Trigger Warning : Custodial Torture, Custodial Sexual Assault and Murder by Armed Forces In the dead of the night members of a paramilitary force barged into the house of a Manipuri family and tortured and arrested a Manipuri woman. They claim that she was a member of an insurgent group, but her family claims otherwise. #ThangjamManorama #ManoramaMurder #AFSPA #Manipurkilling Tune into this week's episode to find out more. Sources : 1. https://www.opindia.com/2020/07/undekhi-sony-liv-promotion-t...
Jul 14, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In this week's shorty, Sneha tells you the story of Troilokya, the woman who was the first known serial killer in Calcutta and possibly, India. We would like to thank our listener Pratyay Roy from Kolkata for this episode idea! Sources : 1. https://www.voxspace.in/2018/12/11/troilokya-serial-killer/ 2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/two-hour-walk-takes-participants-to-crime-scenes-of-old-kolkata/articleshow/66113286.cms 3. https://www.scribd.com/article/453496472/City-Of-Storie...
Jul 11, 2020•26 min
TW : Child Sexual Abuse, Rape, Necrophilia, Murder of Children Children had been going missing from an urban village near India's capital city of New Delhi. Parents were helpless as the police abdicated their duties. When the truth finally came to light, a nation was left horrified. Listen to our episode to find out more. #nithari #nitharikaand #nitharikillings #nitharicase #mohindersinghpandher #surinderkoli Sources : WEBSITES: 1. Aman Sethi, House of Horrors, January 26, 2007, Frontline, Print...
Jul 08, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 15
When the love of his life died, Udayan Das built her a tomb. But it's not quite the romantic gesture you think it is. Listen to our shortie, to find out more. SOURCES: 1. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bengal-triple-murder-udayan-das-akansha-sharma-bankura-mystery-breaking-news-top-story-4519831/ 2. https://www.freepressjournal.in/topic/udayan-das 3. https://www.darpanmagazine.com/news/india/bhopal-killer-udayan-das-who-buried-livein-partner-under-marble-platform-got-idea-from-the-xfile...
Jul 03, 2020•46 min
TW : Rape, Murder, Necrophilia, Sexual Assault by Police, Custodial Death This week we briefly tell you about the Jayaraj and Bennicks's brutal custodial murder. For the main case this week, we are covering the Life and Crimes of the Serial Rapist and Murderer Umesh Reddy. He is a trained Police and military man who used his training to satisfy his blood lust. #indianpodcast #truecrime #UmeshReddy #JusticeforJayarajandfenix #Justiceforjayarajand bennicks Below are the peitions you can sign for s...
Jun 30, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 14
TW : Child abuse, murder of children and necrophilia. This perverse man's twisted idea of revenge made him sexually assault and kill children. This was the most difficult episode to make till now. Sneha physically had to stop recording a few times just to get her bearings right. Listen on with caution. Sources : 1. https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/singh-darbara.htm 2. https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/m.timesofindia.com/city/ludhiana/child-serial-killer-dies-at-75-family-refuses-to-claim-body/amp_a...
Jun 25, 2020•25 min
Corruption scandals are not new in India. So, what makes the vyapam scam different? Is it because people associated with the scam keep dying under mysterious circumstances? Tune into our latest episode to find out more. #serialkiller #indiantruectimepodcast #indiancrime #truecrimepodcast #vyapamscam #scamsinindia #necrophilia #indianpodcast #indianpodcaster Sources : 1. Aman Sethi, The mystery of India’s deadly exam scam, 17 December, 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/17/the-myste...
Jun 23, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 13
On his way home, a man is lynched for his faith. Listen to our shortie to find out more. #indiantruectimepodcast #indiancrime #truecrimepodcast #pehlukhancase #justiceforphelukhan #cowvigilantism #murderinthenameofreligion #indianpodcast #indianpodcaster Sources: 1. https://thewire.in/law/a-detailed-breakdown-of-exactly-how-justice-was-denied-to-pehlu-khan 2. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pehlu-khan-body-juvenile-justice-board-6313426/ 3. https://scroll.in/latest/833944/alwar-lynching...
