87. The Joshi-Abhyankar Murders - India

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. 

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

In Deliverance, a group of friends from the city take a seemingly innocent weekend canoe trip in rural Georgia. But the weekend takes an unimaginable turn to murder. The same horrific scene plays out in real-life as a Poughkeepsie, New York history teacher named Albert Fentress s ...  Show more

Mount Vernon New Hampshire is a small quiet town with population 2,000 and described as the “perfect place to live”. It has low-crime rates, great schools, beautiful scenery and friendly neighbors. It was a peaceful place where most people go to raise children and retire. But all ...  Show more

On the 20th of April 1985, a tragedy would fall upon 2 expat residents of Hong Kong; where they would be found severely beaten, sexually assaulted, and even mutilated. But perhaps what was even more shocking, was that the investigation led police to a group of young gangsters, ...

Are you ready to uncover the chilling true story of one of America's most notorious and elusive serial killers? The Phantom Killer of Texarkana terrorized a small town with a string of brutal murders, leaving investigators baffled and residents living in fear. With a unique modus ...  Show more