Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

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November 20, 2025 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
1 hr 8 min
November 13, 2025 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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35 min
November 06, 2025 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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35 min
October 30, 2025 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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1 hr 10 min
October 24, 2025 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:
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.
You can also enjoy many of these same perks, including ad-free listening and bonus content when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts .
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35 min
October 23, 2025 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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50 min
October 17, 2025 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.
You can also enjoy many of these same perks, including ad-free listening and bonus content when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts .
Follow on⁠⁠ Tik Tok⁠⁠ and⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠ for a daily dose of horror.
30 min
October 16, 2025 145. The Boogeyman: Hinterkaifek, The German Family Slaughtered By A Stranger // MONSTERS SERIES
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 entire family and their chambermaid were found brutally slain inside of their barn. What was tormenting the Gruber family?
TW: Child Death, Incest

Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/hinterkaifek
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.
You can also enjoy many of these same perks, including ad-free listening and bonus content when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts .
Follow on⁠ Tik Tok⁠ and⁠ Instagram⁠ for a daily dose of horror.
47 min
October 13, 2025 Spooky Listen! Jack the Ripper | CLUES Podcast
**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 more than a century later, the clues he left continue to baffle experts and fuel debate.
We’re diving into the evidence, the suspects, and the chilling theories surrounding one of history’s most infamous unsolved cases.
Clues is a Crime House Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios. Follow wherever you get your podcasts or listen here: https://www.pavestudios.com/lp/clues

1 hr 48 min
October 10, 2025 HSP Presents: The Timekeeper Ep. 2 "He's Always Watching."
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, 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.
You can also enjoy many of these same perks, including ad-free listening and bonus content when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts .
Follow on⁠⁠ Tik Tok⁠⁠ and⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠ for a daily dose of horror.
32 min

About Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

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Heart Starts Pounding is a weekly true crime and horror podcast hosted by Kaelyn Moore, covering unsolved mysteries, hauntings and urban legends. If you’re a fan of all things spooky, creepy, and…