Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

Heart Starts Pounding

  • 42 minutes 47 seconds
    155. Vanished At Christmas: Two Mysteries That Will Make You Question Everything

    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.

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    9 December 2025, 1:00 am
  • 9 minutes 26 seconds
    Presenting: Otherworld | Zaza

    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.

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    4 December 2025, 8:01 am
  • 36 minutes 13 seconds
    154. Christmas Horror Folklore: Krampus, Frau Perchta & The Other St. Nick

    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: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/krampus

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    2 December 2025, 1:00 am
  • 46 minutes 48 seconds
    153. Cold Cases Solved This Year

    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.

    Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/yogurtshopmurders

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    25 November 2025, 1:00 am
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    152. Reddit Scary Stories: Terrifying Cult Encounters With Amanda Montell

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    Today, we're discussing real terrifying encounters that people had with alleged cults. We’re talking Scientology, people from a “church” showing up at your door to maybe kidnap you, and more. Joined by Amanda Montell, author of the book Cultish, and the host of the Sounds Like A Cult podcast.

    Where to Find Amanda & Sounds Like A Cult: 

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AmandaMontellPodcasts

    Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cult-of-kundalini-yoga/id1566917047?i=1000702659814

    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/452tBQmqzU9wcisVglD8vW?si=rQYnpUTqQZmKD9SpRFr1zA

    If you feel you need help getting out of a cult-ish situation, below is a support group: 

    https://www.igotout.org

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    20 November 2025, 1:00 am
  • 38 minutes 10 seconds
    151. Mount Everest Horror: The Lost Climbers of the Death Zone

    Last year, a group of adventurers with National Geographic were hiking Mount Everest when they saw a human foot sticking out of the ice. Now, it is not rare to see dead bodies on the mountain, there are at least 200 of them scattered around Everest, and many of them act as markers for trails, frozen forever in time where they fell

    But this human foot in particular, had been on the mountain for 100 years and solved a century old mystery…

    Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/mounteverestbodies

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    13 November 2025, 1:00 am
  • 37 minutes 42 seconds
    150. Terrifying True Urban Legends: Cropsey and The Missing Children

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    Today, I want to tell you about a horrifying urban legend that haunted a community nearby the ruins of the abandoned Willowbrook State School in Staten Island for decades. Eventually, children started really disappearing from this community, so let's explore the real story behind the urban legend....

    TW: Child Abuse, Child Death

    Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/willowbrookstateschool

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    6 November 2025, 1:00 am
  • 1 hour 12 minutes
    149. Skinwalkers, Stalked In The Backwoods, And Other Terrifying True Stories From Listeners (feat. Morgan Absher)

    A strange whistling in the desert. A suspicious man lurking for young hikers. A timeslip. A house whose inhabitant might not be living. And More. The spooky tales we received from listeners like you, with special guest Morgan Absher from Two Hot Takes!


    Listen to our other spooky collab!

    In Our Spooky Era.. || Two Hot Takes Podcast || Scary Reddit Stories https://youtu.be/3qKr1ms2FuM?si=lrh3tbYYKklk5_OY

    Find Morgan Here!

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TwoHotTakes


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    30 October 2025, 12:00 am
  • 37 minutes 49 seconds
    HSP Presents: The Timekeeper Ep. 4 "Win Or Die."

    Charlie and Zoe race against the clock as they confront the true horror of Shady Pines and learn the truth behind Fairchild’s death.


    The Timekeeper, features Judah Lewis as Charlie, Chandler Kinney as Zoe, and Arjun Athalye as Gama. The Timekeeper was created, written, and directed by Matthew A Brown. Sound Design, Scoring and Mix by Jeff Schmidt Original Score composed by Joshua Zimmerman Additional dialog editing by Marika Perlmutter Executive Produced by Matthew A Brown, Kaelyn Moore, and Judah Lewis The Timekeeper is a production from Heart Starts Pounding.

    For more from Heart Starts Pounding:

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    24 October 2025, 12:00 am
  • 52 minutes 56 seconds
    147. The Werewolf: H.H Holmes and His Murder Castle // MONSTERS SERIES

    Step inside the legend of H.H. Holmes and the chilling labyrinth he built during the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. We'll follow a string of disappearances through the “Murder Castle” he built: a three story building with the sole purpose of killing as many people as discreetly as possible. Was Holmes a criminal mastermind, or has time twisted the tale?


    Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/murdercastle

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    23 October 2025, 12:00 am
  • 32 minutes 47 seconds
    HSP Presents: The Timekeeper Ep. 3 "Shady Pines. "

    Charlie, Zoe and Gama head toward the coordinates Tim wrote down while he was playing the game, hoping to find him alive. Charlie keeps playing and finding more keys, but he can feel the Timekeeper closing in as his clock ticks down. The Timekeeper, features Judah Lewis as Charlie, Chandler Kinney as Zoe, and Arjun Athalye as Gama. The Timekeeper was created, written, and directed by Matthew A Brown. Sound Design, Scoring and Mix by Jeff Schmidt Original Score composed by Joshua Zimmerman Additional dialog editing by Marika Perlmutter Executive Produced by Matthew A Brown, Kaelyn Moore, and Judah Lewis The Timekeeper is a production from Heart Starts Pounding.


    For more from Heart Starts Pounding:

    Subscribe on⁠⁠ Patreon⁠⁠ to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society and enjoy ad-free listening, monthly bonus content, merch discounts and more. Members of our High Council on Patreon also have access to our weekly after-show, Footnotes, where I share my case file with our producer, Matt.

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    17 October 2025, 12:00 am
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