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201. The 999 Call from Pakistan | Sara Sharif

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:50:00 GMT

A child of ten. Approximately one hundred injuries. A two-bedroom flat in Surrey. A flight to Pakistan. A handwritten note left next to her body. And a system that had been watching her household for over a decade. This is the story of a case that horrified the UK and beyond-- a case of bruises, broken trust, unanswered warnings, and a little girl who had been failed by the very people meant to protect her. This is the heartbreaking story of the killing of Sara Sharif.

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200. Murder in the Penthouse | Fahim Saleh

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:20:00 GMT

In July 2020, inside a luxury apartment building in Manhattan, a young tech entrepreneur vanished behind the doors of his own home. His name was Fahim Saleh. At just 33 years old, he had already built companies across continents, becoming known as an ambitious founder with roots in Bangladesh and a reputation for seeing opportunity where others saw risk. To the outside world, he was successful, driven, and surrounded by possibility. But inside that New York apartment, something had gone terribly wrong. Inside that apartment, was a scene so disturbing, it would shock investigators, horrify his family, and make headlines around the world. This is the story of that young entrepreneur, his New York apartment, and what went down inside it in July 2020. This is the story of Fahim Saleh.

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199. Murder on Barker Street | Tay Lyang & Tony Chuan

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:20:00 GMT

In September 2003, three young Singaporean students were sharing an ordinary apartment in Sydney. They were far from home, studying in Australia, living the kind of life that many international students know well. But one morning, inside their apartment, everything changed. Two of them would never make it out alive. At first, the case seemed to point outward-- to strange sightings and possible intruders. But as investigators looked closer, the story became far more complicated. Timelines shifted. Suspicions changed. And a case that seemed like it should have a clear answer became one of the most unsettling double-murder mysteries in Sydney. This is the case of Tay Chow Lyang, Tony Poh Chuan and Ram Puneet Tiwary.

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198. Murder in The Hague | Sharmila Shinde

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:20:00 GMT

In a quiet neighbourhood in The Hague, a woman disappeared without warning. Her name was Sharmila Shinde. She was a wife, a mother, and an Indian woman living thousands of kilometres away from home, until she was nowhere to be seen. When investigators entered her home, what they found inside would turn this disappearance into one of the most chilling cases connected to the Indian community in the Netherlands. This is the story of that one woman, and that one home in the Hague. This is the story of Sharmila Shinde.

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197. The Lohagad Murder | Ketan Agarwal & Siya Goyal

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:01:00 GMT

A boy from a big Pune business family, a girl about to marry into it, and a wedding being built on a scale that barely sounded real. Then Ketan Agarwal went over the edge of Lohagad Fort near Lonavala, and for 5 days it stayed exactly what it looked like: a tragic trekking accident. But his fiancée Siya Goyal, a man in a hoodie named Chetan Chaudhary, 2004 phone calls, and a string of earlier attempts nobody saw coming turned this into one of the most disturbing cases India has followed in 2026. We break down every credible thread the police have pulled so far in the Ketan Agarwal murder case, and trust us, this one is stranger than fiction.

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196. The Santa Serial Killer | Bruce McArthur

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 10:27:56 GMT

For years, men were disappearing from Toronto’s Gay Village. Some were immigrants. Some were refugees. Some were South Asian or Middle Eastern men living complicated, private lives in a city that was supposed to offer them freedom. They moved through bars, dating apps, friendships, and chosen families — until, one by one, they seemed to vanish. At first, there were rumours. Then there was fear. People in the community warned each other that something was wrong, that someone was targeting men who were already easy for the world to overlook. But the warnings were dismissed for far too long. This is the story of how a city’s most vulnerable men went missing in plain sight, and how the truth, when it finally came out, exposed a killer more ordinary than the men who walk beside you every day. This is the story of Bruce McArthur.

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195. The TikTok Killers | Mahek & Ansreen Bukhari

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:20:00 GMT

A secret affair. A blackmail threat. And a mother-daughter duo willing to do the unthinkable to keep it all hidden. In this episode of Desi Crime, we unravel the shocking case of TikTok influencer Mahek Bukhari and her mother, Ansreen Bukhari, who were convicted of orchestrating the deaths of 21-year-olds Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin after a relationship threatened to become public. What began as an online scandal ended in a fiery crash on a dark English highway.

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194. The Ripper of Kerala | K P Jayanandan

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:20:00 GMT

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For a village in the suburbs of Ernakulam, the morning of October 3rd, 2006 arrived with a smell of kerosene and a scene so brutal that the whole country would soon be talking about it. In the weeks that followed, a name would surface. A name that became folklore, the kind of name parents used to frighten children, the kind the newspapers printed in the heightened language usually saved for natural disasters. They called him the Ripper. The trouble is, twenty years from the crime, nobody can tell you for certain whether he actually did it. This is a story about a monster or it’s the story about how a country builds one when it needs one. This is the story of the Ripper of Kerala.

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Chai & Chithi 34 | The Haunted Painting

Sat, 30 May 2026 16:08:37 GMT

Welcome to Chai & Chithi, a segment where we read some of the scariest, most terrifying, and most haunting stories that YOU send in to us. In this week’s episode, we’re reading:

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193. The USF Double Murder | Nahida Bristy & Zamil Limon

Sun, 24 May 2026 09:20:00 GMT

On April 13, 2026, somewhere in Tampa, Florida, a 26 year old American man typed a question into ChatGPT. What happens if a human has put a black garbage bag and thrown in a dumpster. The chatbot told him it sounded dangerous. He typed back. How would they find out. Three days later, two Bangladeshi doctoral students at the University of South Florida — two young people who were quietly planning to spend the rest of their lives together — would disappear. This is the story of Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, and the machine that, allegedly, was asked to help plan their deaths.

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192. Vanishing in Parvati Valley | Justin Alexander Shetler

Sat, 16 May 2026 09:20:00 GMT

In 2016, a man who was equal parts survivalist and seeker, a man who traded a six-figure tech career for a life in the wilderness, a man who was phenomenal at surviving in nature, disappeared in it forever. This is the story of that man. But this is also the story of the Parvati Valley—a sliver of the Indian Himalayas so staggeringly beautiful and so consistently deadly that the list of people who have walked in and never walked out reads less like a police register and more like a haunting. And it is the story of a phenomenon called India syndrome, a kind of spiritual psychosis that has been quietly consuming Western travelers in India for decades, blurring the line between enlightenment and madness, between choosing to disappear and being disappeared. This is the story of Justin Alexander Shetler.

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191. The Tragic Death of Matthew Perry

Sat, 09 May 2026 09:15:00 GMT

On October 28, 2023, the world woke up to the news that one of the most beloved sitcom actors in television history was found face-down in his hot tub. Matthew Perry. Chandler Bing. 54 years old. The initial assumption was simple: a troubled man, a long battle with addiction, a tragic but unsurprising end. But the investigation that followed pulled at a thread that unraveled something far bigger than one man's overdose. Behind that body in that hot tub was a supply chain so elaborate, so layered, that it involved 2 doctors, a middleman, a personal assistant, and at its center, a woman who operated out of a North Hollywood apartment with a gold money-counting machine and a clientele list that read like a Hollywood afterparty. This is the story of the ketamine network that pervades Hollywood, and the kingpin that sits atop it. Except in this case, it's a queen. The Ketamine Queen. This is the story of Jasveen Sangha.

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190. Murder on Reality TV | The Villupuram Case

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:17:00 GMT

In a small village in Tamil Nadu, three people walked into a house in 2008 and were never seen again. No missing persons report was ever filed. No investigation was ever launched. For four years, the world moved on and a family ate dinner every night literally above the truth of those 3 missing people. What finally brought it to the surface wasn't a detective or a tip or a breakthrough in forensics. It was a reality TV show. A reality show where, one may afternoon, the cameras rolled, the conversation began. And then, under the searing studio lights, in front of a live audience, on a show whose title promises that whatever is said will be the truth, a 17 year old girl named Bhargavi began to speak. What she said went on to crack open a triple murder that has been lying buried for four years, literally buried, in the soil outside her own home. This is the story of those 3 missing people, that one reality TV show, and that one 17 year old girl with the courage to crack it open. This is the story of the Villupuram Triple Murder Case.

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The Murder of Jayaraj & Bennix: The Full Story (2026 Update)

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:30:33 GMT

We first covered the brutal custodial killings of Jayaraj and Bennix in 2020, and then again as an update in 2022. In light of the recent updates on the case that have shaken the country, this episode is a compilation of all Desi Crime episodes on the story, followed by a segment on what we know now as of April 2026.

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189. The Fairfax Family Massacre

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:40:00 GMT

February 23, 2026. Fairfax County, Virginia. It is 5 in the morning and it has been snowing. A young police officer, Nicholas Brazones, is walking toward an apartment building in the suburbs. Dispatch has told him almost nothing: domestic assault, 2 victims. He has handled these calls before. You show up, you separate the parties, you take statements, you file a report. Most of the time, the situation has already cooled by the time you arrive. Most of the time, nobody is actively dying when you open the door. This is not most of the time. What Nicholas is about to walk into, what his bodycam is about to record, is a scene that the Fairfax County Police Chief will later describe as "beyond imagination." A scene he will call a "bloodbath." This is the story of a family that came to America from Nepal looking for a better life, and found something no one could have predicted on a quiet suburban street in Virginia. This is the story of the Thapa family.

