Beneath the golden temples and bustling night markets of Thailand lies a darker truth—one hidden in alleys, abandoned buildings, and quiet countryside homes. Shadows of Siam is a true crime podcast that uncovers the forgotten, the unsolved, and the terrifyingly real stories that lurk within Thailand’s past and present.
Shadows of Siam: Where Smiles Meet Shadows
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Beneath the golden temples and bustling night markets of Thailand lies a darker truth—one hidden in alleys, abandoned buildings, and quiet countryside homes. Shadows of Siam is a true crime podcast that uncovers the forgotten, the unsolved, and the terrifyingly real stories that lurk within Thailand’s past and present.
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August 10, 2026
The Murder of Nong Cartoon: Nui, Thailand’s Serial Child Killer and the Warning Thailand Missed
<p><strong>Six-year-old Nong Cartoon went to a look thung concert near Bangkok’s BTS Bearing station with her family on December 6, 2013. When she became tired, her father carried her to their pickup truck to sleep. When he returned, she was gone.</strong></p><p>CCTV captured a man leading her away by the hand. Nine days later, the search led police to a traveling roadie known as Nui, or Ting Tang, and exposed a warning Thailand had already received: a seven-year-old survivor had identified him after a violent attack in 2008.</p><p>This episode follows Cartoon’s disappearance, the DNA identification, Nui’s arrest in Nong Khai, three child-murder convictions, and the failures that allowed a known offender to move through fairs, concerts, and provinces after prison. It separates the confirmed record from online claims about ten murders, a calculated roadie strategy, and the origins of Thailand’s later repeat-offender law.</p><p>At the center are Cartoon, the two children murdered in Loei, the child who survived, and the families left carrying what the courts could never repair.</p><p><strong>Listener discretion:</strong> Child abduction, sexual violence, and the murder of children.</p><p><strong>Sources</strong><br> <a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/385296/nong-cartoon-killer-nui-details-catalogue-of-shocking-crimes">Nong Cartoon killer details catalogue of shocking crimes</a>: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/385296/nong-cartoon-killer-nui-details-catalogue-of-shocking-crimes<br> <a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/385334/nong-cartoon-suspect-reveals-murder-rape-rampage">Nong Cartoon suspect reveals murder, rape rampage</a>: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/385334/nong-cartoon-suspect-reveals-murder-rape-rampage<br> <a href="https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2013/12/17/1387272190/">Nong Cartoon Alleged Murderer Has No Known Family</a>: https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2013/12/17/1387272190/<br> <a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/385756/the-man-with-no-name-exposes-justice-flaws">The man with no name exposes justice flaws</a>: https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/385756/the-man-with-no-name-exposes-justice-flaws<br> <a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/402217/court-convicts-nui-of-rape-murder-of-6-year-old-nong-cartoon">Nong Cartoon killer gets life sentence</a>: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/402217/court-convicts-nui-of-rape-murder-of-6-year-old-nong-cartoon<br> <a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/631888/nui-gets-life-for-killing-loei-girl">Nui gets life for killing Loei girl</a>: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/631888/nui-gets-life-for-killing-loei-girl<br> <a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/768336/child-killer-nui-gets-3rd-life-sentence">Child killer Nui gets 3rd life sentence</a>: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/768336/child-killer-nui-gets-3rd-life-sentence<br> <a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1130353/court-upholds-life-for-convicted-killer-nui">Court upholds life for convicted killer Nui</a>: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1130353/court-upholds-life-for-convicted-killer-nui<br> <a href="https://en.vietnamplus.vn/thailand-upcoming-jsoc-law-to-prevent-repeat-offenses-and-improve-safety-in-society-post240551.vnp">Thailand: Upcoming JSOC law to prevent repeat offenses and improve safety in society</a>: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/thailand-upcoming-jsoc-law-to-prevent-repeat-offenses-and-improve-safety-in-society-post240551.vnp<br> <a href="https://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2565/A/066/T_0006.PDF">Prevention of Recidivism in Sexual or Violent Offences Act B.E. 2565</a>: https://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2565/A/066/T_0006.PDF</p><p>#NongCartoon #ThailandTrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #BangkokCrime #ShadowsOfSiam</p>
August 3, 2026
Jimmy and the Bangkok Homeless Murders: Five Victims, One Bicycle | Thailand Serial Killer Case
<p><strong>Jimmy and the Bangkok Homeless Murders</strong> is a Thailand true crime episode about a suspected serial murder case and five people whose lives were nearly erased by the places where they were found.</p><p>In September 2016, Bangkok newspaper seller Wanchai Noymontri, known as Lung Yim, was found dead beneath an expressway. A month later, Suporn Kokkran, Supaporn Kongyudee, Sathien Sornchai, and Rampha Panchaphonlawet were killed across Pathum Thani and Bangkok. They survived by collecting scrap, selling what others threw away, and sleeping in public spaces where protection was thin and absence could go unnoticed.</p><p>Police arrested a 20-year-old Myanmar man known as Jimmy or Bung after witnesses, CCTV footage, a bicycle, and blood evidence pointed toward him. Investigators later said DNA and forensic findings connected him to five deaths. He denied the killings. Contemporary reporting confirmed charges in the first three Pathum Thani cases, but the detailed conviction, death-sentence, and appeal claims repeated online could not be independently verified.