The Tourists That Never Came Home | Murder In paradise | Real Crime

The murders of British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller uncovers the ugly side of the beautiful tourist hotspot of Koh Tao.
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[@carstennn]

Maybe reupload with the narrator's voice turned up, or music turned down. Some of the video is completely unintelligible

[@erikguzman1640]

Completely agree, had to stop watching it. The audio is pretty bad. I'll come back again watch another day. I was really interested in the story.

[@dominicsangeet7302]

1:30 that's how far i got

[@sumkindawundrful14u65]

@@dominicsangeet7302 me too

[@aislynn001]

Yep, got to 1:43 and that was it. I like to listen to these things while I do other things, I don't want to have to sit and read subtitles.

[@sonnycorleone2602]

Carsten, I and many others here agree 100% with you !

[@HKTjohnnywalker]

I am an expat living in Thailand for 9yrs, Phuket 4yrs. I work as a bodyguard and tell all my client that travel to Koh Tao to hire private protection. That island is run by some shady characters to say the least and as you can see from this story literally get away with murder..

[@sovereignxv]

I lived on the island of koh toa for three months a few years ago, i had my phone stolen by a French woman’s son at the sairee hotel. An incredibly kind Thai woman drove me on her bike to the police station which is exactly what is shown on this documentary, six police officers in tshirts smoking cigarettes outside their 12x10 office building. It goes without saying they couldn’t really help me, nor did they attempt to try. The island definitely isn’t equipped for dealing with casualties or murders.. There were also stories of tourists going to visit the “high” bars (where you can get magic mushroom shakes and marijuana joints) where the “police” would set up checkpoints and bust people for having weed. They would put them in jail for days on end or create a monetary bargain. This is speculated how the mafia make a lot of their money, ripping off any tourists of their farang money. The island is amazing but definitely keep your wits about you..

[@jefflinton]

The island is run by two huge Thai mafia families. Unfortunately these two people insulted the son of one of the top men or his brother in the organisation. The brother fled and filmed on the street cam but it's not shown. They chopped Hannah's head off from above the eyebrows and left her spreadeagled. David was chopped his head with something (supposedly a hoe) and he drowned on the shore.

[@theswabbie30]

Ya really need to fix the narrators audio and republish it.

[@humblehummingbird2011]

Its too bad the CC can't even pick up the words the chick is saying - hard to follow storyline 😐

[@Hey_Jamie]

Lmfao the sound mixing 😂🤣😂

[@SydewalkClosed]

For real though! Thought it was just me

[@michellegodfrey8322]

No doubt!! Can't even hear the lady who is narrating half the time bc of all the sound mixing that overpowers her voice!

[@iFrostxHD]

dogshit sound mixing

[@lightsoutisay]

the music be slapping lmao

[@erikaxchristine]

Omggg you ain’t kiddin 😹😹😹

[@JustEndah]

Because of the terrible audio quality, turn on the English caption. It helps a lot. Thank you for the video, it opened my eyes about the dangers of the island, which includes its police brutality, the ridiculous legal systems and human rights violations towards the Burmese immigrants. Sickening. RIP the victims.

[@starkravingralph]

yooooooo wth with the sound, i cant watch this one! dang it.

[@Aeon1019]

The ONE who violently attacked them was the Thai Hotel owner that saw them First - MONTRIWAT! Sick individual

[@countessnic9809]

Was that the Mayor? The one that takes no accountability and blames the tourists 100%? Sure maybe some of the tourists might be at fault but making that claim against every visitor is absurdly untrue. Cops dropped the ball from the jump & that mayor is shady asf... My condolences to the families.🙏🏻😔

[@dobklyznskovik6705]

What about the 2 innocent guys that just got the death penalty!!!????

[@beckynjeri8559]

The narrator thinks she is reading a bed time story... aaarrgh can't she just speak up with some energy to it? Pass her a Redbull

[@michellepricejawers2028]

Audio is horrible! Who needs that stupid loud background music? Female narrator's voice is barely audible.

[@markcjohn6431]

Yes that’s true ✅

[@hoodiemike2816]

The people complaining about the sound made me want to complain about the sound it's atrocious

[@countessnic9809]

The sound clears up after a bit. Doesn't even last that long. Thank you for the upload 👍🏻🙂

[@BlahBlahs1000]

Someone should be fired for that audio.