Jun 18, 2020•24 min
A woman was shot in a crowded Pub on a busy Thursday night, but no one saw who shot her. 1. https://youtu.be/ljA17QgmPfE 2. https://www.liveindia.com/news/zzzzzb.html 3. http://tehelka.com/twist-in-jessica-lal-murder-case-sister-sabrina-forgives-killer-manu-sharma/ 4. https://www.thequint.com/explainers/jessica-lall-case-sabrina-lall-on-manu-sharma-explainer 5. https://indiankanoon.org/docfragment/1515299/?formInput=jessica%20lal%20case
Jun 15, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this shorty, Sneha talks about an honour killing that divided Telangana. 1. https://images.app.goo.gl/Bvkv8LMTKoe9a36X9 2. http://www.greatandhra.com/articles/special-articles/amrutha-father-may-have-felt-regret-for-killing-pranay-103066.html 3. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/telangana-honour-killing-we-dreamt-of-bringing-up-our-child-without-caste-prejudices-5363549/ 4. https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/casteism-killed-pranay-we-must-uproot-caste-21-year-old-amrutha-vows-fight-8...
Jun 12, 2020•23 min
A woman lies about her past. A girl is betrayed by her own mother. And a body is found in the forests. Intrigued? Listen to our newest episode for the story of a most sordid and twisted filicide in recent years! Phone Conversations Taped by Rahul Mukherjee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4slXi4SHEU Sources: 1. Sonia Faliero, To Live and Die in Mumbai, The Wire, 21 June 2016, https://thewire.in/uncategorised/to-live-and-die-in-mumbai 2. India Today Cover story, September 14, 2015, https://www.i...
Jun 09, 2020•1 hr 12 min
A few weeks ago, Warangal Police found 9 bodies in a well. Was it a ritual suicide? Was it a mass murder? or Was it a Lockdown driven hunger suicide? Join us this week as Sneha unravels the story behind Warangal's Well of Death in our latest Shorty! 1. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/telangana-murder-or-suicide-nine-bodies-found-floating-in-warangal-borewell/articleshow/75908528.cms 2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/warangal-mystery-to-hide-one-murder-man-k...
Jun 04, 2020•20 min
Don't let the cutesy sounding name fool you, both the drug and the drug lady are equally lethal! Join us this week as we talk about the Crimes and Life of Mumbai Drug Mafia's Million Dollar Baby! 1. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/mumbai-s-baby-patankar-the-queen-of-a-flourishing-drug-empire/story-6I5JEw8modJ1g2prIqXuBJ.html 2. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/baby-patankar-drug-case-mumbai-124-kg-of-mephedrone-makes-way-for-20-gm-of-charas-in-chargesheet-5849453/ 3. https:/...
Jun 02, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Continuing the story of Gurmeet Ram Rahim from the previous episode, we delve into the infamous letter that brought Gurmeet Ram Rahim down, the journalists that paid the price for their integrity and the women who braved the world to make sure justice was done. SOURCES: 1. https://freespeechcollective.in/2018/11/01/ram-chander-chhatrapati-a-17-year-wait-for-justice/ 2. https://theprint.in/report/will-purify-two-rape-victims-testified-gurmeet-ram-rahim-singh/8095/ 3. https://www.altnews.in/atal-b...
May 27, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 9
How did a modest and egalitarian sect morph into a sinister force for evil? How did an unremarkable small town boy become the biggest baddest name in Haryana? And why the hell was he called the Baba of Bling? We explore all this in our episode on Dera Sacha Sauda and its enigmatic leader, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Insan SOURCES: I. News articles 1. https://www.news18.com/news/india/anatomy-of-a-riot-when-gurmeet-ram-rahim-singhs-premis-turned-violent-1501983.html 2. https://www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
May 25, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 7
A clandestine love affair, turns into a fatal obsession, and this is weirdly not a Mills and Boon novel. Tune in to this week's Khooni Shorty to know more! Sources : 1. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/feb/11/poison-curry-killer-sentenced 2. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1249913/Lakhvir-Singh-guilty-killing-ex-lover-poisoned-curry.html 3. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/poison-curry-murderer-sentenced-to-23-year-minimum-1896647.html 4. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/ab...
May 14, 2020•23 min
TW : Sexual Assault, Extreme Violence, Blood Rituals A family gets in the business of murder and mayhem, and unleashes terror on an unsuspecting Bangalore in the last 90s. Listen to our new episode to find out more. Get in Touch, send us your questions : Email : khoonipodcast@gmail.com Instagram : @khoonithepodcast Twitter : @khoonipodcast Sources : 1. https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/deconstructing-the-dandupalya-gang/articleshow/21768521.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&...
