Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

In March of 2023, an office manager at a dentist office in Colorado received a package that would make her blood run cold. It was cyanide, and it was addressed to her boss, whose wife had been in the hospital with a strange illness...

TW: Mentions of suicide, domestic violence

If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, you can find more resources at: https://acf.gov/archive/ofvps/fact-sheet/domestic-violence-resource-network-organization-descriptions

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

Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society. Patrons have access to bonus content as well as other perks. And members of our High Council on Patreon have access to our after-show called Footnotes, where I share my case file with our producer, Matt.

Apple subscriptions are now live! Get access to bonus episodes and more when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts.

Follow on Tik Tok and Instagram for a daily dose of horror.

A street in Turkey that swallows people whole. A lake full of mysterious bones in India. And a changeling in America. These are times that the legends were true.

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

Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society. Patrons have access to bonus content as well as other perks. And members of our High Council on Patreon have access to our after-show called Footnotes, where I share my case file with our producer, Matt.

Apple subscriptions are now live! Get access to bonus episodes and more when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts.

Follow on Tik Tok and Instagram for a daily dose of horror.

In 1978, Steven Kubacki went skiing near Lake Michigan and vanished without a trace.

Danny Filippidis was heading to his car to grab his phone when everything went dark.

What happened to these men, and do the strange areas where they were last seen have anything to do with their disappearances, and their even stranger reappearances?

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

Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society. Patrons have access to bonus content as well as other perks. And members of our High Council on Patreon have access to our after-show called Footnotes, where I share my case file with our producer, Matt.

Apple subscriptions are now live! Get access to bonus episodes and more when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts.

Follow on Tik Tok and Instagram for a daily dose of horror.

In August of 2013, Brandon Lawson made a concerning 911 call, and then was never heard from again. However, just a few weeks ago, there was a huge update in the case. Get the full story in this episode.

TW: mentions of suicide

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

Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society. Patrons have access to bonus content as well as other perks. And members of our High Council on Patreon have access to our after-show called Footnotes, where I share my case file with our producer, Matt.

Apple subscriptions are now live! Get access to bonus episodes and more when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts.

Follow on Tik Tok and Instagram for a daily dose of horror.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller and Adam Scott is an episode-by-episode, behind-the-scenes breakdown of the AppleTV+ workplace thriller with the series’ creators, cast, crew, and celebrity superfans. Executive producer/director Ben Stiller and star/executive producer Adam Scott rewatched every episode of Season 1 and share in-depth, never-before-heard analysis in daily episodes. You can binge all of season 1 now! The companion podcast will continue into Season 2, beginning January 17 and dropping every Friday with the release of each new episode. From Audacy Podcasts, Audacy’s Pineapple Street Studios, Red Hour, and Great Scott. 

In 2016, Jonathan Cruz went on a four day killing spree inspired by the movie "The Purge". In 1985, Mark Branch wanted to live out his fantasy of being Jason from Friday the 13th. What causes some people to be inspired by horror movies to commit horrible acts of violence?

TW: Suicide

We made it to episode 100!! Thank you guys so much for everything, here's to the next 100

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

Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society. Patrons have access to ad-free listening and bonus content. And members of our High Council on Patreon have access to our after-show called Footnotes.

Apple subscriptions are now live! Get access to ad-free episodes and bonus episodes when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts.

Follow on Tik Tok and Instagram for a daily dose of horror.

7 people hiked up a mountain in August of 1993, but only one made it down alive. What she saw up on the mountain had rendered her completely speechless and has mystified the world for over 3 decades.

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

Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society. Patrons have access to bonus content as well as other perks. And members of our High Council on Patreon have access to our after-show called Footnotes, where I share my case file with our producer, Matt.

Apple subscriptions are now live! Get access to bonus episodes and more when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts.

Follow on Tik Tok and Instagram for a daily dose of horror.

I sit down in the Parlor of the Rogue Detecting Society Headquarters with my good friends Tank and Investigator Slater for a chat. They tell me about some of the cases that keep them up at night, and we chat about Slater's work investigating abuse cases within the Boy Scouts and Catholic Church

Tw: reference to sexual assault, suicide

Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society. Patrons have access to bonus content as well as other perks. And members of our High Council on Patreon have access to our after-show called Footnotes, where I share my case file with our producer, Matt.

Apple subscriptions are now live! Get access to bonus episodes and more when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts.

Follow on Tik Tok and Instagram for a daily dose of horror.

When John O'Keefe's body was found in the snow in January of 2022, there were more questions than answers. Eventually his girlfriend, Karen Read, was charged with his death. But as the case unraveled in court, dark secrets, illicit affairs, and police coverups came to light, proving that the truth would be hard to find.

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

Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society. Patrons have access to bonus content as well as other perks. And members of our High Council on Patreon have access to our after-show called Footnotes, where I share my case file with our producer, Matt.

Apple subscriptions are now live! Get access to bonus episodes and more when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts.

Follow on Tik Tok and Instagram for a daily dose of horror.

What was HSPs most downloaded episode? What was my favorite episode to make? Which one scared me the most? This is the Heart Starts Pounding Wrapped Report!

Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society. Patrons have access to bonus content as well as other perks. And members of our High Council on Patreon have access to our after-show called Footnotes, where I share my case file with our producer, Matt.

Apple subscriptions are now live! Get access to bonus episodes and more when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts.

Follow on Tik Tok and Instagram for a daily dose of horror.