Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

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.

Episodes

HSP Presents: The Timekeeper Ep. 3 "Shady Pines. "

October 16, 2025 • 32 mins

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 Mi...

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145. The Boogeyman: Hinterkaifek, The German Family Slaughtered By A Stranger // MONSTERS SERIES

October 15, 2025 • 50 mins

Imagine you hear a strange sound coming from your attic one evening. What is scarier? That it’s paranormal? Maybe a ghost haunting your space? Or that it’s a person, an unknown intruder watching you from inside your own home? That is a question that a family in the German countryside had to ask themselves a hundred years ago. But we would never know their answer, because after hearing strange sounds coming from their attic, the ent...

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Spooky Listen! Jack the Ripper | CLUES Podcast

October 13, 2025 • 114 mins

**There is no ad-free version of this episode since it's not part of Heart Starts Pounding ** Today I’m sharing a special bonus episode from Clues, where Morgan Absher and I dig into the chilling mystery of Jack the Ripper. In 1888, a brutal killer stalked London’s Whitechapel district, leaving behind mutilated victims, taunting letters, and a mystery that still grips the world. Jack the Ripper claimed at least five lives, and mo...

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HSP Presents: The Timekeeper Ep. 2 "He's Always Watching."

October 9, 2025 • 34 mins

Episode 2 of 4 After the video game behaves weirdly, Charlie and Gama pay a visit to Zoe (Chandler Kinney) to try and figure out how it works. Charlie storms out when Zoe’s boyfriend arrives, but calls on them for help once he comes to believe The Timekeeper is somehow watching him play. The Timekeeper, Episode 2 features Judah Lewis as Charlie, Chandler Kinney as Zoe, and Arjun Athalye as Gama. The Timekeeper was created, writt...

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142. The Siren: Belle Gunness, The Husband Luring Serial Killer // MONSTERS SERIES

October 8, 2025 • 51 mins

Go to https://kachava.com and use code HSP for 15% off on your subscription for a limited time Heart Starts Pounding is a Signal Awards Finalist! Go to https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2025/shows/genre/paranormal-or-horrorby October 9th to cast your vote for the Listener's Choice Award. What would happen if you read an ad in a newspaper for your dream partner. They’re rich, they’re beautiful and they are looking for s...

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HSP Presents: The Timekeeper Ep. 1 "It's Just a Game."

October 3, 2025 • 32 mins

Episode 1 of 4 17-year-old Charlie (JUDAH LEWIS) shows up to his job at Funland to find his co-worker, Blake, dead and the building on fire with an ominous message scratched into the break room door: Tick Tock. Believing the message may be connected to the 13 Keys video game Blake was playing, Charlie tries to learn more about Jacob Fairchild, the game’s creator. He and Gama (Arjun Athalye) discover a copy of 13 Keys on Blake’s co...

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140. The Vampire: Peter Kurten, the Blood Sucking German Serial Killer // MONSTERS SERIES

October 1, 2025 • 43 mins

Heart Starts Pounding is a Signal Awards Finalist! Go to ⁠⁠https://vote.signalaward.com/⁠⁠ by October 9th to cast your vote for the Listener's Choice Award. In 1929, bodies were turning up all over Dusseldorf, Germany with one horrifying thing in common. It looked like someone had bitten their necks, and in some cases, tried to drain them of blood. Immediately word of a vampire spread throughout the city, but that did little to ...

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139. Reddit Scary Stories: Reddit Stories That Could Be True Crime Docs (feat. ‪Annie Elise)

September 24, 2025 • 61 mins

Heart Starts Pounding is a Signal Awards Finalist! Go to ⁠https://vote.signalaward.com/⁠ by October 9th to cast your vote for the Listener's Choice Award. Go to https://kachava.com and use code HSP for 15% off your next order. From a woman's mother in law attempting to kill her with latex gloves, a near child kidnapping where the biological parents were doubted, to having to take matters into your own hands with your stalker, the...

