National Park After Dark X Heart Starts Pounding

National Park After Dark

Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian

True Crime, Places & Travel, History, Society & Culture

4.6 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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In today’s long awaited collaboration, we team up with Kaelyn Moore of the podcast Heart Starts Pounding. Kaelyn covers all sorts of creepy, strange and unexplainable topics from around the world on her show, but today we all dive into the Reddit world (which is scary in and of itself) to bring you some tales of scary and strange happenings from where we know best ... the forest.For the latest NPAD updates, group travel details, merch and more, follow us on npadpodcast.com and our socials at:Instagram: @‌nationalparkafterdarkTikTok: @‌nationalparkafterdarkSupport the show by becoming an Outsider and receive ad free listening, bonus content and more on Patreon or Apple Podcasts. Want to see our faces? Catch full episodes on our YouTube Page!Thank you to the week’s partners!Quince: Use our link to get free shipping and 365-day returns.BetterHelp: National Park After Dark is sponsored by BetterHelp. Get 10% off.Rocket Money: Use our link to get started saving.IQBAR: Text PARK to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products and free shipping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, welcome back to National Park After Dark.
0:22.4	Today we have a fun episode for you all today because we are diving into strange and
0:26.7	unexplainable stories in the outdoors.
0:28.8	Plus, we have a very special guest today.
0:31.1	Today, we are joined by Kaylin Moore, the host of Heart Starts Pounding, a podcast full of
0:36.1	horrors, hauntings, and mysteries. Her podcast
0:38.4	is a collection of stories that will have you questioning what's real, what's imagined,
0:42.6	and what might be lurking just out of sight. If you love anything spooky, creepy, or pulse
0:47.2	pounding, her show is made for you. Kalen's fascination with the dark side started early. She grew up
0:52.5	in a small New England town with a chilling past.
0:55.1	They had an active serial killer. And it was actually her great-grandfather, a junior reporter at the time
1:00.6	who helped catch him. So yeah, you could say uncovering Erie Truth's kinds of runs in her family.
1:05.9	And that passion took her into the world of horror entertainment, working with Atomic Monster,
1:11.4	the company behind the Conjuring Universe, and later into the world of horror entertainment, working with Atomic Monster, the company behind the conjuring universe, and later producing the reboot of Are You Afraid of the Dark?
1:16.8	Now, through Heart starts pounding, she explores stories both real and otherworldly that make
1:21.7	us question ourselves, our neighbors, and the world that we think we know. You've probably
1:27.1	also seen her on Instagram or TikTok.
1:29.5	If you don't recognize her voice right away, you're definitely going to recognize her face.
1:33.7	She's the one pulling you into those jaw-dropping videos full of morbid facts and chilling
1:38.3	stories you definitely did not learn in school.
1:41.0	And today, she's here with us to read through some spooky Reddit threads,
1:44.2	all of true stories from people who've had strange experiences in the outdoors. We're talking about
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