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188. The Pramod Mahajan Murder

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 05:51:30 GMT

April 2006. Pramod Mahajan is 56 years old. He is the organizational brain of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The man who brought the BJP into the digital age. The man who brokered the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance that conquered Maharashtra. The man who organized Advani's Ram Rath Yatra. The man who, as India's Telecom Minister, helped put a mobile phone in every Indian's pocket. Corporate India courts him. Delhi's power corridors bend around him. He is being spoken about, in hotel lobbies and drawing rooms across the capital, as a future Prime Minister. And for the last 6 months, astrologers have been calling him. One after another. All of them with the same warning: your life is in danger. From someone close to you. An insider. Pramod Mahajan ignores every single call. On April 22, a Saturday morning in Mumbai, Pramod sits in his Worli apartment with the morning newspaper. The doorbell rings. It is his younger brother Pravin. He is let inside. Tea is offered. And in 15 minutes, the most powerful political operative in India is on his living room floor, 3 bullets in his body, asking one question to his brother-in-law Gopinath Munde on the phone: "Mee asa kay gunha kela ki Pravin ne mala golya marlya?" What crime had I committed, that Pravin shot me?

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187. The Murder of India's Badminton Star: Syed Modi

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 21:01:32 GMT

Every year, on a Thursday in December, the best badminton players in the world, from China, Indonesia, Japan, Denmark, arrive in Lucknow to compete in a tournament. Flags go up. Stadiums fill. A name echoes across the announcer's PA system, repeated hundreds of times over several days, until it becomes just background noise to the people who have heard it their whole lives. That name is Syed Modi. What the crowds in those stadiums rarely talk about--what the gleaming trophy and the BWF World Tour branding don’t mention--is that Syed Modi was twenty-five years old when two men shot him dead outside a stadium gate in Lucknow on a July evening in 1988. He was India's greatest badminton player of his era. He was a Railway employee's son from a sugar mill town nobody had ever heard of. He was a husband who was betrayed. He was a father--of a two-month-old daughter he would never see grow up. And then, one evening, he was a body in a pool of blood. This is the story of Syed Modi. And it is also the story of everything India let get away.

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Chai & Chithi 33 | The Girl On My Ceiling

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 15:20:00 GMT

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186. The West Chester Quadruple Murder

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 14:20:00 GMT

West Chester, Ohio. A clean, quiet suburb where Indian families build their “American dream” one grocery run, one school pickup, one festival at a time. But on April 28th, 2019, that dream turned into a crime scene. Inside a single apartment, four adults from one Indian family were found shot dead— not together, but scattered like someone had moved through the home with purpose. A woman on the kitchen floor. An elderly aunt lying in the hallway. A mother-in-law in the living room. And the father-in-law inside a bedroom. There was no broken door. No struggle loud enough for neighbors to hear. Just a story that would shock an entire community and embroil a state. This is the story of the Westchester quadruple murders.

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185. The Khairlanji Massacre

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 09:20:00 GMT

On a quiet evening in September 2006, something horrifying happened in the small village of Khairlanji. By morning, four members of a single family were gone — and the village was silent. At first, the story seemed unclear, almost deliberately so. But as details slowly surfaced, the crime revealed something far darker than a simple act of violence. What happened in Khairlanji wasn’t just brutal — it exposed wounds that ran deep within Indian society, and sparked outrage that would shake an entire state. This is the story of the Khairlanji Massacre.

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184. The Mysterious Death of Wasim Thajudeen

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 11:20:00 GMT

It's 10 p.m. on May 16, 2012, and Havelock Town pulses with the electric hum of Colombo's nightlife, a cold breeze from the Indian Ocean fans across Sri Lanka’s capital city. Inside El Greco nightclub, Wasim Thajudeen, 27 and built like the rugby captain he is—broad shoulders and an easy smile—holds court at a corner booth. The clock ticks 11:30 p.m. "Gotta bounce, lads," he says to his friends. Hugs ripple through the crew; a chorus of "Drive safe!" and "Text when you're wheels-down!" fades as he weaves out in his black BMW X5. Nothing about that night appears unusual. There are no warnings, no raised alarms, nothing that suggests it will end any differently from countless other nights in Colombo. But something happens that night. Wasim never makes it to the airport the next morning. He never boards his flight. He never leaves the city. This is the story of Sri Lanka’s golden boy, a national rugby star. This is the story of Wasim Thajudeen.

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183. Murder In A Church: Arlis Perry

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:19:20 GMT

On an October night in 1974, Stanford University was quiet in the way elite campuses often are after dark—orderly, confident, almost untouchable. Students slept behind locked doors, bells stood silent, and the church at the center of campus felt like the safest place imaginable. Inside that church, a young woman sought nothing more than solitude, reflection, and rest. And by morning, she was dead. What investigators found was disturbing, ritualistic, and completely at odds with the image Stanford projected to the world. There were no signs of forced entry, no clear suspect, and no immediate explanation for how violence had entered a sacred space so easily. Questions remained for decades, until one development—long after most had stopped looking—changed everything. This is the story of that one pristine university church, that one night, and that one woman locked behind its doors who never made it out alive. This is the story of Arlis Perry.

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182. India's First Serial Killer: Ripper Chandran

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:57:00 GMT

In the mid-1980s, families across North Kerala began dying inside locked homes, attacked while asleep, with no signs of struggle and no witnesses. This episode unpacks the Ripper Chandran case — the fear that gripped entire districts, the investigative blind spots of the time, and the moment India was forced to understand serial crime for the first time.

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Chai and Chithi 32 w/Bhumi Satish Pednekkar

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:30:00 GMT

Welcome to Chai & Chithi, a segment where we read some of the scariest, most terrifying, and most haunting stories that YOU send in to us. In this week’s episode, we’re reading:

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181. The Orange Sock Murders

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:04:47 GMT

A moonless night in the Rocky Mountains. January 6, 1982. Snow has been dumping for hours over Colorado as temperatures plummet. Far above the ski lights of Breckenridge, on a remote mountain pass, tragedy had already begun. That night, in the cozy bars of Breckenridge, as locals were huddling together to seek refuge from the storm, little did they know that two members of their community had just vanished. This is the story of that snowy night, that otherwise peaceful town, and those two victims tied together by a single clue. This is the story of the orange sock murders.

00:03:35:23- chapter 1 SOS IN THE ROCKIES

00:13:06:16- chapter 2 ANNETTE IS MISSING

00:31:10:18- chapter 3 DEAD ENDS

00:41:50:16- chapter 4 THE GENEALOGY GAMBLE

00:51:47:23- chapter 5 DAY IN COURT

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Are Cheaters Scarier or Ghosts? | The Last Sleepover Ep. 01

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:17:37 GMT

Welcome to Moment of Silence x Desi Crime: The Last Sleepover.

Remember those sleepovers where you stayed up way too late; swapping rumours, gossiping, and trying to spook your best friends with scary stories? This is our attempt to take you back to that feeling.

Hosted by Aishwarya Singh, Aryaan Misra, Naina Bhan and Sakshi Shivdasani, this crossover slumber party takes you on a ride: Do ghosts exist? Does a bad date count as a paranormal experience? Is real life scarier or the afterlife? And who exactly is haunting the MOS studio?

Featuring a woman with many names, a first date from hell, and a curse that came back to haunt a family - we’re bringing you a whole bunch of nightmares, strange encounters, and simple horrors otherwise known as human dating.

And because no sleepover is complete without summoning a spirit, a special segment called Afterlife Advice: where we try our hand at paranormal activity and answer your relationship dilemmas with a little help from our resident ghost.

Dim the lights, grab a blanket + a hot bowl of something yum (and don’t forget to check under your bed for monsters). Sweet dreams.

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00:18 – Welcome to The Last Sleepover

01:48 – High school rumours: trips, condoms & drugs

04:21 – Touring haunted properties

04:40 – Desi Crime’s haunted trip to Rajasthan

07:03 – Revenge of a camera-shy spirit

08:34 – Sushi barking at ghost from 2–3 AM

11:16 – Story 1: The girl with many names

17:52 – Story 2: First date fate

26:56 – Story 3: A highway accident that awakened a sixth sense

34:10 – Story 4: Things you should probably reveal early on a first date

39:12 – Story 5: Vengeful spirit: a pilgrimage turned nightmare

49:35 – Would you rather know how you die or when you die?

