# 209. Murder in Room 1701 | Wendy Albano

An episode of [The Desi Crime Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1518305061), 26 Sep 2026, 40 min.

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In February 2012, American interior designer Wendy Albano flew halfway across the world to Bangkok. Days later, a hotel employee entered her luxury suite and found the 52-year-old dead on the bathroom floor, strangled and stabbed repeatedly. There was no obvious sign of who could have wanted Wendy dead. But the hotel’s CCTV held one crucial clue: Wendy hadn’t arrived in Bangkok alone. For days, cameras had captured her with a mysterious young man, almost half her age. And just hours before her body was discovered, that man had picked up his bags, walked out of the hotel, and disappeared. For extra episodes, early access, silly bloopers, subscribe at: https://www.patreon.com/thedesistudios Join our YouTube family: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnbfV0YvrxWMq3h0hmo13Jg/join For fastest updates, follow our socials at: https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/ Aryaan https://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/ Aishwarya https://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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