Terrifying True Urban Legends: A Haunted Forest, The Elevator Game, Britain’s Hannibal Lecter
2/26/202638 min
When villagers in a remote Thai forest heard screams echoing from the woods every hour for three straight days, they were convinced the legends of ancient spirits haunting those trees had come to life. In Taiwan, a woman and her young daughter walked into an elevator, rode to the top floor of an 11-story building, and seemingly vanished, feeding into the internet's most haunting urban legends, “The Elevator Game”. And in England, a prisoner they call "Hannibal the Cannibal" has been locked in a glass cell underground for over 40 years, but how much of his legend is actually true?
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First 90 secondsKaylan Moore· Host0:00
Welcome, welcome to another installment of Heart Starts Pounding. I'm your morbid tour guide today, Kaylan 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 shout-outs, and free shipping on merch in the Heart Starts Pounding store. That's right, if you were gonna purchase any merch this week, you might wanna wait. There's gonna be free shipping for all available territories starting next week. And if you're a Patreon or Apple subscriber, stay tuned for more messaging, because you're gonna 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. [eerie music] [heart beating] It's when your heart starts pounding. In Thailand, there are spirits everywhere. They're called phops, and their stories and legends have circulated throughout the