50:54 – Afterlife advice nobody asked for

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180. Aviation's Weirdest Hijacking: Air India 224

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:30:47 GMT

On the night of November 25, 1981, an Air India Boeing 707 descended toward Mahé in the Seychelles expecting a routine refuelling stop—and instead flew straight into a war zone. Below, a coup was unfolding. As tracer bullets and mortars lit up the night, Captain Umesh Chandra Saxena circled overhead with dwindling fuel, receiving only cryptic warnings from a control tower that had already been seized by the mercenaries. With minutes of fuel left and no safe alternative, he made a life-or-death decision to land on a battlefield. What followed was one of the strangest hostage crises in aviation history. This is the story of Air India flight 224.

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179. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Actress Murder: Maple Batalia

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 14:45:00 GMT

On a winter evening in January 2011, a university campus in British Columbia was slowly winding down. Classes were over, lights glowed softly inside lecture halls, and students moved through parking lots thinking about nothing more than getting home. In a space meant to feel ordinary, familiar, and safe, something unthinkable was about to happen—quick, targeted, and irreversible. That evening, a young woman was gone, and an entire community was left to understand how this violence arrived. This is the story of that one evening, of that one campus, and of Maple Batalia.

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178. The Murder of Manjit Panghali

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 09:20:00 GMT

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It began as a routine evening in Surrey — the kind that never makes headlines. Manjit Panghali stepped out, expecting to return home like she always did. But she didn’t. At first, it was brushed off as a delay… a missed call… a misunderstanding. But as hours passed, the silence grew heavier. What unsettled investigators wasn’t just that she was missing — it was where the trail stopped and who noticed the absence last. This is the story of that seemingly ordinary day, that woman who should’ve returned, and the one person hell bent on making sure she didn’t. This is the story of Manjit Panghali.

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177. The Freemont Killer: Varun Suresh

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 11:17:36 GMT

This is the story of Freemont’s real life Dexter. This is the story of a 29-year-old Indian-American engineer, Varun Suresh. Get your hands on our favorite gum: https://neurogumindia.com

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176. The Murder of Saima Khan

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 14:20:00 GMT

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175. The Man Who Solved 26/11, Kasaab & Indrani Mukherjee | Rakesh Maria

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 14:55:00 GMT

He solved the 1993 blasts, interrogated Ajmal Kasab, and reshaped Mumbai’s police force—Rakesh Maria is one of India’s most legendary cops. Listeners know we’ve been hinting at “that one guest” for years, and we can’t believe we’re saying this: he’s finally on Desi Crime. In this interview, Maria opens up about investigations, politics, and the human cost of law enforcement. This is a rare conversation with the man behind India’s biggest cases.

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Chai & Chithi 31 | The House That Waits

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:55:00 GMT

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174. The Case That Broke India | Baby Falak

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 14:20:00 GMT

This is the story of one baby, left broken and battered at a Delhi hospital, who went on to change India. To know more about this case, watch Delhi Crime Season 3, now on Netflix! Some stories don’t begin with a murder. They begin with a mystery — a baby found broken, bruised, and fighting for her life in one of the country’s best hospitals… and no one knowing who she belongs to. A mystery that seems like it will be simple enough to solve. Or so the city believed — until investigators uncovered a truth far more disturbing than neglect. Because this baby wasn’t discarded by a cruel mother. She was stolen from one. And that mother? She wasn’t hiding. She was trapped. Sold. Trafficked. When Delhi Police finally found her, miles away in Rajasthan, what emerged was not just the story of a mother and her missing children — but the story of an entire trafficking machine humming beneath our feet. A machine involving pimps, fake relatives, forged marriages, disappearing children, and a web of criminals stretching from Bihar to Delhi to Rajasthan. And at the center of it all… a baby without a name. This is the story of baby Falak.

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173. The Murders of Bear Brook Forest

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:20:00 GMT

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In the quiet woods of New Hampshire, there’s a place locals avoid once the sun goes down. A stretch of forest that feels… wrong. For years, whispers have floated through the town — about what was found there, about who might have done it, about how something so horrific could stay hidden in plain sight. It’s a story that begins not with a person, but with a mystery buried deep in the trees. And what lies within it would change American criminal investigation forever. This is the story of that lonely forest, that secret buried within it, and the one man behind it. This is the story of the Bear Brook Murders.

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172. The Rafay Family Murders

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 09:20:00 GMT

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In the summer of 1994, a quiet suburban street in Bellevue, Washington, became the site of something so brutal, neighbors would remember the sound of sirens long after the blood had dried. Inside a well-kept family home, three lives were taken in a single night — a crime so savage it seemed personal, yet so calculated it felt rehearsed. And when the dust settled, suspicion didn’t fall on strangers lurking in the dark, but on the people who had called that house home. This is the story of that once calm Washington home and the lives taken inside it. This is the story of the Rafay murders.

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171. The Murder That Shook Kerala: Safiya Case

Sat, 08 Nov 2025 13:20:00 GMT

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November 11, 2024. Kasaragod District Court, Kerala. Rain drizzles outside as an elderly couple stands in a quiet corner of the courthouse veranda. In the husband’s hands is a small cardboard box. It’s so small – barely the size of a shoebox. The wife’s fingers tremble on the lid, and when she lifts it, both begin to sob quietly. Inside that box is something no parent ever imagines they’ll have to carry… the skull of their child. Eighteen years ago, their daughter left home to work in a distant city. They never saw her again – until this moment, in the form of a few bone fragments. As the mother, Ayesha, cradles a piece of the skull in her palms, she whispers a prayer through tears. Around them, a cluster of people – activists, lawyers, well-wishers – watch in somber silence. Some are crying too. They all know they are witnessing the final chapter of a horrific story. Ayesha closes her eyes and says, “Let no mother on earth have to see this day.” Today, the remains of Safiya are going home. This, is her story.

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170. Murder in Kings Park: Corryn Rayney

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 16:00:00 GMT

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On a calm September night in Perth, a city known for its stillness, something unthinkable shattered the quiet. By dawn, a woman who had spent her life fighting for justice was gone — and one unsuspecting man became the subject of everyone’s suspicion. Whispers spread from courthouse corridors to family dinner tables, each retelling darker than the last. This wasn’t just a murder; it was a storm that would tear through one of Australia’s most respected families and leave the truth buried beneath layers of lies, law, and betrayal. This is the story of that one woman and the questions she left behind. This is the story of Corryn Rayney.

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169. The Slaying of Nitish Katara

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 08:30:00 GMT

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On a chilly February morning in 2002, a lone figure stood before a burnt corpse on a hospital gurney. The air was thick with the smell of smoke and charred flesh. The face of the body was unrecognizable – blackened and battered beyond identity. As a mother gently placed her palm against the body's hand, her intuition cut through the horror. The hand’s shape and size – not much larger than her own – told her what she dreaded most: this was her son, Nitish. Two nights earlier, he had vanished from a wedding. Now, in the soft dawn light, Neelam realized her life had been irreversibly halved into before and after. The boy she had raised and loved was gone, in the most brutal way imaginable. This is the story of that February morning, that boy, and that one mother’s fight for justice. This is the story of Nitish Katara.

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168. The Vanishing of Sudiksha Konanki

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:50:00 GMT

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Spring break in the Caribbean — warm waters, neon nights, and a kind of freedom that feels endless. For most, it’s a fleeting escape. But for one young woman, it became the last place she was ever seen. On a quiet stretch of sand in Punta Cana, as dawn crept over the horizon, a 20-year-old student from the University of Pittsburgh vanished without a trace. Clothes left behind, stories that don’t quite align, and a search that has raised more questions than answers. This is the story of that island, that spring break, and that student. This is the story of Sudiksha Konanki.

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167. The Sauna Murder: Raghunandan Yandamuri

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 13:27:00 GMT

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This is the story of Raghunandan Yandamuri – an aspiring techie, a doting friend… and the first Indian-American on death row. It’s the story of Baby Saanviand her grandmother Satyavathi, and a botched ransom plot that became a double murder.

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166. The Brutal Killing of Priyadarshini Mattoo

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:30:00 GMT

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Delhi’s winter evenings have their own rhythm—narrow lanes cloaked in silence, the air heavy with woodsmoke and the scent of dinners being prepared behind closed doors. But on one such night in January 1996, that stillness was broken by something unspeakable. Inside a quiet home in Vasant Kunj, a nightmare unfolded—one that everyone around had feared, one that the victim herself had warned of, and one that, chillingly, would go on to change the country. This is the story of that quiet winter evening in Delhi, that Vasant Kunj home, and the one woman who found herself stuck behind its walls in the presence of pure evil. This is the story of Priyadarshini Mattoo.

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165. The 8 Year Old Murderer: Amarjeet Sada

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:20:51 GMT

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It is a still summer day in Bihar. The year is 2007. A mother returns to a classroom and finds her baby’s cot empty. Panic ripples through the village as neighbors scatter into the fields, calling the child’s name. In the middle of the chaos stands a boy no older than eight, watching with a smile that doesn’t belong on a child’s face. Within hours, he will confess to a string of murders that will shock the world and earn him a chilling title — the youngest serial killer alive. This is the story of Amarjeet Sada.

