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Every case set in what is now Thailand, best-known first. Cities, states and old kingdoms count under the country that holds them today.

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Cases in Thailand

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Cases
7
Years
1424 to 2016
Region
East Asia
Main subjects
Japan and Southeast Asia, Royalty, Hollywood and TV, Science and medicine
Updated
30 October 2026
David Carradine: David Carradine at the premiere of Polanski Unauthorized2009 · Swissotel Nai Lert Park, BangkokDavid Carradine was found dead in a Bangkok closet in 2009; Thai police said suicide, the family's pathologist said accident, and his widow sued the film companyDavid Carradine arrived in Bangkok on 31 May 2009 to shoot Stretch. He missed a meal on 3 June and was found dead on 4 June in a hotel closet, aged 72.abcnews.com and 3 moreAI illustration: The Grand Palace in Bangkok2016 · Bangkok, ThailandThailand's new king changed the law to put the Crown Property Bureau's billions in his own nameFor 80 years the Crown Property Bureau managed the Thai crown's land and shares, including large stakes in Siam Commercial Bank and Siam Cement, under a board chaired by the finance minister.Reuters and 2 moreSiriraj Bimuksthan Museum 2023: ด้านหน้าของพิพิธภัณฑ์ศิริราชพิมุขสถานและอดีตที่ตั้งของสถานีรถไฟธนบุรี ในปี 20231959 · Bangkok and Nonthaburi, ThailandThailand executed Si Quey in 1959 and a hospital museum displayed his embalmed body as a "cannibal" for 60 years before he was crematedSi Quey was a Chinese migrant who settled in Thailand in 1946. He was arrested in Rayong in 1958 and convicted of killing seven children. Reports said he confessed to eating organs. He was shot by firing squad in 1959, aged 32.nationthailand.com and 2 moreGrand Palace, where the story took place1946 · Boromphiman Throne Hall, Grand Palace, Bangkok, ThailandThailand's 20-year-old king was found shot in his bed, and three palace servants were executed nine years laterKing Ananda Mahidol, 20, had returned from Switzerland in December 1945 and was due to go back to his studies. On the morning of 9 June 1946 he was found in bed with a bullet wound to the forehead and his pistol beside him.Wikipedia (English)Vajiravudh: Vajiravudh of Siam (cropped)1925 · Grand Palace, Bangkok, ThailandSiam's 1924 succession law barred princesses, so King Vajiravudh's only child, born as he lay dying, could not inherit his throneKing Vajiravudh issued the Palace Law on Succession, published in the Royal Gazette on 12 November 1924.Internet Archive and 5 moreEmerald Buddha 1873: ms:Buddha Zamrud, Istana Mewah, ms:Bangkok, ms:Thailand1778 · Vientiane, Laos; Grand Palace, Bangkok, ThailandThe future Rama I took the Emerald Buddha from conquered Vientiane, and it has stayed in Bangkok for two centuriesThe chronicle of the First Reign of Bangkok tells the image's history. In 796 of the Chula era, 1434 AD, lightning struck an old stupa in Chiang Rai. Townspeople found a gilded Buddha inside and took it for an ordinary stone image.vajirayana.org and 2 moreWat ratchaburana March 2025 24: Wat Ratchaburana is an ancient Buddhist temple founded in 1424. It is located in Ayutthaya Historical Park, Ayutthaya, Thailand.1424 · Than Forest Bridge (Saphan Pa Than), Ayutthaya, ThailandTwo princes of Ayutthaya killed each other on elephants in 1424, and looters robbed their crypt in 1957The Luang Prasoet version of the Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya records that in 786 of the Chula era, 1424 AD, King Intharacha fell ill and died.vajirayana.org and 2 more