David Carradine Death: Hanging Photo Published

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An explicit photo of David Carradine snapped after his death shows the 72-year-old actor hanging nude in a closet of his Bangkok hotel room with his hands tied in front of him.

Thai police say the picture is probably a leaked forensics photo.  The death photo was published in Thai Rath, a Thailand tabloid newspaper.

According to Mark Geragos, attorney for David’s brother Keith Carradine, “The family is outraged about the release of these photos.”

Geragos says he will legally go after any publication that runs the photo in the United States.

There have been conflicting reports surrounding the nature of Carradine’s death, which was first thought to be a suicide.  Although sources close to Carradine say he had a history of engaging in auto-erotic asphyxiation, there has been speculation that the actor may have been murdered.

It was reported that the actor had his hands tied behind his back, but the photo is said to show his hands tied in front of him.  There were also reportedly two ropes tied together – one around his genitals, and another around his neck.

UPDATE:
WARNING
: The David Carradine death photo is very graphic.  We will not publish the picture on this site.  You can click here to see the Thai Rath photo of David Carradine hanging.

More pictures of David Carradine and family below.

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38 Responses to “David Carradine Death: Hanging Photo Published”

  1. My God this is the second time in less than 1 month that I have replied to a post from this site.

    This whole thing is just plain spooky.

  2. I think it’s horrible that the death photo was leaked to the newspapers there. I’m hoping no publication in the United States is dumb enough to print it.

    It’s a shame to see such a beloved actor getting kicked around in the press now, as a result of his personal s*xual interests, which may have lead to his death.

  3. After looking at the pictures of the 5 star hotel that Carridine stayed at in Bangkok , this looks nothing like the suites they have. So I have to wonder if this is even a real picture of the death scene. Tabloids over there are notorious for putting faked pictures in their papers.

  4. I don’t believe this is real. First, the hotel looks cheap, and second, you can clearly see that the man in the closet has dark hair, whereas the photo right next to it shows David Carradine with grey hair! Totally think its staged by morbid individuals out for money.

  5. It’s news and news sale it may not be published but once this photo hits the internet you can’t stop it.

    So you can expect more government intervention..

    As a Black man from Memphis TN.. When is it enough of government intervention government is taking control of our every day life it’s time for government to step back and let this unfold in court.

  6. backlash, wtf does that even mean?

    and what does being a black man from Memphis have to do with anything? do you start all your sentences with that? lol

  7. doesnt everyone know that when things happen to stars they gather and protect them selves.they tell fans lies but the truth always comes out its better to say david was in a fancy suite the a motel 6 , was he nutty about sex will he was married and he was found that way something wrong with that, with these stars when is it enough,they have everything we will never have and its never enough,sure he was having good sex with who knows who, and gee people will say its mean of me to say that cause hes dead how about this ,he was married he should of not been doing that . and yes i met him many times and know alittle about him. sorry hes gone but he was not as nice as they say .just his friends of course.

  8. I have got to say this ,isnt it true that over there they have “children” and when i say children i mean from ages birth and up..as sexual prostitues for the american “pleasures”.. which is sick why do we have to go over seas to make a movie anyway?? i thought you had lots as in universal, mgm, fox, etc etc..to make movies and sets that look like the actual place.? You never know what goes on over there .. I’m not saying the Mr. Carriden was doing that . im just voicing my ( two cents ) .. And to protain to the photo yes it doesnt look like his body type , from what i seen of the photo which stood out to me was the hair. but he was doing a new movie so it could have been dyed for that purpose… i think there is more to come on the mystery ..I do not think that this is going to be it . i think there is more things involved that meet the eye. and i do not think that thai police will reveal all that they find .. only the things that will shame the americans more ..

  9. There is nothing to see in this photo. We can’t even tell that it is David!
    his hair is gray in all other photos but in this one the hair is much darker!

  10. The guy in the hanging photo doesn’t look like our beloved David Carradine. Tabloids are long known to rely on fake photos in order to make their magazine sell like hotcakes. The look of the room in the hanging photo seems taken from a cheap hotel, a far cry from the luxurious hotel where David Carradine stayed. I just hope those bozos from the tabloid respect a human being who just died.

  11. that isn’t him that doesn’t even look like him something is fishy about this story

  12. I agree with everybody else who said the room in the photograph doesn’t match the description of the suite David Carradine was staying in. Unfortunately due to the poor quality of the photo much remains ambiguous and left for speculation. I personally think it’s just a well planned hoax, the body looks much too young. I have heard there are other photos, anyone know where these are???

    As far as people saying how sick and twisted David Carradine was with his sexual acts, aren’t we sick and twisted for wanting to see the alleged death photos and spending so much time looking into this strange death??? And the whole auto erotic asphyxiation fetish is more prevalent than many may believe.

    I feel bad that his family and friends have to deal with his death in the first place let alone the very unusual circumstances but they have also brought alot of media attention to this case. Without calling for as much media attention such as appearing on the Larry King show and insisting David wasn’t suicidal I think some, certainly not all, of this publicity would have dwindled. I personally feel his family and friends should have tried to deal with this horrid situation less publicly to try and give David as much dignity as possible in his tragic death.

