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William Young, the CIA agent who is credited with allegedly discovering Long Cheng in northern Laos, a remote valley which became a top secret CIA air base in 1965 - and soon after the busiest airport in the world - shot himself in Chiang Mai, Thailand a few days ago.
During the making of the feature [...]
Charles Sobhraj, one of the world’s most notorious serial killer celebrities, also known as The Serpent and The Bikini Killer, is said to have murdered a string of back packers and tourists in South and Southeast Asia in the 1970s.
In 2003, Charles Sobhraj was arrested in Kathmandu, Nepal, for a 1975 murder.
In 2004, Mr. Sobhraj [...]