To be a Bhoot or not to be a Bhoot?! That is the question we never find the answer to in part 2 of this spooky series. There are SO many types of Indian Bhoots(ghosts) in the book & Alex had a blast delving into some of them like the fish loving Bengali Mecho, the Ghecho, the Bhego, the handsome driftwood dude Beri & uhhm how do we put this..a tribe of people with no anuses. Yup. You heard me. Bollywood corner: Stree Source for the series is the book 'Ghosts, Monsters and Demons of India...
Nov 11, 2023•56 min•Ep. 61
It's Halloween week and we're claiming it back as a desi phenomenon. We're no experts in lore, religion or culture but that won't stop us from diving deep into the spooky waters of desi Demons! Alex read a book called 'Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India' and narrates all about some very sinister creatures in there like the Pisacha, Uthlen, TasmaPa and Deyyam. Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimesfromtheeast/membership Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crimesfromeast ...
Nov 01, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 60
On Jan 24th 2020, the double murders of sisters 27 yr old Alekhya & 23 yr old Sai Divya in Madanapalle rocked India just as the Pandemic had put the nation into lockdown. Their family was so entrenched in the delusions & superstitions of a mentally unwell instigator. The shared delusions of salvation & resurrection seemed to have suddenly led to these strange & spine-tingling murders of the sister by their own parents. The case is so convoluted and it's nearly impossible to make ...
Oct 13, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 59
An episode about misadventures like the unfortunate journey of the janky Titan sub & an ungrateful Everest rescuee. Alex has a couple of tales for the Jungle News section like how to get rid of annoying Monkeys & a thieving CIA doggo! Also, if you can't have onions..why even eat right? What's your fav Jugaad btw?
Jul 12, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 58
In the middle of the Pandemic in 2021, Bharti Kaste was sick with worry over her missing family. Her 21 yr old sister Rupali was missing along with their mother, sister & 2 young cousins. Rupali had been in a relationship for 3 years with their landlord Surendra Chauhan. When she confronted him about his clandestine engagement to another girl, Rupali & her family went missing. Bharti didn't give up & fought for justice for her family till a very sad & shocking revelation 6 feet u...
Jun 29, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 57
As we prep, record & edit our next Crimes from the East episode, we would love for you to give this new podcast from 1Up Media a listen, follow these links: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/049qbhtzyuKixZZrDTeFIx Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bedtime-true-crime/id1690528851 Bedtime True Crime is a thoughtfully written podcast which explores a real-life parable of a haunting crime, and the consequences that befall the culprits. We love the calm & matter of fact narrat...
Jun 20, 2023•16 min•Ep. 56
This episode has a smattering of glowing mysteries! From the 2004 sighting of a humanoid robot like UFO spotted in Ladakh to glowing orbs seen by soldiers and pilgrims over Lake Chandrataal & lake Mansarovar. We end the episode with urban legends about the sacred & highly mysterious Mt. Kailash. What is going on in there? Bollywood Corner: Cargo Stormtrooper Mickey Mouse - https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/unidentified-flying-objects-ufo-sighting-in-himachal-pradesh-in-2005-120...
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Shane Waters brings to you the 2nd part of this Mother's Day multi podcast collab. Check out these twisted tales where these amazing podcasts tell tales of Motherhood but not all sunshine & rainbows.. Part 2: 8. Once Upon A Crime [https://www.truecrimepodcast.com] 9. PNW Haunts & Homicides [https://tinyurl.com/bddffczy] 10. The Trail Went Cold [https://www.trailwentcold.com] 11. Coffee & Cases [https://tinyurl.com/pc25pzzs] 12. Already Gone [https://www.alreadygonepodcast.com] 13. Tw...
May 14, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 54
This Mother’s Day, join Shane Waters on a chilling adventure featuring 14 podcasters (including Pia & Alex from Crimes from the East) as they share sinister stories of motherhood. Mother’s Day is typically a time to honor the love and sacrifices of mothers, but today we’ll be exploring the twisted tales that lurk behind the shadows. It’s an extra special, two parts, more than two-hour, Mother’s Day event. Podcasts are listed here in order of appearance: Part 1: 1. Foul Play: Crime Series [ww...
May 14, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 53
When 22 year old Shabnam & Salim fell in love, they knew very well that it was forbidden between their communities in Amroha, India. Did they elope & start a new life away from society's gaze? No. They instead chose to murder an entire family of 7 instead including an infant Shabnam had helped to raise. TW: Mention of child death in this episode. Bollywood Corner : Samrat & Co, Anjaam Pathira Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimesfromtheeast/membership Buy me a Coffee: h...
