Case file · Folklore / legend
Si Quey, the bogeyman of Siriraj
Si Quey, a Chinese migrant gardener executed in 1959 for child murders, became a Thai bogeyman said to eat children's organs; his preserved body was displayed in a Siriraj Hospital museum for decades.
1959 CE · 13.76, 100.48 · status: legend
The account
Parents warned children that Si Quey would get them. Many now believe he was a scapegoat of anti-Chinese prejudice; after a public campaign his body was cremated in 2020.
The sceptical view
His conviction is now widely doubted; the 'ghoul' image is folklore built on a possible miscarriage of justice.