Punjabi Crime Podcast

In August 1989, 26-year-old Ronald Jack and his wife Doreen , along with their two young sons Russell (9) and Ryan (4) , vanished after Ronald met a man in a local pub in Prince George. The man claimed he could get Ronald and a friend well-paid logging and camp-kitchen jobs “up north,” and said the family could stay at the camp. Later that night, Ronald phoned a relative saying they would be away...

Daniel Morcombe was a 13-year-old boy from Queensland who disappeared on 7 December 2003 while waiting for a bus on the Sunshine Coast. His disappearance triggered one of Australia’s largest missing-person investigations, involving years of public appeals, searches, and national attention. In 2011, police arrested Brett Peter Cowan after an undercover sting operation in which he effectively confes...

In March 2020 in Victoria’s High Country (remote bushland east of Melbourne), retired couple Russell Hill (74) and Carol Clay (73) disappeared while on a camping trip in the Wonnangatta Valley. After a long investigation, former Jetstar pilot Greg Lynn — who had also been camping nearby — was arrested and charged with their deaths; at a 2024 trial he was convicted of murdering Carol Clay and acqui...

In August 2023, 23-year-old DPD delivery driver Aurman Singh was murdered while working his delivery route in Shrewsbury, England. He was deliberately lured to a location and then ambushed by a group of men armed with weapons including an axe, shovel and hockey stick. The attack was planned using inside information about his delivery schedule, and Aurman died at the scene from multiple severe inju...

In January 2020 in the Seven Kings area of Ilford, east London, three young men were fatally stabbed on a residential street in a violent altercation , with police confirming all victims were known to each other and believed to be from the local community; two suspects were arrested on suspicion of murder as investigators worked to understand what had sparked the deadly clash that shocked neighbou...

In March 2024 in Barrhaven , a suburb of Ottawa, Canada , a Sri Lankan immigrant family was the victim of a shocking mass stabbing when 19-year-old Febrio De-Zoysa , a student living with them, attacked the household with a large knife. Police found six people dead inside the home — a 35-year-old mother and her four young children , aged seven, four, three, and two months, as well as a 40-year-old...

Toyah Cordingley was a 24-year-old woman from Far North Queensland who disappeared in October 2018 after going to Wangetti Beach, near Cairns, to walk her dog. She was found dead the next day, and the case triggered a major investigation that lasted years and drew national attention. Police eventually identified Rajwinder Singh — an Australian resident who had left for India shortly after the kill...

Sharanjit Kaur, living in New Zealand, became enraged after seeing a family photo of her partner with his wife and children, and in June 2024 she followed and chased the wife’s car at dangerously high speeds. During the pursuit, she repeatedly tried to intimidate her, drove on the wrong side of the road, and reached speeds estimated at more than 120 km/h. The chase ended in a head-on collision wit...

Gurjit (Gurjeet) Singh was a 27-year-old man living in Dunedin, New Zealand, who was stabbed to death outside his Liberton home in January 2024. Police found him with multiple stab wounds and quickly launched a homicide investigation. A 35-year-old man named Rajinder was arrested and charged after investigators gathered CCTV, DNA, and other evidence linking him to the attack. In court, prosecutors...

Cleo Smith was a 4-year-old girl from Western Australia who disappeared from a tent while camping with her family at the Blowholes campsite near Carnarvon in October 2021. Her disappearance triggered a massive search effort across land, air, and sea, and police quickly treated the case as an abduction. After 18 days, officers found Cleo alive and unharmed inside a locked house in Carnarvon, just m...

Jagtar Singh Sidhu, 57, and his wife Harbhajan Kaur Sidhu, 55, were shot inside their rental home near the Caledon–Brampton border in Ontario late at night on November 20, 2023. Police arrived after reports of gunfire; Jagtar died at the scene and Harbhajan passed away later in hospital. Their daughter, in her late 20s, was also shot multiple times but survived. Investigators believe several suspe...

Surjit Singh Chhokar was murdered in Scotland in 1998 — but what followed was even more shocking than the crime itself. Three trials, decades of legal battles, accusations of racism, community anger, and finally… justice, after 17 long years. In this video, we break down the full case:🔹 What happened on the night Surjit was killed🔹 Why the early investigations failed🔹 How “double jeopardy” laws...

In 2003, East London’s quiet Forest Gate neighborhood witnessed a shocking and brutal crime that stunned the entire community. Two hardworking brothers – Amarjit Tiwana (46) and Rajinder “Raj” Tiwana (39) – were gunned down in broad daylight outside their family-run hotel… all over something as small as a parking argument. What happened that afternoon? How did a normal dispute explode into an exec...

