Onmanorama's Kerala Crime Files is a gripping true crime series that takes you deep into Kerala’s most shocking real-life cases, straight from the 137-year-old archives of Malayala Manorama. Listen to forgotten mysteries, chilling details, and untold stories.
Latest episodes
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4 min
P Rajan: A Father’s Fight & State’s Shame
He was not a criminal or a rebel—just a student whose name still echoes across Kerala. What happened to P Rajan inside the walls of the Kakkayam camp exposed a darkness deeper than…
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6 min
The Panamkutty murder of 1981: The human sacrifice that haunted Kerala
Seventeen-year-old Sophia left home for love, unaware that her new life would spiral into horror. Mohanan’s family, guided by a mysterious sorcerer, planned a human sacrifice—promi…
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8 min
Elanthoor Human Sacrifice Murders: Stolen lives, & Faith Drenched in Violence
In 2022, the quiet village of Elanthoor in Pathanamthitta became the backdrop for one of Kerala’s most shocking crimes. Two women, Padmam and Rosly, went missing and were later fou…
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10 min
Tushara Murder Case: India’s first starvation murder | Ft. Investigation Officer V S Dinaraj
She was just 27, weighing barely twenty-one kilos when death claimed her. But this was no illness. It was murder—by slow starvation. For six years, Tushara was silenced, cut off fr…
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6 min
The Devalokam double murder: A witness that sang cock-a-doodle-doo
In October 1993, the quiet village of Perla in Kasaragod witnessed a crime both brutal and bizarre. Imam Hussain, a self proclaimed sorcerer, lured farmer Sreekrishna Bhat and his…
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8 min
The Bunty Chor Story: The Phantom in Thiruvananthapuram
In January 2013, Thiruvananthapuram witnessed one of its most audacious heists when India’s infamous “super thief” Bunty Chor broke into a heavily fortified mansion in Muttada. Sca…
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8 min
Chelembra Bank Heist: A Robbery Unlike Any
New Year’s Eve, 2007. Families across Kerala were preparing for celebrations, but in Malappuram a daring gang was drilling through eight inches of reinforced concrete into the Sout…
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6 min
The Total4U Scam: The Boy Who Sold Dreams
He was the boy who sold Kerala a dream—quick-witted, and charming. In the mid-2000s, nineteen-year-old Shabarinath promised to double your money, and people believed him. Film star…
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6 min
Ettumanoor Idol Theft: How a schoolgirl’s notebook cracked the crime
Not a broken lock. Not a shattered door. Just a scribbled scrap of paper from a temple well.In 1981, the sacred Ettumanoor Mahadeva Temple lost its golden Shiva idol in a heist tha…
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9 min
Nanthancode Murder: Killer in The Family
He wasn’t a stranger. He was their son. Her brother. The quiet one. But in April 2017, after meticulous planning, he turned their home into a slaughterhouse. Four family members mu…
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10 min
Aluva Manjooran Family Murder: When Home Turned Hostile
He was family. He shared meals and memories. but one day, he became the villain of their lives.In a quiet home just 200 metres from a police station, six lives were snuffed out in…
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20 min
Ripper Chandran: Deathrow’s Most Defiant Man | Ft. Veteran Journalist P Gopi
He was the man who terrorised border villages for a year—brutal, unpredictable, and unrepentant. But what unfolded after his conviction was unlike anything India had seen. For four…
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15 min
Karikkanvilla Murder: A Prayer Rises from Spilt Blood | Ft. Reny George
In 1980, Kerala was rocked by one of its most chilling twin murders. A peaceful home in Meenthalakkara turned into a crime scene, and the nation watched as a relative—once lovingly…