It was now September 12th, a day after the world had turned upside down. In the chaos and panic of one of the most devastating terrorist attacks in the history of the world, one family was reeling uniquely- their daughter, sister, wife Sneha Philip had disappeared just a night before the attack and nobody seemed to have the time to find her. When Sneha’s brother’s lie actually prompts the cops to investigate her disappearance, the case only grew more and more confusing. Welcome to Part 2 of the ...
May 06, 2022•38 min
On the 11th of September 2001, the world fundamentally changed. From the moment 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists boarded four American aircrafts, and one by one, planned to crash them into four of the United State’s most significant buildings, death and distruction was on the way. Working in these buildings on that morning and living in these cities on the 11th of September were hundreds of thousands of Indians, one of whom was Sneha Philip. A beautiful 31 year old doctor, Sneha was living in and walking ...
May 06, 2022•30 min
This is a story from Pakistan, a story of a woman just like a lot of us. She was in love and living a happy life. She had a loving sister, doting parents and a relationship of 3 years. But by early 2021, something had shifted in Noor’s life. Something was wrong and the people around, the people close to her could sense it. What the people around Noor didn’t know was that she was about to become a symbol of feminism and the rights of women in a patriarchal society. Noor would go down in history. ...
May 02, 2022•56 min
By 1976, 5 people are dead within a small radius around a house in Bangkok. This house belongs to wealthy gem dealer Alain Gautier and his wife, Monique. But as of now, nobody had successfully drawn the connection between Alain and the deaths of foreign travelers on the hippy trail. But that was all going to change. Simultaneously, two couples are working to reveal the truth about Alain and the people around him: Dutch diplomat Herman Knippenberg and his wife Angela and Nadine Gires and her husb...
Apr 16, 2022•52 min
“21 year old American woman drugged and drowned in Bangkok”; “Turkish man found doused in gasoline and burnt to death near Pattaya”; “Dutch couple found drugged, strangled and burnt alive in Thailand”… and the countless news reports of dead or missing foreign nations just wouldn’t stop. This is the story of one man behind these killings, and this is the story of one man that uncovered it all. This is the story of Charles Sobhraj. | Intro by ghostfml Follow us on Instagram : @desicrime https://ww...
Apr 16, 2022•38 min
After the last episode went live, we were reached out by Hiren Rathod’s wife. This story just took a crazy turn in real time. The episode that we have for you today is a follow up update on the last episode we created, The Bed Box Murder. The story is of a beautiful, young girl, Snehal Gaware, whose murder shook the city of Mumbai and led to the conviction of her boyfriend Hiren Rathod. A lot has happened in the 24 hours since we uploaded that episode and new, shocking details have come to the s...
Apr 15, 2022•24 min
A beautiful, young girl has just begun to live her life, only just begun to explore relationships, friendships, academic success but fails to see the signs of the disaster that is coming her way. This is the story of a family, a happy and loving household, broken and destroyed for an unknown cause and a murder that kept Mumbai cops on their toes for almost a decade. This is the story of an romance gone wrong, allegedly. This is the story of Snehal Gaware. | Intro by ghostfml Follow us on Instagr...
Apr 09, 2022•38 min
After that harrowing phone call, we left all of you on a cliffhanger. Joe Cinque is barely breathing. Anu Singh is panicking. And Maria Cinque, Joe’s mother is breathless, convinced that her son is dead; dead at the hands of his own girlfriend : Anu Singh. Find out in today’s episode what actually happened on the morning of 26th October 1997; the fateful Sunday that sealed the Cinque’s destiny forever. This is the story of death by the devil; this is the story of Anu Singh and Joe Cinque. | Intr...
Apr 01, 2022•38 min
This is a story of Romeo and the Devil. A story that involves dinner parties and death, passionate love and paralyzing terror, heroine and a murderer that still roams free among all of us. This is part 1 of the bizarre story of a couple that made a one sided suicide pact, this is the story of Anu Singh. | Intro by ghostfml Follow us on Instagram : @desicrime https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/ Follow us on Twitter : @desicrime https://twitter.com/DesiCrime?s=20 PLEASE become a Patron: www.patre...
Mar 24, 2022•37 min
Almost two years ago, in June of 2020, as the world was protesting the unlawful death of George Floyd caused by a cop who stepped on his neck for over 9 minutes, India was fighting its own case of police brutality. We brought that case to you two years ago and since then, new, harrowing developments in the case have led us to bring to you an update episode. This episode goes to the countless people who are hurt or lose their life at the hands of those meant to protect them. This episode goes to ...
