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Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

54: Love and Lies Pt.1: The Disappearance of Sandra Clifton

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

Drama, True Crime, Fiction, History

4.84.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

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 Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society. Patrons have access to ad-free listening and bonus content. And members of our High Council on Patreon have access to our after show called Footnotes. Follow on Tik Tok and Instagram for a daily dose of horror. We have a monthly newsletter now! Be sure to sign up for updates and more. Heart Starts Pounding is written and produced by Kaelyn Moore. Show Notes Love and Lies Pt.1: The Disappearance of Sandra Clifton — Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries 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

Nestled in between the picturesque cascading mountains of the French Alps

0:08.0

lies a small roadside inn called the Buffalo Hotel.

0:14.0

In 2002, on a warm sunny day, a car pulls up to the two-story

0:19.4

pink and white inn and a man in a suit steps out.

0:25.0

From the parking lot, he feels like he's back home in America.

0:29.0

Named after a symbolic American animal, the buffalo looks kind of like any rundown hotel on the

0:36.5

side of any Midwestern freeway. But he's not here to stay. He wishes he were in the French Alps on vacation, but he's here on a hunt.

0:48.4

He's looking for information on a man he believes is dangerous. One that's been on the run from not only him and his colleagues

0:56.2

at the FBI, but Scotland Yard and countless other international police agencies over the last few years.

1:04.5

And more importantly, one who is most likely responsible

1:08.1

for the recent disappearance of an American woman,

1:11.2

Kim Adams. The FBI believes that he had been imprisoning her here for some time.

1:18.6

The man enters the hotel, flashes his FBI badge, and a manager takes him over to a room far down one of the

1:26.1

hallways. He knocks on the door, though his spidey senses tell him no one's

1:31.3

inside. Using a key, he slowly opens the door to the room, not quite

1:39.2

knowing what to expect. Does he need to draw his weapon? The answer to that question is no. Instead, he

1:48.6

sees something he was not expecting. Inside the tiny rundown hotel room with blue and yellow pillowcases and

1:57.7

sheets is hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of luxury goods.

2:04.0

Designer shoes, high-end watches, more than what just one man would need.

2:10.0

Who is this guy?

2:12.0

Then, the FBI agent clocks something in the corner of the room.

2:17.0

A locked suitcase.

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