Chinese Live Streamer Died On Stream, Then Someone Stole Her Body & Sold It

bada bing bada there is a lot going on. in today's episode so buckle up there. were a string of mysterious deaths. happening in China but it wasn't just. the deaths that were mysterious but what. was happening to the bodies of the. deceased so it's not just the fact that. they died but weird things started. happening to basically corpses in China. some of them were just Vanishing Without. a Trace leaving a whole nation of people. wondering what the hell is going on like. is there something that we don't know.

why are people's corpses going missing. why are people's dead bodies going. missing and all of these cases are. connected in the strangest most Sinister. way I couldn't even have imagined it if. I thought of like a horror movie plot in. 2021 a daoying influencer a TiK ToK. influencer by the name of little kitty. she had over 700,000 followers I mean. she was known as a visual influencer so. people would follow her because she was.

very visually pleasing to look at she. would post about fashion makeup. lifestyle I mean she was very positive. presence on the screen in 2021 she. posted a video that was very unlike all. of her other videos she seemed really. really serious she looks visibly. exhausted she tells her viewers this is. probably my last video thank you all for. your support you guys know that I've. been struggling with depression for a. while every time you see me being happy. that's just what I I want to show you.

guys okay but recently I can't take it. anymore if you want to know the reason. please go watch my live. [Music]. [Music]. stream fore.

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over a million people saw this post they. immediately tuned into her Liv stream. because they don't know what's going on. it's very cryptic it seems dark and. Sinister like what is she talking about. she directs everyone to this live stream. and she appears very out of it she's. smiling but it doesn't feel genuine she. keeps zoning out in the live stream and. she just seemed overall very unstable. she's hinting that she doesn't want to. keep streaming any longer people kept.

commenting things like please just get. some rest end the stream get some rest. take a break we totally understand if. you take a break little kitty looked. like she was waiting for someone to. enter her stream it was really weird and. then she can slowly be seen lifting a. clear water bottle so like one of those. plastic water bottles but it was filled. with this dark colored liquid it looked. weird okay the liquid did not look like. a normal beverage it just didn't have. the consistency of like a Dr Pepper it. just looked strange and she just kept.

drinking it in little sips and every. time she would just Grimace it didn't. look tasty she kept claiming it was. Coca-Cola the police would later. identify the liquid to be toxic for. human life she was drinking it on the. stream yeah a lot of comments were. catching on they were very worried I. mean this coupled with her last post it. just felt very dangerous it felt very. you know I think people knew what she. was trying to do they were writing. things like please don't do anything. stupid someone called the police we love.

you please don't do this you're young. what about your. parents others said really callous. heartless things there were some. accounts posting into this live if you. want to drink it you should hurry up. some people were encouraging her egging. her saying drink drink drink. drink she finished drinking the liquid. waved The Empty Bottle in front of the. camera she said it doesn't taste very. good the live ended police and. ambulances rushed to the scene and soon.

news started circulating that little. kitty had died October 15th of. 2021 from that very dark liquid she. drank she was eventually cremated but. the mystery surrounding her case doesn't. even end here November of 2021 her case. met headlines yet again because her. ashes were stolen by someone who claims. to have wanted to marry her they stole. her ashes because they want to marry her. off this is very puzzling this is. Sinister and it is a case that continues.

to baffle. [Music]. netizens so as always full show notes. are available at Rotten mango. podcast.com I did get a mandrin speaker. to help with this research on this case.

and also to help figure out like the. sociocultural context cuz there is a bit. of History to today's case and it's it's. a lot but as always if anything is Lost. in Translation or if you know any cases. like this you'd like me to talk about. let us know in the comments let's get. into it of course netizens were. devastated about little Kitty's death. but they were also kind of furious it's. speculated that little kitty was cyber. bullyed to the point of ending things on. her Liv stream she just couldn't take it. anymore but you're wondering why would.

someone cyber bully a woman who's just. trying to share happy videos online. right of makeup and clothes of all. things literally why so it starts in. 2019 and it's kind of like a tragic tale. that starts with a romance between two. social media influencers which is never. a good way to start a story little kitty. in 2019 starts dating a small small. influencer by the name of Zhao z z was. not in the same world as little kitty he. wasn't even in the same I guess level of.

influence as Kitty all he did was post. about basketball like this guy was. obsessed with basketball and it's a very. small Niche he just likes to play. basketball post videos and no one really. cared cuz I guess he wasn't that good he. didn't get nearly as many views or as. love as little kitty despite that the. two of them they fall in love and little. kitty is like Hey we're like couple. goals online you need to keep posting on. your channel like you need to create a. new account like take it seriously she. constantly promoted his account.

