The Desi Crime Podcast

Order our book, Desi Crime, available now on Amazon: the audiobook with our lovely voices: On some nights, life moves quietly — the kind of quiet that feels ordinary, almost comforting. Streets settle, houses dim, and...

He solved the 1993 blasts, interrogated Ajmal Kasab, and reshaped Mumbai’s police force—Rakesh Maria is one of India’s most legendary cops. Listeners know we’ve been hinting at “that one guest” for years, and we can’t...

Sign up for our Today @ Apple session in Mumbai where you can watch a live Desi Crime Ep recording (for free), at the Apple BKC Store: Welcome to Chai & Chithi, a segment where we read some of the scariest, most...

This is the story of one baby, left broken and battered at a Delhi hospital, who went on to change India. To know more about this case, watch Delhi Crime Season 3, now on Netflix! Some stories don’t begin with a murder...

Order our book, Desi Crime, available now on Amazon: Get the audiobook with our lovely voices: In the quiet woods of New Hampshire, there’s a place locals avoid once the sun goes down. A stretch of forest that feels…...

Order our book, Desi Crime, available now on Amazon: Get the audiobook with our lovely voices: In the summer of 1994, a quiet suburban street in Bellevue, Washington, became the site of something so brutal, neighbors...

Order our book, Desi Crime, available now on Amazon: Get the audiobook with our lovely voices: November 11, 2024. Kasaragod District Court, Kerala. Rain drizzles outside as an elderly couple stands in a quiet corner of...

Order our book, Desi Crime, available now on Amazon: Get the audiobook with our lovely voices: On a calm September night in Perth, a city known for its stillness, something unthinkable shattered the quiet. By dawn, a...

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OCTOBER FREE EARLY ACCESS: Order our book, Desi Crime, available now on Amazon: Get the audiobook with our lovely voices: On a chilly February morning in 2002, a lone figure stood before a burnt corpse on a hospital...

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Order our book, Desi Crime, available now on Amazon: Get the audiobook with our lovely voices: This is the story of Raghunandan Yandamuri – an aspiring techie, a doting friend… and the first Indian-American on death...

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Order our book, Desi Crime, available now on Amazon: Get the audiobook with our lovely voices: It is a still summer day in Bihar. The year is 2007. A mother returns to a classroom and finds her baby’s cot empty. Panic...

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Order our book, Desi Crime, available now on Amazon: Get the audiobook with our lovely voices: The case we have for you today is of a successful, driven and happy couple who were doing their best, their very best to...

Desi Crime Book, out now: Audio book, only on Audible: Houston’s late-summer heat can feel suffocating—thick air clinging to the skin, the city humming under streetlights. On one such night in August 2024, a brief...

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Order our book, Desi Crime, available now on Amazon: Get the audiobook with our lovely voices: It was a freezing February night in upstate New York. Snowflakes swirled in the wind, settling over a quiet strip mall in...

Order our book, Desi Crime, available now on Amazon: Get the audiobook with our lovely voices: In the early 90s, Bollywood crowned a new queen. At just 19, she was everywhere—on every poster, every magazine cover, every...

Order our book, Desi Crime, available now on Amazon: Get the audiobook with our lovely voices: Under the soft July sun in Gurugram, as the kitchen clock ticked just past 10:30 a.m. on July 10, 2025, a quiet home in...

He was young, brilliant, and fearless — an IIM grad who took a job no one wanted. One night, he vanished after a routine inspection in a small Indian town. What happened next would expose a chilling underworld no one...

Order our book, Desi Crime, available now on Amazon: Dharmasthala, Karnataka. For centuries, its name has meant justice. It's a place where faith feels tangible, a sanctuary where a Hindu deity is served by a Jain...

Order our book, Desi Crime, available now on Amazon: The case that I have for you guys today is one that sent Pakistani authorities on the largest manhunt for Pakistan's most notorious serial killer. This is the story...

Under the soft orange wash of a Rishikesh dusk, the air held its breath. A girl, nineteen, bright-eyed, new to the city and newer still to her first job, walked the narrow paths of Vanantra Resort, hemmed in by forest...