Phi Tai Hong

Phi Tai Hong is a ghost of Thai Folklore. It’s the vengeful and restless spirit of a person who suffered a violent or cruel death. Phi Tai Hong usually has its origin in a man or a woman who died suddenly, often without the observance of proper funerary rituals.

Tai Hong means to die an unnatural or violent death such as being murdered or drowning. Phi Tai Hong means the ghost of a person who died in such a manner.
They are very dangerous as they are usually full of resentment and may easily kill people.

The spirit of a person who was assassinated will seek retribution and will eventually threaten and seek to kill the murderers, as well as people that may be close to them when the spirit is active.

They are among the most feared ghosts especially in the form known as Tai Thang Klom which is the ghost of a woman who died together with a child in her womb.

They are normally spirits of people who were murdered or drowned and did not receive a proper burial. The only way to get rid of a Phi Tai Hong is to carrying out a very complicated exorcism ritual but the ghosts are notoriously difficult to exorcise.

Thai people are really afraid of these ghosts. Even today the belief is still strong in Thai society.

– Samyukta Suresh, 1st Year Psychology