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164. The Mysterious Death of Sunanda Pushkar

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:05:14 GMT

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In Delhi, luxury hotels are meant to be escapes from reality—spaces of glittering chandeliers, muffled corridors, and the quiet promise of privacy. But on a cold January night in 2014, one such corridor led to a room that would become the center of a mystery still whispered about years later. Inside lay the body of Sunanda Pushkar—socialite, businesswoman, wife of one of India’s most high-profile politicians. Her death was sudden, shocking, and wrapped in layers of intrigue. Was it illness, despair, betrayal—or something far darker? This is the story of Sunanda Pushkar.

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Dhaka Double Murder: Sagar Sarowar & Meherun Runi [UPDATED 2025]

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 09:20:00 GMT

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The case we have for you today is of a successful, driven and happy couple who were doing their best, their very best to raise their son and live their life to the fullest, until one day, their lives and the lives of everyone who knew them were turned upside down. This is the story of one of Bangladesh's most infamous crimes. This is the story of Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.

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163. Murder in Apartment 4708: Muna Pandey

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 09:20:00 GMT

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Houston’s late-summer heat can feel suffocating—thick air clinging to the skin, the city humming under streetlights. On one such night in August 2024, a brief, trembling phone call shattered that quiet. The building manager of a modest apartment complex near Texas Southern University picked up to hear a stranger’s voice: there was a dead body in his apartment. Moments later, he was standing in the doorway of a crime scene that would haunt an entire community. This is a case that would send shockwaves through Houston’s Nepali community, ignite an urgent manhunt, and unravel a story that touched on immigration, vulnerability, and predation. And at its heart was the life of a young woman who had crossed oceans to build a future—only to have it violently stolen. This is the story of that Texas evening, that phone call, that one girl. This is the story of Muna Pandey.

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Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:04:07 GMT

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162. The TV Studio Murder: Aasiya Zubair

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 09:20:00 GMT

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It was a freezing February night in upstate New York. Snowflakes swirled in the wind, settling over a quiet strip mall in the small town of Orchard Park. Inside one of the units — a modest television studio lined with bright posters and soft studio lights — two people stood on the brink of an ending. On paper, they were a power couple. He, a charismatic businessman from Pakistan. She, an architect with a sharp mind and a warm smile. Together, they had built America’s first English-language Muslim television network — a dream born in the wake of 9/11, a vision of countering stereotypes and celebrating community. But dreams can hide nightmares. Behind the glossy photos, the awards, the handshakes with community leaders, was a marriage on the brink of catastrophe. What happened next that chilly Friday would shock the nation, ignite debates about culture and religion, and leave an entire community questioning how well they really knew the people they celebrated. This is the story of Aasiya Zubair.

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161. The Mysterious Death of Divya Bharti

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 09:20:00 GMT

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In the early 90s, Bollywood crowned a new queen. At just 19, she was everywhere—on every poster, every magazine cover, every marquee. She was dazzling, unstoppable, and hungry to prove herself. A star so bright it felt like nothing could dim her light. But then, one night, it ended in a way no one saw coming. The industry went into shock. Fans demanded answers. Rumors exploded—about her marriage, about the people in her home that night, about secrets Bollywood still won’t discuss openly. Decades later, questions remain. Was it an accident? Was it something more sinister? Or was it the unbearable cost of fame at too young an age? This is the story of that star and that one night. This is the story of Divya Bharti.

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160. The Killing of Radhika Yadav

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 09:20:00 GMT

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Under the soft July sun in Gurugram, as the kitchen clock ticked just past 10:30 a.m. on July 10, 2025, a quiet home in Sushant Lok echoed with gunfire. A promising young tennis coach, just 25, lay still on the kitchen floor—her dreams cut short in broad daylight. She had played for India. Coached the next generation. Laughed with friends hours before she died. And then—she was gone. No intruder broke in. No stranger fled the scene. The truth would unearth a betrayal far more devastating. This morning of unspeakable tragedy shattered a family, stunned a nation and ignited urgent conversation about autonomy, patriarchy, and violence against women. This is the story of that July morning and that one girl that has taken India by storm. This is the story of Radhika Yadav.

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159. India’s Forgotten Whistleblower: The Killing of Shanmugam Manjunath

Sun, 03 Aug 2025 09:25:01 GMT

He was young, brilliant, and fearless — an IIM grad who took a job no one wanted. One night, he vanished after a routine inspection in a small Indian town. What happened next would expose a chilling underworld no one was ready to face.

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158. The Dharmasthala Temple Murders

Sat, 26 Jul 2025 09:20:00 GMT

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Dharmasthala, Karnataka. For centuries, its name has meant justice. It's a place where faith feels tangible, a sanctuary where a Hindu deity is served by a Jain family in a rare show of harmony. But in July of 2025, a story would emerge that threatened to turn this sacred ground into a crime scene. A story that suggests for years, while pilgrims prayed for salvation, others were being buried in shallow graves. It began when one man decided he could no longer carry the weight of what he had done, and what he had seen. A man who claimed that he held the key to over one hundred unsolved deaths. This is the story of the skeletons of Dharmasthala.

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Cries of a 100 Mothers: Javed Iqbal [VIDEO]

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 09:20:00 GMT

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157. The Resort Murder: Ankita Bhandari

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 09:20:01 GMT

Under the soft orange wash of a Rishikesh dusk, the air held its breath. A girl, nineteen, bright-eyed, new to the city and newer still to her first job, walked the narrow paths of Vanantra Resort, hemmed in by forest on one side and the rush of the Ganga canal on the other. It was the kind of evening where the world feels hushed, the kind where ordinary things--like a phone ringing unanswered or a light flickering on and off--begin to feel loaded with meaning. And for days after that dusk, the only thing louder than the silence surrounding her absence was the rising voice of a father searching for his daughter, denied help at every turn. No FIR. No urgency. Just a closed door at every police station he visited. The roads he walked were met with apathy, even as each hour that passed pulled Ankita further from reach. By the time the news broke, it had already been six days. Six days of unanswered questions. Six days of phone calls met with lies. Six days before the Ganga revealed what the system tried to bury. This is the story of that Rishikesh resort, that 2022 evening, and that girl. This is the story of Ankita Bhandari.

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156. The Katra Killings

Sat, 05 Jul 2025 09:29:19 GMT

A chill wind whispered through the sugarcane fields of Uttar Pradesh, carrying with it the scent of rigid traditions belonging to a bygone era. In villages where life moved with the seasons and ancient customs held strong, a new tension was starting to build. For generations, the idea of freedom for women, the freedom to choose, to be, to experience the world around them as men would, was a forbidden thought, a dangerous secret. But in 2014, as the world outside moved faster, even these quiet places began to feel a tremor of defiance. It was a time when a simple phone could open up a world of possibilities, and with it, a rush of fear and anger. In a world desperate to control, some dared to dream of freedom, and for two young girls, that dream would become a terrible nightmare. This is the story of that little village in Uttar Pradesh and its open fields. This is the story of Padma and Lalli.

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Delhi's Darkest Secret: The Burari Mass Suicide [VIDEO]

Sat, 28 Jun 2025 09:20:00 GMT

New Delhi, India's capital and a city of 30 million people is infamous for being the suicide capital of the world. Yet the case that I have for you today still gives me and countless other Delhi residents sleepless nights. This is the story of a banyan tree, a happy seemingly home, a mass suicide of 11, and a shared secret nobody still fully understands to this day. This is the Burari case.

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155. The Brutal Murder of Saman Abbas

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 09:20:00 GMT

"If you don’t hear from me… they’ve killed me.” Those were a girl’s words. Not in a dramatic diary entry, not to a friend over a cappucino, but in a cold, trembling text to the boy she loved. She was eighteen. Eighteen and afraid — of the very people who gave her life. So when the sun rose on a quiet field in northern Italy nearly six months later, and a search dog started barking over a shallow patch of soil — no one said it out loud, but everyone standing there already knew whose body they were about to find. The spot was ordinary — the edge of a disused farmhouse, flanked by crop lines and fencing. But from under that earth came bone. Then plastic. Then hair. And in that moment, a message that once sounded like fear… became a prophecy. This is the story of an honor killing that shook Italy. This is the story of Saman Abbas.

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Chai & Chithi 30 | The Haunted Kindergarten | SPECIAL EPISODE

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:55:00 GMT

To mark 5 years of Desi Crime, here is a special episode of Chai & Chithi. We bring to you the scariest, eeriest, most terrifying tales, sent in to us by our listeners, all while we recount some of our most pivotal moments at Desi Crime. From discussing its inception, to its successes, and its pitfalls along the way, Aishwarya and Aryaan welcome you to the 5 years anniversary special.For extra episodes, early access, silly bloopers, subscribe at: https://www.patreon.com/thedesistudios or join our YouTube family https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnbfV0YvrxWMq3h0hmo13Jg/joinFor fastest updates, follow our socials at: https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/Aryaan https://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/Aishwarya https://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/To buy Desi Studios merch, visit: https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studios

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154. The Meghalaya Case: Sonam Raghuvanshi

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:55:00 GMT

Raja Raghuvanshi and his wife Sonam travel to the misty hills of Meghalaya for their dream honeymoon, but a frantic phone call from a remote jungle trail is their last contact with the world. After Raja's body is discovered brutally murdered in a deep gorge, a nationwide hunt begins for his missing bride. The investigation, however, unearths a chilling conspiracy that turns the search for Sonam from a rescue mission into a hunt for a killer hiding in plain sight. Was this the perfect honeymoon, or the perfect murder plot?