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Introducing Simpsons Declassified with Nancy Cartwright

September 22, 2025 • 2 mins

Simpsons fans —THE VAULT IS OPEN! I’m Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson for 35+ years, and I’m finally taking you inside Springfield. Simpsons Declassified is your all-access pass to the world’s most iconic, animated series. Each week, we crack open wild predictions, eerie coincidences and fan conspiracies and stories from 36 seasons (that’s 800+ episodes!) behind-the-scenes with writers, directors, the cast and c...

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138. Tortured Live on Stream: The Death of Jean Pormanove

September 17, 2025 • 39 mins

At 4:47 AM on August 18th, 2025, after 280 hours of torture streamed live to thousands of viewers, Jean Pormanove died in his sleep while on camera. The official cause of death was cardiac arrest. But what really killed him was a system perfectly designed to monetize human suffering, to turn degradation into content, to transform a vulnerable man's destruction into entertainment. The streaming continues. The algorithm watches. And ...

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137. Lost Media You'll Never See: The Nickelodeon Tapes, Children's Program Hijacks and more

September 10, 2025 • 41 mins

Head to https://www.tryfum.com to start with Zero. Go to https://kachava.com and use code HSP for 15% off on your subscription for a limited time Lost media, TV urban legends, and the moments kids’ networks never wanted you to see. This episode investigates the rumored Nickelodeon “destroyed tape” from Legends of the Hidden Temple, real broadcast signal hijackings (including the infamous Handy Manny incident), and a haunting st...

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136. Reddit Scary Stories: True Camping Horror Tales (feat. ‪National Park After Dark)

September 3, 2025 • 80 mins

From a recent and tragic double murder in Devil's Den State Park, to a hiker entering a time warp, to unknowingly encountering a serial killer while camping, today we're talking through all the terrifying and mysterious national park stories. Make sure to follow our guests of today's episode ‪@NationalParkAfterDarkPodcast‬ Episodes Mentioned: 110. Backwoods Horror: Unexplained Disappearances in the Alaska Triangle 122. Appalac...

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135. How Did This Yacht Crew Vanish Into Thin Air? The Kaz II Disappearance // DARK SUMMER VOL. 2

August 27, 2025 • 39 mins

The idea of a “Ghost ship” -- a ship that is floating completely off course with its crew mysteriously gone or dead, has become more ridiculous over the years. Sure, maybe back in the day, with a lack of GPS tracking and communication a whole crew could vanish, but that could never happen today. Right? The Kaz II which has been coined “The Ghost Yacht,” perhaps a more modern version of a ghost ship, and the fate of those three men...

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134. The Mysterious Disappearance of The Beaumont Children: Australia’s Most Puzzling Unsolved Mystery // DARK SUMMER VOL. 2

August 20, 2025 • 52 mins

In 1966, three children vanished without a trace in Australia, and no one knows what happened. It’s a mystery that still plagues the country to this day, and may credit it as the reason people started locking their doors there. But today, we have a much clearer picture of the crime, who might have been responsible, and there’s even been updates on the case as of this year. TW: mention of child abuse Subscribe on Patreon for bon...

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133. What Was Hiding in Germany's Göhrde Forest? The Göhrde Murders // DARK SUMMER VOL. 2

August 13, 2025 • 46 mins

Match cakes, cookies, and candy in thousands of fun puzzles, when you download Cookie Jam today using the link: http://jamcity.me/HeartStartsPounding Official Göhrde Police Investigation Website: https://www.pd-lg.polizei-nds.de/startseite/kriminalitaet/deliktsbereiche/cold_cases/ermittlungsgruppe-goehrde-113732.html This story starts with a police officer who was investigating a suspect in a missing woman's case. When the offi...

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132. Abandoned Amusement Parks: Hauntings, Disasters, and more // DARK SUMMER VOL. 2

August 6, 2025 • 40 mins

Go to https://kachava.com and use code HSP for 15% off on your subscription for a limited time! Head to https://www.tryfum.com/HEART and use promo code HEART to get your free gift with purchase and start the Good Habit today! Summer is the perfect time to visit an amusement park, but for every park that’s open and bustling during the warmer months, there’s one that’s fallen into disrepair and sits there abandoned. But what ca...

