Ghosts in their machines: Thai livestream spooks a new generation

Some like a ghostly tune.

Rapid-fire comments ping across the studio’s screens as thousands tune in online to hear callers describe their encounters with Thailand’s supernatural.

Watcharapol recounted a caller who was contacted by a distant friend, asking him to meet at a temple, but when he got there he made a chilling discovery. “Now with the influence of Twitter and TikTok, more young people call,” says Ghost Radio worker Khemjira Jongkolsapapron. This is especially true in rapidly changing Bangkok, Johnson said, where ghost tales help preserve local memory – explaining unlucky locations, or feelings of alienation.

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