The Desi Crime Podcast

Audio listeners, head to the YouTube comments section to tell us how many times we used the phrase "WHOLE TRUTH": https://yt.openinapp.co/Sharmini Visit Whole Truth Foods and use CODE: DESI20 to get 20% off your order. https://thewholetruthfoods.com When a girl leaves her home in Toronto, she feels safe. Her family feels safe. When she says she’ll be back in a few hours, people believe she will. The same was true in 1999, just as it is today. So when, in June of 1999, a 15 year old left her home at 9AM to start a new job she had just gotten, her family trusted they’d see her for dinner that evening. But hours passed and then days and then months before that 15 year old would be seen again. This is the story of what happened that one June morning and the one man everyone believes was responsible for it. This is the tragic story of Sharmini Anandavel. 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/join⁠⁠ To buy Desi Studios merch, visit: ⁠⁠https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studios⁠⁠ For fastest updates, follow our socials at: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/⁠⁠ Want our content in video formats instead? Head over to YouTube: ⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@thedesistudios?si=HBkPuoi3bFxx46tU⁠⁠ Love horror content too? Subscribe to The Bhootbusters Podcast:  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bhootbusters-podcast/id1728625464  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3I4KvQugyBJIjf69WlJvVh?si=Leb_m209R8exHTqlJlXcKQ  Amazon: ⁠⁠https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/564ff27d-d49f-443b-9fa1-318fab5630aa/the-bhootbusters-podcast⁠⁠ Our personal: Aryaan: https://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/  Aishwarya: https://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/

Visit Whole Truth Foods and use CODE: DESI20 to get 20% off your order. https://thewholetruthfoods.com Any 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. 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/join⁠ To buy Desi Studios merch, visit: ⁠https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studios⁠ For fastest updates, follow our socials at: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/⁠ Want our content in video formats instead? Head over to YouTube: ⁠https://youtube.com/@thedesistudios?si=HBkPuoi3bFxx46tU⁠ Love horror content too? Subscribe to The Bhootbusters Podcast:  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bhootbusters-podcast/id1728625464  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3I4KvQugyBJIjf69WlJvVh?si=Leb_m209R8exHTqlJlXcKQ  Amazon: ⁠https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/564ff27d-d49f-443b-9fa1-318fab5630aa/the-bhootbusters-podcast⁠ Our personal: Aryaan: https://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/  Aishwarya: https://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/

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.  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/join To buy Desi Studios merch, visit: https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studios For fastest updates, follow our socials at: https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/ Want our content in video formats instead? Head over to YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thedesistudios?si=HBkPuoi3bFxx46tU Love horror content too? Subscribe to The Bhootbusters Podcast:  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bhootbusters-podcast/id1728625464  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3I4KvQugyBJIjf69WlJvVh?si=Leb_m209R8exHTqlJlXcKQ  Amazon: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/564ff27d-d49f-443b-9fa1-318fab5630aa/the-bhootbusters-podcast Our personal: Aryaan: https://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/  Aishwarya: https://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/

Visit Whole Truth Foods and use CODE: DESI20 to get 20% off your order. https://thewholetruthfoods.com 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.  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/join To buy Desi Studios merch, visit: https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studios For fastest updates, follow our socials at: https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/ Want our content in video formats instead? Head over to YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thedesistudios?si=HBkPuoi3bFxx46tU Love horror content too? Subscribe to The Bhootbusters Podcast: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bhootbusters-podcast/id1728625464 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3I4KvQugyBJIjf69WlJvVh?si=Leb_m209R8exHTqlJlXcKQ Amazon: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/564ff27d-d49f-443b-9fa1-318fab5630aa/the-bhootbusters-podcast Aryaan: https://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/ Aishwarya: https://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/

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. 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/join To buy Desi Studios merch, visit: https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studios For fastest updates, follow our socials at: https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/ Want our content in video formats instead? Head over to YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thedesistudios?si=HBkPuoi3bFxx46tU Love horror content too? Subscribe to The Bhootbusters Podcast: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bhootbusters-podcast/id1728625464 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3I4KvQugyBJIjf69WlJvVh?si=Leb_m209R8exHTqlJlXcKQ Amazon: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/564ff27d-d49f-443b-9fa1-318fab5630aa/the-bhootbusters-podcast Aryaan: https://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/ Aishwarya: https://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/

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.  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/join To buy Desi Studios merch, visit: https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studios For fastest updates, follow our socials at: https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/ Want our content in video formats instead? Head over to YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thedesistudios?si=HBkPuoi3bFxx46tU Love horror content too? Subscribe to The Bhootbusters Podcast: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bhootbusters-podcast/id1728625464 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3I4KvQugyBJIjf69WlJvVh?si=Leb_m209R8exHTqlJlXcKQ Amazon: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/564ff27d-d49f-443b-9fa1-318fab5630aa/the-bhootbusters-podcast Aryaan: https://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/ Aishwarya: https://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/

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. 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/join To buy Desi Studios merch, visit: https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studios For fastest updates, follow our socials at: https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/ Want our content in video formats instead? Head over to YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thedesistudios?si=HBkPuoi3bFxx46tU Love horror content too? Subscribe to The Bhootbusters Podcast: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bhootbusters-podcast/id1728625464 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3I4KvQugyBJIjf69WlJvVh?si=Leb_m209R8exHTqlJlXcKQ Amazon: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/564ff27d-d49f-443b-9fa1-318fab5630aa/the-bhootbusters-podcast Aryaan: https://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/ Aishwarya: https://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/

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’.  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/join To buy Desi Studios merch, visit: https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studios For fastest updates, follow our socials at: https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/ Want our content in video formats instead? Head over to YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thedesistudios?si=HBkPuoi3bFxx46tU Love horror content too? Subscribe to The Bhootbusters Podcast: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bhootbusters-podcast/id1728625464 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3I4KvQugyBJIjf69WlJvVh?si=Leb_m209R8exHTqlJlXcKQ Amazon: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/564ff27d-d49f-443b-9fa1-318fab5630aa/the-bhootbusters-podcast Aryaan: https://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/ Aishwarya: https://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/

DOUBLE EPISODE WEEK: OLD EPISODE TODAY, NEW EPISODE TOMORROW! 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? 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/join To buy Desi Studios merch, visit: https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studios For fastest updates, follow our socials at: https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/ Want our content in video formats instead? Head over to YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thedesistudios?si=HBkPuoi3bFxx46tU Love horror content too? Subscribe to The Bhootbusters Podcast: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bhootbusters-podcast/id1728625464 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3I4KvQugyBJIjf69WlJvVh?si=Leb_m209R8exHTqlJlXcKQ Amazon: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/564ff27d-d49f-443b-9fa1-318fab5630aa/the-bhootbusters-podcast Aryaan: https://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/ Aishwarya: https://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/

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. To 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/join⁠⁠ To buy Desi Studios merch, visit: ⁠⁠https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studios⁠⁠ Love our faces? Head over to YouTube to view our content in video format: ⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@thedesistudios?si=sJTzUuw6MrQQhhDd⁠⁠ For fastest updates, follow our socials at: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/bhootbusters/⁠⁠ Aryaan ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/⁠⁠ Aishwarya ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/