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Introducing: Campus Files

August 1, 2025 • 8 mins

College holds a mythic place in American culture, but behind the polished campus tours and glossy brochures lies a far more complicated reality. Each episode of Campus Files uncovers a new story that rocked a college or university. Consider this your unofficial campus tour. 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...

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131. The Mysterious Disappearance of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon // DARK SUMMER VOL. 2

July 30, 2025 • 52 mins

In 2014, while looking for two missing hikers, Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers, in Panama, officials came across a digital camera in the forest that they believed belonged to one of them. The photos they found on that camera were disturbing, to say the least. And they held terrifying clues as to what happened to the missing girls. Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society. Pat...

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130. Reddit Scary Stories: Terrifying Encounters (feat. Investigator Slater)

July 28, 2025 • 71 mins

From dodging serial killers, to fake ride share drivers, to finding someone in your room in the middle of the night, today we're talking all about terrifying close encounters. Find Psychopedia and Slater on Socials! @investigatorslater @psychopediapod Psychopedia Episodes Mentioned: EP42: Sex Parts: Severed and Stored EP130: Greyhound Bus Beheading EPS 113 & 114: Pinup Predator: Serial Killer Harvey Glatman (Parts 1 and 2...

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129. Unsolved Mysteries of The Great Lakes: Ghost Ships, Lost Crews & Ancient Curses // DARK SUMMER VOL. 2

July 23, 2025 • 39 mins

Mysterious disappearances, lost shipwrecks, the Lake Michigan “Stonehenge”, strange lights above Lake Erie and more. There’s something strange happening in the great lakes. These lakes in North America are much bigger than you would ever imagine, they hold about a fifth of the entire world’s freshwater. But they also hold some of the greatest unsolved mysteries. They are quite literally full of secrets. Subscribe on Patreon f...

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Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

Episodes

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.css-r6mb8g{margin:0;word-break:break-word;display:-webkit-box;-webkit-box-orient:vertical;box-orient:vertical;-webkit-line-clamp:1;overflow:hidden;}145. The Boogeyman: Hinterkaifek, The German Family Slaughtered By A Stranger // MONSTERS SERIES

Spooky Listen! Jack the Ripper | CLUES Podcast

HSP Presents: The Timekeeper Ep. 2 "He's Always Watching."

142. The Siren: Belle Gunness, The Husband Luring Serial Killer // MONSTERS SERIES

HSP Presents: The Timekeeper Ep. 1 "It's Just a Game."

140. The Vampire: Peter Kurten, the Blood Sucking German Serial Killer // MONSTERS SERIES

139. Reddit Scary Stories: Reddit Stories That Could Be True Crime Docs (feat. ‪Annie Elise)

Introducing Simpsons Declassified with Nancy Cartwright

138. Tortured Live on Stream: The Death of Jean Pormanove

137. Lost Media You'll Never See: The Nickelodeon Tapes, Children's Program Hijacks and more

136. Reddit Scary Stories: True Camping Horror Tales (feat. ‪National Park After Dark)

135. How Did This Yacht Crew Vanish Into Thin Air? The Kaz II Disappearance // DARK SUMMER VOL. 2

134. The Mysterious Disappearance of The Beaumont Children: Australia’s Most Puzzling Unsolved Mystery // DARK SUMMER VOL. 2

133. What Was Hiding in Germany's Göhrde Forest? The Göhrde Murders // DARK SUMMER VOL. 2

132. Abandoned Amusement Parks: Hauntings, Disasters, and more // DARK SUMMER VOL. 2

Introducing: Campus Files

131. The Mysterious Disappearance of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon ​​// DARK SUMMER VOL. 2

130. Reddit Scary Stories: Terrifying Encounters (feat. Investigator Slater)

129. Unsolved Mysteries of The Great Lakes: Ghost Ships, Lost Crews & Ancient Curses // DARK SUMMER VOL. 2

Popular Podcasts

HSP Presents: The Timekeeper Ep. 3 "Shady Pines. "

145. The Boogeyman: Hinterkaifek, The German Family Slaughtered By A Stranger // MONSTERS SERIES

131. The Mysterious Disappearance of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon // DARK SUMMER VOL. 2