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153. The Dover Mansion Massacre

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 09:26:00 GMT

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For many Indian families, America is the dream. A clean, green world where jobs are stable, homes are spacious, and children thrive under the flag of opportunity. But sometimes, behind suburban smiles and manicured lawns, something else grows. Something silent. Something dangerous. In late 2023 and early 2024, news began to surface of not one, not two, but three separate incidents involving Indian-American families—fathers who, by all outward appearances, had it all. Educated. Employed. Settled. And yet, in three quiet homes, across three different states, these men killed their families. Wives. Children. And then, themselves. These aren’t just stories of individual tragedy. They are stories of pressure and breakdown, of cultural dislocation and invisible suffering. They raise questions we rarely ask until it's too late: What happens when the dream begins to rot from the inside? This is the story of that one question. This is the story of the Kamals. The Henrys. The Nagarajappas.

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The Betting App Trap: India's Biggest Scam Industry

Sun, 01 Jun 2025 11:00:00 GMT

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IPL betting apps are scamming Indians out of thousands of crores! Celebrity endorsements hide rigged platforms designed to steal your money.

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152. The Love Triangle Murder: KM Nanavati Case

Sat, 31 May 2025 09:20:00 GMT

April 1959. Commander K.M. Nanavati walked into Prem Ahuja’s bedroom with a loaded revolver — and minutes later, Ahuja was dead, a towel around his waist, a nation holding its breath. What began as a crime of passion turned into a trial that destroyed India’s jury system, divided public opinion, and left behind one of the most explosive scandals in Indian legal history.

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151. The Butcher of Bombay: Raman Raghav

Sat, 24 May 2025 09:20:00 GMT

The year is 1966. Mumbai, the city of dreams, is dreaming. By day, the city was bustling. But by night, Mumbai's heartbeat changed. Families in the northern suburbs whispered warnings, doors were bolted earlier than usual, and some streets grew eerily silent. Because someone was hunting. Quietly. Brutally. On the sidelines, a young and enigmatic police detective had just taken over the city’s Crime Branch. And what he stepped into was not just a murder investigation — it was a descent into a mind unlike any the force had dealt with before. A mind that believed it was acting on divine command. This is not just a story of murder. It’s a story of paranoia, delusion, and the thin line between madness and evil. This is the story of Raman Raghav.

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150. The Plague Murder: Amrendra Pandey Case

Sat, 17 May 2025 09:20:00 GMT

The platform at Howrah station is always loud. It crackles with the sound of steel, hurried footsteps, impatient whistles. But every so often, something moves within that noise. Something evil. On a cold November afternoon in 1933, a young heir passed through that tide. Surrounded by family, on his way home to a princely estate, he walked — as so many around him did. And like so many others, he might have forgotten the bump of a shoulder, the brush of a sleeve, the feeling of a moment too fast to register. Except he didn’t. Because that day, that brush, that fleeting second — it left behind something no one could see. Something that would turn a routine train journey into one of the most unbelievable true crime stories of pre independent India. This is the story of Amarendra Chandra Pandey.

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149. The Black Magic Serial Killer

Thu, 15 May 2025 14:20:00 GMT

In a small town in Maharashtra, bodies started showing up one by one. A girl found near a lake. Another dumped behind a temple. Then a woman. Then a child. For over a year, people whispered. About a tree, about blood, about sacrifices. But the police kept treating each case like it stood alone. A murder here, a tragedy there. Until January 4th, 1974 — when someone saw it happen. Not the aftermath. Not the body. The act itself. And with that one eyewitness, the silence of Manvat broke.

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148. The T-Series Murder

Sat, 10 May 2025 09:20:00 GMT

Most people today know T-Series as the YouTube titan that took on PewDiePie — the faceless empire behind billions of views and copyright strikes. But long before the meme, there was a man. A man with no playback voice, no filmi surname, and no godfather. This is the story Gulshan Kumar, and how Dawood plotted against him.

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147. The Halloween Murder: Arpana Jinaga Case

Sun, 04 May 2025 09:20:00 GMT

On October 31th, 2008, an apartment complex in Redmond, Washington, became the site of a crime that unraveled in plain sight. This is the story of Arpana Jinaga.

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Nepal Royal Family Massacre: The Palace of Death

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 09:20:00 GMT

A royal dinner. A crown prince with a gun.Within minutes, Nepal’s royal bloodline was wiped out. What really happened inside the Narayanhiti Palace that night?

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146. Clement De La Haye: India’s Oldest Unsolved Murder

Sat, 19 Apr 2025 09:20:00 GMT

The Newington College was a college setup to civilize the India man, make him into a slave of the Western etiquette, stamp out his cultural sensibilities. A college setup for India’s princely youth. But something happened on the night of October 15, 1919 that stamped out the college itself from the annals of Indian history. This is the story of that mysterious gun shot. This is the story of Clement De La Haye.

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145. The Burning Man: Kiranjit & Deepak Ahluwalia

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 09:37:48 GMT

In the stillness of an English night, a fire flickered to life—small at first, then all-consuming. By the time the flames died down, a man lay unrecognizable, his body burned beyond recognition. One woman stood in the corner, watching this man burn, watching as the past ten years of her life turned to ash, not screaming, not calling for help. As the world would learn of this story, many would come to applaud the fire that was lit that 1989 evening because its flame would give warmth to women across the world. This is the story of that fire, of that man who burned, and of the woman who stood and watched. This is the story of Kiranjit and Deepak Ahluwalia.

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Chai & Chithi 29 | My Dead Friend Never Left

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:36:08 GMT

Welcome to Chai & Chithi, a segment where we read some of the scariest, most terrifying, and most haunting stories that YOU send in to us. In this week’s episode, we’re reading:

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144. The Murder of Tatiana Tarasoff

Sat, 05 Apr 2025 09:20:00 GMT

In August of 1967 when summer rolled to an end and students from all over the world flocked to the United States to begin their college education in the country of their dreams, one 23 year old young man was also boarding a flight from Bengal in India to the city of Berkeley in California. Nobody knew that this one man walking the airport with them or sharing the same flight with them was going to go on to change not only the country he was entering but the world. This is the story of that one man and the woman he simply couldn’t let go of. This is the story of Prosenjit Poddar and Tatiana Tarasoff.

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The Royal Park Murder [UPDATED 2025]

Sat, 29 Mar 2025 08:20:00 GMT

The story I have for you today is one that took Sri Lanka by storm. Not just when it happened in 2005, but again in 2019, almost 15 years after the crime. This is the story of a 19-year-old Swedish Sri Lankan, a young girl much like any of us, and someone she had warned her family about for months now. This is the story of power, influence and justice. This is the story of Yvonne Jonnson.

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Chai & Chithi 28 | The Lady In My Walls

Sun, 23 Mar 2025 09:16:54 GMT

Welcome to Chai & Chithi, a segment where we read some of the scariest, most terrifying, and most haunting stories that YOU send in to us. In this week’s episode, we’re reading:

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The Murder of Hae Min Lee [VIDEO]

Sat, 22 Mar 2025 09:20:00 GMT

You know that feeling of being young and experiencing your first love? Heightened emotions, the constant need to see them yet feeling your heart flutter when you do, that inability to go to sleep or eat, the hiding from your parents, the first touching of your hands, the first kiss, you get the picture. I know a lot of you listening will relate. There are few experiences as universal as your first love. But what happens when your first love disappears right before your eyes and suddenly, the world turns to look at you, wondering whether or not you could have possibly made them vanish? What happens when, then, your first love re-appears…but not alive anymore and suddenly, the world turns to look at you, wondering if you could be a cold blooded murderer? This is the story of one such young love story that captured the imagination of a nation. This is the story of Hae Min Lee and Adnan Syed.

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143. The Madhumita Shukla Murder

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:50:00 GMT

On a quiet summer afternoon in May 2003, something happened in a small apartment in Paper Mill Colony, Lucknow—something so explosive, so tangled in power and passion, that it shook the very core of Uttar Pradesh’s political landscape. It began with a woman. A poet. A name whispered in hushed conversations, laced with scandal, fear, and obsession — Madhumita Shukla. She wasn’t just another aspiring poet; she had ventured deep into a world where power and ambition clashed. This is a story of deception, political intrigue and betrayals. What really happened in that apartment? Who had something to gain? And more importantly—who had something to hide?

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142. Pakeeza & Jojo: New Zealand's Most Terrifying Murder

Sat, 15 Mar 2025 09:20:00 GMT

A mother and her three-year-old daughter vanish without a trace, leaving behind a mystery that would take years to unravel. Pakeeza Yusuf had been trying to escape a troubled relationship, confiding in friends about her fears, while little Jojo was caught in the middle of something far more sinister than anyone realized. It wasn’t until nearly a decade later that investigators uncovered a truth more horrifying than anyone could have imagined. What really happened to Pakeeza and Jojo—and who was hiding the answers all along?

