SOLVEDListenErawan Shrine, Ratchaprasong intersection, Pathum Wan district, Bangkok, Thailand · 2015
A bomb exploded inside Bangkok's Erawan Shrine on 17 August 2015, killing 20 people and injuring 125, mostly tourists. Two Uyghur men were later charged; in 2026 both were convicted and sentenced to death.
UNSOLVEDListenBan Rin Luang checkpoint, Mueang Na Sub-district, Chiang Dao District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand · 2017
Chaiyaphum Pasae, a teenage Lahu human rights activist, was shot dead by an army soldier at a military checkpoint in Chiang Dao District, Chiang Mai Province, on 17 March 2017; the army says he was trafficking drugs and threatened soldiers with a grenade, but eyewitnesses said he was unarmed and beaten before being shot, and CCTV footage the army said would prove its account was never produced.
Credit: Thairath newspaperPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenPhetchaburi Road area, Bangkok, Thailand · 1998
In January 1998, 23-year-old Bangkok medical student Jenjira Ployangunsri was shot and dismembered by her boyfriend, fellow medical student Serm Sakhonrat. The case became one of Thailand's most publicized crimes, pioneering the use of DNA forensics in a Thai criminal investigation, and ended with Serm's conviction and eventual release after a commuted sentence.
Credit: เดลินิวส์Public domainSourceSOLVEDListenIsraeli Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand · 1972
On 28 December 1972, four Black September militants seized the Israeli embassy in Bangkok and held six Israeli staff hostage for 19 hours before agreeing to fly to Egypt in exchange for releasing all hostages unharmed.
Credit: AhoerstemeierCC BY-SA 3.0SourceUNSOLVEDListenSungai Kolok, Narathiwat Province, Thailand · 2011
Thai journalist Phamon Phonphanit died on September 24, 2011, from severe burns sustained while covering a series of bombings in Sungai Kolok, Narathiwat province, on September 16, 2011. The attack killed six people and injured about 100; no one has been charged.
SOLVEDListenNakhon Ratchasima (Korat), Thailand · 2020
On 8–9 February 2020, a Royal Thai Army sergeant major killed 29 people and wounded 58 others in and near Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat), Thailand, beginning with a personal dispute and ending in a mass shooting at the Terminal 21 Korat shopping mall before he was shot dead by police.
SOLVEDListenBangkok, Thailand (body found in Samut Prakan Province) · 1986
Sherry Ann Duncan, a 16-year-old student, was abducted and murdered in Bangkok in 1986. Four men were wrongly convicted and sentenced to death before being acquitted in 1995 after evidence emerged of false testimony and coerced confessions; two other men were later convicted of the actual murder.
SOLVEDListenKanchanaburi, Thailand · 2004
British backpackers Adam Lloyd, 25, and Vanessa Arscott, 24, were shot dead in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, on 9 September 2004 following an argument at a restaurant. Off-duty police officer Somchai Wisetsingh was later convicted of both murders.
The files run from 1972 to 2023. The 2010s hold the most, with 4 files. The oldest is Bangkok Israeli Embassy Hostage Crisis, from 1972.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (8), kidnapping and abduction cases (3) and mass shooting cases (2).
1 file of the 12 has coverage attached: 3 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 2 creators. Dr. Todd Grande and Coffeehouse Crime have covered the most of them.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
Ko Tao harbour, Thailand — Credit: Siamike (Panoramio), via Wikimedia CommonsCC BY 3.0Source
Thairath headline Jenjira case — Credit: Thairath newspaperPublic domainSource
Bangkok Israeli embassy hostage crisis newspaper2 — Credit: เดลินิวส์Public domainSource
Amphoe 9610 — Credit: AhoerstemeierCC BY-SA 3.0Source
12. By status: 2 unsolved, 1 ongoing and 9 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Bangkok Israeli Embassy Hostage Crisis, from 1972. Open the file
Dr. Todd Grande (1 case) and Coffeehouse Crime (1 case).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 14, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