Mar 18, 2022•36 min
9 years ago, among the millions of tourists that come to India every year, there was Jonathan Spollen— a 28 year old Irish journalist. He came to India on what was supposed to be a journey of self discovery until his friends and family couldn’t reach him anymore. To find out the story of Jonathan, tune in to this month’s extra Patreon episode. | Intro by ghostfml Follow us on Instagram : @desicrime https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/ Follow us on Twitter : @desicrime https://twitter.com/DesiCri...
Mar 13, 2022•36 min
From being buried alive, to death penalties, to self proclaimed swamis (godmen), this case has it all. 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. | Intro by ghostfml Follow us on Instagram : @desicrime https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/ Follow us on Twitter : @desicrime https://twitter.com/DesiCrime?s=20 PLEASE become a Patron: w...
Mar 06, 2022•46 min
You have heard of Ted Bundy, the Times Square killer, John Wayne Gacy, Jack the Ripper and on and on and on about a list of serial killers that haunt you in your dreams. The story we have for you today will haunt you even when you are awake. The serial killer we have for you makes the Ted Bundys of the world look like petty criminals, because today’s killer is the greatest, most hated, most terrifying serial killer in the history of mankind. Don’t believe us? Well, Guinness Book of World record ...
Mar 04, 2022•34 min
The much demanded intro music to our podcast is finally available to stream as it is. Enjoy some music amidst all the crime we bring to your audio palate.
Feb 17, 2022•41 sec
This story only gets crazier, convoluted and confusing as we reach the Finale of the Nepalese Royal Family massacre. This is the story of a political struggle, an unaccepted love affair, a family rivalry and a mass killing that left 10 dead and 4 severely wounded by not an outsider but an insider from within their family. This is the story of the Nepalese Royal Family Massacre. | Intro by ghostfml Follow us on Instagram : @desicrime https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/ Follow us on Twitter : @de...
Feb 03, 2022•24 min
The case that we have for you today is one that destroyed the most significant family in Nepal and pushed the country into political turmoil. This is the story of a political struggle, an unaccepted love affair, a family rivalry and a mass killing that left 10 dead and 4 severely wounded by not an outsider but an insider from within their family. This is the story of the Nepalese Royal Family Massacre. | Intro by ghostfml Follow us on Instagram : @desicrime https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/ F...
Jan 27, 2022•25 min
This is the story of the thug who loved women more than money, this is the story of Daku Amritlal. The word ‘dacoit’ bears its roots in the Hindi word daku. Tracing back its etymology unveils a plethora of stories buried in the rich history of India and its rule under the British empire. From the commonly know dakus like Paan Singh tomar, to the brave phoolan Devi, to the dreaded Gabbar Singh, endless stories can be found in the plains and plateaus of Northern India. Last time we covered the rea...
Nov 12, 2021•30 min
The case that we have for you today is one of a prank gone wrong. In today’s world of people meeting each other online at higher rates than ever, especially since the onset of a pandemic that forced everyone into the confines of their homes, the need to know the person you’re talking to online for your own safety is more important than ever. This is the story of a 22 year old young woman from the state of Kerala, happily married, trying to navigate the world around her and live her best life unt...
Oct 29, 2021•31 min
This week’s case is one that, in our opinion, does not get enough limelight. As the world focused its attention on the Sheena Bora murder case in 2015, another heartbreaking and jaw dropping double murder somehow came to the forefront but was forgotten relatively quickly. This is the story of an immensely talented woman whose life, on the outside, seemed perfect and one that most people down the same career path would envy. This is the story of an Indian artist who gained fame and international ...
Oct 03, 2021•33 min
Often we hear brothers in blood as a phrase that depicts loyalty. But what happens when that phrase is taken too literally. What happens when, not an outsider, but an insider turns on his or her own family? This is the story of an immigrant family from the quiet and quaint town of Allen, Texas. This is the story of the brothers in blood; the Towhid brothers. | Intro by ghostfml —————— Farhan’s 3D graphics engine: github.com/FarTow —————— Follow us on Instagram : @desicrime https://www.instagram....
