The Serpent: How he outsmarted Interpol three times

The Serpent: How He Outwitted Interpol Three Times: The Case of Charles Sobhraj Five charred bodies in Pattaya in October 1975. The ashes in their lungs reveal they were burned alive. But no one connected the crimes until a Dutch ambassador decided to do the work that the police could not. In this episode, we explore how Charles Sobhraj used false identities to evade three judicial systems, how police corruption facilitated his escape from the maximum-security Tihar prison, and why a serial killer sentenced to life imprisonment managed to be released at 78 after suing the state. Victim: Charles Sobhraj (killer) Date: 1975-2022 Location: Thailand, Nepal, India Status: Deported to France; free - Sobhraj killed at least 12 people in three countries using fake passports and at least six different identities. - He escaped from Tihar prison in 1986 by drugging guards with sleeping pills, the same method he used on his victims. - He voluntarily returned to Nepal in 2003 for a documentary, was photographed by authorities, and arrested, knowing that the case had not expired. - The Supreme Court of Nepal deported him to France in 2022 citing heart disease, allowing him to walk free after 40 years of investigation. Charles Sobhraj, Thailand Nepal India, 1975, serial killer, criminal minds, investigation, homicide, mystery, forensics, intrigue, corruption, imperfect crimes, Spanish true crimeTo listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 30-day free trial at obomedia.comOBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons  a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie