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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.
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The Stauffer family was accused of adopting a boy from China for social media clout, only to abandon him when it got too hard. What's the real story behind their decision, and what does that say about other families that put their children all over youtube?
TW: Child Abuse, Child Neglect
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2Let's look into the legends, folklore, and history of the Halloween holiday. What does the devil have to do with jack o' lanterns? Who is the real headless horseman and where is he buried? And what stories were told around a fire at an All Hallow's Eve celebration thousands of years ago?
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The Lemp Mansion is considered one of the most haunted places in the country, all because of the Lemp Family that used to live there. The tragedy that befell them makes them one of the most "cursed" families in American History.
Tw: Suicide, animal death
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This past July, Russ McKamey (owner of the World's Most Intense Haunted Attraction, McKamey Manor) was arrested for attempted murder.
McKamey Manor is known for being an attraction where guests are physically and verbally abused. They can have teeth extracted without novocain, be buried alive, have their worst fears preyed upon amongst other things. Though guests are given a safe word to quit the experience, it is rarely respected.
Let's talk about what the charges were, why they were ultimately dropped, and look into the history of how McKamey Manor became the horror show it is.
TW: mention of domestic violence, descriptions of torture.
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Legend says that a witch was murdered at Hex Hollow, and on Halloween Night it turns into a portal to hell. But locals know there's a lot of truth behind that legend.
This is an episode I did with the Spotify podcast Serial Killers for their October True Urban Legends Series! ***Because it is a Spotify podcast and not Heart Starts Pounding, I'm unable to offer ad free listening on this episode, thank you for understanding!**
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Basements are not just eerie, sometimes they hold secrets we may not want to know. Today, we're looking at 3 stories of people who experienced absolute terror in their basements.
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Two stories of the most cursed cemeteries on earth; Recoleta Cemetery, where the ghost of a teen girl torments visitors, and Stull Cemetery, said to be a portal to hell.
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Real life horror stories coming straight from listeners. We dive into stories of astral projecting, creepy toys buried in a backyard, evil imaginary friends, and more.
The Timekeeper: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/timekeeper
I'm doing a live show with Annie Elise on October 3rd in Brea, California! Get your tickets here: https://improv.com/brea/event/serialously+with+annie+elise/13832333/
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Pennhurst is often referred to as one of the most haunted places in America. It's not surprising, considering it was a mental asylum that opened in 1908 and was known for torturing, experimenting on, and holding captive it's patients. Today, we're going to dive into that dark history and the stories of the ghosts that still linger inside.
TW: Brief mentions of suicide and child abuseWant HSP Stickers? https://shop.heartstartspounding.com/en-usd/collections/all
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I'm doing a live show with Annie Elise on October 3rd in Brea, California! Get your tickets here: https://improv.com/brea/event/serialously+with+annie+elise/13832333/
On April 8th, astrologer Danielle Johnson took her own life, and killer her fiance and youngest child. It wasn't until someone found her twitter feed that it became apparent she was fearing the coming eclipse.
TW: Suicide, brief mention of sexual assault
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Today, we're going to Poveglia, Italy's most haunted island, to hear stories of plague victims burned alive. Then, we're going to hear about a double murder in 1991 that shocked the entire country.
TW: Mentions of Suicide
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In 1970, a woman's body was found in the Isdalen Valley of Norway. She was badly burned though no trace of a fire was found near her, all of the labels on everything she owned had been removed, and traveled with fake identities and disguises.
Who was this woman, what was she doing in Norway, and what happened to her?
TW: Mentions of Suicide
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Lights of a ghost plane that illuminate a New Jersey forrest, the legend of a hermit who lives in the woods in Maine, and a woman found at the bottom of a lake in New York. These are three urban legends with some terrifying truths behind them
TW: Suicide
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We're looking at two cases of people who believed they were answering help wanted ads for summer jobs and were never seen again. The cases of Margaret Ellen Fox and The Jack Family.
TW: missing children
To report information on Margaret:
Burlington Police non-emergency line: 609-386-3300
To report information on the Jacks:
canadiancrimestoppers.org/tips
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We're continuing our descent into Dark Summer with a look at some of the most haunted, summery resorts in the world. Would you dare stay a night in the most haunted room at the Hotel Del Coronado?
TW: Suicide
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Haunted Resorts: The White Witch of Rose Hall and The Ghosts of Hotel Del Coronado // Dark Summer Series — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries
The 1904 Olympic Games were considered to be the darkest games in history. A mad scientist was able to run experiments on athletes while the games went on, runners were given poison to enhance their performance, and people were stolen from all over the world and forced to compete.
TW: Suicide, Racism
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Human Experiments, Trafficked Athletes, and Poisoned Runners: America's First Olympics // Dark Summer Series — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries
Bonnie Bickwit vanished with her boyfriend from a summer camp in Upstate New York in 1973, during a summer where a serial killer was terrorizing the area.
And in 1991, Jared Negrete was left behind by a troop leader on a hike, and then never seen again. The last photo left of him may hold a chilling secret.
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Vanished At Summer Camp // Dark Summer Series — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries
We're exploring three tales of horror from the backwoods for this episode of Dark Summer. An army of the undead in Hawaii, a Cryptid in the woods of Wisconsin, and a strange man on the edge of someones property.
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Backwoods Horror: Creepy Encounters, Cryptids, and more // Dark Summer Series — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries
The story of what happened to Klaus Schleke and Bettina Taxis one fateful night in 1987, and a twist you wont believe.
TW: minor descriptions of gore
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Murder At Sea: A Cruise Mystery // Dark Summer Series — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries
As we begin our Dark Summer Series, We're investigating three stories of deadly amusement park rides.
TW: child death, minor descriptions of gore
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Amusement Park Horrors: Dark Summer Series — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries
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Good morning from North Carolina. My name is Bryan stone and I wanted to say great podcast. I returned an email about the devils tramping grounds. Keep the spooky stories. Thanks from all of us at Central Heels Paranormal NC
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the story skips at 36:34
there's a glitch in this episode, missing some key info ☹️
I grew up hearing the story about the window. I thought it was fake...Feakier that its actually true.
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I was forced to go to various therapeutic boarding schools as a teen btwn 1984-1986. The worse place I was Elan School. The scariest thing they forced us to do as punishment to participate in what was basically a fight club. After numerous stays at both residential schools, psychiatric hospital stays, & wilderness programs, my parents figured if they were going to pay $65,000 a year, I might as well go to Choate Rosemary Hall. I’ve had horrific experiences that took me a decade to get over
I prefer single narration
The repeating of what Kaelyn Moore says by Payton is distracting. I couldn't listen past 12 minutes of this episode. :(
🤣🤣🤣 skip to 7 minutes. thank me later
I don’t find that depiction creepy at all. It looks like a goblin ore than it looks like the devil. 🤷🏼♀️ I’ve seen depictions of demons that look far worse.
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This sounds like a mash up of Gone Girl and Revolutionary Road. 🙆🏼♀️💁🏼♀️
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