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'. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738269/ghosts-monsters-and-demons-of-india-by-rakesh-khanna/ Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimesfromtheeast/membership Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crimesfromeast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crimesfromtheeast/ Email us: crimesfromtheeast@gmail.com

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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crimesfromtheeast/ Email us: crimesfromtheeast@gmail.com

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 sense of who instigated & manipulated whom. What do you think? Video of police entering the home - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQEV8t4su4 Bollywood Corner: Kumari, Kantara Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimesfromtheeast/membership Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crimesfromeast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crimesfromtheeast/ Email us: crimesfromtheeast@gmail.com

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?

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 under the Chauhan Farm. Hers's a case where the archaic and horrible caste system raises it's ugly head to sway people into believing they could simply get rid of an entire family simply because they considered them beneath them. Bollywood Corner: Sairat, Masaan Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimesfromtheeast/membership Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crimesfromeast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crimesfromtheeast/ Email us: crimesfromtheeast@gmail.com

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 narration style. The stories are chilling and are sure to keep you up at night.. Here's an episode about a haunting crime from Vietnam where a Mother's drug debt resulted in the heinous assault & murder of her 22 year old daughter. In the 2019 Tet festival in Vietnam, student Cao was lured by an unusually large chicken order and brutally killed. The ensuing investigation revealed a twisted plot driven by drug debts, implicating numerous culprits in a horrifying murder conspiracy. TW: Mentions of sexual assault

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-2005-120392-2012-11-01 Ronnie & Barty sighting at Chandrataal Lake - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU0utG9RdC0&t=577s Mansarovar lights(turn volume down first!) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CElIA8jHWyM&t=7s Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimesfromtheeast/membership Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crimesfromeast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crimesfromtheeast/ Email us: crimesfromtheeast@gmail.com

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. Twisted and Uncorked [https://www.twistedanduncorked.com] 14. Mystery Inc [https://www.itsmysteryinc.com] If you enjoyed the short segments from these podcasts, definitely follow their links & give them a listen. So many different styles & excellent voices! With that said, we hope you enjoy this themed collaboration. Word to your Mother.. :)

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 [www.itsfoulplay.com] 2. Music City 911[https://musiccity911.com] 3. Crimes from the East [https://tinyurl.com/37sx22bt] 4. Cults, Crimes, Cabernet [https://www.cultscrimescabernet.com] 5. A Nefarious Nightmare [https://tinyurl.com/y5nuezs5] 6. Crimelines [https://linktr.ee/Crimelines] 7. The Asian Madness Podcast [https://tinyurl.com/5n8nv6ay] If you enjoyed the short segments from these podcasts, definitely follow their links & give them a listen. So many different styles & excellent voices! With that said, we hope you enjoy this themed collaboration. Word to your Mother.. :)

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: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crimesfromeast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crimesfromtheeast/ Email us: crimesfromtheeast@gmail.com

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: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimesfromtheeast/membership Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crimesfromeast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crimesfromtheeast/ Email us: crimesfromtheeast@gmail.com

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.com/crimesfromtheeast/membership Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crimesfromeast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crimesfromtheeast/ Email us: crimesfromtheeast@gmail.com

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?

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/crimesfromtheeast/ Email us: crimesfromtheeast@gmail.com

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 to this case. Bollywood Corner : HIT the 2nd Case Check out Katy's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-in-the-50/id1548172017 Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimesfromtheeast/membership Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crimesfromeast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crimesfromtheeast/ Email us: crimesfromtheeast@gmail.com

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.au/ Check out Khooni: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/khooni-the-crimes-of-india/id1504912635 Bollywood corner - Thappad, Darlings, Provoked Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimesfromtheeast/membership Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crimesfromeast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crimesfromtheeast/ Email us: crimesfromtheeast@gmail.com

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. https://ko-fi.com/khoonipodcast 2. https://khoonistore.myinstamojo.com/product/437437/buy-us-a-biryani/ Instagram: @khoonipodcast Twitter : @khoonithepodcast Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWvZyPzovJLZ7ZJ2wHgSMng Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimesfromtheeast/membership Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crimesfromeast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crimesfromtheeast/ Email us: crimesfromtheeast@gmail.com

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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crimesfromtheeast/ Email us: crimesfromtheeast@gmail.com

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.buymeacoffee.com/crimesfromeast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crimesfromtheeast/ Email us: crimesfromtheeast@gmail.com

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 Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimesfromtheeast/membership Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crimesfromeast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crimesfromtheeast/ Email us: crimesfromtheeast@gmail.com Bollywood Corner : Forensic