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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 (https://www.tiktok.com/@heartstartspounding) // Instagram (https://instagram.com/heartstartspounding) // Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/people/Heart-Starts-Pounding/100087903971907/) Have a horrifying tale, paranormal encounter, or unsolved mystery that you’d like to share? Visit https://www.heartstartspounding.com/stories and submit your heart-pounding story to be featured on the podcast.
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When a case goes cold, it's easy to lose hope that it will ever be sold. But sometimes a leap in technology, or even a deathbed confession, can help families get the closure they've been looking for.
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1From the Mandela Effect, to a bunch of concerning Instagram accounts of AI generated children, to a mysterious curtain from Norway, we're looking at the craziest internet mysteries that were solved this year. In this episode we cover The Fruit Of The Loom Mandela Effect, Celebrity #6, and SmartSchoolboy9
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From ghostly hitchhikers and terrifying truck stops to suspicious looking roadkill and strange noises in the dead of night, these stories will keep you on the edge of your seat. Whether it’s an eerie sense of being watched or bizarre encounters with the supernatural, truckers share the scariest moments they've had while driving through the darkness. Buckle up and join us for a ride into the unknown – it’s going to be a long, dark road.
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Have you heard about Baba Yaga who lives in the forrest in Russia and eats children down to the bone? What about the witch in Mexico who is responsible for men's disappearances to this very day. Today, we're diving into three scary tales of Witches
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In 2019, a 25-year-old man walked into a pub in Ruinerwold. He told the bartender that his father had kept him and his 5 siblings underground for the last 9 years, and told them they were the only people left in the world.
TW: Child Abuse, reference of sexual abuse
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The Stauffer family was accused of adopting a boy from China for social media clout, only to abandon him when it got too hard. What's the real story behind their decision, and what does that say about other families that put their children all over youtube?
TW: Child Abuse, Child Neglect
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Let's look into the legends, folklore, and history of the Halloween holiday. What does the devil have to do with jack o' lanterns? Who is the real headless horseman and where is he buried? And what stories were told around a fire at an All Hallow's Eve celebration thousands of years ago?
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The Lemp Mansion is considered one of the most haunted places in the country, all because of the Lemp Family that used to live there. The tragedy that befell them makes them one of the most "cursed" families in American History.
Tw: Suicide, animal death
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This past July, Russ McKamey (owner of the World's Most Intense Haunted Attraction, McKamey Manor) was arrested for attempted murder.
McKamey Manor is known for being an attraction where guests are physically and verbally abused. They can have teeth extracted without novocain, be buried alive, have their worst fears preyed upon amongst other things. Though guests are given a safe word to quit the experience, it is rarely respected.
Let's talk about what the charges were, why they were ultimately dropped, and look into the history of how McKamey Manor became the horror show it is.
TW: mention of domestic violence, descriptions of torture.
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Legend says that a witch was murdered at Hex Hollow, and on Halloween Night it turns into a portal to hell. But locals know there's a lot of truth behind that legend.
This is an episode I did with the Spotify podcast Serial Killers for their October True Urban Legends Series! ***Because it is a Spotify podcast and not Heart Starts Pounding, I'm unable to offer ad free listening on this episode, thank you for understanding!**
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Basements are not just eerie, sometimes they hold secrets we may not want to know. Today, we're looking at 3 stories of people who experienced absolute terror in their basements.
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Two stories of the most cursed cemeteries on earth; Recoleta Cemetery, where the ghost of a teen girl torments visitors, and Stull Cemetery, said to be a portal to hell.
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Real life horror stories coming straight from listeners. We dive into stories of astral projecting, creepy toys buried in a backyard, evil imaginary friends, and more.
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Pennhurst is often referred to as one of the most haunted places in America. It's not surprising, considering it was a mental asylum that opened in 1908 and was known for torturing, experimenting on, and holding captive it's patients. Today, we're going to dive into that dark history and the stories of the ghosts that still linger inside.
TW: Brief mentions of suicide and child abuseWant HSP Stickers? https://shop.heartstartspounding.com/en-usd/collections/all
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I'm doing a live show with Annie Elise on October 3rd in Brea, California! Get your tickets here: https://improv.com/brea/event/serialously+with+annie+elise/13832333/
On April 8th, astrologer Danielle Johnson took her own life, and killer her fiance and youngest child. It wasn't until someone found her twitter feed that it became apparent she was fearing the coming eclipse.
TW: Suicide, brief mention of sexual assault
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Today, we're going to Poveglia, Italy's most haunted island, to hear stories of plague victims burned alive. Then, we're going to hear about a double murder in 1991 that shocked the entire country.
TW: Mentions of Suicide
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In 1970, a woman's body was found in the Isdalen Valley of Norway. She was badly burned though no trace of a fire was found near her, all of the labels on everything she owned had been removed, and traveled with fake identities and disguises.
Who was this woman, what was she doing in Norway, and what happened to her?
TW: Mentions of Suicide
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Lights of a ghost plane that illuminate a New Jersey forrest, the legend of a hermit who lives in the woods in Maine, and a woman found at the bottom of a lake in New York. These are three urban legends with some terrifying truths behind them
TW: Suicide
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We're looking at two cases of people who believed they were answering help wanted ads for summer jobs and were never seen again. The cases of Margaret Ellen Fox and The Jack Family.
TW: missing children
To report information on Margaret:
Burlington Police non-emergency line: 609-386-3300
To report information on the Jacks:
canadiancrimestoppers.org/tips
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We're continuing our descent into Dark Summer with a look at some of the most haunted, summery resorts in the world. Would you dare stay a night in the most haunted room at the Hotel Del Coronado?
TW: Suicide
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Haunted Resorts: The White Witch of Rose Hall and The Ghosts of Hotel Del Coronado // Dark Summer Series — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries
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shocked that "8 passengers" didn't come up.
it really is good . . . I can't stop listening. keep it up
Good morning from North Carolina. My name is Bryan stone and I wanted to say great podcast. I returned an email about the devils tramping grounds. Keep the spooky stories. Thanks from all of us at Central Heels Paranormal NC
This Bryan stone i sent you the follow up email about the devils tramping grounds
the story skips at 36:34
there's a glitch in this episode, missing some key info ☹️
I grew up hearing the story about the window. I thought it was fake...Feakier that its actually true.
not surprising that the mounties didn't care about missing indigenous people. there's a strong history of this in Canada. it's still happening.
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I was forced to go to various therapeutic boarding schools as a teen btwn 1984-1986. The worse place I was Elan School. The scariest thing they forced us to do as punishment to participate in what was basically a fight club. After numerous stays at both residential schools, psychiatric hospital stays, & wilderness programs, my parents figured if they were going to pay $65,000 a year, I might as well go to Choate Rosemary Hall. I’ve had horrific experiences that took me a decade to get over
I prefer single narration
The repeating of what Kaelyn Moore says by Payton is distracting. I couldn't listen past 12 minutes of this episode. :(
🤣🤣🤣 skip to 7 minutes. thank me later
I don’t find that depiction creepy at all. It looks like a goblin ore than it looks like the devil. 🤷🏼♀️ I’ve seen depictions of demons that look far worse.
more plz and thank you!
shop to 8 minutes,thank me later
This sounds like a mash up of Gone Girl and Revolutionary Road. 🙆🏼♀️💁🏼♀️