Dr. Asha Goel was a Canadian-citizen doctor who was brutally murdered in Mumbai, India, in August 2003 while visiting family. She was 62 and a respected obstetrician and gynaecologist who had practised medicine for decades in Canada. Goel was found dead in her brother’s Malabar Hill flat with multiple stab wounds and severe injuries , and police concluded the killing was linked to a family propert...

Ruby Franke is a former U.S. “family-vlogging” YouTuber who ran the channel 8 Passengers , where she documented life with her husband and six children. For years, viewers raised concerns about her harsh parenting style — and in 2023 those concerns escalated into a criminal case. In August 2023, one of Ruby’s children escaped a house in Utah, appearing malnourished and with injuries, and asked a ne...

Ranjeeta Sharma was a 28-year-old Indo-Fijian woman living in Auckland, New Zealand, who was murdered in January 2011 . Her body was found burning by the side of a rural road near Huntly in the Waikato region , and police later confirmed she was alive when an accelerant was poured over her and she was set on fire . Ranjeeta had been married and had a four-year-old son , and the day after her body...

Shemina Hirji was a 40-year-old Indo-Canadian school principal in Burnaby, British Columbia , who was found murdered in her home on July 5, 2007 , just days after marrying her husband. Shemina, a respected educator who led a Surrey elementary school and had advanced degrees, was discovered dead in the townhouse she shared with her new husband, and police initially treated the case as a possible ho...

Sukhjeet Singh was a 34-year-old non-resident Indian (NRI) who was murdered in Uttar Pradesh in September 2016 while on a family trip with his wife and children. During the visit to his native place in Shahjahanpur district , his British-born wife, Ramandeep Kaur Mann , conspired with her childhood friend Gurpreet Singh to kill him. Investigation and later court proceedings revealed that Ramandeep...

Luka Magnotta (born Eric Newman) is a Canadian murderer who gained worldwide notoriety in 2012 for killing and dismembering 33-year-old Jun Lin in Montreal — a crime he filmed and posted online. After the murder, Magnotta mailed body parts to political offices and schools, triggering an international manhunt. He fled to Europe and was arrested in Berlin after being recognized in an internet café....

Pushpinder Kaur Sangha is a woman who has been missing from Live Oak, California since February 11, 2000 . At the time she vanished she was 27 years old and was last seen by her husband leaving their home in her black 1997 Chevrolet Lumina. Her vehicle was later found abandoned, but there were no confirmed sightings of her after she drove off , and she missed a scheduled appointment with the U.S....

Baljit Kaur Kondolay was a 37-year-old woman who was murdered in Langley, British Columbia, Canada, on April 19, 1998 . She was shot twice in the head at close range outside her home , and the killing was later found to be premeditated and driven by financial motives . Police arrested three men in connection with her death: her husband Ajit Grewall , his son Sukhjit Singh Grewall (the shooter), an...

Three Identical Strangers is a 2018 documentary about triplet brothers — Robert Shafran, Eddy Galland, and David Kellman — who were separated at birth and adopted by different families without being told they had siblings. They accidentally discovered each other as young adults in the early 1980s, becoming media sensations — “miracle” brothers reunited. But the feel-good story turns dark when they...

Gus Lamont is a four-year-old Australian boy who vanished from his family’s remote outback property in South Australia in September 2025. He was last seen playing near the homestead, and within about half an hour he was gone. His disappearance sparked one of the largest search efforts in the state, involving police, defence personnel, drones, trackers, and volunteers scouring vast scrubland and da...

Lindy Chamberlain: “A Dingo Took My Baby” — Australia’s Most Controversial Case 🦘👶⚖️In 1980, a family camping trip near Uluru turned into a national nightmare. Nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain vanished from a tent, and her mother, Lindy Chamberlain, cried the line that echoed around the world: “A dingo’s got my baby!” What followed was decades of media frenzy, forensic blunders, wrongful convict...

Paviter Bassi Murder Case | Full Documentary 🇨🇦🕯️🔍A calm Brampton night in March 2018 turned into a tragedy that shook the Punjabi-Canadian community. In this video, we break down the case of Paviter (“Pav”) Bassi—from the timeline and investigation to court outcomes and lingering questions. No sensationalism—just clear, fact-checked storytelling. ⚖️🧭What’s inside• Background on Paviter & co...