May 12, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 7
A sordid saga of a Prince, his mistress and the love of her life. Listen to our shorty to find out more! Sources: 1. https://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/historicalcases/cases/BAWLA_MURDER_CASE-1925.html 2. https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/opinion-an-abduction-on-malabar-hill-1566484737573.html 3. https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/along-the-blood-meridian/281226 4. https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/bygone-grandeur.html 5. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?d...
May 07, 2020•22 min
Tune in this week to listen to our exciting conclusion to the Charles Sobhraj Saga. We follow Charles's cons and murders in India in the late 70s, his capture, his trial, his escape from Tihar, his recapture and much much more! Sources : Books : 1. On the Trail of the Serpent : The Life and Crimes of Charles Sobhraj by Richard Neville and Julie Clarke https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B07TSBG7FK?ie=UTF8&tag=khoonithepodc-21&camp=3638&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B07TSBG7FK 2. Serpent...
May 04, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In 1952, a headless body turns up in an abandoned trunk aboard a train in Chennai. Listen to our Shorty, to find out all the macabre details. Sources: 1. https://www.thehindu.com/madras375/a-hint-of-scandal-in-madras/article6321907.ece 2. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/gripped-by-sleaze-sex-and-murders/article5049706.ece 3. https://tvaraj.com/2013/10/16/murder-most-foul-part-1-the-decapitated-head/...
Apr 30, 2020•21 min
Join us this week, as we look at what Charles got upto after he fled Mumbai. Today's episode takes us from India in the 70s, to the Hippie Trail and we spend some time in Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Hua Hin and Bangkok. Tune in as we discuss among many many things including the Hippie movement, Passport forgery back in the day, With-holding Sex and ofcourse Murder! Sneha's Spotify Playlist : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Fd9y3n4Z5mAwGHi3qpUbm?si=c3zELhCiQNGxhBUv5hgMXA Sources : Books : 1. On the T...
Apr 29, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 5
An adulterous affair in colonial India ends with catastrophic consequences. Listen to our shortie to find out more. Sources: Books : The Agra Double Murder: A Crime of Passion from the Raj by Cecil Walsh. https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/9386582899?ie=UTF8&tag=khoonithepodc-21&camp=3638&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=9386582899...
Apr 23, 2020•25 min
How did a boy who was born in Saigon in the middle of a war become one of the most ingenious Criminals on the Hippie Trail in the 70s? Join us this week as we begin to try and understand the myth and the man that is Charles Gurumukh Sobhraj! Sources : Books : 1. On the Trail of the Serpent : The Life and Crimes of Charles Sobhraj by Richard Neville and Julie Clarke https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B07TSBG7FK?ie=UTF8&tag=khoonithepodc-21&camp=3638&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B07TSBG...
Apr 21, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In today's Shorty find out if there was really a secret cult of blood thirsty murderers in India under the British Raj? What is the true story of the most prolific serial killer in Indian history? listen in to find out! Follow us on twitter @khoonipodcast and instagram @khoonithepodcast sources: 1. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44881 2. https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/the-lore-of-thuggee-and-how-the-british-ended-its-reign/article6435967.ece Books : 3. Thug: The True Story of Indi...
Apr 16, 2020•19 min
TW : Crimes Against Children, Graphic Violence, Communal Violence The ideology of Hindutva is no less dangerous and lethal than any serial killer on the face of the planet. Listen to our episode to find out how it reared its ugly head in Odisha in 1999, and destroyed a family which had dedicated itself to service of those in need. Follow us on twitter @khoonipodcast and instagram @khoonithepodcast Sources : 1. https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19990208-staines-killing-murder-o...
Apr 13, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In today's Shorty, Sneha talks about Black Warrant : Confessions of a Tihar Jailer, and her fascination with Prisons, True Crime and Death Penalty. You can follow the Authors on Twitter at : Sunil Gupta - @thesunilgupta and Sunetra Choudhury - @sunetrac. Follow us on twitter @khoonipodcast and instagram @khoonithepodcast Sources : Books : 1. Black Warrant: Confessions of a Tihar Jailer, by Sunil Gupta and Sunetra Choudhury https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/8194206855?ie=UTF8&tag=khoonithepodc...
Apr 09, 2020•20 min