[@jackrotz2139]

That cop man lol Can you tell me 100% that neither of them were tortured "YEH SURE" lol

[@jackiegraham4072]

Wow if American politicians talked the same way about foreigners coming to there country as that Thai mayor did i wonder how they would be treated.

[@devlinm5398]

I like my true crime with just a splash of techno 👌🏼🔥

[@markcjohn6431]

Hello there friend hope you enjoy the weekend over there 🤩🤩🥳

[@MelodyBunnie]

I wish the voices in my head is as soft as the narrator 😅

[@zherkanogkhamsin2301]

I have been living in Thailand for half of my life, my last 4 years there even in prison for ridiculous allegations, so besides fluently knowing the language, I know them in and out, also their... "justice system". At that time, I traveled to Ko Tao to investigate on my own, talked to the local people and there living foreigners and got somehow my conclusion. Just after getting to know a civil servant who originally worked on Koh Tao earlier and knew all the big people there, and he "invited" me to help him in his work as a translator, I found out that the very dangerous thing about Thailand is, that the Mafia... IS the leading stage of government officials themselves, he included. He told me everything about the murderer, how they faked the evidence, it's a common thing in Thailand. Prisons are full of people who haven´t done the alleged crime. The best thing is just NOT to travel to Thailand. They're more hypocritic than the Pharisees and true... they have little to no regard to human life. The two poor Burmese guys haven´t done this, but were found guilty till the Supreme court and waiting to be killed, or go crazy in a there ending life in prison... a hell no one wants to be.

[@LOKI77able]

Are you Thai? So the civil servant you talked to knows exactly who the murderer is?? Regarding hypocrisy I know that is largely down to Thai/Buddhist mindset and the great importance it attaches to saving face and keeping up pretenses no matter what.

[@emchorgan1]

I would say as another commenter said keep your wits about you but thailand is also a beautiful place . Unforgettable memories made there for life

[@paulhiggins7133]

I think you are right.. won't travel to Thailand anymore.. these people don't realise that if d tourist stop visiting Thailand they would starve...

[@jefflinton]

​@@paulhiggins7133they are so dim witted they actually RAISED prices because Russians did a runner to here in Phuket and Thais thought they'd always do this 😂😂😂 So they RAISED the prices. This is the level of IQ were talking about Saving face,Money and health are all that matters to Thais

[@gt6225]

Hello. Could you turn up the music a bit, I can still hear the narrator. Thanks.

[@Ashery193]

SUBTITLE IS THE LAST HOPE OF THIS VIDEO.

[@kerryknight228]

I wouldn’t wander around my own neighborhood at night, much less do it in a foreign country!

[@tedbaxter5234]

Audio is bad if this - unable to understand the words….

[@TabCherie]

I dont understand..... Are the families not able to bring the bodies of their loved ones home? They could then have a toxicology report and autopsy completed to get clear evidence and get rid of so many of the unknowns. This perplexes me.

[@mtha7796]

After the autopsy in Thailand was completed. The bodies were sent to their families. Only Hannah's body was reautopsied in England as the family asking for it. I don't know where to neither.

[@mtha7796]

The guy @ 35.00 claimed during the trial that ----> UK autopsy report No lacerations and perineal abrasions were found from the vagina to the anus. Witnesses also hired experts in the UK to analyze the suspected men's walking in CCTV footage. Compare with the second defendant's gait on the day of the accident. Which obtained the results of analysis according to document No. 47 that the second defendant was not a suspected man.

[@mtha7796]

If your daughter were raped and killed, the lawyer of the defendants claimed in the court that ---> the second defendant was not a suspected man according to the ANALYZE OF WALKING, are you ok with that?

[@nishant54]

@@mtha7796 If there was a proof i had to believe because emotions are nothing compared to facts

[@mtha7796]

@@nishant54 DNA & CCTV records are one of the most reliable sources than just words. The British media is scratchy as its best. It's sad that politics are more important than their people's lives by someone who call themselves being from democratic country. The victim was raped while still alive and her family are the victim of the media.

[@lindadiaz3268]

I will never understand why people prefer to travel to far away countries only to end up on a cold slab, it's not worth it families are left rattling their minds

[@snowps1]

I'd like to watch this but as everyone else said, you can't hear the words over the music.

[@tinyGrim1]

It's not that bad

[@bridgetmandishona7193]

Its just annoying

[@loriplants9643]

I really feel bad for the family and friends. I hope someone can solve this crime.

