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Deadly consequences
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 13/08/2024
» Last month, when six Vietnamese people were found dead at a luxury hotel in Bangkok, the news spread internationally. An autopsy conducted by Chulalongkorn Hospital reported that cyanide was the cause of death for all six victims. The tragic incident brought up memories of the case of Am Cyanide in 2023 and renewed awareness of the dangers of cyanide. Am is currently charged with the murder of 14 people by using cyanide and attempted murder of one victim who survived.
Del Toro channels inner Hitchcock
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 28/10/2022
» Less than a week leading up to Halloween, the dark fantasy wizard Guillermo del Toro teamed up with Netflix to celebrate this year's spooky season by bringing us four nights of a horror anthology, Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet Of Curiosities. The series features eight unique horror stories, co-written by del Toro, who has curated a collection of unprecedented and genre defining tales, and handpicked various filmmakers to be the director of the set episode. Each is different from the next in terms of storytelling and levels of scariness.
Give mental health a chance
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 18/10/2022
» A string of mass shootings by officers in recent years may involve many factors, but they highlight the need for an improvement in mental health services, experts say, following the nursery massacre in Nong Bua Lam Phu's Na Klang district that left 36 people dead, mostly young children, and others injured.
Managing good health
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong and Chanat Katanyu, Published on 03/08/2022
» When the Covid-19 pandemic first began, people were worried and panicked, however, the public health crisis was actually not the first global pandemic. In the past, pandemics such as the Black Death or the Great Plague, the H1N1 flu and the Asian Flu have killed many people.
Riding the green wave
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 27/06/2022
» Only two weeks after decriminalising cannabis, Thailand is experiencing a green rush. Since June 9, when the legalisation of marijuana for home and commercial use took effect, almost 1 million people registered to grow it with food and drug officials, while more than 40 million have checked out the registration platform. There's a growing public interest in the cash crop -- though some farmers remain doubtful -- and it is paving the way for "cannabis journalism".
The next step in evolution
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 27/05/2022
» The maestro is teasing us, with his favourite instrument: the scalpel. Mechanical, electrified scalpels that split open the flesh -- often, the belly -- like a bulging purse being unzipped. This time, what comes out of the belly is a menagerie of grotesque organs -- organs with neither names nor functions, grown inside the body primed for involuntary evolution.
The quest for the truth
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 21/03/2022
» The "compromised" nature of the crime scene in the drowning death of actress Pattarathida "Tangmo" Patcharaveerapong -- or Nida -- who reportedly fell into the Chao Phraya River from a private speedboat with fatal consequences, could well have been averted with better professional conduct by law enforcement and experienced police interrogators, according to former police investigator-turned-criminologist, Krisanaphong Poothakool.
Missed opportunity to challenge insularity of Thainess
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 05/07/2021
» The world-famous conjoined twins -- better known as Siamese twins -- had caught the eyes of the world long after they turned their back on public life.
Murder in the countryside
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 29/06/2021
» The Royal Thai Police took a good solid year to build an airtight criminal case against Chaiphol "Lung Phol" Wipha, the prime suspect in the death of toddler Orawan "Nong Champoo" Wongsricha, who was found dead and violated on a mountain not far from her home in Mukdahan province last year.
A bone-chilling mystery
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 19/02/2021
» In recent years, Netflix has become the bona fide home of documentaries, particularly in the true-crime genre with releases such as Making A Murderer (2019), The Ripper (2020) and Night Stalker: The Hunt For A Serial Killer (2021). And following the success of Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes (2019), director Joe Berlinger returns with his latest effort, Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel, a docu-series which chronicles the case of 21-year-old Canadian tourist and college student Elisa Lam, who mysteriously disappeared during her stay at the infamous Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. As the episodes progress, what really happened gradually emerges and the truth will chill you to the bones.