133. What Was Hiding in Germany's Göhrde Forest? The Göhrde Murders // DARK SUMMER VOL. 2

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

True Crime, Fiction, Drama, History

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🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Match cakes, cookies, and candy in thousands of fun puzzles, when you download Cookie Jam today using the link: http://jamcity.me/HeartStartsPounding Official Göhrde Police Investigation Website: https://www.pd-lg.polizei-nds.de/startseite/kriminalitaet/deliktsbereiche/cold_cases/ermittlungsgruppe-goehrde-113732.html This story starts with a police officer who was investigating a suspect in a missing woman's case. When the officer went down into the man’s basement, he found a secret, locked leather door in the far back corner of the room. Now, to understand what was in that room, and who that man was, we need to start all the way at the beginning, and go deep into the Göhrde Forest where in 1989, multiple bodies were discovered deep within the woods. 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, where I share my case file with our producer, Matt. Apple subscriptions are now live! Get access to ad-free episodes and bonus episodes when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Follow on Tik Tok and Instagram for a daily dose of horror. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	July 12, 1989, a group of blueberry pickers in the Gorda Forest of Lunabog, Germany,
0:06.0	wandered off the trail in pursuit of some ripe berries.
0:09.0	It was this beautiful summer day, but as they headed deeper into the woods,
0:14.0	the light started barely breaking through the canopy.
0:17.0	The beautiful, majestic area turned very haunting very quickly. And then, when they entered a small clearing, they noticed a smell that turned their stomachs.
0:26.6	They tried to pick the berries still, but the further they went off the trail, the more horrid the stench became.
0:32.6	And soon it was overpowering.
0:35.6	And that's when one of the pickers screamed out in horror.
0:40.6	There on the forest floor, hidden by some dirt and ferns,
0:44.7	were bones, unmistakable human bones.
0:49.0	Ones that were so badly decomposed
0:51.2	that what little flesh was still on them
0:53.4	was starting to merge with the soil.
0:55.7	But there's enough left for the berry pickers to realize that they are looking at the bodies
1:00.6	of two people. But who are they? And what happened?
1:07.0	Welcome back to Heart Starts Pounding, a podcast of Horrors, Hauntings, and mysteries. I'm your host,
1:11.7	Kayla Moore, and thank you once again for meeting me here in the Rogue Detecting Society
1:15.5	headquarters for this installation in our dark summer series. Today's episode spans decades, and it's
1:22.4	also international. So I wanted to shout out one specific listener today, Helly, who helped me
1:27.2	with some of the German pronunciations.
1:29.2	I love my German listeners. I actually can see how many of you there are when I look at the show's demographics.
1:34.3	And you are currently number six on the map of countries who listen to Heart Starts Pounding.
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