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Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

160. Lost Media: Tapes Too Dark For The Public

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

History, Fiction, True Crime, Drama

4.84.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Today, I want to look at two pieces of “lost media” with you all. One piece is lost because it was deemed too dark for the public to ever hear, and the other was lost when it was intentionally destroyed by the US government. That’s right, we’re going over the case of Timothy Treadwell aka Grizzly Man, and the Cavalese Tapes. So roll up your sleeves and let’s dive into the darkness together. TW: Animal Mistreatment Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/grizzlyman Subscribe on⁠ Patreon⁠ to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society and enjoy ad-free listening, monthly bonus content, merch discounts and more. Members of our High Council on Patreon also have access to our weekly after-show, Footnotes, where I share my case file with our producer, Matt. You can also enjoy many of these same perks, including ad-free listening and bonus content 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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It looked like it had been hastily thrown together, like the contents were radioactive, and the

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coroner wanted whatever was inside away from them as quickly as possible. Now, inside the envelope,

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Jewel found a video cassette tape, and on it was an an audio only recording that was only six minutes long.

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And when she saw that, her heart sank because Jule knew exactly what was on that tape

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and that under no circumstances should she listen to it.

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