</p><p>This episode centers the victims, the witnesses, and the human cost of homelessness in Bangkok. It asks how five people could live in full public view and still remain almost invisible until violence forced the city to notice them.</p><p>Closing music: “Broken Wings” by Yoza.</p><p><strong>Sources</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1104157/police-hunt-serial-killer-after-3-dead-bodies-found">Police hunt serial killer after 3 dead bodies found</a> - https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1104157/police-hunt-serial-killer-after-3-dead-bodies-found</p><p><a href="https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30297226">Myanmar man accused of four murders</a> - https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30297226</p><p><a href="https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/crime-crime/2016/10/10/police-pin-murders-4-drifters-burmese-man/">Police Pin Murders of 4 Drifters on Burmese Man</a> - https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/crime-crime/2016/10/10/police-pin-murders-4-drifters-burmese-man/</p><p><a href="https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30297473">CCTV links Myanmar suspect to death of homeless woman</a> - https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30297473</p><p><a href="https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30297556">Slain homeless woman’s DNA found on suspect’s bloody shirt</a> - https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30297556</p><p><a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1113109/dna-links-jimmy-to-homeless-killing-spree">DNA links 'Jimmy' to homeless killing spree</a> - https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1113109/dna-links-jimmy-to-homeless-killing-spree</p><p><a href="https://www.khaosod.co.th/special-stories/news_39409">“จิมมี่”ยังให้การปฏิเสธ แต่ตร.คุมชี้จุดฆ่า3ศพ ขยายต่ออาจมีรายที่4</a> - https://www.khaosod.co.th/special-stories/news_39409</p><p><a href="https://husechula.wordpress.com/2019/03/17/ending-bangkok-homelessness-strategy/">Ending Bangkok Homelessness Strategy</a> - https://husechula.wordpress.com/2019/03/17/ending-bangkok-homelessness-strategy/</p><p><strong>#ThailandTrueCrime #BangkokTrueCrime #SerialKillerPodcast #TrueCrimePodcast #ShadowsOfSiam</strong></p>
July 27, 2026
Who Killed Hiroyuki Muramoto? Reuters Cameraman Shot During Bangkok’s 2010 Red Shirt Protests
<p><strong>Reuters cameraman Hiroyuki Muramoto went to Bangkok to document Thailand’s 2010 Red Shirt protests. Two days after arriving from Tokyo, the 43-year-old husband and father was shot in the chest during the violent clashes of April 10.</strong></p><p>His final footage captured explosions, gunfire, wounded people, retreating soldiers, and a city losing control. It did not capture the person who fired the fatal round.</p><p>The investigation first pointed toward an M16 fired from an army-held position. Months later, the official finding changed to an AK-47, reportedly based on a new review of photographs rather than a recovered bullet or matched weapon. In 2015, a Thai court concluded that the available evidence could not determine whether the shot came from soldiers, protesters, or another armed person.</p><p>This episode follows Hiro’s life before Bangkok, the people who knew him as a gentle mentor and loving father, the final images inside his camera, the disputed investigation, and the unanswered question his wife Emiko and their two daughters were left to carry.</p><p>This episode discusses political violence, gunfire, serious injury, and death. Listener discretion is advised.</p><p><strong>Sources</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us/reuters-journalist-killed-in-bangkok-protests-idUSTRE6391OO/"><strong>Reuters journalist killed in Bangkok protests</strong></a><br>https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us/reuters-journalist-killed-in-bangkok-protests-idUSTRE6391OO/</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/remembering-hiro-reuters-cameraman-kille-idINRTR2CPJU/"><strong>Reuters cameraman killed covering Bangkok protests</strong></a><br>https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/remembering-hiro-reuters-cameraman-kille-idINRTR2CPJU/</p><p><a href="https://www.thebaron.info/people/memorial-book/hiroyuki-muramoto"><strong>Hiroyuki Muramoto</strong></a><br>https://www.thebaron.info/people/memorial-book/hiroyuki-muramoto</p><p><a href="https://www.thebaron.info/news/article/2010/04/12/newsrooms-around-the-world-fall-silent-for-hiroyuki-muramoto"><strong>Newsrooms around the world fall silent for Hiroyuki Muramoto</strong></a><br>https://www.thebaron.info/news/article/2010/04/12/newsrooms-around-the-world-fall-silent-for-hiroyuki-muramoto</p><p><a href="https://www.thebaron.info/news/article/2015/04/30/thai-court-says-unclear-who-shot-reuters-cameraman"><strong>Thai court says unclear who shot Reuters cameraman</strong></a><br>https://www.thebaron.info/news/article/2015/04/30/thai-court-says-unclear-who-shot-reuters-cameraman</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12593729"><strong>New finding on cameraman’s death during Thai protests</strong></a><br>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12593729</p><p><a href="https://www.hrw.org/report/2011/05/03/descent-chaos/thailands-2010-red-shirt-protests-and-government-crackdown"><strong>Descent into Chaos: Thailand’s 2010 Red Shirt Protests and the Government Crackdown</strong></a><br>https://www.hrw.org/report/2011/05/03/descent-chaos/thailands-2010-red-shirt-protests-and-government-crackdown</p><p><a href="https://cpj.org/2010/04/reuters-cameraman-killed-in-thai-political-violenc/"><strong>Reuters cameraman killed in Thai political violence</strong></a><br>https://cpj.org/2010/04/reuters-cameraman-killed-in-thai-political-violenc/</p><p><a href="https://rsf.org/en/japanese-cameraman-fatally-shot-clashes-between-troops-and-red-shirts"><strong>Japanese cameraman fatally shot in clashes between troops and Red Shirts</strong></a><br>https://rsf.org/en/japanese-cameraman-fatally-shot-clashes-between-troops-and-red-shirts</p><p><br></p><p>#HiroyukiMuramoto #BangkokProtests #RedShirts #ThailandHistory #JournalistKilled</p>
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