunted church camp, to the backroads of Argentina, and a 2am parking lot encounter. Morgan from Two Hot Takes is joining us to read through tales that range from something inhuman in the trees to a dream that may have saved someone's life, as we try to figure out what is going on with you guys!!Our Small Business Spotlight this week is Rescued to support them head to:

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168. The Scariest Reddit Stories We’ve Heard (feat....

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries ·

2026/03/19

Today, we’re reading Reddit's scariest stories with KallMeKris and CelinaSpookyBoo. From glitches in the Matrix that defy all sense of logic, haunted houses full of vengeful ghosts, and a man showing up at someone’s door at 2am knowing way too many intimate details about them. Some of these have explanations. Some of them don't. And honestly? The ones with answers are scarier.Find Kris and Celina Here! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CantSleepChannel Spotify:

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167. Something’s Lurking In The Woods: Terrifying...

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries ·

2026/03/12

Why have so many people described seeing the same scary entity in the backwoods of Appalachia? Something that looks human, but not quite? Today, we’re talking about the terrifying entity people have been seeing in the woods for generations. “Crawlers”Our Small Business Spotlight this week is Coco and Duckie! Shop their store here: https://cocoandduckie.com/Subscribe on⁠ Patreon⁠ to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society and enjoy ad-free listening, monthly bonus content, merch discounts

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166. Feral Children: The Wolf Girl of Devils River,...

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries ·

2026/03/05

Go to https://kachava.com and use code HSP for 15% off your first order.Feral Children used to be the stuff of legends, but their stories are shocking, devastating, and real. Today, we're diving into multiple stories of feral children: the girl who was raised by her dog when her parents forgot about her, the legend of the wolf girl of Devils River, and the human experiment where a scientist tried to raise his son alongside a chimpanzee to unforeseen consequences. TW: Child Abuse, Animal Abuse,

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165. Terrifying True Urban Legends: A Haunted Forest,...

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries ·

2026/02/26

When villagers in a remote Thai forest heard screams echoing from the woods every hour for three straight days, they were convinced the legends of ancient spirits haunting those trees had come to life. In Taiwan, a woman and her young daughter walked into an elevator, rode to the top floor of an 11-story building, and seemingly vanished, feeding into the internet's most haunting urban legends, “The Elevator Game”. And in England, a prisoner they call "Hannibal the Cannibal" has been locked in a

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164. Backwoods Horror: The Mysterious Disappearances...

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries ·

2026/02/19

Go to https://kachava.com and use code HSP for 15% off your first order.One summer, a 24-year-old runner parked her car on a remote Wyoming road, left behind a to-do list with one uncrossed item "run" and was never seen again. Across the country, another woman was walking with friends on a well-traveled trail in the Great Smoky Mountains, went off ahead of her friends, and vanished without a trace. Today, we're diving into two backwoods disappearances, where the search parties found almost

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163. Reddit Scary Stories: Djinn, Doppelgängers, and...

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries ·

2026/02/12

Our listeners get 15% off plus free shipping when they buy two or more pairs of prescription glasses at WarbyParker.com/HSP —Using our link helps support the show. #WarbyParker #ad A face drawn in the fog of a bathroom mirror that looks exactly like you. A husband standing in the doorway who doesn't speak, doesn't move — and swears he was never there. From djinn that fall in love through reflections to entities that mimic the people you trust most, these Reddit stories blur the line between

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162. How Reddit Solved a Cold Case // Lyle Stevik

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2026/02/05

Go to https://kachava.com and use code HSP for 15% off your first order. In September 2001, a housekeeper discovered an unidentified man's body in a remote Washington motel room, no ID, no belongings, and a fake name scrawled in the guest book. For 17 years, detectives hit dead ends while an obsessive online community became consumed by one haunting question: who was the man in room five? This is the story of how thousands of strangers refused to let him be forgotten. TW: Suicide If you are in

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161. The Mysterious Murder of An Aspen Socialite

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2026/01/29

Go to https://kachava.com and use code HSP. New customers get twenty dollars off an order of two bags or more, January 1st through 31st!In February 2014, Aspen socialite Nancy Pfister was discovered murdered in the closet of her mountainside home, sending shockwaves through one of America's most exclusive communities. This is a case of wealth, betrayal, a shocking confession, and lingering questions that remain unanswered to this day. Three people were arrested, but were any of them telling the

