The Disappearance of Jim Thompson: Thailand’s Silk King and the Cameron Highlands Mystery | 29

Jim Thompson disappearance, Thai silk, Bangkok history, Cameron Highlands mystery. In 1967, Jim Thompson — the American-born entrepreneur who helped revive Thai silk and became part of modern Thailand’s cultural story — vanished during a walk in Malaysia’s Cameron Highlands and was never seen again. This episode of Shadows of Siam follows the documented trail: Thompson’s OSS past, his life in Bangkok, the Ban Krua weaving community behind the silk legend, the massive search, the competing theories, and the reason his disappearance still lingers as one of Thailand’s most enduring unsolved mysteries. Sources:James H.W. Thompson Foundation / Jim Thompson House Museumhttps://jimthompsonhouse.org/foundation/Jim Thompson House Museumhttps://jimthompsonhouse.org/Encyclopaedia Britannica — Jim Thompsonhttps://www.britannica.com/money/Jim-Thompson-American-businessmanTIME — The Architect Who Changed the Thai Silk Industry and Then Disappearedhttps://time.com/4319751/jim-thompson-history/Penn Museum — Jim Thompson, the Thai Silk Kinghttps://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/jim-thompson-the-thai-silk-king/The Nation Thailand — Silk weaving community that once supplied Jim Thompson now a dying breedhttps://www.nationthailand.com/life/art-culture/40037570Khaosod English / Associated Press — Jim Thompson Disappearance: Case Solved?https://www.khaosodenglish.com/featured/2017/10/21/jim-thompson-disappearance-case-solved/#JimThompson #ThailandMystery #ThaiSilk #CameronHighlands #BangkokHistory #MissingPerson #ColdCase #ShadowsOfSiam