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Mumbai Auto Driver Takes Us to His Favorite Hidden Food Spot! | Chaloge Bhaiya?

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 13:30:00 GMT

To watch the full episode, here's the link to YouTube: https://yt.openinapp.co/ChalogeEp1

In this episode, we get into Harish bhai’s auto . He’s adamant that he knows the best Misal Pav spot in Bombay, so we oblige. Aryaan has never eaten it before, so doesn’t know what awaits him him. The tuk tuk ride is laced with auto trivia, fun stories and a Jackie Da cameo! Weclome to the first episode of Chaloge Bhaiya. Chaloge na?

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Episode 1: 13.03.25

Episode 2: 20.03.25

Episode 3: 27.03.25

Episode 4: 3.04.25

Episode 5: 10.04.25

Episode 6: 17.04.25

Director and Host: Aryaan Misra

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141. The Brutal Narra Killings | Live at Apple

Sun, 09 Mar 2025 08:38:03 GMT

In February, we hosted our very first live event at Apple BKC, Mumbai. But if you couldn’t attend, don’t fret. Here is the recording of the live Desi Crime episode.

A quiet home in New Jersey became the site of an unspeakable horror—two innocent lives lost in a single, chilling night. An IT professional's wife, and their young son, found slain in what seemed like a brutal act of vengeance. No forced entry, no clear suspect, just eerie silence and unanswered questions. What really happened behind the closed doors of the Narra family’s home?

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Chaloge Bhaiya? | OFFICIAL TRAILER

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:36:29 GMT

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Autos crawl across Bombay like ants, obedient as our blood in their blind circuit of hacked roads. 4.5 lakh ricks are there to attend to your flailing hand in this city. 450,000 autos have 450,000 stories. The romanticization of the auto often obscures the stories of the autowallahs. Chaloge Bhaiya is a show where you hear conversations that no podcast features, food no blogger writes about, stories no one tells. We get into an auto. We hit record. We let the driver take us wherever they want. Every episode, the driver takes us to their favorite food spot in the city—the places they swear by, the ones you won’t find on a bougie food critic’s ‘10 Things To Eat In Bombay’ listicle. From 2am dal baati to a local bar crawl, we feature street food that’ll have you running to your nearest auto. You just gotta wait until March 13, when the show premiers on The Desi Studios YouTube channel.Episode 1: 13.03.25Episode 2: 20.03.25Episode 3: 27.03.25Episode 4: 3.04.25Episode 5: 10.04.25Episode 6: 17.04.25Host and director: Aryaan MisraProducer: Desi StudiosCinematography and Editing: Evan ThomasGraphic Design: Manasi Pandya#ChalogeBhaiya #Bombay #Autorickshaw

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Chai & Chithi 27 | Live at Apple BKC

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 17:08:18 GMT

This episode was shot and recorded on the new iPhone 16 Pro. The Desi Crime Podcast has always been recorded on professional pod mics, but the new iPhone 16 Pro’s Audio Mix feature is game changing for new and seasoned podcasters alike! With the 4 studio quality mics, audio recordings sound like they’re right out of a studio.

Welcome to Chai & Chithi, a segment where we read some of the scariest, most terrifying, and most haunting stories that YOU send in to us. In this week’s episode, we’re reading:

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Chai & Chithi 26 | We Got Drunk & Told Horror Stories

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 09:35:31 GMT

The team here at Desi Studios went on a retreat to Goa. So naturally, Bloody Mary was there with us in spirit. As a ghost. And as a beverage. Welcome to a very different episode of Chai and Chithi where Aishwarya and Aryaan get hammered while narrating your favorite stories.DRINK RESPONSIBLYThanks to MyMuse for sorting the prize for this episode: https://mymuse.in/desi

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The New Year Murder: Jhanvi Kukreja [VIDEO]

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 14:50:00 GMT

On the 31st of December 2020, the world was coming together to celebrate the end of what had been an incredibly hard year for everyone around the world. The pandemic had left families in shambles and communities in mourning. But the end of the year almost signified a new beginning, a fresh start and a hope for a better future for everyone, including the Kukrejas. Little did they all know, New Years of 2020 would become the night that changed their lives, the last night they would ever be the same family again. This is the story of that family, this is the story of 19 year old Jhanvi Kukreja.

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The Search For Nadia Malik [VIDEO]

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:21:42 GMT

A murder involves a murderer, the murdered, a murder weapon and more often than not, a motive. This template is true for most cases covered on our podcast. But where there is a rule, there is an exception. The case we have for you today is such an exception. This case has a murder, but no murder weapon, no motive, and no murderer. This is the story of a 22 year old girl that shook the city of Philadelphia, this is the story of Nadia Malik. For fastest updates, follow our socials at: https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/Aryaan https://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/Aishwarya https://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/To buy Desi Studios merch, visit: https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studios

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140. Rahul Raju: Kerala's Most Mysterious Disappearance

Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:20:00 GMT

Evil can be anywhere and everyone. It can lurk in the shadows of your own home or your neighborhood. It can watch from a distance as you go about your day or it can stare at you right in your face. And most times, we don’t realize we came so close to evil till it’s already too late. For the victim in today’s story, that is exactly what happened. As this 7 year old went about his day, evil watched and in an instant, life for a family changed forever. This is the story of that 7 year old and a hunt that has lasted 20 years. This is the story of Rahul Raju.

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139. The Vanishing of Shafelia Ahmed

Sat, 15 Feb 2025 08:22:39 GMT

If there is any one thing common to all humans, regardless of race or age or ethnicity or the time period in which we lived, it is our longing for freedom. Freedom from coercion, freedom from oppression, freedom to choose, freedom to live. But sometimes, this freedom comes at a cost, a cost we don’t even know we need to pay until it's far too late. Freedom is all one 17 year old Pakistani British girl longed for and freedom is what she never got. This is the story of that one 17 year old. This is the story of Shafelia Ahmed.

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Chai & Chithi 25 [Valentine Special] : Scariest Dating Stories

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 09:15:00 GMT

Valentine's is all about being lovey dovey. But not all dates turn out like that. Some can be creepy, or outright horrid. Today's episode is a collection of just that. The scariest dating stories you have ever heard.

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138. Cyanide Mallika: India's First Female Serial Killer

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 08:20:00 GMT

For over a decade, Cyanide Mallika preyed on women in Karnataka, luring them with promises of wealth and spiritual rituals before poisoning them with cyanide-laced food or water. She would convince her victims to remove their jewelry for a cleansing ritual, then kill them and flee with their valuables. Her crimes went unnoticed until 2007, when investigators linked a series of similar deaths, leading to her arrest. But was Mallika the only woman in India’s history to kill this way—or just the one who got caught?Visit My Muse and use CODE: DESI10 to get 10% off your *fun* order. https://mymuse.in/desiFor fastest updates, follow our socials at: https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/Aryaan https://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/Aishwarya https://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/For extra episodes, early access, silly bloopers, subscribe at: https://www.patreon.com/thedesistudios or join our YouTube family https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnbfV0YvrxWMq3h0hmo13Jg/joinTo buy Desi Studios merch, visit: https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studios

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The Singh-Sica Triple Murder [VIDEO]

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:32:00 GMT

One bathtub, three dead bodies, a marriage in turmoil and a feverish lover. The house on 20 Grass Tree Close, Bridgman Downs, Queensland, Australia holds all the answers. Who is behind Queensland's largest ever investigation?For extra episodes, early access, silly bloopers, subscribe at: https://www.patreon.com/thedesistudios or join our YouTube family https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnbfV0YvrxWMq3h0hmo13Jg/joinFor fastest updates, follow our socials at: https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/Aryaan https://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/Aishwarya https://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/To buy Desi Studios merch, visit: https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studios

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Chai & Chithi 24 | Someone Is Watching Me

Sat, 01 Feb 2025 14:25:00 GMT

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Welcome to Chai & Chithi, a segment where we read some of the scariest, most terrifying, and most haunting stories that YOU send in to us. In this week’s episode, we’re reading:

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The Murder of Shakereh Khaleeli [VIDEO]

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 08:25:00 GMT

The case that we have for you today is one that India took a long time to make peace with. With the heinous nature of the murder, the gory details of the crime, all recorded on video tape by the authorities for the first time in the Indian judicial system and the incredibly high profile lives of the people involved, this case shook the country. This is the story of the granddaughter of the Dewan of Mysore, whose glorious life came to a crashing end in a way that can only be described as people's worst nightmare. This is the story of Shakereh Khaleeli.

