Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings, and Mysteries
Horrors, hauntings and mysteries! A collection of scary stories, real and imagined, 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. Have a horrifying tale, paranormal encounter, or unsolved mystery that you’d like to share? Visit https://www.heartstartspounding.com/ and submit your heart-pounding story to be featured on the podcast. Join the Heart Starts Pounding community on TikTok and Instagram @heartstartspounding for a daily dose of spine-tingling snippets and creepypastas.
Episodes

Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Harvard’s Dirty Secret: Bejeweled Skulls and Grave Robbing
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
The manager of Harvard's Medical school was just indicted for selling human remains to oddities shops, but the history of Harvard's involvement in black market corpse dealings goes back over 250 years. Let's travel through the morgue, past the skeletons found in Harvard's walls, all the way back to the most high profile murder to ever happen at the school.
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Heart Starts Pounding is written and produced by Kaelyn Moore.
Music from Artlist
Shownotes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/harvardmorgue

Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Murder On The Lake: Finland’s Greatest Unsolved Mystery
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
What happened the night of June 4th, 1960, when three teens were murdered at Lake Bodom in Finland? And why has no one ever been charged with the crime?
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Heart Starts Pounding is written and produced by Kaelyn Moore.
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Shownotes (with Photos): https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/lakebodom

Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
Disney Deaths Pt. 2: The Disney Dark Ages
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
The "Disney Dark Ages" was a period of time from the late 90's to the early 2000's that marked the bloodiest era in the Disney parks' history.
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Heart Starts Pounding is written and produced by Kaelyn Moore.
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Shownotes: www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/disney2

Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Listener Stories: Haunted Disney and More
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
A haunted ride at Disney, a mysterious man at a car wreck, and a haunted house being rented by college students. Welcome to the Heart Starts Pounding Campfire where we're sharing real-life terrifying stories.
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Heart Starts Pounding is written and produced by Kaelyn Moore.
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Shownotes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/listenerstoriesjune

Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
The Monster With 21 Faces
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
In 1984, an anonymous group in Japan known as The Monster With 21 Faces tormented police, poisoned candy across the country and kidnapped a man. To this day, their identity and purpose remain one of Japan’s greatest unsolved mysteries.
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Heart Starts Pounding is written and produced by Kaelyn Moore.
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Shownotes: www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/monster21

Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
National Park Horror: True Stories of Terror
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Dangers inside of National Parks, both strangers and freak accidents. We'll hear about people who got the sense something was watching them, feral people potentially living in the parks, as well as horror stories of people falling into geysers and off of the Grand Canyon
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Heart Starts Pounding is written and produced by Kaelyn Moore.
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Shownotes: www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/nationalpark

Monday Jun 05, 2023
Bonus: The Dark Psychology of Lizzie Borden (feat. Women & Crime)
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Let's take a modern, scientific lens to last week's Lizzie Borden case, and try to understand why someone would commit this crime. Dr. Amy Schlosberg and Dr. Meghan Sacks, professors of Criminology at Fairleigh Dickinson University, join me today to break down the case with what we know today about criminology. Together, they host the Women & Crime podcast.
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Heart Starts Pounding is written and produced by Kaelyn Moore.
Music from Artlist

Wednesday May 31, 2023
Lizzie Borden: A Fresh Look at a Classic Case
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Wednesday May 31, 2023
What really happened the morning that Andrew and Abby Borden were murdered with an axe, and why is it still unsolved? Let's dive into the real story, full of the twists and turns that make that day one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history.
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Heart Starts Pounding is written and produced by Kaelyn Moore.
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Shownotes: www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/lizzieborden

Wednesday May 24, 2023
Supernatural Survival: Mysterious Near Death Encounters
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Wednesday May 24, 2023
From explorer Ernest Shackleton crossing the Antarctic, to famed aviator Charles Lindbergh, many famous stories of survival have included a supernatural being come to be known as The Third Man. Who is this presence that gives guidance and encouragement in extreme survival situations?
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Heart Starts Pounding is written and produced by Kaelyn Moore.
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Shownotes: www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/thirdman

Wednesday May 17, 2023
Disney Deaths: Tragedy in the Happiest Place on Earth
Wednesday May 17, 2023
Wednesday May 17, 2023
You may have heard that “no one dies at disney” but is that really true? Let’s look into the deaths of Mark Maples, a 15 year old who died on the Matterhorn, Dollie Regina Young who died on the same ride, and Deborah Gail Stone, who was crushed on the America Sings Ride.
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Heart Starts Pounding is written and produced by Kaelyn Moore.
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Shownotes: www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/disneydeaths

I'm Kaelyn!
Here I am in my natural state, drinking a martini in a haunted mansion, dressed like a widow. Join me on this podcast as I hear terrifying stories from guests and try to make sense of it all.