The Strange Death Of Thomas Merton
January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968
https://www.brasscheck.com/video/the-strange-death-of-thomas-merton
The Martyrdom Of Thomas Merton: An Investigation by Hugh Turley (1:27:44)
Catholics Against Militarism interview with Hugh Turley, co-author of the book "The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton: An Investigation."
In the more than fifty years since Merton passed, this has been the only investigation of his death ever conducted.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/d34GKOjg98yG
The Strange Case Of The Monk In The Shower -
Questions Surrounding the Death of Thomas Merton
But what about Trappist monk Thomas Merton, whose death 50 years ago this week (Dec. 10, 1968) in Bangkok, Thailand is being marked by thousands of his devoted readers? Was he murdered by CIA or other assassins for his outspokenness against the Vietnam War, his critical stance on nuclear weapons, on made-in-America racism, or his cry against capitalism’s empire-building by way of global violence?
by Patricia Lefevere
http://www.thomasmertonsociety.org/epubs/TM-1968.htm
Thomas Merton Society
http://www.thomasmertonsociety.org
A Review Of "The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton: An Investigation"
For years I have spoken out about how fishy the official story of Thomas Merton’s sudden death smelled to me. I have also, over the years, met three CIA agents who were present in Southeast Asia at the time and asked them pointedly whether they killed Thomas Merton. One said: “I will neither affirm it nor deny it.” The second (who spoke to a friend of mine, not to me) said: “We were swimming in cash at the time with absolutely no accountability. If there was just one agent who felt Merton was a threat to the country he could have had him done in with no questions asked.” The third I met a month after my book A Way To God: Thomas Merton’s Creation Spirituality Journey came out and he answered: “Yes. And the last 40 years of my life I have been cleansing my soul from what I did as a young man working for the CIA in Southeast Asia in the 1960s.”
https://www.matthewfox.org/blog/a-review-of-the-martyrdom-of-thomas-merton-an-investigation
The Mysterious Death Of Thomas Merton
A Review of The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton: An Investigation, By Hugh Turley and David Martin
For five decades, the circumstances of the sudden death of the famed pacifist monk Thomas Merton have remained cloaked in the confusion of assorted stories having very little commonality, except for the most basic facts of date and place. The date, December 10, 1968, and place, in a cottage located at a Red Cross conference center near Bangkok, Thailand are about the only undisputed points of yet another death of a hero in that very violent year. Even the time of death, approximately 2 P.M. local time was disputed by the police report, a fake witness statement and the biographer Michael Mott—all stating the time was one hour later.
by Phillip F. Nelson
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/03/phillip-f-nelson/the-mysterious-death-of-thomas-merton
The Martyrdom Of Thomas Merton: An Investigation
Seldom can one predict that a book will have an effect on history, but this is such a work. Merton's many biographers and the American press now say unanimously that he died from accidental electrocution. From a careful examination of the official record, including crime scene photographs that the authors have found that the investigating police in Thailand never saw, and from reading the letters of witnesses, they have discovered that the accidental electrocution conclusion is totally false. The widely repeated story that Merton had taken a shower and was therefore wet when he touched a lethal faulty fan was made up several years after the event and is completely contradicted by the evidence.Hugh Turley and David Martin identify four individuals as the primary promoters of the false accidental electrocution narrative. Another person, they show, should have been treated as a murder suspect. The most likely suspect in plotting Merton's murder, a man who was a much stronger force for peace than most people realize, they identify as the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States government.Thomas Merton was the most important Roman Catholic spiritual and anti-warfare-state writer of the 20th century. To date, he has been the subject of 28 biographies and numerous other books. Remarkably, up to now no one has looked critically at the mysterious circumstances surrounding his sudden death in Thailand. From its publication date in the 50th anniversary of his death, into the foreseeable future, this carefully researched work will be the definitive, authoritative book on how Thomas Merton died.
by Hugh Turley and David Martin
https://www.amazon.com/Martyrdom-Thomas-Merton-Investigation/dp/1548077380
Dave "DC" Martin
https://dcdave.com
