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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What if I told you the most sought-after hit man in Houston in the 90's wasn't really a hit man? He worked for the police

Gary Johnson spent his career working with members of his community who thought they were hiring someone to kill their loved ones. They were other police officers, churchgoers, and parents. But they all had a dark side, and they all wanted instant gratification. And now, Gary is the subject of a new movie streaming on Netflix, HIT MAN.

TW: brief mention of suicide

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Hit Man: The True Story of a Fake Contract Killer — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

What's true and what's exaggerated in the Netflix show Baby Reindeer? And what does the real woman behind Martha think about it? We're also going to dive into the story of a woman who has been relentlessly stalking other women in Venezuela for 7 years, and share some stories that listeners reached out with.

TW: brief mention of sexual assault

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Stalking: Baby Reindeer Fact Vs. Fiction, Inside Venezuela's Nightmare Stalker, and Stories From Listeners — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

A demonic presence from a dream that appears in real life. A ghost that knows people better than they know themselves. And a little girl who thought her friend in her basement was just imaginary.

We're diving into real tales of horror sent in by listeners.

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Listener Stories: True Horror Tales — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

Two terrifying legends from deep within the Canadian wilderness. The first is about creatures in the woods that possess your mind and make you crave human flesh, and the second is the mystery of an entire village that vanished one night.

TW: Suicide, Cannibalism

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Terrifying True Urban Legends: The Canadian Wilderness — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

Hollywood's first whodunnit. Two young starlets, an angry mother, a scorned valet, a corrupt DA, and the dead body of one of Hollywood's most prolific directors. What happened to William Desmond Taylor, and who knows more than they're telling?

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Old Hollywood Murder: The Mysterious Death of William Desmond Taylor — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

Can films be cursed? What about specific roles? Today we're going to look into the story of a curse that was placed on Hollywood in the 1800's, and the ripple effects that may have had.

TW: Suicide

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Old Hollywood Curses: The Superman Curse, Rosemary's Baby, and more — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

From her tragic childhood, to her meteoric rise to fame, all the way through the scandal that ended her career. Who was Clara Bow? And why is her story so relevant today?

My Clara Bow Playlist

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Old Hollywood Scandal: Clara Bow, the First ‘It’ Girl — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

The ghost sightings of the Knickerbocker Hotel, a woman makes a final attempt to contact her husband on the other side, and an actress whose premonition proved fatal. Join me as we discuss the ghost stories of Old Hollywood.

TW: Suicide, and brief mention of sexual assault

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Old Hollywood Ghosts: Haunted Hotels, Star-Studded Seances, and more — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

The haunting of the Gray Man, The vengeful Witch of Yazoo, and the man who made a deal with the devil. Today, we're exploring the horrors of the gothic south

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Folklore: Southern Gothic Horror — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

The waist chop, slow slicing, being thrown to the beasts, and more. Today, we're traveling back in time to check out 8 of the most brutal execution methods from ancient times

TW: Suicide, torture

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8 Brutal Execution Methods from Ancient Times — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

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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The legend of the Burned Woman, the Black House, and the ghosts of Lecumberri prison. Today, we're talking about the folklore, myths, and legends stemming from Mexico City

TW: Suicide

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Haunted Mexico City: Three Tales of Horror — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

Rule #1: We Hate The Rich. Rule #2: Death is the only thing that awaits he who betrays this group. Rule #3: Never trust a woman, not even your own mother. This is the story of the Chijon Family, South Korea's most infamous gang, and the woman they kidnapped who lead to their undoing. 

TW: Death, Torture, Animal Death

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Murder House: The Korean Cannibal Gang and the Woman Who Escaped Them — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

A brain disease caused by a routine treatment, a deadly medical mixup during a medical trial, and a doctor hell bent on proving he can give patients cancer. Today's episode has 3 stories about what happens when you run tests on unsuspecting patients.

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Morbid Medicine: Human Experiments — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

When Juliane Koepcke boarded flight 508 with her mother on Christmas Eve, 1971, she knew the airline they were flying had a horrible reputation. She never imagined that she'd be the only person of the 92 on board to survive the flight.

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She Fell From The Sky: The Sole Survivor of Flight 508 — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

In 2015, Robert Hendy Freegard disappeared with Sandra Clifton. Robert's shocking past is uncovered in the search to find her, including the story of a woman he held captive for a decade.

CW: Emotional abuse, kidnapping

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Love and Lies Pt.2: The Captor — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

In 2011, Sanda Clifton found her perfect match on a dating site. Handsome, charming, successful--David Hendy was everything she wanted. The only problem was...David Hendy didn't exist.

CW: Emotional abuse

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Love and Lies Pt.1: The Disappearance of Sandra Clifton — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

What happens when a man tries to keep one of the deadliest creatures on the planet as a pet? Or when an Ohio man who has kept over 50 Lions in cages in his backyard decides he wants to unleash them on the town? Today, we're talking about the deadly consequences of people trying to keep wild animals as pets.

CW: Animal Abuse, Suicide

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Pet or Predator: The Deadly Consequences of Keeping Exotic Animals — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

CW: Violence, Drug use, Kidnapping

Before there was Pablo Escobar, there was Griselda Blanco, a woman who left the slums of Colombia to become a billionaire boss of the cocaine trade. If there's one thing Griselda knew, however, it's that the high couldn't last forever.

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Show Notes & Transcript: Griselda Blanco: The Dark History of Cocaine’s Queenpin — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

A ghost ship. The Button Man. A shark that threw up a major clue to a murder. Today we're talking about Australian urban legends and the terrifying truth behind them.

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Show Notes & Transcript: Terrifying True Urban Legends: Australia — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

Women dropping dead inside of temples, a haunted limestone mine, and a mysterious orb of light attacking locals. We're doing a taste of Indian history and folklore by sampling one story from each category.

