The story revolves around a couple named Hansa and Himu Maquana, who lived in a small village in Western India. They had two children, a son and a daughter, who were 12 and 13 years old, respectively. The family was poor, but they were content with their lives.
One day, Hansa and Himu decided to build a new addition to their family's Shrine to the Hindu god Shiva. This addition was a homemade guillotine, which they used to decapitate themselves. Their children found their parents' bodies in the Shrine the next day, their heads decapitated and their bodies burned in a fire.
The children found a note written by their parents, stating that they had chosen to do this and asked their living family members to take care of their children and elderly parents. The police who arrived at the scene found the note, but no one could provide a reason for why the couple would intentionally decapitate themselves and burn their heads in a fire.
The family and the police believed that Hansa and Himu were performing a black magic ritual, where they believed that decapitating themselves and allowing their heads to roll forward and burn in the fire would bring them closer to Shiva or some other higher power. However, no one knows the exact reason for their actions.
1. In April 2023, police in a small town in Western India received a call about a horrifying discovery in a tent on a farmer's property.
2. The police found a patchwork tent propped up against a stone wall on the property.
3. Upon closer examination, they discovered something dark inside the tent, which was initially thought to be a religious shrine.
4. The story takes a graphic turn and advises viewers to exercise discretion.
5. The family lived in a poor, run-down farming community where people worked hard but barely got by.
6. The family was made up of a mother and father named Hansa and Hemu Maquana, and their two kids, a son and a daughter who were 12 and 13 years old, respectively.
7. The family's home was a small concrete and brick structure.
8. The couple had a patchwork tent built with one side supported by the stone wall and the other side supported by pikes driven into the ground.
9. Inside the tent was the family's shrine to the Hindu god Shiva, where they had been working on a new addition.
10. The couple was last seen entering the tent, and when the children returned from their uncle's house, they found their parents' headsless bodies inside the tent.
11. The children found a letter written by their parents, in which they stated that this was their choice and they asked their living family members to take care of their children.
12. The police believed that Himu and Hansa might have been performing some sort of black magic ritual to bring them closer to a higher power.
13. The podcast where the story was shared is available exclusively on Amazon Music.