Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

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 th...

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 shi...

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 ab...

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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...

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 o...

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 Har...

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 s...

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! In 2011, a 24 year old woman vanished from a Disney Cruise that was heading back to LA. And what at first seemed like an open and shut “man overboard” case quickly started to seem like something much darker. Leaving us with the question, does Disney know more than they’...

A young girl vanishes without a trace in the Alaskan wilderness. A camper loses 10.5 hours on his camping trip with no memory of what occurred in that time. And a young couple goes to a secluded part of a camp site, only to run into someone they’re not expecting.  Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society. Patrons have access to bonus content as w...

Dark Summer Merch is HERE! Shop now: https://shop.heartstartspounding.com/ Subscribe to Patreon to get 10% off your order! The internet freaked out last month when the haunted doll Annabelle was taken on tour around the country. Stories started circulating of buildings burning down in her wake, prisoners escaping, and even that she went missing at one point.  But what was really going on, and why...

What kind of illness turns deer into stumbling, soulless shells of themselves—bodies wasting away, but never truly dying? Or drives healthy young men into violent frenzies that leave them strapped to hospital beds, terrified of water? This week, we’re diving into the terrifying world of zombie illnesses—real diseases that hijack the brain and erase what makes us human. Show Notes: https://www.hear...

In 1989, the body of a woman was found hog tied off the side of a road in Richmond British Columbia.  What followed was one of the longest coroners inquest in Canadian history. An inquest that would say the woman had died by an unknown event. Although she was found with her hands and feet tied with nylon behind her back, although she had told police that for 7 years she was being harassed by an un...

Go to https://kachava.com and use  code HSP for 15% off on your subscription for a limited time. In 1989, the body of a woman was found hog tied off the side of a road in Richmond British Columbia.  What followed was one of the longest coroners inquest in Canadian history. An inquest that would say the woman had died by an unknown event. Although she was found with her hands and feet tied with nyl...

A strange man stalks two women on their camping trip. A strange dog has been caught on a loop for hundreds of years at the foot of a mountain. And lights that have no source, and no explanation. Today we're taking a trip through the Appalachian trail. Bring your flashlight. Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/feralpeople Get stickers! https://shop.heartstartspounding.com/ Sub...

Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, isn't just the largest U.S. military installation in the Pacific—it's also one of the most haunted. From shadowy figures trying to enter through the gates to abandoned buildings that drive occupants to the edge, and the chilling laughter of ghostly children, Kadena’s legends are as eerie as they are enduring. But are the hauntings rooted in the base itself… or in...

Today, Morgan and I share our favorite scary stories from Reddit. Which ones haunt you the most? Get stickers! https://shop.heartstartspounding.com/ 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, wh...

In 2018, 11 people in the Chundawat family were found dead from what looked like a ritual sacrifice. It left the public with questions: was the family corrupted by a evil guru? Was this a robbery gone wrong? Or was there something even darker at play? TW: Suicide, child death Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/burarideaths Get stickers! https://shop.heartstartspounding.com/...

Let's look at three of the scariest legends from Brazilian Folklore: Corpo Secos that rise from their graves, Pisadeiras that creep into your room at night, and the mighty Mapinguari that stalks the rainforest Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/brazilianfolklore Subscribe on ⁠Patreon ⁠for bonus content and to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society. Patrons have access...

For 20 years in Tennessee, Georgia Tann ran American's biggest black market for children, trafficking over 5,000 kids. We cover how she built her business, and how some children eventually found their families. TW: Kidnapping, child death, reference to sexual assault, reference to pedophilia Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/georgiatann Subscribe on ⁠Patreon ⁠for bonus conte...

Check out the first episode of CLUES, a Crimehouse podcast that I'm hosting with Morgan Absher of Two Hot Takes. You can find future episodes of Clues on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts When Laci Peterson vanished on Christmas Eve in 2002, the nation watched closely — but what investigators uncovered was darker than anyone imagined. Morgan and Kaelyn break down Scott Peterson’s suspiciou...

For 20 years in Tennessee, a mysterious woman appeared on the doorsteps of single mothers, claiming to be a social worker. She would then disappear with their children. TW: Kidnapping Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/tennesseekidnappings Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society. Patrons have access to bonus content as wel...

A In 1957, a man approached a young girl in Illinois and asked if she wanted a piggyback. That was the last time she was seen alive And in 1971, a man known as "DB Cooper" hijacked a plane, stole $200,000, and disappeared without a trace. Both of these cases involved shocking confessions that were made with dying breaths. TW: child death, kidnapping, reference to sexual assault Show Notes: https:/...

A man sees someone who might not exist on the Appalachian Trail. Someone is lead into the forrest by strange lights, and one woman smells something decomposing coming from a closet on her campus… These are Listener Stories, sent in from you guys. Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/appalachiantrail Get stickers! https://shop.heartstartspounding.com/ Subscribe on Patreon for bo...