[@Malaimission]

May Universe God help them see the truth ❤️ so everyone can get justice n peace

[@markcjohn6431]

Hello 🤩🤩

[@sumkindawundrful14u65]

The narrator's voice is barely audible. Can't watch if ya can't hear what's going on 😔

[@markcjohn6431]

Hello there friend 🤓🤓😀

[@shannondavis775]

Horrible sound.

[@parry7310]

petition for re-upload

[@genniferkelly]

I truly feel bad for the families and friends.. I hope they can solve crime.💔😢

[@dobklyznskovik6705]

They just sentenced 2 innocent guys!!!!

[@commentterry2672]

Why is the music so loud??? Or is the voice over just too low? Losing interest...

[@indiadee]

Why y’all got the music volume on 12 and the narrator on 2??

[@soundreign2319]

Don’t understand why people keep pushing to go into places where they don’t belong😞

[@dobklyznskovik6705]

I don't understand why nobody in this comment section is talking about the fact that these corrupt pieces of shit just sentenced 2 innocent guys to death!!!

[@FlowericiousResident]

When travelling europe or asia never travel alone, never go in dark corners just don't ! And that guy who was threatened by Thai mafia that's true, you will die in suicidal way just like that actor in kill bill movie who died in Thailand tied up. I don't believe the two young person whom was charged for the crimed are the murderer. The Police knows who did it but all their tongues are short to tell the truth

[@skylerchase7759]

That's real funny that Thai authorities tried to blame a mix of chest medication & alcohol on Christina's death. Yes, you should not take any prescription meds & then drink alcohol, but they would not cause a person to do all that. How she died, brutally murdered & then hung up there as if it was suicide. Umm no. 1st off, if she was all messed up & completely annihilated from the combination of way too many drugs & alcohol, her hand coordination w/ her mind would not be able to put together that type of a scenario. The thought process of ""hey let's stage this as a suicide"" drugged up

[@lilaydreos872]

The Narrators voice is to soft, Music in parts is to loud 😕 cannot understand anything Please reload this documentary with Subtitles

[@tinaruan38]

The female voice cannot be heard, too low or music too high. I really wanted to watch this!

[@judgeroybean6930]

A Colonel in the Tai Police equals a Dustbin Man in most other countries, the differences?? A dustbin man earns more, has a higher education and doesn't DEPEND on bribes to survive. The girl victim ignored her families advice and pleas NOT to go. I wonder if she was remembering this? The boy left a nice island to go to this shitpile. Enough said

[@AnaCeciFrutos]

The music is too loud the narrator's voice is completely inaudible

[@sandeedriver1941]

This video seems like a real good one however....I couldnt finish watching.

[@brycepriar3185]

This is unlistenable with headphones

[@AnaCeciFrutos]

Without headphones too

[@PastaBoyMaestro]

To bad the audio mastering is horrible, barely managed to watch 2 minutes at full volume and headphones... looks like an interesting story, its a pity that the volume of the narrator is tooooo low. I really hope you reupolad this video with a better narrator audio quality, i kinda look forward for a new "wordls most dangerous serial killers" video

[@bluenewt25]

With the sound mixing I feel like I'm watching E!

[@thomasnguyen9973]

if people know how many young girls being kidnaped, raped some killed in thailand, they wouldn't call it as "paradise". check Kra island, lot of Vietnamese girls being held, sold there around 1975-85 (boat-people).

[@jackiegraham4072]

Ko Kra island

[@casodreyfuszola]

I have never seen in my whole life one of these People to be safe and honest. They are all brutal and dictatorial. Tourism should be banned in those countries.

[@mtha7796]

They're being charged because of the following evidence 1. CCTV footage shows they were entering to the crime scene that night 2. CCTV footage from 7-Eleven store shows they bought cigarettes (same brand found at the crime scene) 3. DNA found in vagina match both of them 4. Cigarette butts found at the crime scene match both of them 5. David's IPhone was buried at their renting house. Have you ever heard all of these information before? DNA fingerprinting results are automatically saved to computer and if someone try to falsify the results, it would be easily detected. The DNA tests were completed at least 10 days before they were arrested.

[@mtha7796]

After being arrested they confessed and admitted to committing a crime. Why they recant their statement? Because their lawyer told them so as there is evidence linked to rape only, not murder. @36.44 is the wedge used to commit murder while the victims were having sex. Both victims have severe head injuries. Only the victims' DNA were detected from the wedge. Of course two men with one wedge VS people having sex. So these two Burmeses did not have any bleeding. However, all pieces of scientific and circumstantial evidence was enough to support the murder charge against them.

