• 173. The Murders of Bear Brook Forest
    Nov 20 2025

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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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    54 mins
  • 172. The Rafay Family Murders
    Nov 15 2025

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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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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • 171. The Murder That Shook Kerala: Safiya Case
    Nov 8 2025

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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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    51 mins
  • 170. Murder in Kings Park: Corryn Rayney
    Nov 1 2025

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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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    58 mins
  • Desi Crime Book Launch in Mumbai (30th Oct)
    Oct 29 2025

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    1 min
  • 169. The Slaying of Nitish Katara
    Oct 25 2025

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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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    54 mins
  • 168. The Vanishing of Sudiksha Konanki
    Oct 10 2025

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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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    53 mins
  • 167. The Sauna Murder: Raghunandan Yandamuri
    Oct 4 2025

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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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    38 mins