THE ERAWAN SHRINE, BANGKOK The Supernatrual history of THAILAND'S Most Famous Spirit House 

Thanks for all the comments, just to let you know, expect a more famous vlogger to do this story very soon (watch this space) but please remember this is the FIRST video on it.

Pat, never mind amateurs, yours are the best….

The depth of your research in history and your passion for Bangkok is enormous !!! Thanks for your great work !!!

Pat you keep surprising me every time. I have been to this place more than a dozen times, but I was completely unaware that this place has such a mysterious background with so many ghost stories related to Erawan shrine and the areas around it. This vlog is highly informative, well researched, (with precious old video footages) entertaining and a bit scary. Good job. You nailed it again.

👍. I always heard, the reason for the placing of the shrine was the amount of construction workers that fell to their death while building the tower behind it. Now i see it was just one of the reasons

Thank you again BKK Pat, I was always wondering about this spot the many times I walked pass it, it's a wonderful city and you are by far the best of the BKK RU-vidr ! keep up the great work and I hope to meet you the next time I'm in BKK :-)

Wow I was at the shrine in 1987. In 2016 I was on the BTS looking down on the streets when I spotted the shrine for the first time since then. The location looked completely foreign to me. So many changes.

Cultural & Historical video clearly explained of the Erawan four faces Buddha in Ratchaprasong intersection. Each time I arrived in Bangkok I ll go there thanks Erawan Image to be back, in BBK. I was aware of this place was infortunes long time ago because criminals were executed there. Thanks for sharing all the informations about this shrine.

I'm from Malaysia, I have many friends that visit this shrine and pray for wealth & success in return they will have to keep their promise & return the favour once their wishes are granted. They even purposely fly just for a half day trip just to pray or return the favour, just letting you know how much importance is placed. In the east, spiritually/supernatural is places very highly & can't be taken lightly.....well unless you are Christian. Hahaha

Amazing, Pat, thank you. I've stayed at the new Erawan a few times but had no idea of the spooky history nearby.

Mahalo for your stories, Bangkok has so much history and cultural areas each of which has amazing and often spiritual backstories to them. I have a condo in On Nut, although we mainly live in the countryside, my wife and her family stayed at the condo and was determined to visit Wat Mahabut. The area around On Nut is not really touristy and the temple has a interesting ghostly foundation.

The first hotel I ever stayed at in Bangkok was the Grand Hyatt Erawan, visited the shrine often. Just got my Thailand Pass, back the 4th of March. Great video!

Anthropologically speaking...well done ! Too many memorable lines of dialogue to repeat here in my laudatory comment. The customary mix of historical photographs and footage and contemporary footage is very compelling. Thanks, Man.

One of my first visits in Bangkok. Now that I know more I will return.Thanks.

i like ghost stories although i don't believe them, it is a nice slice of local culture but why did they ban burning candles at the Erawan shrine? they created a nice atmosphere

I have passed the shrine so many times .Walking to Siam Paragon or Lumpini. Now, when I see it I can only think of that horrible day.

Great bits of history. Glad you put this together! Thanx!

Really enjoyed this, especially all the vintage shots. 😍

Thanks for this Pat. Always enjoy seeing the footage of old Bangkok

This was an absolutely stellar episode that was really well researched. I enjoyed the historic video footage as well.

Great series addition to your channel. Can't wait to get back to Bangkok and visit some of the places you've featured and described so well. Cheers!

Great stories Pat! Thank you

Well researched! Thank you!

I remembered the Erawan Shrine became well known throughout SE Asia after that infamous offering dance by HK actress Deborah Lee. Please do a story on Mae Nak Phra Khanong. 😱👻

Keep them coming please Pat the spookier the better 😎🙏🇨🇷

Fascinating as ever. Thanks B.P. I never fail to learn something about BKK whenever I watch your videos.

Good Nice ! Pat

Would love to hear more Bangkok ghost stories!! Keep it up Pat! I love your videos

Wow I love these videos, great work!

Hi Pat the back stories that surround the shrines are so interesting and fascinate me. They do say the past can come back to haunt you ….. thanks for another great vlog and now your doing these ghost stories remember who you gonna call !!!!! Not the ghostbusters 👻 but Pat buster for all you paranormal activity!!!!!!!!!

We have not been to Bangkok or Thailand for about 8 years. You are making us want to visit again!

Really interesting video Pat.

I have visited the shrine on many occasions and was shocked to see it bombed in a truly horrible way. Once again, Pat. Another great video.

Thank you for this series, I can't wait for more episodes!!

Sure makes you think given the history! Fascinating!

Love the archive photos and footage. Really interesting history. Cheers Pat!

Well documented Pat, I really enjoy this video. Good work

Great video Pat 👍I look forward to seeing the episode 2 of the ghost stories in Thailand from you soon.

Many thanks for your work with this series, great to see someone taking the effort in doing such informative research. Well done.

Awesome presentation. I only knew half of it. Great job Mr. Pat. and thank you.