  13. Bruce Lee is probably thinking ” I got freakin replaced by this guy? “

  14. The published picture is actually obscured and censored. It does not depict a dark-haired person, the face has been obscured.

  15. That is not David! The man hanging has a stocky body and his hair is dark. The man hanging has the body that looks 20 years younger than David’s. It is sick that people put this out there.

  16. Yeah but apparently he was wearing a wig…

  17. I have read from the local Thai website (my friend can read Thai). It said that the photo might be taken by the forensic team and somehow (I really mean they said “somehow”-isn’t it stupid!) they got it published. And they just blackout his face.

    I think Thailand do not have a good forensic team (no sh_t!).

    I have read the news in the last two or three weeks, there was a couple that went to Phuket, Thailand. She die because suffocated from something, but the forensic said it was because of a food poison. Isn’t crappy? I would never wish to be in such country.

  18. don’t believe it was him think the photo was fake the person had dark hair david is gray haired

  19. BLACKOUT,
    READ MY OPINION ON ANOTAC AND DON’T GO TO THAILAND. IF HE WAS IN CUSTODY OF THE THAI POLICE AND DIED MYSTERIOUSLY I WOULD THINK TWICE. FORGET ABOUT THE PHOTO. THE TRUTH WILL SURFACE IN THE END
    T.J. MILLER

  20. Rumor has it that Carradine was wearing a dark wig & fishnet stockings.

  21. Whether its him or not, I have no clue. But from the reports, I believe they said he was wearing a dark wig, so it is possible.

  22. guys, stop saying the picture has dark hair. there is no facial features or hair showing BECAUSE THE FACE IS BLOTTED OUT WITH BLACK INK. So no one can say what color the hair is because you cannot see any hair. They clearly removed his face from the photo.

  23. There was also no fish net stockings. Many outlets have incorrectly reported that Carradine was wearing some sort of mesh stocking when he was found dead. We have learned that the actor was nude and the Thai paper that published the death photo put a heavy shadow on the body to obscure some of the details. They used an obvious cross on his chest and legs. Crosshatching is drawing two layers of hatching at right-angles in order create a mesh-like pattern. So the Thai newspaper edited out his face and put cross hatches on his lower body. NO DARK WIG, NO FISHNET stockings.

  24. so where is the photo – you say you have it & click on & its not there so why don’t you remove your comments that you’re showing the pic then – the family’s complaining so you can’t publish it so whydo you say you have it

  25. Nobody here can say for sure if the photo is him. He could be wearing a wig and a dead body hanging can assume an odd look.
    Very sad story. Thailand has earned it’s reputation as a place where perverted things happen.

  26. where is the photo

  27. The dark area near the head is his hair, not his face blocked out, because then his knees would be bent the other way, dumba$ses. I dont think it’s him at all. Tabloids are full of lies, this being another.

  28. Maybe I’m in on this story a little too late but I cannot even get access to any pics so whats up with that? can they hace possibly blocked everything already? I know it must seem a little perverse to want to see something like that but after all these years of perverse s$%^& on tv and the internet if you get online and find out that someone you grew up watching on tv has died and there is the possibility that there’s something funny about you want to see, you know what I mean? If anyone know’s how to get access to this photo please let me know where to got to see it. Thanks

  29. I think we are all a little freakish to want to see Davids dead pics, real or not. The facts being it was a freaky sex act gone terribly bad is to say the least. And we all became familar with this man, or exleast his movies- then to be found dead hanging in a Thai motel room. I think not knowing or understanding someone tieing thereself up for selfgratification makes us want to know more about it all.

  30. wow..this is scary. I will admit that i think he was murdered too. I seen the tabloid photo on that link but theres another link on the that page that actually shows the autopsy photo, which is horrible to see too. I though it was gonna be talkin about it but it showed it but dont know what they were talkin about since its in a diff language. RIP David carradine.

  31. tammy theres a link on this page above the three pictures of him at the bottom of the story.

  32. 1) it’s hilarious that a lot of you have never heard of the concept of a wig. also, why would they black out the face of someone who’s facing away from the camera? feet and knees don’t usually lie…

    2) the autopsy photo is on a Hungarian website, so the comments are in Hungarian.

    3) he was in ridiculously good shape. it may or may not be him, but saying that it’s a body that looks 20 years younger doesn’t convince me. it’s possible for an older person to have a healty body.

  33. *healthy

    grrrr. proofreading is my friend, but sometimes, i leave it at home.

  34. i think the photos are fake. i agree with everyone else. i think his suite would look a lot better than that.

  35. it looks like Michael Jackson ?

  36. why would a man that is so loved aqnd has every thing to live for take his own life?

  37. Well, I’ve choked women before so, auto-erotic asphyxiation ain’t no big deal to me.

    Anyone see the new South Park ?

  38. there isn’t any pictures up…just one of him smiling

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