# Carradine Conspiracy...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carradine-conspiracy/498905
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 6, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carradine-conspiracy/498905 "2009-06-06T03:47:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carradine-conspiracy/498905/21 "2009-06-12T03:38:01Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#):
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> Here’s a note I read on another message board from a medical examiner who has seen victims of this sort before:
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> “…a common set up is a noose tied to a rope that encircles the base of the scrotum. The noose rope is \*tied to the left wrist \*which is held behind the back, leaving the right hand free (if he was right handed). The left wrist is free to move and adjust the tension on the neck. Now commonly, this is done while standing in a closet with the rope draped over the cross bar where you hang clothing and pornographic material spread out on the floor in front of the individual. **Kids, please don’t try this without adult supervision**.”
Absolutely! Every time I did this as a youngster, I always had my parents carefully monitor my selection and placement of the rope. And when the crossbar in my room’s closet began showing signs of strain, they told me I either had to go on a diet or use the closet in their room, which was made of good, solid oak. They taught me well…
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### Author:  [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carradine-conspiracy/498905/22 "2009-06-12T16:36:17Z")
…I still think it was the Chinese mafia. They took out Bruce Lee too.
I am only half kidding.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carradine-conspiracy/498905/23 "2009-06-12T16:41:21Z")
> [@PeacePlease](#):
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> And the plot [thickens](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_en_ce/us_carradine_death_1)…
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> A true Hollywood mystery death!
Not really. Everybody moved away from the suicide theory once the autoerotic asphxiation idea came along.
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### Author:  [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carradine-conspiracy/498905/24 "2009-06-12T16:47:44Z")
> [@RedFury](#):
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> That’s why I like keeping matters in my own hands.
I keep my matters in my own hands because I have no one to play with but I’d love to share my “matters” with a deserving candidate (or two).
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### Author:  [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carradine-conspiracy/498905/25 "2009-06-12T16:48:53Z")
Did anyone else see this horseshit from their “celebrity lawyer”
> [@](#):
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> Mark Geragos, attorney for the actor’s half-brother, Keith Carradine, even suggested on last week’s “Larry King Live,” that a Kung Fu secret society could be to blame.
> **[Carradine's Family Speaks Out for First Time Since Death](https://abcnews.com/Entertainment/story?id=7816576&page=1)**
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> A forensics expert hired by David Carradine's family says that the "Kung Fu" actor did not commit suicide.
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carradine-conspiracy/498905/26 "2009-06-20T02:27:27Z")
Stop the Presses! It was ladyboys! Ladyboys done him in. See [here](http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25654639-5001026,00.html) and [here](http://entertainment.oneindia.in/hollywood/top-stories/scoop/2009/carradine-lady-hookers-murdered-180609.html).
**“A close friend of David Carradine and an ex-FBI agent has claimed he was drugged and murdered by a brutal, flirtatious pair of Thai Lady Boys.”**
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### Author:  [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carradine-conspiracy/498905/27 "2009-06-20T03:37:32Z")
Of course. They were secret Kung Fu ladyboy assassins. David Carradine was about to spill the Secret of the Mangina of Steel, and they couldn’t have that. So the Glorious Ladyboy Empress sent down a command from her secret lair in Nepal:
“Carradine has offended us. He must be…punished. Kill him - with kindness! Bwahahahahaha!”
And there you have it.
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### Author:  [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carradine-conspiracy/498905/28 "2009-06-20T04:47:43Z")
Katoey!
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carradine-conspiracy/498905/29 "2009-06-21T01:56:08Z")
They were the deadly Teenage Mutant Ninja Ladyboys!
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### Author:  [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carradine-conspiracy/498905/30 "2009-06-21T03:12:55Z")
This is reminiscent of the whole Elvis thing to me. The fans did not know about his secret life and predilictions, and do not want to accept the reality which has been brought home so forcefully by his manner of death.
I fully expect to be reading about Carradine sightings in the grocery store line when I am eighty.
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carradine-conspiracy/498905/31 "2009-06-24T17:11:17Z")
Tongue in cheek: [David Carradine Murdered By Secret Shaolin Masturbation Sect](http://notthenation.com/pages/news/getnews.php?id=799)
**“Kung Fu star was reportedly about to reveal ultimate ‘Thousand Palms’ masturbation technique to Western masturbators”**
And not _completely_ unrelated: [Steven Seagal’s Career Found Dead in Bangkok](http://notthenation.com/pages/news/getnews.php?id=796)
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carradine-conspiracy/498905/32 "2009-11-19T03:41:04Z")
An update on Carradine.
Some rag called _Maxim_ carried a completely ridiculous article speculating on his death. See it [here](http://www.maxim.com/movies/articles/84030/last-days-david-carradine.html).
A friend of mine, one of the Shark Guys – the one who lives here in Bangkok – wrote [this excellent rejoinder](http://www.thesharkguys.com/2009/11/18/maxim-on-david-carradines-death-in-bangkok-maxim-um-bs/). 😃
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### Author:  [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carradine-conspiracy/498905/33 "2009-11-19T03:45:32Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> Tongue in cheek: [David Carradine Murdered By Secret Shaolin Masturbation Sect](http://notthenation.com/pages/news/getnews.php?id=799)
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> **“Kung Fu star was reportedly about to reveal ultimate ‘Thousand Palms’ masturbation technique to Western masturbators”**
Whacks on, Whacks off.
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### Author:  [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2009, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carradine-conspiracy/498905/34 "2009-11-19T09:01:20Z")
[I have the answer…](http://cheezburger.com/view.aspx?ciid=4807904&vk=2yZ%2fQidCJNqonYv4tFFx8PIR1wBhlZQF9EMMWQ0E8esxkC7LQ4Q3%2fcPg2b6nsReX)
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carradine-conspiracy/498905/35 "2009-11-24T04:44:05Z")
And yet another good response to that _Maxim_ article is [here](http://www.globalpost.com/notebook/thailand/090930/journalism-or-bangkok-noir).
Excerpts: \*\*"Despite the volume of facts he got wrong, and the general absurdity of his tone, the guy DID come to Bangkok. It would almost be less embarrassing if he DIDN’T. This piece went beyond misunderstanding into full-fledged lying – I’m thinking of the “child bride” bit in particular.
“P.S. The Maxim piece really is quite entertaining, so don’t let my whining get in the way of a good read.”\*\*
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carradine-conspiracy/498905/36 "2010-09-16T04:53:27Z")
Breaking News! [David Carradine’s Ex-Wife Still Investigating His Death](http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/w0006212.html)
She’s even called in psychics, so we know she’s serious.
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