Dare to delve deeper into the shadows? Join the Heart Starts Pounding Patreon family for even more spine-tingling content, including ad-free listening, exclusive bonus episodes and a community of fellow darkly curious minds. Unlock the full vault of chilling tales! 👻 https://www.patreon.com/heartstartspounding Today, I want to tell you about two winter mysteries that have haunted New York for over a century. The first is about Dorothy Arnold, who disappeared on a cold December day in 1910 after leaving a bookstore in Manhattan. And the second is about a devastating Christmas night fire in Staten Island in 1843, and the legend of the witch who started it. TW: Child D*ath, S*lf H*rm Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/witchofstatenisland Watch More! Mount Everest's TRAGIC SECRET: The Untold Stories of the Bodies Left Behind https://youtu.be/EmbNWlcOuOU?si=HQWqmPIjBjTHyhha The Dark History of Christmas: Krampus, Frau Perchta and the real St. Nick https://youtu.be/mX8_kse7f00?si=N2Bpxk12A9-lvk8Z Reddit Scary Stories: Terrifying Cult Encounters (feat. Amanda Montell) https://youtu.be/EMirnOOHAaY?si=yUCVXWqIdqH6AXAP ❥๑━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━๑❥ About Heart Starts Pounding Hosted by Kaelyn Moore, Heart Starts Pounding explores the terrifying, the mysterious, and the downright spooky. Kaelyn brings you chilling true crime, unexplained phenomena, and haunting stories from across the globe and submitted by listeners like you. Have a heart-pounding story to tell or a case request? Submit your story at https://www.heartstartspounding.com/stories Socials https://www.instagram.com/heartstartspounding/ https://www.tiktok.com/@heartstartspounding https://www.facebook.com/heartstartspounding/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6mbxMOHKjy7jQGl3V08rE3 ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heart-starts-pounding-horrors-hauntings-and-mysteries/id1618084297 Web: https://heartstartspounding.com/ #truecrimestory #mystery #newyork