An Unexpected Companion

A phenomenon that gripped the nation and had every Sri Lankan sleeping with one eye open. Was it all just an urban legend? Or were there far more sinister beings at work? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

15-year-old Maureen, survived the terrors of a powerful Shaman's curse in December of 1991. The passing of a 9 year old girl in 2021, beaten to death by her exorcist in the quiet village of Delgoda, Gampaha takes Maureen back in time, back to the horrors of her childhood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What seemed like a regular three-wheeler journey back in '97 turned out to be a ride to remember...The cold & dimly lit Armour Street, Colombo was the setting for this innocuous, yet chilling encounter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the 7 years of Serial Killer Neel Lakshman's reign of terror over the village of Kotakethana, he inspired a series of double murders, known in the Sri Lankan Media as the "Copy Cat Murders". This episode deconstructs the brutal crimes motivated by the original murders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

15 women are found raped and murdered in the quiet village of Kotakethana, Kahawatte. A serial killer hiding in plain sight, terrorizing the residents over a span of 7 years, who could it be? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In April 2017, Priyanthini Kumudini was thrilled when her office moved into a new building down Kuda Buthgamuwa Road, closer to her residence. Little did she know that this move was the beginning of her torment by a menacing entity far more sinister. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Popular Sri Lankan actor Kamal Addararachchi has never been able to escape scandal. From the 1987 death of his then-girlfriend, Ramani Bartholomeusz, to being accused of the abduction and rape of a schoolgirl in 1993, he has always been surrounded by suspicion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The love affair between silver screen darling Ms. Sri Lanka, Ramani Bartholomeusz, and cinema giant Kamal Addararachchi made headlines prior to her meeting her untimely fate in 1987. Her death was ruled an accident; however, witness statements claim otherwise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What haunting secrets lie within the walls of Capri Club, Kollupitiya? This tale takes us back in time to the swinging sixties, when Burmese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Sao Boonwaat, first moves into the then ‘Carlton Lodge’ with his beautiful young wife Shirley. On October 15th, 1967, residents heard gunshots from the Boonwaat's residence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was February 2020 when recently widowed Nilmini Fernandopulle moved into her new home in 4th Lane, Nawala. Nilmini struggled with coping with grief and insomnia alone amidst a pandemic; little did she know that her loneliness would soon be short-lived upon the arrival of a seemingly friendly new neighbor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.