Great video Pat

Great jobs for a great stories of supernatural . Or ghost story tellers . I used to believed in it . when I was in my Fifteen years old . Not any more when you are older you jus disbelief it's anymore..

Interesting Documentation about the shrines. Sadly you havn't luck with the weather. It pours cats and dogs but you catch a nice lightning when you film the roaf next to centralWorld. Nice!

Fantastically well informed piece as always, Pat. I mean, who doesn't love stories of the supernatural? I'll remember the Erawan area next visit to Bangkok.

Great update bin dear in afternoon

Lived in Bkk 5 years and visited Erawan Shrine countless times to pray. Never knew its history. Loved your video. Sadly emigrated from Thailand in 2020. Visiting June July and would love to buy you a coffee.

Another very informative video , thanks again!

Awesome thank you so much! I was wondering about the shrines by the mall across the street from Big C. 👍👍👍👍👍 Keep them coming! The history videos, not the evil spirits...

Thanks Pat, I’ll send this to my mum, she loves a good Thai ghost story 👻

I remembered the shrine was a major tourist attraction. Busloads of tourists would arrive constantly from dusk until dawn. Many people swear that their prayers were answered by the deity.

I sat at one of the bench watching those two shrines and the Erawan from one of those skywalk bridge in 2019 wondering if those spirit houses and shrines do really protect whatever it was to protect. One things for sure I did enjoyed walking around CentralWorld though the place was huge and loved the Ratchaprasong road. Went inside the Amarin plaza and found the basement creepy and dark before leaving the place quickly. At the time I didn’t know about the history of the evil forces once there. Thanks for letting us viewers know.

Loving the ghost 👻 stories

Pat - Many thanks. I was mainly aware of the Erawan shrine since I often stayed at the Hyatt Erawan during business trips starting around 1997. I noticed the numerous other shrines in the Ratchaprasong area but didn't know their intended purpose. Somewhere in my files, I have an old video I took with a digital camera of Central Word still on fire. Seemed like the fire fighters were reluctant to tend to the fire due to the snipers that were still active shooters. Back then, I had some nice reddish colored tailor made shirts that I used to wear. With the snipers still occasionally shooting, it became "unlucky" to wear a red shirt on the street, especially around Ratchaprasong intersection. It took quite a few years for Central World and Big C to come back online after the fires. But sometimes, smoke and fire is supposed to bring good luck. I miss all the commotion and the clouds of smoke from the lighted incense at the Erawan Shrine. If they ever completely ban charcoal barbecues on the streets of Bangkok, I'll be really sad.

You had me riveted to my seat. Brilliant!

Thanks for another informative video BKK Pat. Did not hear about the tragedy in 2015 and my condolences to those lost, injured and the country of Thailand. Funny that Hyatt properties are at spots close to these shrines. Think that there's one on the side of Hyatt Regency as well. I'm learning a lot about BKK before my trip next year. I'll probably stop by at Erawan shrine, but because of my personal superstitions, I won't take any photos there that I'll bring back home. I don't try to rationalize this, LOL.

Now I wont sleep tonight Pat. 👻👻👻👻👻 LOL. Great video mate ! 👍

Thanks for creating this fantastic video. I visited the Erawan a few times when I lived in Thailand. The musicians and dancers give a very good expression of real Thai culture. The names and pictures of the 8 gods was well done. I've been hoping a video like this would be on RU-vid. Looking forward to more ghost stories.

I was working at the office building right next to the shrine when it was bombed back in 2015

I was searching a latest video about Erawan shrine & I got your video. Thanks & Love from India ❤🇮🇳

I alwaysremember being at this shrine on my first visit in 1979. The little temple dancers, about 10 years old and a man approached me, saying two of them were his sisters, and for 1000 baht I could have both for a night. Nice. I mean this sarcastically. I've never forgotten it.

Another fantastic piece, Pat! 😎 I hate ghost stories and tales of the supernatural except when you present it. I’m sure even the ghosts are nodding their heads in approval if they ever get the chance to go on RU-vid. Well, looking forward to the next part of the series. 👻

Once again you cast a spell on me with this great video and reminded me of the time when I lived very close by. You have a particularly beautiful view of the Erawan shrine from the top of the BTS Sky walk and when the dancers do their work and you can hear the traditional music, it's perfect. But most of the time I sat next door with a cappuccino, which I occasionally afforded in the far too expensive Starbucks, and enjoyed the vibrations of the Pleon Chit Road. At that time I only felt a hint of bad karma (2009) during the demonstrations in Rajaprarop and the following fire in Central World. I didn't dare to go out on the street and was really afraid for my family and myself. Otherwise, this area was always a very nice place for me to stroll and enjoy the atmosphere. Thanks to you, I've now expanded my background knowledge again, which I didn't have back then. However, I noticed one small thing about this video - no cats, 5555? Thank you Pat - great job. Greetings from Sattahip - Gerd 🌈🍀💖🌴🌈

thank you Pat

Thank-you love it 🍻🙏🇭🇲B

Love the history behind the shrines. Been there a few times but don't know the history.

