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YA Horror Podcast “THE TIMEKEEPER” Debuts From Heart Starts Pounding Productions

Co-Created by Matthew Brown and Kaelyn Moore and executive produced by Judah Lewis, THE TIMEKEEPER is a 4 episode horror/thriller podcast that follows 17-year-old Charlie and his friends Gama and Zoe as they’re pulled into a life-or-death version of the video game, 13 KEYS.

Synopsis: When Charlie’s FunLand co-worker dies under mysterious circumstances after losing the game, Charlie discovers it was part of a tech company’s research program led by a man named Jacob Fairchild. The program ended years ago when Fairchild burned the facility down with himself and all the participants inside, but the game has resurfaced, and it seems like no one who plays it survives.

To win, Charlie will have to uncover the truth of what happened at the facility and beat the game and its omnipresent force, The Timekeeper.

THE TIMEKEEPER is co-created, written, and directed by Matthew A. Brown and co-created and produced by Kaelyn Moore. Sound design, scoring, and mixing are done by Jeff Schmidt. The original score was composed by Joshua Zimmerman. Additional dialog editing for the podcast is done by Marika Perlmutter, and the show is executive Produced by Matthew A. Brown, Kaelyn Moore, and Judah Lewis. THE TIMEKEEPER is A Heart Starts Pounding production.

EPISODE 1 – It’s Just A Game
Premiered Thursday, April 6

EPISODE 2 – He’s Always Watching
Thursday, April 13

EPISODE 3 – Shady Pines
Thursday, April 20

EPISODE 4 – Win Or Die
Thursday, April 27

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