Sep 18, 2021•31 min
In the early months of 2019, dead bodies of men started showing up in and around Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka; dead bodies of men that, on the face of it, had absolutely no connection to each other. However, a quick look at their bodies revealed a harrowing truth about their past and their deaths. Tune in to this week’s episode of the Desi Crime Podcast to find out who was Hercules, Bangladesh’s very own vigilante killer.
Sep 11, 2021•26 min
This all began with a blurry pixelated video shot in 2011. A video that was as innocent as any video— girls singing, boys dancing. This all began with that video. It is 2013 and 8 have been killed by this video. The Supreme Court has re-opened the case. Find out if any more lives are lost by this one viral video, and if justice is served. Finally, Welcome back, to part 3, of the Kohistan Video Murders.
Sep 04, 2021•29 min
A leaked video showing 4 girls singing and 2 boys dancing is making the rounds in Kohistan, a mountainous district in the northern Kybher Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan. As cold as that area is, this story is even colder. Begum Jan, Shireen Jan, Bazigha and Amna have lost their lives to a cold blooded murder. That is all their fate held after 30 days of torture in a small room, from hot coals to boiling water, their own families subjected the poor girls to this treatment. But even though they ar...
May 16, 2021•33 min
A video surfaced back in 2012, far in the northern hills of Pakistan, in a small district called Kohistan. This video, to an outsider, like me or you, is a very innocent clip— 4 women clapping and singing wedding songs, while 1 boy dances to their melodious tunes. Sounds like a happy moment caught on a 2 megapixel Nokia camera. Well, think again! This is the story of the video that took the lives of 8 people; this is the story of the Kohistan Video Murders | Intro by ghostfml Follow us on Instag...
Apr 23, 2021•29 min
Anni has been murdered and the lives of everyone around her are shattered. Now, her father goes all the way to South Africa to find out the truth about his daughter’s murder. The revelations in this case will leave everyone wondering whether you can truly ever know someone. To find out the story about Anni’s murder, tune in to this week’s episode- part II of the Honeymoon Murder. | Intro by ghostfml BOOKS: Anni Dewani: A Father’s Story - https://amzn.to/3epWJIg Follow us on Instagram : @desicrim...
Mar 21, 2021•52 min
They’re a beautiful couple and they look like they’re crazily in love. Their romance involves a proposal in Paris, a private jet and a £25,000 ring. Their honeymoon is no less- an exotic vacation to Cape Town, South Africa. But then their lives turned upside down. Find out the story of Anni Dewani in part I of this two part episode. | Intro by ghostfml BOOKS: Anni Dewani: A Father’s Story - https://amzn.to/3epWJIg Follow us on Instagram : @desicrime https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/ Follow us...
Mar 10, 2021•35 min
13 days ago, on the 24th of January, the country woke up to the news of a heinous double murder. But very quickly, it becomes clear that the murderers in this double murder aren’t cold blooded killers but a mentally unstable family which was unable to save itself before it was too late. Listen to the audio of the delusional mother, and hear the details of this gruesome case. To find out the story of the Naidu family and the Andhra double murder, tune in to this episode of the Desi Crime Podcast....
Feb 06, 2021•37 min
This story takes place in the Bumbling streets of Karachi. Organs trade, Cadaver theft, and ghosts, so many theories come find out! Imagine you are dead. No, I am serious. Imagine you are dead, and have been buried by your friends and family. But the night of your burial, something or someone, comes, and disturbs your grave. Something or someone comes, and does something to your body that is so heinous, so gory, so crazy, that you thank God you are dead and not alive to witness it. What you just...
Jan 20, 2021•28 min
On 11th February’ 2012, Bangladesh woke up to the news of a harrowing murder that had taken place in its capital- the murder of high profile energy journalists Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi. As we near the ninth anniversary of the crime, find out all the details of one of Bangladesh’s most infamous and brutal cold case and judge for yourself what you think went down on that fateful night. Follow us on Instagram & Twitter : @desicrime and become a Patron: www.patreon.com/desicrime | Intro by...
Jan 03, 2021•31 min
Dubai, Kapoor, Bollywood. All of these have in common Sridevi, India\'s beloved actress. Her death still mystifies the nation, and in this episode we explored the WEIRD events leading up to her death. This one is quite the cold case. To find out what went down on that fateful Saturday two years ago, tune in to this week’s episode. Follow us at @desicrime and become a Patron: www.patreon.com/desicrime | Intro by ghostfml Follow us on Instagram : @desicrime https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/ Fol...
Dec 13, 2020•24 min