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Show Notes & Transcript: India: A Horror, a Haunting, and a Mystery — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

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

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Come with me on my trip to one of the most haunted cities in the world, New Orleans. Which ghosts haunt the St. Louis Cemetery No. 1? Could Marie Laveau truly influence the legal system with her voodoo? And for as hard as I tried, did I actually see a ghost?

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Show Notes & Transcript: Haunted New Orleans: Cursed Cemeteries, Voodoo Queens, and more — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

On December 7th, 1958, Ken Martin, his wife Barbara, and their three young daughters drove east of Portland to get a Christmas tree and were never seen again. What initially appears to be an accident, starts to feel sinister as more is revealed. 

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Show Notes & Transcript: Beneath the Icy Depths: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Martin Family — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

A game of hide and seek takes a paranormal turn. 

In the spirit of the old Victorian tradition of telling ghost stories around the holidays, I present to you, a modern-day retelling of A.M Burrage's ghost story, "Smee"'

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Show Notes & Transcript: Smee: A Christmas Ghost Story — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

On the night of December 7th, 1946, a woman working the night shift at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia smells smoke. A few floors up, a man is woken by cries for help. Within two hours, almost half of the guests will be dead.

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Show Notes & Transcript: The Winecoff Fire: The Deadliest Hotel Disaster in American History — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

A woman loses the ability to move her arms, A man bursts into flames from seemingly nowhere, and one of the most notorious assassinations in history. What they all have in common may surprise you.

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Show Notes & Transcript: When Looks Kill: Mad Hatters and Other Deadly Trends in Fashion and Beauty — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

On Thanksgiving Day, 1985, Susan Blount awoke to screams coming from her living room. What she would find remains one of the strangest cold cases in Texas today.

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If you have information relating to what happened to the Blount Family, the Attorney General of Texas’s general line is 512-463-2100

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Show Notes & Transcript: Thanksgiving Day Terror: The Unsolved Case of the Blount Family — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

I'm joined by my friend Payton from Murder With My Husband to bring you two stories of disappearances we could not stop thinking about. In 1928, the world's third richest man, Alfred Lowenstein, vanished mid-flight. On Halloween night, 2002, Chris Jenkins disappeared in Minnesota, leaving many to wonder if there was a 'Smiley Face Killer' operating in the shadows.

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Show Notes & Transcript: HSP x Murder With My Husband: Kaelyn and Payton Talk Strange Disappearances — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

Human sacrifice has been a part of many cultures throughout history. But why did they do it? And more importantly, what was it like for the person being sacrificed? In this episode, we dive into ritual sacrifice in places like the Aztec Empire and Cahokia.

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Show Notes: Human Sacrifice: Dark Rituals Throughout History — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

In 2000, two Houston-area women named Mary Morris were murdered in their cars within a few days of each other. 23 years later, it's still not certain if the two were connected.

If you have any information about the deaths of either Mary Henderson Morris or Mary McGinness Morris, you can contact Harris County Sheriff's Homicide Detective, Jeff Thomas (Jeff.Thomas@hctx.net). You can also call Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

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Two Marys, Two Murders: A Houston Cold Case — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

In honor of Halloween, I'm sharing some of the most chilling tales I've heard this year

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Show Notes & Transcript: The Devil’s Bible and Other Haunting Tales for Halloween — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

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

A ghost who steals, ghostly wailing being heard in the night. These are terrifying stories from listeners.

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Show Notes: Listener Stories: Ghost Children, Haunted Campgrounds, and More — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

Can movies really be cursed? Today, we're looking at what's fact and what's fiction when it comes to The Wizard of Oz and The Exorcist being cursed 

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Show Notes: Cursed Movies: The Wizard of Oz and the Exorcist — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

 Here's a good reminder to check every nook and cranny of your house tonight....

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Show Notes: Invisible Intruder: The Chilling Tale of the Denver Spiderman — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

What happened to Joan Risch the last day she was ever seen?

Limited drop live now. Get yours in time for spooky season. 

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What happens when the system that says it'll help you instead uses you as part of their sick experiment? We're looking into two stories of people who were promised help, and instead became stuck in a broken system and faced brainwashing, torture, and imprisonment. 


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We've all heard terrifying urban legends growing up, but what happens when they're based on real events....

We're diving into some terrifying urban legends that ended up being true.

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Why did Boris Weisfeiler disappear in 1985. And did the cult hiding out deep in the Chilean wilderness have anything to do with it? Today, we're exploring the Colonia Dignidad.

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When Boris Weisfeiler embarked on a solo vacation to Chile, he never returned. What came next was a deeper and darker rabbit hole than anyone could have ever expected

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We're diving into the two most haunted houses in DC, The White House and The Halcyon House. Who was the ghost that tormented Taft's staff, which first ladies are most often seen haunting the White House grounds, and who was the eccentric owner of one of DC's most haunted houses, The Halcyon House?

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When Nasubi was cast for the Japanese reality show Sweepstakes Life in 1998, he didn't know he'd spend the next 15 months in a studio apartment with no food or clothes. All while 17 million people across Japan were watching...

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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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Show Notes
Human Experiments, Trafficked Athletes, and Poisoned Runners: America's First Olympics // Dark Summer Series — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

From drilling holes in your skull to eating tapeworms for weight loss, we're looking at some of the most morbid medical advice that's been given throughout history

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Witches in the woods, screams in the middle of the night, the most haunted piece of land in all of Appalachia. Bring a backpack, because we're going deep into the Appalachian wilderness to hear the most terrifying folklore around. 

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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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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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Shownotes (with Photos): https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/lakebodom