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Ghost Registry

A record of 10 Thai ghosts, gathered from folklore, legend and stories passed mouth to mouth. Read for entertainment... and just in case.

娜妻之霊No.01
Mae Nak
Violent-death spirit · แม่นาก

Mae Nak

The young woman of Phra Khanong who died in childbirth while her husband was away at war, yet kept waiting for him to come home. A love that refused to die became the legend every Thai person knows.

Signs

  • A lullaby from a house where no one lives
  • An unnaturally long hand reaching under the house to pick up a lime
  • No one in the village will talk about your wife

Protection

  • Never pick up anything you drop under a stilt house at night
  • Respect her shrine at Wat Mahabut
  • Never call her name as a joke
Danger ★★★★★Found at: Wat Mahabut — Mae Nak Shrine
横死霊No.02
Phi Tai Hong
Violent-death spirit · ผีตายโหง

Phi Tai Hong

The spirit of someone who died suddenly and violently. They don't know they're dead, and keep repeating their last moments, in the same place, over and over.

Signs

  • The same person, in the same spot, at the same time every night
  • Flower garlands at a roadside shrine

Protection

  • Honk every time you pass a curve with a shrine
  • Never ask the name of someone waiting for a ride at 3 AM
Danger ★★★★★Found at: The Death Railway, Sathorn Unique Tower
無貌No.03
The Faceless One
Violent-death spirit · ผีไร้หน้า

The Faceless One

Our channel's own ghost. No one knows where it came from. It appears in every story if you look closely: a face as smooth as paper... and it's looking for a new one.

Signs

  • A photo on your phone with someone standing behind you
  • A reflection on a black screen that doesn't move when you do

Protection

  • Don't watch our clips alone at 3 AM
  • If it asks "Can you see my face?", answer: "No."
Danger ★★★★★
飛頭No.04
Krasue
Black-magic spirit · กระสือ

Krasue

By day, an ordinary woman in the village. By night, her head leaves her body and floats away, trailing glowing entrails, hunting for raw and bloody food.

Signs

  • A green light floating low over the rice fields
  • A sarong left out on the line all night
  • Chickens vanishing from the coop one by one

Protection

  • Plant thorny bamboo around your house
  • Never leave your sarong outside overnight
  • If you find a headless body, don't touch it
Danger ★★★★☆Found at: Isan Rice Fields
喰臓No.05
Phi Pop
Black-magic spirit · ผีปอบ

Phi Pop

A spirit that possesses a living person and eats their organs from the inside. The possessed grow thinner and thinner, though they never stop eating.

Signs

  • Someone in the house eating raw food
  • The village healer starts counting people
  • Dogs howling at one person only

Protection

  • The village's own healer
  • Balls of sticky rice with salt
  • Never accept food from strangers after dark
Danger ★★★★☆Found at: Villages of Nong Han
龍蛇No.06
Phaya Nak
Water spirit · พญานาค

Phaya Nak

The great serpent who guards the Mekong. Not an evil spirit, but an ancient power that should never be disrespected. At the end of Buddhist Lent, red fireballs rise from the water.

Signs

  • Pink-red fireballs rising from the river
  • Huge slither marks on the riverbank

Protection

  • Pay respect before entering the water
  • Never challenge or mock anything on the banks of the Mekong
Danger ★★★☆☆Found at: Naga Fireballs — Phon Phisai
金童No.07
Kuman Thong
House spirit · กุมารทอง

Kuman Thong

The spirit of a child kept in the home for protection and good fortune. He wants red soda, sweets and attention. If he's forgotten... he will warn you.

Signs

  • Small footsteps running on the upper floor
  • Sweets on the shelf going missing
  • Toys moving on their own

Protection

  • Never forget his red soda
  • If you stop keeping him, send him off with the proper rite
Danger ★★★☆☆
箕翼No.08
Krahang
Black-magic spirit · กระหัง

Krahang

The Krasue's partner: a man who flies on rice-winnowing baskets for wings, with a rice pestle for legs, searching the dark for rotting things.

Signs

  • The flapping of winnowing baskets on your roof
  • A pestle missing from the mortar in the morning

Protection

  • Turn your winnowing basket face down before bed
  • Don't look up if you hear flapping
Danger ★★★☆☆
芭蕉女No.09
Nang Tani
Forest spirit · นางตานี

Nang Tani

A ghost woman who lives in the wild banana tree and appears on full-moon nights in a green Thai dress. Kind to those who respect her, cruel to those who don't.

Signs

  • A wild banana tree with three-coloured cloth tied around it
  • The smell of ripe bananas in the middle of the night

Protection

  • Never cut down a banana tree with cloth tied to it
  • Never tie red thread to the tree, ask for lottery numbers, and then not repay your vow
Danger ★★☆☆☆
圧夢No.10
Phi Am
House spirit · ผีอำ

Phi Am

The ghost that sits on your chest just as you fall asleep. You can't move, you can't scream. You can open your eyes, but you won't want to see what's sitting there.

Signs

  • Waking up at exactly 3 AM
  • A weight on your chest like someone sitting on you
  • Breathing that isn't yours

Protection

  • Recite a prayer silently
  • Try to move your big toe
  • Don't sleep on your back under a roof beam
Danger ★★☆☆☆