Welcome, welcome to another installment of Heart Starts Pounding.

I'm your morbid tour guide today, Kailen Moore.

What happens when a terrifying legend you've grown up with ends up being true?

What happens when you follow a cry you hear in the woods and find something you weren't prepared for?

Or what about when a silly internet challenge leads to one of the

strangest missing person cases? Today, we're dissecting some of those legends and the dark

stories that inspired them. But first, I have kind of a fun, quick announcement. So March is

going to be our listener appreciation month. That's right. I wanted to dedicate an entire month to you all, the listeners. We'll have highly suggested episodes for you guys, fun giveaways, small business shoutouts, and free shipping on merch in the hearts arts pounding store. That's right. If you were going to purchase any merch this week, you might want to wait. There's going to be free shipping for all available territories

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because you're going to still have your discounts on merch, 10% or 20% depending on what tier

you're at. All right, that's all I have for now. Let's get back to the legends. It's when your heart starts pounding.

In Thailand, there are spirits everywhere.

They're called Pops, and their stories and legends have circulated throughout the country

for centuries.

But to some, that is what the spirits were supposed to be.

Legends.

However, just last year, deep within the forest on the border of Thailand and Myanmar,

there was a haunting so visceral that the locals knew the legends

they had grown up with were true.

The screams started on Friday, November 22,

2024.

That night, villagers were laying in their beds

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