[@tonbomohm1]

Thank you for the facts not reported by this documentary, towards the end of the documentary the family of the young man gave a public statement saying through out the trial the evidences from the prosecution were overwhelmingly convincing. This was a huge publicized case in Thailand at the time and the Thai police have a very good past records of solving these kind of cases quickly and correctly.

[@lessd7564]

The judicial systems in all.of SE Asia are political based not based on law. It is all about what supports the political system and the well connected. One just has to be very careful and avoid hidden and seedy places. If you are a nonrich foreigner...good luck.

[@t.j.7789]

You can put on subtitles!

[@annevaneeden]

What a mess of sound mixing 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@markcjohn6431]

Hi🥳🥳

[@laurelgirard8475]

Why are so many people interrogating this young man? Is it a public sporting event? If they have such limited resources, they shouldnt have so many tourists there. You can’t let 18- 20 somethings police themselves. They’re certainly are getting $ from the tourists. They owe it to them to have a safe vacation.Didntthey have CCTV on the beach?

[@michelleyoung6799]

This is unwatchable. Who approved this to be uploaded with the sound all jacked up?

[@CissyBrazil]

This is the worst video I have watched because it’s very sad and the Tai police on this island are corrupt (my opinion).

[@lorenmolina5704]

Saw this already like couple of years ago. Please make a new one

[@judgeroybean6930]

Left this video at 15.39 IMPOSSIBLE to hear the narrator. Music SO loud. Should NEVER have been allowed to post in this condition.

[@Stichting_NoFap]

The music is too loud to hear the narration

[@bekahboop]

Can’t hear

[@markcjohn6431]

Hello there friend 🤗

[@CissyBrazil]

Why does music have to play during this video? Only makes the narration very difficult to hear.

[@markcjohn6431]

Hello there friend hope you enjoy your beautiful day over there 🥳

[@laurelgirard8475]

A murder trial in an hour!!! You have to be kidding me!!

[@dobklyznskovik6705]

And 2 innocent guys sentenced to death!!! What the fuck!

[@fabb7papa496]

What’s with the sound quality of the narrator? You can barely hear her speak 🗣 but the music 🎶 is so loud...

[@ButterflyQueene07]

This is a baffling and confusing case.

[@lightsoutisay]

lmao i thought i was tripping, the audio is so confusing in this vid... thought i accidentally clicked on a really really weird trance music video.

[@paul2081ok]

During the last 15 years of staying in Thailand, I never had any problems nor do I know of other foreigners..

[@jessiejessie4422]

The music is too loud you cant hear the narration

[@katerinagiannioudi401]

This video makes it sound like Thailand is the most dangerous place on earth. When I visited for a holiday all went well and we didn't feel unsafe. Can't say the same when we visited NY.

[@rossdawgsbrokenspirit9038]

NY is unsafe due to the far left state legislature getting rid of bail requirements for violent criminals. Insane policy

[@jonga80]

In regards to the documentary title, Koh Tao is far from being paradisiacal. I've lived in Thailand for 4 years and have visited Koh Tao many times, and no, it's not paradise, it's simply a cheap island for drinking and diving inexpensively, but neither its waters nor the island itself are paradisiacal. The same goes for Koh Samui or Koh Phangan; if someone wants paradise islands in Thailand, they have to go to the Andaman Sea.

[@gumzbenjamin85]

The music has spoiled everything

[@jcbaily5559]

Could not hear the narrator!!!!!!

[@georgiesimmons5924]

After midnight anywhere outside is not safe any police officer will tell you that.

[@dannyreyes6289]

The police say every body lying

[@michi.yt10]

What happen with the sound,.???

[@carolharley2180]

They think they own the place. They wouldn’t do the same thing in their own country.

[@filipinosarethebest6273]

Utterly disgusting sound

[@bftdr]

the sound quality on this absolutely stinks

[@alexcoal5111]

I can't handle the music

[@orchidrose1410]

Wow this like never happens on this channel! You might want to fix the sound and re-upload this video

[@Andrew_alxf21]

Ah British. No loss

[@kristiriley]

Wow, somebody didn't want to get copyright claimed or somethingggg.... 🤭

[@tatertott2390]

Drunks not even in thailand have a better chance of accidental death !!!! You can get blacked out all the time and expect nothing to happen.

