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Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

329: The Disappearance of Jim Thompson

Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Jason Horton & Rebecca Leib

True Crime, Paranormal, Weird History, Social Sciences, History, Science

3.7928 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

A mysterious disappearance in 1967 Thailand inspires a popular HBO show.


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0:00.0

Ever wondered why people go on killing sprees?

0:05.0

Are you interested in exploring the paranormal?

0:07.0

Faffled by stories of previous lives.

0:10.0

Well so are we.

0:11.0

In each episode we'll be discussing the weird and wonderful stories of some truly confusing phenomena

0:17.0

and some horrific true crime cases.

0:19.0

Find us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok

0:22.5

and join us every Tuesday,

0:24.6

wherever you listen to your podcasts.

0:26.9

And be prepared to be totally and utterly,

0:29.7

perplexed. A Thai mystery.

0:49.7

I'm Jason Horton.

0:50.8

I'm Rebecca Leeb.

0:52.2

And this is Ghost Town.

0:53.7

Oh. I'm Jason Horton. I'm Rebecca Leeb. And this is Ghost Town.

1:15.0

If you're watching Season 3 of White Lotus, this episode might ring familiar to you in a lot of ways.

1:22.3

Beautiful art. Business conspiracies. Shady white men who do a little of this and a little of that.

1:29.0

Well, all of these elements don't come from thin air. In fact, this season of White Lotus is rumored to be inspired by a notorious Thai businessman, spy, silk merchant, and antique collector,

1:37.1

Jim Thompson. And just like the White Lotus, Thompson's end is its own mysterious and chaotic look into a time and place in Thailand.

1:48.2

You can decide how close this case is to the HBO show as we discuss the disappearance of Jim

1:54.8

Thompson. Even right after his birth in 1906, Thompson already had quite the reputation. Raised in Greenville,

2:03.0

Delaware, Thompson's dad was an extremely wealthy textile manufacturer, and his mom was the daughter

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