Season 1

Nov. 1, 2023

Bhootylicious Part 1

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 …

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Oct. 13, 2023

Deadly Devotion - The Madanapalle Murders

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 …

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July 12, 2023

Masala News 07 - Jugaad

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 …

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June 7, 2023

Desi Orbs - Glowing Orbs, Humanoid UFO & mysterious Mt.Kailash

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 …

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May 9, 2023

Murder for Love - Shabnam & Salim

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 …

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April 14, 2023

Hokandara Horror

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 …

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March 29, 2023

Flown Away - Part 2

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 …

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March 16, 2023

Flown Away - Part 1

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 …

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Feb. 28, 2023

Masala News 06 - Pee Boy of Wall St.

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 …

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Jan. 24, 2023

The Murder of Arpana Jinaga

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 …

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Jan. 11, 2023

The Dishonorable Murder of Sajida Tasneem feat. Khooni Podcast

In June 2022, 32 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 …

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Jan. 3, 2023

Seeta Kaur - Khooni ft. Crimes from the East Podcast

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 …

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Dec. 28, 2022

The Astral Murders - Part 2

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 …

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Dec. 13, 2022

The Astral Murders - Part 1

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 …

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Nov. 2, 2022

The Burari Banyan Tree Ritual - Part 2

Were the deaths of 9 adults and 2 minors a suicide pact, cold blooded murder or a naïve accident? Did the last few days of the seemingly perfect Bhatia family hold any clues to their fate? We go over various …

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Sept. 28, 2022

The Burari Banyan Tree Ritual - Part 1

On the 1st of July 2018, 10 members of the picture perfect happy Bhatia family in Burari, Delhi were found hanging from the ceiling & the oldest, 77 year old matriarch was found asphyxiated in the adjacent room.

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Aug. 29, 2022

Masala News 06 - Drunk Rats & Ant Chutney

Travel back in time as we mysteriously seem to be in Diwali 2021 season! Yup this is a lost episode unreleased before this for no apparent reason. :D Enjoy an almost exclusively animal & critter related Masala News edition or …

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Aug. 12, 2022

Deadly Delivery - Patnagarh Parcel Bombing

On a lazy afternoon in 2018, newlywed couple Soumya & Reema from Patnagarh, Odisha were trying to decide what to cook for lunch when a mysterious package was delivered to their home. Thinking it was a wedding gift Soumya opened …

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July 19, 2022

Terror on Pan Am Flight 73 - Neerja Bhanot

On Sept 5th 1986, 4 hijackers held 379 people on board Flight 73 hostage in absolute terror for 16 long hours at the Karachi Airport before they erupted in reckless violence killing 22 people. 359 people survived thanks to the …

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May 24, 2022

Chamber of Secrets at the Padmanabhaswamy Temple

In 2011 Indian Courts ordered the secret vaults of the Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala to be opened & the wealth inventoried. What emerged was a treasure worth a whopping $22 BILLION USD! This was from just 1 of 6 secret …

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May 3, 2022

Killer Curry - Murderous Wives

We explore some killer tales of wives murdering their husbands and cooking them into a curry. It happens a LOT! We talk about Zainab Bibi from Pakistan & Nagaratha from Singapore, Alex talks a bit about Omaima from the US …

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April 20, 2022

Masala News 05 - Flip Flops & Horse Cars

As usual it's a handy dandy collection of news clips you probably didn't even need in your life but now that you hear them you will question the direction human evolution might be taking. We got tales of $8000 flip …

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March 2, 2022

UFO Hour - with Astrobiologist Pushkar Vaidya

Pushkar Vaidya is the Head Scientist(Astrobiologist) at the Indian Astrobiology Research Foundation Institute in Mumbai, India. We chat about the building blocks of Life in Space & on Earth, our possible Origins, their plans to collect space dust & also …

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June 15, 2021

Akku Yadav - Death by a 1000 Cuts

Akku Yadav was a violent and relentless gangster who terrorized the Kasturba Nagar slum for 13 years with the blessing of local authorities. In 2004, people had suffered enough and an angry mob brought his life to a horrific end …

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