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The Curse of the Turtle

The True Story of Thailand’s “Backpacker Murders”

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The Curse of the Turtle

By: Suzanne Buchanan
Narrated by: Eileen Buckley
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Koh Tao, a small island in the Gulf of Thailand, surrounded by pristine beaches, swathed in sunshine, and a mecca for tourists, divers and backpackers. But “Turtle Island” has its dark side. In 2014, Koh Tao was the site of the brutal double murders of two British backpackers, but theirs weren’t the only suspicious backpacker deaths.

My name is Suzanne Buchanan. I am the former owner and editor of the Samui Times, a news publication on Koh Samui, and covered the stories of the so-called “backpacker murders” and other suspicious deaths. Although I am a British citizen, because of my investigation and stories, as well as my support for the two Burmese migrant workers sentenced to death for the murders, I had to flee Thailand for my own safety. There is currently an active warrant for my arrest should I return to Thailand, which had been my home for more than twenty years, and I continue to receive death threats.

In The Curse of the Turtle, listeners can make up their own minds on who is responsible for the murders that so devastated the victims’ families. Were the Burmese migrant workers responsible? Or were the powerful, tribal families who run Koh Tao involved? And if so, were they aided by corrupt law enforcement?

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Some of the writing and delivery felt clunky and repetitive but the gravitas of the world it describes moves beyond this.

Moving true story

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Interesting listen however the narrator is absolutely shocking, accents and emotion when reading is terrible and out of sync. Very poorly read and Sue should be ashamed to let it be read in this manner. Such a sensitive story that Sue clearly cares so much about yet it's read with disrespect at times.

Interesting

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I heard Sue interviewed on a podcast and was really interested. Unfortunately story dragged out and it felt at times like a personal search for recognition and dislike agenda against Andy. He sounds flaky as hell but I don't need to hear about it repeatedly, nor how much money/fundraising Sue gave to the B2. Narrator is horrific, and her attempt at accents, particularly Asian accents, borders on offensive.

A bit dragged out

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I love the fact that this has a lot of information, but found the information repeating throughout far too much. On the whole it is a very sad story, and I'm glad that someone had those poor mens backs.

I know there are some lawyers who are a bit flaky, but Andy needed to be in prison with the two men he did nothing for.

Very informative, but a bit boring

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Excellent had me gripped from the start narratives very well loved the book five stars

The corruption and lies heart breaking for the families no justice

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