Torneyboy Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Saw this book reviewed in the Bangkok post three weeks ago ..got a copy from Asia books ..595 thb..paper back 330 pages This book goes over as the title indicates ..the Bizarre things of Thailand.....a few black and white photos in the book and none to excite anyone There is a chapter on Pattaya and the scene there ( Vegas or Vice) ..also goes behind the scenes of the Bangkok Hilton prison ....beheading was outlawed in 1932 and machine gunning was the way to execute the baddies(tied their hands and placed a white screen in front of them...a doctor would draw a target on the screen for the gunner to aim at...by the look of the photo he is only a few feet away) until 2003 when lethal injection was introduced... Some interesting things from the Songkran Niyomsane forensic medicine museum.....the preserved corpse of Thailand's most famous cannibal is on display...A Chinese man they say ate at least eight children.. Over all an interesting book ...something to pick up and choose a chapter anytime ...well put together as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horneytorney Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 thanks Torneyboy for this! Thailand has so many bizarre things; 330 pages are certainly not enough to cover all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Hi, ".the preserved corpse of Thailand's most famous cannibal is on display." That would be 'See Uey', I guess. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horneytorney Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 http://bizarrethailand.com/ do I still need to buy the book or does the website have it all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted June 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Hi, ".the preserved corpse of Thailand's most famous cannibal is on display." That would be 'See Uey', I guess. Sanuk! Yes that is him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted June 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 http://bizarrethailand.com/ do I still need to buy the book or does the website have it all? Yes buy the book..good to have on hand as is full of interesting bits and pieces... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 I think they still shoot them in Indonesia. Gotta say I'd prefer death over decades in an Asian jail, but I may not feel that way when they come for me. I did see two Thai guys on a doco being taken into the execution chamber after their last meal and a few minutes with a monk - not a whole lot of smiling but it didnt have the same ghoulish aspect as Ted Bundy's execution. Ted had it coming, but that mob outside the jail was just as scary in their own perverse way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Yes buy the book..good to have on hand as is full of interesting bits and pieces... Why carry a book when it is easier to carry a tablet PC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbaron Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 .... or better still, a kindle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 or borrow the book.......TB ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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