Welcome to Chai and Chithi, a segment where we take fan stories mailed in to us, as well as share some of our more personal ghastly experiences. Mail in your spooky, crime or desi stories to desicrime@thebranchmedia.org.
98. The Death of Geetika Sharma
Over the last decade, India has been home to a slew of unexpected, scandalous and devastating suicides with sinister back stories. These suicides, those of Jiya Khan, Pratyusha Banjerjee, Sushant Singh Rajput, Tunisha Sharma and more, weren’t just stories of people who gave up on ...Show more
Kenneth and Kari Allen appeared to be loving siblings from an all-American family in Indianapolis. But a contentious divorce tore the siblings apart and sent them down two different paths. Hardened by crime and isolation, and crippled with a gambling addiction, Kenneth returns ho ...Show more
Two brothers born three years apart seem to share the same brain ... and knack for getting into trouble. Their childhood misdeeds started out small-harassing kids in their neighborhood, stealing from their neighbors-but as they grew, their behavior became increasingly strange, al ...Show more
Growing up as Jehovah's Witnesses in the small town of Salisbury, PA, Bryan and David Freeman were forbidden from celebrating holidays and making friends outside of their religion. When Brian and David become teenagers, they forsake their parent's rules and religion and find a ne ...Show more
Carl and Billy Isaacs, and half-brother Wayne Coleman, were born into a home of poverty and neglect. Without parental restrictions, the brother's ran wild and spent their formative years in and out juvenile detention. By adulthood, Carl and Wayne were convicted felons, serving ti ...Show more