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137. Manoj Babli: India's Most Horrific Honor Killing

Sat, 18 Jan 2025 08:25:00 GMT

In 2007, a young couple from Haryana, Manoj and Babli, dared to defy their families and khap traditions by marrying within the same gotra, sparking outrage in their conservative community. However, their pursuit of freedom came under threat when Babli’s family accused Manoj of abduction, setting off a chilling chain of events.For extra episodes, early access, silly bloopers, subscribe at: https://www.patreon.com/thedesistudios or join our YouTube family https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnbfV0YvrxWMq3h0hmo13Jg/joinFor fastest updates, follow our socials at: https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/Aryaan https://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/Aishwarya https://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/To buy Desi Studios merch, visit: https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studios

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The Ajmer Rape Scandal [VIDEO]

Sat, 11 Jan 2025 08:25:00 GMT

Usually, when we cover cases on this podcast, we talk of the stories of a singular victim. A woman raped, a man murdered, a child kidnapped. And that one victim’s story is enough to enrage us; to make us feel sorrow and anger. But what happens when crime organizes itself across a whole city, engulfing more than 500 victims, destroying lives and scarring generations? This is the story of one such crime that has somehow been erased from our common psyche; this is the story of the Ajmer sex scandal.

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Chai & Chithi 23 | Sleep Paralysis or Real Possession

Sat, 04 Jan 2025 06:01:00 GMT

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Welcome to Chai & Chithi, a segment where we read some of the scariest, most terrifying, and most haunting stories that YOU send in to us. In this week’s episode, we’re reading:

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136. The Tinder Murder

Sat, 28 Dec 2024 08:25:00 GMT

Visit My Muse and use CODE: DESI10 to get 10% off your *fun* order. https://mymuse.in/desiThe longer we run this podcast, the more we come across crimes that begin online. They begin in a world of dating apps and one night stands, where lies, deception, and scams run rampant; in a world where you may not know who you’re talking to until it’s already too late. This is the story of one such crime that began online in 2018 and went on to shake Jaipur, and the country. This is the story of India’s Tinder Killer, this is the story of Priya Seth.

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135. The Disappearance of Vishal Mehrotra Pt. 2

Sat, 21 Dec 2024 06:02:00 GMT

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In the early winter months of 1982, the dead body of 8 year old Vishal Mehrotra was found in the haunting woods of the UK. This was 7 months after Vishal had mysteriously vanished on the day of the Royal Wedding between Princess Diana and Prince Charles. And then, even though his remains had been found, the case reached a screeching halt that only ended in 2019 when two men noticed an obvious trail of clues nobody had bothered to investigate. This is the story of that one boy, that one day and that one trail of clues. Welcome to part 2 of the story of Vishal Mehrotra.

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134. The Disappearance of Vishal Mehrotra

Sat, 14 Dec 2024 08:25:00 GMT

On the 29th of July 1981, 750 million people from across the world were watching a wedding from their television screens. More than 2 million people stood on the streets of London all the way from the Royal Residence at Clarence House to St. Paul’s Cathedral to witness what seemed like a match made by God himself– the people’s princess, Lady Diana Spencer was marrying the heir to the world’s most influential monarchies, Prince Charles III. As all of Britain celebrated and people took to the streets to catch a glimpse of the $110 million wedding procession, an 8 year old Indian boy mysteriously vanished blocks away from the wedding of the century and was never seen alive again. This is the story of that one day and that one boy. This is the story of Vishal Mehrotra.

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133. Ponty Chadha: Murder of India’s Richest Brothers

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 06:03:00 GMT

Two powerful brothers, Ponty and Hardeep Chadha, turned a family empire into a battleground on a fateful November day in 2012. A dispute over a sprawling farmhouse in Delhi spiraled into a violent shootout, leaving both brothers dead and the nation stunned. Behind the facade of wealth and success lay a story of betrayal, ambition, and unchecked greed that tore a dynasty apart. How did a sibling rivalry descend into bloodshed, shaking the foundations of one of India’s most influential families?

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132. The Rathi Family Murder

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 08:25:00 GMT

Murder shakes communities and multiple murders break them. When the house next door, home to a happy and loving family, turns into the site of multiple brutal murders, hope and happiness are hard to find in the homes that surround it. This was what happened to a small, tight knit community of homes in Pune in 1994 when 7 people were found brutally murdered inside Flat No 6 of Himanshu Apartments. This is the story of that one day and those 7 people. This is the story of the Rathi family.

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131. Goa's Mysterious Murder: The Scarlett Keeling Case

Sat, 23 Nov 2024 08:30:00 GMT

When British teen Scarlett Keeling was found lifeless on a beach in Goa, the case shocked the world. What initially seemed like an accidental drowning unraveled into a web of lies and chilling revelations about the dark underbelly of paradise. Who was trying to cover up the truth, and why? Join us as we dive deep into this heartbreaking case that raises questions about justice, corruption, and safety in a traveler’s haven.

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The Bikini Serial Killer [VIDEO]

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 14:20:00 GMT

He charmed his way into the lives of unsuspecting travelers, leaving a trail of deception, theft, and murder across Asia. Charles Sobhraj, infamously known as "The Serpent," used his cunning intellect and hypnotic charisma to evade authorities for years. How did this master manipulator build an empire of crime—and why did his victims never see it coming? Stay tuned to uncover the chilling twists that led to his eventual downfall.

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130. India’s Top 5 Most Wanted Explained

Sat, 16 Nov 2024 08:25:00 GMT

We have heard of FBI’s most wanted, CIA’s most wanted, Scotland Yard’s Most wanted, but who are India’s Most Wanted? Criminals so heinous, so terrifying, that there’s a list only for them. And worst of all, criminals that are still on the prowl. India too has a list like that, and today we will dive into it, trying to figure out 10 of its most mind boggling criminals.

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129. Murder on Chennai Express

Sat, 02 Nov 2024 08:30:00 GMT

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In August 1952, passengers on the Indo-Ceylon Express were horrified to find a steel trunk holding a dismembered body. The murder of C. Alavandar, a salesman, sparked a case that spanned from a beach in Chennai to the busy streets of Bombay. Was this a crime of passion or something more calculated? Join us as we explore how this case changed Indian forensic history and raised tough questions about justice.

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The Chohan Family Disappearances [VIDEO]

Sat, 26 Oct 2024 09:27:59 GMT

We’ve all heard crazy cases of disappearances. Oftentimes, young women disappear, like Sneha Phillip or young children disappear like Geeta and Sanjay Chopra at the hands of Ranga and Billa. Unfortunately, disappearances aren’t uncommon. What is uncommon is for an entire family to vanish into thin air, leaving behind no trace at all. What happens when 3 generations of a family all disappear as if they never existed? What happens is that Scotland Yard spirals into one of the most complex manhunts in UK history, traveling to 4 countries and collecting 4000 documents to solve a case that drove the world insane. This is the story of that manhunt, this is the story of the disappearance of the Chohan family.

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Chai & Chithi 22

Sat, 19 Oct 2024 08:20:00 GMT

2. The Nun's Knock

3. The Video Call

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128. Baba, Bishnoi, Bollywood: The Assassination of Baba Siddique

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 17:22:27 GMT

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Usually thunder awakens the residents of Bandra at night, a popular suburb of Bombay. Something louder awoke its residents on the night of 12th October. A roar. A deafening roar, of a lion heaving his last breath. Just a few blocks away from me, the king of bandra’s political scene was being rushed to the Lilavati hospital, a final ditch attempt to save the 66 year old political veteran. Many called him Baba. Thousands gathered outside Lilavati, praying for Baba to make it through. I stood outside the hospital not knowing what was happening, not knowing what Baba meant to these people, not knowing what the eerie tension presaged. This is the story of the Baba of Bandra, this is the story of Bollywood, Bishnoi and Baba Siddique.

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127. The Chicken Curry Murder

Sat, 12 Oct 2024 12:20:00 GMT

Visit Whole Truth Foods and use CODE: DESI20 to get 20% off your order.https://thewholetruthfoods.comIn a world of casual relationships and hookup culture and a trend of objectifying ourselves and those we encounter, feelings are muddy business with emotions like heartbreak, jealousy and hatred at the forefront sometimes. If you’re the heartbreaker’s side of the table, you probably consider yourself the luckier one of the two parties but that’s not always the truth. You never truly know what the heartbroken is capable of doing when pushed to the edge. This is a story that exemplifies that dynamic– one where the heartbreaker seemed too quick to move on and the heartbroken, hell bent on making sure he doesn’t. This is a story that shook London in the late 2000s. This is the story of Lucky Cheema and Lakhvir Singh.

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The Bollywood Khan Family Murders | Hindi

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 14:20:00 GMT

Every film industry seems to have a dark underbelly. It seems to have countless unexplained murders, mysterious disappearances and ties to high profile criminal activity. Bollywood is the same way. From Sri Devi to Jia Khan, from Pratyusha Banerjee to Raj Kiran, crime seems to seep through our industry, leaving behind death and devastation. This is the story of one such crime that shook Bollywood, the story of a family, massacred. This is the story of Laila Khan.

