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 Summer is the perfect time to visit an amusement park, but for every park that’s open and bustling during the warmer months, there’s one that’s fallen into disrepair and sits there abandoned. But what causes this to happen? Well, sometimes a series of horrible accidents cause the public to lose faith in a park, and ticket sales plummet. Sometimes, a once in a generation disaster occurs and an entire city must evacuate, leaving the park inside empty. And other times, a park somehow winds up built on an ancient graveyard, and unexplained, supernatural events scare the public away. Today, we’re talking about River Country, Pripyat Amusement Park, and Lake Shawnee Abandoned Amusement Park TW: Child death Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/rivercountry Watch More! Mysteries of The Great Lakes: Ghost Ships, Lost Crews & Ancient Curses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdEVI3ff3Nw&list=PLY7bFJ2eh_Bp3BXOoEjFH2enner7aH_cW The Dark Side of Cruise Ships: A Disappearance They Don't Want You To Know About https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTYKUyjPUoQ&list=PLY7bFJ2eh_Brh1RGlzllBlBfi3NOHXaUZ 3 Camping Mysteries That'll Keep You Up at Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSKLBmL3aZ0&list=PLY7bFJ2eh_BqApT7iF1ALZ1dnJiDiOF-D ❥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/ #AbandonedPlaces #Haunted #HeartStartsPounding