‘Widow’s ghost’ blamed for mysterious deaths in Thai village

Residents in the Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima’s Phimai district have hung a red shirt in front of their homes, believing the gesture can drive away the ghost of a widow whom a medium said had taken the lives of two males.

Lamom Sermphimai, 62, who lives in Ban Sala village, said the residents have hung up a red shirt because during the past week two men in the village died mysteriously in their sleep.

The residents went to see a medium. A rite was held at a village shrine to invite spirits to explain to the residents why this happened, Mrs Lamom said.