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Desi Crime Now In Hindi

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 15:56:13 GMT

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Chai & Chithi 21

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 08:20:00 GMT

Visit My Muse and use CODE: DESI10 to get 10% off your *fun* order. https://mymuse.in/desiWelcome to Chai & Chithi, a segment where we read some of the scariest, most terrifying, and most haunting stories that YOU send in to us. In this week’s episode, we’re reading: 1. The Sister 2. The Attic 3. Hinge Nightmare 4. HandsTo send us your scary stories to read, write to us at staydesi [at] thedesistudios [dot] com. For extra episodes, early access, silly bloopers, subscribe at: https://www.patreon.com/thedesistudios or join our YouTube family https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnbfV0YvrxWMq3h0hmo13Jg/joinTo buy Desi Studios merch, visit: https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studiosFor fastest updates, follow our socials at: https://www.instagram.com/bhootbusters/Aryaanhttps://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/Aishwaryahttps://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/

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126. The Mysterious Murder at the Water Facility

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 08:25:00 GMT

Visit Whole Truth Foods and use CODE: DESI20 to get 20% off your order.https://thewholetruthfoods.comWork can be mundane, work can be boring, work can be monotonous. A lot of days are cookie cutter- the same grind for the same goal. That is what February 9th was like for the employees of the Passaic Valley Water Commission treatment facility and their senior engineer— a 43 year old talented Indian American woman. Little did anyone know though, that day would go down in the company’s history as one when everything changed for the worse. Little did anyone know, that was going to be a day of tragedy and death, with a murderer lurking in the shadows under plain sight. This is the story of that day, that office, and that woman. This is the story of Geetha Angara.

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Mysterious Murder At India's Worst Airline

Sat, 21 Sep 2024 08:20:00 GMT

Air hostess Geetika Sharma's tragic death shocked the nation, and the investigation that followed uncovered a web of alleged harassment by powerful politician Gopal Kanda. What pushed a young woman with a promising career to take such a drastic step? Was it truly suicide, or was there more behind the story? In this video, we unravel the chilling details of the case that gripped the country, but with each revelation, new questions arise. Watch till the end to discover the twists and turns of this scandal—will justice ever be fully served, or does the truth remain buried?

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The Real Story of 'Sector 36' | The Serial Killer Who Ate Kids

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:37:21 GMT

This is the story of India's most notorious, gruesome, and sinister crime that involved kidnapping, cannibalism, rape, pedophilia, and serial murder all at once.

Update: According to NDTV, "The high court said the prosecution had failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt for Moninder Panther. Koli, however, continues to be a life-term prisoner for his conviction in one case."

The serial killings took place at Moninder Pandher's home in Nithari area of Uttar Pradesh's Noida between 2005 and 2006, according to the CBI.When children start disappearing in the village of Nithari in Noida, local parents have to band together to force police to look for their children. When police finally listen and take action, they find a suspicious coincidence; all the missing kids were last seen in the same 100-meter area, later dubbed the “black hole” by locals. But what was this “black hole,” that seemed to suck up its victims, never to be seen again? Was someone behind the disappearances? Or was it something entirely different?

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125. The Vietnamese Coffee Killer

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 08:20:00 GMT

Visit Whole Truth Foods and use CODE: DESI20 to get 20% off your order.https://thewholetruthfoods.comIn a bustling Jakarta café, a coffee date takes a deadly turn when a woman collapses after sipping a poisoned drink. What seemed like a tragic accident soon spiraled into a web of lies, betrayal, and unanswered questions. At the heart of it all: Jessica Wongso, the friend with a dark secret. But was she truly the mastermind behind the cyanide-laced coffee... or is there more to the story than meets the eye?

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124. The Vanishing of Sharmini Anandavel

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 08:20:00 GMT

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123. The Rajkhowa Family Massacre

Sat, 31 Aug 2024 08:20:00 GMT

Visit Whole Truth Foods and use CODE: DESI20 to get 20% off your order.https://thewholetruthfoods.comAny country’s justice system is it’s cornerstone. It’s the voice of all people, victims and criminals alike. It’s a pillar that differentiates right from wrong in the goal of creating a society as close to ideal as possible. A justice system is all of those things not because of the system itself but in large part because of the people who make up the system— honest lawyers and honest judges. And so when a reputed judge himself is at the center of not one murder but 4, the country watches in shock and awe. That is what was happening in Assam in the late 1960s. This is the story of that one judge and his beautiful family. This is the story of the Rajkhowa Murders.

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122. Kandahar Hijacking: The Story Behind ‘IC-814’

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:19:50 GMT

Watch the Netflix show IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack, based on true events. Show comes out on 29th August. Find it here: https://www.netflix.com/title/81265803

“Cabin crew, prepare for takeoff.” As soon as the pilot utters those words, you completely submit yourself to them. You know for a fact you’re in their hands, literary and figuratively. An anxiety and excitement grip; being 30,000ft in the air does that. But deep down, you want to land. You want to touch earth again. You want to walk. The passengers of Indian Airlines IC 814 were no different. When the captain of that flight uttered “Cabin crew, prepare for takeoff,” from Kathmandu Airport’s tarmac, the 178 passengers must’ve felt the same anxiety, and excitement. They must’ve wanted to walk. But they did not. Of those 178 passengers, 5 were terrorists, committed to hijacking this Airbus A300. This is the story of the airplane that never landed in Delhi. This is the story of the Kandahar Hijacking.

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121. The Highway of Terror: Psycho Shankar

Sat, 24 Aug 2024 08:20:00 GMT

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Murder is a horrendous violation of a fundamental right— a right to live. A right to experience the joys of being alive, whether those be falling in love, getting your dream job or something as simple as eating your favorite meal. Murder strips you of existence. But some murders and some murderers go down in history not just because they stripped someone of that right but because of how they stripped someone of that right. Because of how many people they stripped of that right. One such murderer was roaming the dark and quiet highways of Southern India in the late 2000s. This is the story of those highways, of that murderer. This is the story of Psycho Shankar.

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Cops Use Apple Health App to Track This Killer Down [VIDEO]

Sat, 17 Aug 2024 08:20:00 GMT

Jessica Patel, a pharmacist in Middlesbrough, was found dead in her home, and nothing about the scene added up. As investigators dug deeper, they uncovered shocking secrets that turned the case upside down. With twists at every corner, the search for her killer took a dark and unexpected path. Who was behind Jessica's death, and why? This is one case that will keep you guessing until the very end.

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120. Norway's Most Brutal Kidnapping: Faiza Ashraf

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 08:20:00 GMT

Millions around the world wait at bus stops every single day, heading to school, work, or back home. And for some reason, those bus stops feel safe. The tiny bench covered by the tiny canopy is a piece of sanctuary on an otherwise mammoth and alien road. On one such bus stop in Norway, in the early morning hours of February 3rd 2010, waited a young Pakistani woman, as she had countless mornings in the past. But little did she know, this morning and this bus stop was going to be different. Under that bus stop’s canopy, was going to be the last moment of peace she would ever know. This is the story of that morning, that bus stop, that woman. This is the story of Faiza Ashraf.

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119. The Mysterious Disappearance of Hannah Foster

Sat, 03 Aug 2024 08:25:00 GMT

In March 2003, 17-year-old Hannah Foster vanished near her Southampton home, only for her body to be found days later. Her desperate final phone call left investigators racing against time. What clues did she leave behind? Dive into the twists and turns of this haunting case and discover the shocking truth.

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118. The Death Island

Sun, 28 Jul 2024 08:51:04 GMT

Summer is here and the heat is setting us all ablaze. Sweltering temperatures across the world make us all want to run away to an island paradise for refuge, some nice tropical breeze and dips in the ocean water. When desis decide to run away from this heat, the closest option that comes to mind is Thailand. Tropical rainforests nestled on landmasses in the Indian ocean, with vibrant nightlife and breaking scenery, Thailand is a paradise dream come true. That is what Hannah Witheridge, David Miller and 11 other young people thought when they arrived on a Thai island called Koh Tao. This is the story of those 11 young people. This is the story of the ‘Death Island’.

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The Disappearance That Shook Nepal [VIDEO]

Sat, 27 Jul 2024 10:20:00 GMT

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Khyati Shrestha, a 19-year-old student from Kathmandu, Nepal, vanished mysteriously in 2009, sending shockwaves through her community. Her disappearance unfolded into a complex investigation that exposed deep-seated issues in law enforcement and societal norms. As authorities delved deeper, shocking connections and chilling revelations emerged, casting suspicion on unexpected individuals. The trail of clues took twists that no one anticipated. What really happened to Khyati Shrestha?

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Chai & Chithi 20

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:17:57 GMT

Welcome to Chai & Chithi, a segment where we read some of the scariest, most terrifying, and most haunting stories that YOU send in to us. This is a bonus episode cuz we love you silly geese.

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Murder of Pakistan’s Most Controversial Influencer: Qandeel Baloch [VIDEO]

Sat, 20 Jul 2024 09:05:34 GMT

In this gripping episode, we delve into the shocking case of Qandeel Baloch, Pakistan's most controversial social media star. Discover the twists and turns that led to her untimely death at the hands of someone she trusted most. As we peel back the layers of her public persona, secrets emerge that will leave you questioning everything. What truly happened that fateful night? Tune in to uncover the chilling details and the mystery that still haunts to this day.