Again very interesting, with your clear info. For me you can make the video 2 minutes longer, that we can look better/longer to the old pictures. For me a little bit to fast to look and read the text. But i like it very much, and play the Video 2 time. 🙏

You can buy me Coffee for giving me nightmares .

Thank you. BKK Pat you look so handsome.

Thanks!

Thank you, once again, for another great video. This intersection is special to me, as it was the first street corner that God called me to preach the gospel after I was born again back in 1995. It was a completely different place back in 1995. Keep up the great work! God bless you.

Thanks. This is interesting as always. Do let us know from time to time what plans you have to do some sort of adventures around BKK. I'd be interested in being a paying customer when I get the chance.

Great video, Pat. What you probably didn't want to mention is the role of Ratchaprasong intersection during the violent Yellow/Red shirt riots in 2020-21.

I love anything woo-woo.

Nice disclaimer.

Didn't some woman have some kind of medical event while driving and she ended up driving into the shrine grounds?

Instead of coffee, maybe I buy you an umbrella ☔️🤣🤣

This place got my attention after the bombing. I went there to clear the energy and check for any ghosts after the explosion. The energy in the area is totally fine now. Places that get a lot of well intentioned people giving off positive vibes will always have good energy anyway. Also in Thailand you get monks clearing a lot of energy in their travels. There is definitely a ghost here though. I wasn't able to make contact with it. It's hard to know if its one of the bombing victims or another entity that might have been in the area for a long time. When I last visited a couple of months ago the ghost was still there buzzed around me and left then followed me across the street and was gone. It might not be a human consciousness though, there are many multidimensional entities. Unless you can make direct contact all you get is the sense of the energy present. Sometimes I have been able to talk to human consciousness that has left the body but not crossed over, sometimes they don't talk. There are lots of reasons why some people don't cross over. In any case, this location is totally fine. Someone who is energy sensitive might feel that presence but there is nothing negative here as far as I can tell.

Also, what the hell happened with the bombing of the Erewan shrine back in 2015? It looked like they had suspects, then backtracked and the story disappeared. When a mystery arises, in most of the world, that's when the story gets interesting. In Thailand, usually the opposite seems to happen. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a ghost that did it. 😁

Thanks Pat . Really enjoyed the vid. Starting to believe karma is real . Great footage of the past. How do you find the footage of the the old days? Thanks again

Everyone does indeed love a good ghost story.

I have had more than a few very strange experiences here in Thailand. I had some very old videos I need to edit and have for Holloween later this year. You can not see anything but you can clearly hear walking and some odd noises and voices.

Thanks. Scary tho

There is a strange statue off Soi 3 that has distorted features, I don't know the story but it is about 4 to 5 meters tall.

Why would Bangkok have Hindu shrines around it when it is a Buddhist dominant country?

Hey pat great vid, quick question have you ever encountered a supernatural event personally while living in Thailand? I know Thai people are quite superstious... Kind Regards

Seems to be a recurring theme of this part of Bangkok originally dominated by a certain landowner(s), and over time being pushed aside for modern development.....almost. I wonder, how does a palace become a mall? The Siam Intercontinental followed a similar path, no? From palace to sprawling international hotel to mall.

It’s a “killer” idea…love it!

Pat, have you encountered a ghost before or experienced an unholy presence in Thailand? I felt that some of the open stretch of roads/motorways in Rayong were quite scary at night whilst driving. At some parts, it's very dark as there aren't many lampposts and you can see the mountain silhouettes. If your vehicle breaks down, then all you have is a jungle either side of you and it's very lonely. I did some research and it turns out that there is a cursed intersection with sightings of a female ghost. It has something to do with a nearby abandoned hospital apparently. There are abandoned ships floating around in the gulf as well and tourists have reported crying and moaning sounds late at night on one of the beaches.

The Prudential Insurance Bldg in Tokyo is famously haunted. It is on the site of a hotel fire accident but also a historical place for executions. But foreigners bought the Bldg. (:

I've just watched this story while livrng in a hotel nearby. Nightmares guaranteed :D

One bar girl I knew called it SI Nar Buddha and would go daily to bring gifts.

Support here

Thank you Pat, as a Thai guy, this clip make me think to another Supernatural history story in BKK. It is "MAE Nak Phakanong" located at Phakanong district. Every Thai people know what is MAE Nak so i recommended u this story. I would like so much if u make story from ur view.

My Thai wife is not at all afraid of ghosts, why she thinks this way I am unsure because her family members are very ghost weary.

Thanks for telling us this. I was at the shrine before it was bombed. It struck me that most of the popular shrines around Bkk was of Hindu origin. Can it be because of all the ghost movies from India, dubbed to Thai? Thai TV is full of ghost movies. As a buddhist i was suprised to see all the Hindu gods around.

His legs are he is here.

My Mekongpearl Thaiwife can absolutly not understand why I don't believe in ghosts

Support you by buying you a coffee???????????????????????? Been trying to buy you a coffee for weeks now Pat!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Didnt c any ghost or spirit!

Jimmy Barnes missed the 2015 bombing by the skin of his teeth !