Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries
Hosted by Matt and Kaelyn · Heart Starts Pounding
4.8from 15,539 ratings
- 200
- Episodes
- 147
- Transcribed
- 15,539
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 82M
- YouTube views
About Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries
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 thrilling, this is the podcast for you. Want more darkly curious content? Join the Rogue Detecting Society on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/heartstartspounding) for ad-free listening, exclusive bonus content and more! Follow @heartstartspounding on: YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@heartstartspounding/) // TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@heartstartspounding) // Instagram (https://instagram.com/heartstartspounding) // Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/people/Heart-Starts-Pounding/100087903971907/) Have a horrifying tale, paranormal encounter, or unsolved mystery that you’d like to share? Visit https://www.heartstartspounding.com/stories and submit your heart-pounding story to be featured on the podcast.
- Publisher
- Heart Starts Pounding
- Category
- history · true crime
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 Nov 2022
- Latest episode
- 17 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
147 of 200 episodes have a transcript.
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
192. Revisiting the True Story Behind Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
191. Mysteries of Nahanni Valley: Canada’s Cursed National Park
3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Inside a recent episode
192. Revisiting the True Story Behind Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story
Published 17 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Something about this scene just didn't seem right. So Adelaide opened her window and screamed out across the yard, is everything okay, Lizzie? And that's when Lizzie stopped pacing and stood at the screen door and yelled out, oh, Adelaide, come quick. Father's been killed. Now, the night before the murder at the Bordens' house, everyone inside was throwing up. Something they had eaten at dinner didn't sit right with any of them. So afterwards, everyone retired to their respective bedrooms without speaking, clutching their stomachs. Getting sick after dinner was a rare occurrence in the household, but going to bed without speaking was not. […]
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- Angela Giarratana
- Morgan Absher
- Sylas Dean
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- YouTube views
- 82,095,468
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 4,710 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 10,829 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 97 / 100
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- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 100
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Who hosts Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries?
Matt and Kaelyn host the show. Published by Heart Starts Pounding.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries take guests?
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