May 09, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 52
In 1999, an entire family of 6 in Hokandara Sri Lanka was wiped out in a day full of brutality by an unscrupulous moonshine dealer & his goons. The killers were caught almost immediately & the main witness told a story of how he & another juvenile repeatedly visited the crime scene as it unfolded. Was it because they were desensitized to crime or simply in shock? Listen about the first case in Sri Lanka where DNA evidence was used in court! Bollywood Corner : Iratta, Abhay Support Us...
Apr 13, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Continuing on with the tale of missing Indo-Guyanese bird breeders Moses & Lilawattie, we learn a little more about their hired ranch workers Harry & Felix. Why did a 100 dead African Grey parrots turn up in a field after the disappearance? Why did Harry disappear? Theories, rumors and speculations abound in this episode. Bollywood Corner - Mississippi Masala, Aranyak Dronde estan las tortugas : https://www.instagram.com/drondeestanlastortugas/ Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.co...
Mar 29, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 50
TW: Mention of Birds dying This is a 1998 pravasi case from Florida! Indo Guyanese natives Moses Lal & his aunt Lilawattie moved to Florida to raise & sell exotic birds imported from their home country Guyana. They had a successful business going for a few years when suddenly they vanished without a trace. Their ranch help Harry Gobin allegedly witnessed something criminal but he too was nowhere to be found. Where had all of these bird breeders mysteriously flown away to?...
Mar 15, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 49
You ever feel like filling up your brain with useless news? Gotchu covered friends! Listen up to some exciting tales about drunk elephants, a dog's phenomenal birthday bash. how 2Pac saved a Sri Lankan Christmas and lastly how a disgraceful Wolf of Wall street needs some serious potty training! PS: Biden's Indian now..kinda! Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimesfromtheeast/membership Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crimesfromeast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c...
Feb 28, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 48
24 year old Arpana Jinaga was once a teenage technology prodigy who excelled in living life to the fullest. She moved to the US to accomplish life goals & live the Dream but instead an unknown monster turned her life into a Nightmare. She was found murdered in her apartment after a Halloween party in 2008. Katy Accardo from the podcast True Crime in the 50, joins us as we talk about Arpana's case & how the cops hyper focused on just 1 suspect and even after 2 trials we have no resolution...
Jan 24, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 47
In June 2022, 38 year old Sajida Tasneem was murdered by her most dishonorable father in law simply because she asked to rightfully leave to go back to her home in Perth Australia. In our 2nd Collab with Sneha from the Khooni podcast we talk about a devastating case from Pakistan. We discuss how South Asian women have to carry the heavy burden of the family 'honor' whilst also being trivialized & diminished as individuals in society. Bangle Foundation in AUS: https://www.banglefoundation.com...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Seeta went to India with her husband and four children to visit her ailing mother-in-law. A few days later her father gets a call saying that Seeta died of a heart attack in India. What really happened? We featured as guests on the Khooni Podcast with Sneha! Join us as we try and make sense of a bizarre case that left one family in search of justice for their daughter. Southall Black Sisters Website - https://southallblacksisters.org.uk/ You can support Khooni by buying them a Biryani at : 1. ht...
Jan 03, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 45
In Part 2 we talk about the motives Cadell Jeanson Raja gave for the murders of his family - Astral Projection, the Devil, misery..it all made him sound mentally unstable. We also talk about Remote Viewing & Astral projection, how strange & esoteric the concept seems and yet the CIA was SO into it all back in the day. Bollywood Corner - Foot Fairy, Chup Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimesfromtheeast/membership Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crimesfromeast I...
Dec 28, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 44
In April of 2017 in a foreboding home in Nanthancode Kerala, 4 members of a family were found hacked to death. Their decomposing remains had been set on fire. Missing from the scene was the family's 30 yr-old son Cadell Jeanson Raja, a recluse who rarely ever left his room. When suspect no.1 was caught, his confession left the cops shocked & puzzled & literally out of this world. Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimesfromtheeast/membership Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymea...
