All three commited suicide in front of an audience. Christine killed herself during a live broadcast, Budd killed himself during a meeting, Ronnie killed himself during a facebook livestream.
I’m not saying i understand their stories, but as someone thats had the urge to do that (ever since i learned it was an option) i definitely understand snapping so hard that you’d wanna do that in public. Does anyone else feel like this?
I've been deep-diving into the mysterious deaths on Koh Tao (Thailand's infamous "Death Island") for my ongoing research, and the 2021 case of Rakeshwar Sachathamakul and his wife Anshoo stands out as one of the most perplexing among dozens of suspicious deaths.
On June 4, 2021, 59-year-old Rakeshwar Sachathamakul, a wealthy Thai-Indian industrialist who owned the Novotel Phuket hotel and had assets exceeding ฿1 billion, checked into the luxury Jamahkiri Resort & Spa on Koh Tao with his wife Anshoo (55) and their son Ratish (34). Within hours, both parents were dead.
The day started with frustration. The couple had originally booked a different hotel but rejected it upon arrival because it was too small and under construction, then switched to Jamahkiri Resort.
After checking into their new luxury accommodations, their son Ratish went for a walk on the beach while his parents stayed by the pool.
When he returned, he found both his parents floating in the water.
But here's what doesn't sit right with me: hotel staff reportedly heard 4 to 5 shocked cries before the alarm was raised, yet there's a suspicious time gap between when these cries were heard and when staff actually responded.
Rakeshwar was discovered near the pool ladder and Anshoo in water only one meter deep. How does a couple drown in such shallow water, especially when one was found at the ladder, the easiest exit point?
The most damning detail? The CCTV equipment that would normally cover the pool area wasn't working. It had been taken out of service for maintenance while the hotel was closed. A luxury resort reopening after COVID closures somehow didn't prioritize getting their security cameras operational? The timing is extraordinary.
Police quickly pointed to Rakeshwar's diabetes, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea as an explanation, suggesting one spouse got into trouble while swimming, and the other tried unsuccessfully to help.
But this neat explanation ignores crucial facts: the multiple shocked cries witnesses heard, the shallow depth where bodies were found, and, perhaps most tellingly, Rakeshwar was still alive when transported to the hospital, dying shortly after arrival.
Even Thai authorities seemed to sense something was off.
Thailand's Deputy National Police Commissioner ordered the Crime Suppression Division to assist with a thorough review of the case. Not exactly standard procedure for a simple drowning accident.
The full autopsy results were expected within two weeks, but I haven't been able to find any public follow-up on what they revealed.
This wasn't an isolated incident.
Since 2014, Koh Tao has earned the nickname "Death Island" due to a disturbing pattern. The 2014 murders of British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller set off alarm bells, with two Burmese workers convicted in a widely criticized investigation that international forensic experts called deeply flawed.
Then came Dimitri Povse, found hanging in 2015 with his hands tied behind his back, yet ruled a suicide.
At least eleven European tourists died or disappeared on the island between 2014 and 2018, each death explained away as drowning, suicide, or tragic accident. The Sachathamakul case adds another wealthy, high-profile couple to this grim tally.
The pattern is unmistakable: young tourists dying under questionable circumstances, minimal investigation, and aggressive protection of the island's tourism reputation.
In fact, island authorities actually sued the Samui Times news outlet for calling Koh Tao "Death Island," claiming it damaged tourism. When your priority is silencing journalists rather than investigating deaths, you've revealed everything about where your loyalties lie.
What really happened at that pool?
Why would a luxury resort have all pool cameras down during their reopening?
What caused those 4-5 shocked cries that staff heard but didn't immediately respond to?
How does a billionaire businessman and his wife both drown in 1-2 meters of water with a ladder right there?
And why the discrepancies and gaps in the timeline?
As part of my broader research into Death Island cases, this one screams cover-up. A billionaire with significant assets dies under suspicious circumstances, conveniently without video evidence, on an island with a documented history of unexplained tourist deaths and alleged police corruption.
The official story is too clean, too convenient, and too familiar.
>''Are there serial killers operating on the island, with their crimes insufficiently investigated so that the tourist industry remains protected? Or is Koh Tao just unlucky for visitors, or is something more sinister happening on the beautiful Thai island?'' - Strange Outdoors
What do you think happened? Am I connecting dots that aren't there, or is something genuinely sinister happening on this island?
The island of Koh Tao, off the coast of Thailand, is often described as a paradise.
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Thai Examiner - "Shocked cries in Ko Tao death of billionaire wife" (June 2021)
Bangkok Post - "Bodies of drowned Indian couple on Koh Tao sent for autopsy" (June 2021)
Thai Examiner - "Tragic deaths of Thai Indian tycoon and his wife" (June 2021)
The Phuket News - "Phuket hotel owner and his wife found dead on Koh Tao" (June 2021)
Crime+Investigation UK - "Murder Island: 5 deaths and disappearances on Koh Tao"
StrangeOutdoors - "The mysterious Koh Tao - Death Island in Paradise''
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Part of my ongoing investigation into the mysterious deaths on Koh Tao. More cases coming soon.
I just saw a recent post about Japan’s Unit 731 during WW2. In short, they did unethical human experimentation where it quite literally did not contribute to science at all. None of their “projects” helped humanity or push science at all.
On the flip side, are there examples of unethical human experimentation in the past which actually propelled science in major ways? Questions that were answered that benefitted the human race as a whole?
For anyone deep in the Dahmer rabbit hole, there is a bizarre timeline involving Carl Crew’s 1993 film The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer that doesn't get enough attention.
I’ve been looking into the production of this movie and the timing is almost too strange to be a coincidence. Check out the track "Dream Child" by Pamela Stonebrook (the Intergalactic Diva) from the soundtrack. It perfectly captures the eerie, low-budget 90s aesthetic of the film.
The Timeline of the Movie:
The "Nancy Glass" Connection: Just one month after the film hit video stores, Jeffrey Dahmer sat down for his legendary Inside Edition interview with Nancy Glass (February 1993).
Dahmer lifted specific lines and descriptive phrases straight from Carl Crew’s performance. Crew played Dahmer with a specific blend of dark comedy and detachment, and Dahmer adopted these cinematic "memories," passing them off as his own reality.
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SEE THE EVIDENCE:
We’ve done a deep-dive comparison of the movie scripts vs. the actual Nancy Glass interview transcripts. You can see the side-by-side evidence of the lines Dahmer potentially "borrowed" on our Substack.
Read the full investigation for free here: True Crime Case Reopened: The Dahmer/Carl Crew Connection
