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Heart Starts Pounding

Season 4 · Episode 4

Real Life "Purge": Killers Inspired by Horror Movies

0.042mJanuary 16, 2025

In 2016, Jonathan Cruz went on a four day killing spree inspired by the movie "The Purge". In 1985, Mark Branch wanted to live out his fantasy of being Jason from "Friday the 13th". What causes some people to be inspired by horror movies to commit horrible acts of violence?

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Episodes

Episode 1Who Killed John O'Keefe?: The Karen Read Trial
Episode 2The Cases That Keep Us Up At Night // The Parlor (feat. Psychopedia)
Episode 3Horror In The Mountains: The Khamar-Daban Incident
Episode 4Real Life "Purge": Killers Inspired by Horror Movies
Episode 5Brandon Lawson: The Chilling 911 Call That Baffled Investigators
Episode 6Mysterious Reappearances: Steven Kubacki and The Lake Michigan Triangle
Episode 7Terrifying True Urban Legends: Bodies, Bodies, Bodies