Dec 13, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Up in the foothills of the Himalayan range, cradled between snowy slopes is a little lake called Roopkund. Not much larger than a frog pond, Lake Roopkund is actually a vault of secrets because in 1942 a forest ranger discovered a whole bunch of Skeletons in & around the water! Let's talk about this mysterious pool of doom! Spoiler: We don't know what the hell happened but we sure can speculate. Bollywood Corner : Forensic YouTube Vid on the case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71YCO6hyLSU ...
Nov 22, 2022•42 min•Ep. 42
Were the deaths of 9 adults and 2 minors a suicide pact, cold blooded murder or a naïve accident? Did the last few days of the seemingly perfect Bhatia family hold any clues to their fate? We go over various facts, theories and speculate a LOT. Bollywood Corner - House of Secrets, B13
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 41
On the 1st of July 2018, 10 members of the picture perfect happy Bhatia family in Burari, Delhi were found hanging from the ceiling & the oldest, 77 year old matriarch was found asphyxiated in the adjacent room. The public was chilled to the core & baffled by the weird occult overtones of the deaths. Hidden clues were found in diaries in the home and a terrible secret emerged. One the family had been keeping for 11 years. Podcast Promo : "How I Met You" - https://open.spotify.com/show/37...
Sep 28, 2022•59 min•Ep. 40
Travel back in time as we mysteriously seem to be in Diwali 2021 season! Yup this is a lost episode unreleased before this for no apparent reason. :D Enjoy an almost exclusively animal & critter related Masala News edition or as we are calling this one, the Jungle News! Hear stories of Rats blamed for missing alcohol. marijoowana & even missing money from police custody & Alex talks about all kinds of exotic strange foods eaten in India. Also tell us, what have Rats done for/to you l...
Aug 29, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 39
On a lazy afternoon in 2018, newlywed couple Soumya & Reema from Patnagarh, Odisha were trying to decide what to cook for lunch when a mysterious package was delivered to their home. Thinking it was a wedding gift Soumya opened it, unfortunately the package unleashed a deadly bomb & took the lives of Soumya & his grand aunt. Who had done this & why? Bollywood Corner : Andhadhun Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimesfromtheeast/membership Buy me a Coffee: https://www....
Aug 12, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 38
On Sept 5th 1986, 4 hijackers held 379 people on board Flight 73 hostage in absolute terror for 16 long hours at the Karachi Airport before they erupted in reckless violence killing 22 people. 359 people survived thanks to the courage & calm shown by the brave 22 year old Flight Attendant Neerja Bhanot & her strong flight crew of 13. This is their story. Bollywood Corner - Neerja Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimesfromtheeast/membership Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymea...
Jul 19, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 37
In 2016, a mysterious gang of cyber criminals carted off $81 million USD from Bangladesh Bank in Dhaka! It was no ordinary thievery & took nearly a year of infiltration & planning by these digital bandits. Listen up to a looong episode on this caper. Actual story starts around the 20 minute mark in case you wanna skip all our internet nostalgia talk. Bollywood Corner - Chakra, Kannum Kannum Kollaiadithal 'Hacked' Docu on this story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z829a7GyHyQ Check out ...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 36
In 2011 Indian Courts ordered the secret vaults of the Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala to be opened & the wealth inventoried. What emerged was a treasure worth a whopping $22 BILLION USD! This was from just 1 of 6 secret chambers. Vault B remains unopened! Come hear about the history & myriad rumors about this fascinating Temple in South India. Source - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/04/30/the-secret-of-the-temple Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimesfromtheeast/m...
May 24, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 35
We explore some killer tales of wives murdering their husbands and cooking them into a curry. It happens a LOT! We talk about Zainab Bibi from Pakistan & Nagaratha from Singapore, Alex talks a bit about Omaima from the US & Katherine Knight from Australia. When these women got fed up they got cookin! Check out Heinous - https://open.spotify.com/show/2Mili7tbSbD3z4ZpqB9jVe Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimesfromtheeast/membership Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.c...
May 03, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 34
As usual it's a handy dandy collection of news clips you probably didn't even need in your life but now that you hear them you will question the direction human evolution might be taking. We got tales of $8000 flip flops for sneaky cheaters, Horse Cars, potential new bovine God & resin condoms. Yikes. Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimesfromtheeast/membership Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crimesfromeast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crimesfromtheeast/ Em...
Apr 20, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Swanky new Trailer for this Podcast where you can hear us spill the Chai on True Crime & Strange Phenomenon from South Asia. Namaste! Website - www.crimesfromtheeast.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/crimesfromtheeast Email - crimesfromtheeast@gmail.com
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