Were you one of those kids that dabbled with a Ouija board?

Told ghost stories around the campfire, or tried to spook your friends with tall tales of a bogey man under the bed?

Did you try to trade your soul with the devil for some riches or super power? 

If you were like me, I'm sure you did. 

Most people grow out of this phase at some point. They get a hold of themselves and their senses and abandon the juvenile supernatural. 

In Thailand, ghosts and the world of spirits is for most just as real as my voice that you hear in your headphones now. 

Mostly, that belief is harmless. Red fanta offerings to spirit houses, strings of talismans for safe travel, and the like. 

But cross that belief with maliciousness, the thirst for power, jealousy, drugs, and mental illness, and you're holding a potent brew that I call "Thai Black Magic & Murder"