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160. Lost Media: Tapes Too Dark For The Public

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2026/01/22

Today, I want to look at two pieces of “lost media” with you all. One piece is lost because it was deemed too dark for the public to ever hear, and the other was lost when it was intentionally destroyed by the US government. That’s right, we’re going over the case of Timothy Treadwell aka Grizzly Man, and the Cavalese Tapes. So roll up your sleeves and let’s dive into the darkness together.TW: Animal Mistreatment Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/grizzlyman Subscribe on⁠

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159. The Mystery of The Setagaya Family Murders

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries ·

2026/01/14

Go to https://kachava.com and use code HSP. New customers get twenty dollars off an order of two bags or more, January 1st through 31st!One of my most terrifying fears is the idea that someone is watching me without me knowing about it. Or worse, that someone is inside my home watching me without me knowing about it. If that freaks you out as well, this might be a tough episode for you. Because today we are going to tell you about one of Japan’s most horrifying mysteries, but at its core was a

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158. Inside the World's Most Haunted Castles | True...

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries ·

2025/12/30

Go to https://kachava.com and use code HSP. New customers get twenty dollars off an order of two bags or more, January 1st through 31st!This week, we're exploring three of the world's most haunted castles—and the dark histories that made them that way. At Windsor Castle in England, we'll encounter the ghost of a beheaded king who appears whole. In Austria's Moosham Castle, we explore the only male dominated witch trials. And finally, we visit Himeji Castle in Japan to meet Okiku, the servant girl

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157. "Something Is Mimicking My Sister" and Other...

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries ·

2025/12/23

Can listening to Heart Starts Pounding attract paranormal activity to your home? Today I'm reading the spooky stories YOU sent me, and they're absolutely terrifying. From haunted houses with dark figures and hidden tunnels, to roads that exist outside of time, to something that can perfectly mimic the people you love...these listener tales will make you question every shadow in your hallway.Music provided by: YouTube @copyrightfreehorrormusic Subscribe on⁠ Patreon⁠ to become a member of our Rogue

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156. Lost Media Vol. 2: Missing Holiday Media

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries ·

2025/12/16

Go to https://kachava.com and use code HSP for 15% off your next order.What happens when beloved holiday entertainment crosses the line? From Disney's The Santa Clause hiding adult Easter eggs that horrified parents, to the 1997 Macy's Day Parade disaster NBC tried to erase, to Vincent Price's final grief-stricken performance that Disney deemed "unusable". These aren't just missing tapes; they're pieces of holiday history someone decided we shouldn't remember. TW: Graphic Description of

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155. Vanished At Christmas: Two Mysteries That Will...

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries ·

2025/12/09

Today, I want to tell you about two winter mysteries that have haunted New York for over a century. The first is about Dorothy Arnold, who disappeared on a cold December day in 1910 after leaving a bookstore in Manhattan. And the second is about a devastating Christmas night fire in Staten Island in 1843, and the legend of the witch who started it.Subscribe on⁠ Patreon⁠ to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society and enjoy ad-free listening, monthly bonus content, merch discounts and more

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Presenting: Otherworld | Zaza

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries ·

2025/12/04

Otherworld tells real stories of people who have experienced something paranormal or unexplainable. Host Jack Wagner takes an open minded and journalistic approach to the subject matter and aims to uncover some of the biggest mysteries of the world and how people react to it.To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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154. Christmas Horror Folklore: Krampus, Frau Perchta...

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries ·

2025/12/02

Today I want to tell you about the dark origins of Christmas, before Santa Claus ever existed. We're diving into Frau Perchta, a Christmas witch who visited homes with iron scissors and a taste for porridge...whether she had to cut it out of you or not. We'll also cover the real Saint Nicholas and his disturbing miracles, and the demonic Krampuses who worked alongside him to drag sinners straight to hell. This beloved holiday is actually as dark as a Brother Grimms fairytale…. Show Notes:

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153. Cold Cases Solved This Year

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2025/11/25

Cold cases can sit on shelves for years without answers, but this year we’ve seen some amazing advancements in cases that police thought would never get solved. I want to tell you about three of them today, with twists that no one saw coming. We'll cover the Yogurt Shop Murders, and the shocking discoveries that led to arrests in the murders of Aliza Sherman and Doris Worrell.Subscribe on⁠ Patreon⁠ to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society and enjoy ad-free listening, monthly bonus

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