[@markcjohn6431]

Hello there friend 😋🥳🥳🥳

[@lobowynnTV]

Crooked Paradise…..I was thinking about going to Thailand but not now….

[@Cattt01]

Yikes! Narrator's voice is drowned out by the music.

[@markcjohn6431]

Hello there friend 🙄

[@annaschulz3695]

Yes, can you fix the sound?? Its totally unbalanced

[@lanettelouie]

Might want to think about turning the music down a few notches and turn up the narrating voice. Wanted to watch but having to strain to hear her voice irritated me.

[@dawnhandschy8111]

1.36 in and i thumbs downed it because the music is way to loud and you can't hear the Narrator and there are no subtitles to counter act that problem. Fix and re upload. Nobody can watch this.

[@josephschmidt4157]

Boycott that Country@

[@marizechevo1843]

Wow the music. Seriously

[@lobowynnTV]

We try to protect the Mafia Families of the Island……Thailand Police….Crooked

[@tonbomohm1]

Believe me, if you’re a member of a mafia family in Thailand there’s no reason to rape and kill tourists, with money and power they can have any woman they want.

[@professorhoratiohufnagel1341]

Unwatchable because it’s unlistenable

[@sandrabentley8111]

Gets better.

[@micocruz5092]

my eardrums may explode if i continue watching this😏👎👎👎

[@AudreyH100]

A narrator usually adds a lot to a story. This narrator has a boring monotonous voice which does not add any value to the story.

[@markcjohn6431]

Hello 👋✅

[@thetruthhurts3318]

I’ve always kept in mind that foreign country people are not so open and welcoming to outsiders 🧐 people should be mindful not to do anything or come off as disrespectful when visiting another country!!!! Of course they are going to have their guards up … just like anybody else if they see a outsider in their country… People that are native aren’t going to take that lightly at all … people can’t be so blind to this … this is why I haven’t been out the country yet … I know for a fact I’m probably not going to be welcomed to a place I’m not from 🫡

[@emchorgan1]

That’s a bit grim and just your own personal opinion since you havnt actually been outside of the country. That’s not true for every country

[@zagonialpar9208]

The sound of this video is wieerrd. But aside from that... That police guy interviewes could not be more fake. I mean if that is an actual police officer from there who worked on these casesm wtf.... What do you mean they used "equipment' that compliens to some eu standards, something like that, cannot remember. What the heck .. also that guy saying that his family is inocent... Could not look more guilty if he tried. What the heck is wrong with these people. They are so freaking bad at cover up and they actually get away with these murders with corruption.

[@thatoneguy2632]

Who did the sound on this one. Turn down the music so we can hear the story lol.

[@Trinx09]

The background sound makes me dizzy.

[@daniellegaspar8386]

I am sorry but the Thai dude who saw the bodies gives me eirrie feelings...his eyes and body language struggling to not to show or mess up his words... he knows who did ..but it’s not him

[@sonnycorleone2602]

Danielle, Hi I agree 100%. I think the locales in Thailland surely know who murdered these two young people as well as other murders. But they keep secretes and do not really care if tourist get's murdered....especially American ones !

[@mtha7796]

Good to hear that the police in your country arrest suspects by eerie feelings:)

[@daniellegaspar8386]

@@mtha7796 I have no knowledge about how they arrest criminals ...I will let the law enforcers do that ... but, as a human being we have this thing called intuition... we do things according on what we think and feel... my intuition saved my life so many times ..I am speaking through experience... I used to live in south east Asia... I know how it is... we know how things work ..real talk..

[@daniellegaspar8386]

@@sonnycorleone2602 I really feel sorry to the family’s victims...the fact that losing someone you love is heartbreaking already what more when the cause of death is murdered ... Thailand’s police it shows a lot on the video that they are not trained enough to do their job or probably don’t have b2lls to do it ...justice for the two victims and also others .

[@mtha7796]

@@daniellegaspar8386 Good to hear that the police in your country are all GOOD. BTW, there are good and bad people in every career. So it would be easier if you discuss about SOLID EVIDENCE than FEELINGS!

[@chereenrobbertse6775]

The music is so loud over the voice. U am 1.40 minutes in and sadly heard nothing. So guess I can not continue. Don't u listen to ur production before u release it. What a pity

[@feistylilah9645]

the background sound is horrible. making it hard for it to understand..

[@josephleonard6695]

I like my dance music with a little true crime narration.

[@mejeanlouis72]

The background music is too loud and you cannot hear the comentary,.