and just 2 years later they break up in. 2021 this is when little kitty starts. getting Cyber Bullied which like why why. would anyone cyber bully her Z takes to. social media to air out their dirty. laundry this guy is we're not going to. get into it so the cause of the breakup. according to Z was little Kitty's. emotional instability he said that she. had an extreme personality where she. would threaten to go to a high rooftop. and jump she would make him get on his. knees and beg for forgiveness in.

exchange for her not jumping off the. rooftop he said that she used self harm. to manipulate Z and get her way in. fights Zeke claimed it was all fake. though all the scars that she had shown. him they were all fake scars he told his. viewers on top of that anytime she got. mad at me during a fight she would go. and sleep with a bunch of rich men. allegedly little kitty was pregnant and. Z did not believe the child was his. which caused them to break up this is so. messy this would have been on literally. every t Channel like it was very bad the.

backlash was Swift without even hearing. out little Kitty's side in a very. clearly messy breakup where both sides. have an incentive to lie about each. other the world was like we hate little. kitty she's a manipulative gaslighter. and a [ __ ] she's a [ __ ] like people. were going insane they would comment. non-stop on all of her socials tell us. the truth who's the kid's dad so many. handsome men in this world I wonder. which one is the dad her entire comment. section became just insulting comment.

after insulting comment and once the. public was informed by Z I believe that. she terminated her pregnancy things got. even worse Z suddenly claimed actually. the baby could have been mine and I'm. upset that she terminated the pregnancy. so now people are mad at her like you. just you deprived this man of. potentially being a father and it's like. wait what is going on why is everyone. flip-flopping just to hate on her he. even posted the child could have been. mine maybe the viewers are misunderstood. understanding but the kid is gone now I.

hope that everyone can just stop hating. on her and it's my fault that I didn't. see through the hateful ways of society. stop hating on her guys even though she. knows what she did maybe I chose to do. some wrong things. too leave the past in the past everyone. I hope viewers can stop holding on to. this and I hope she can live a bright. future it's like sir you just aired. everyone's dirty laundry and now you. want to like take the good seat and be. like God guys guys guys guys calm down.

it just didn't make sense so things do. kind of calm down but not really I mean. people still really wanted to hate. little kitty so that's what they do this. is like back in 2019 everyone is just. [ __ ] on her so the two enter into. two new relationships Z starts dating a. new girl and little kitty starts dating. a guy by the name of Lee and it was. really really rough for little kitty I. mean just so bad she never even told the. truth about her past relationship so.

with Z you know how they just broke up. little kitty she's getting all this hate. but she never got messy she never went. online and was like you know what Z. cheated on me with his ex a month into. dating me so I think that he was using. me for cloud I think that he was using. me for views he was still in contact. with his ex he was not a good person and. once he started getting viewers he would. even try to sleep with the viewers he. would engage in these inappropriate. conversations with viewers like here are. just a few a viewer liked one of his. pictures and and he dm'd her saying just.

Al likee let's get to know each other so. it seems like the viewer that had this. conversation with Z released it okay and. then you know it kind of got bigger and. bigger and then there were little. instances where little kitty would hint. at the fact that Z was inappropriate. with viewers that he also did things she. didn't go on a whole expose as Z did. like Z went on a Witch Hunt for her. after they broke up so the viewers said. your girlfriend has a great figure cuz I. imagine like this viewer is a viewer of.

both of them so she's like um you. literally have a girlfriend so your. girlfriend has a great figure and he. continues let's get to know each other I. said you have a girlfriend we each play. on our. own really if you think it's real then. it's real if you think it's fake then. it's fake that's what he tells her like. what they were not in an open. relationship like he's just beyond gross. okay so this is while they're dating. they break up and everybody is [ __ ]. on little kitty even though clearly Z's.

got issues of his own right little kitty. tries to clarify a couple of things with. the audience after the breakup first of. all she claims I would never fake self. harm scars she said that's disgusting. that's not in my character why would I. do something like that she did end up. showing some of her scars and they were. very much real she also showed that she. was diagnosed with depression which I. really hate when people on the internet. are pushed to the point of revealing a. medical diagnosis because really like. you got to go and put out your medical.

history just so people believe you. that's insane and she said I wasn't. trying to use being sad in as some sort. of relationship manipulation tactic like. I never threatened to go die because we. were in a fight like I just am depressed. like it wasn't I'm not trying to win a. fight she also denied all the cheating. rumors and she said I'm literally. depressed I don't want to leave the. house I film when I can what makes you. think I have all this time to go sleep. around with rich men like I can't even.

get out of bed in the mornings she said. that Z controlled what she wore demanded. that they open a couple account which. she did not want to but he kept asking. her and when she said no that's when he. ended things with her so it does seem. like she was pregnant at one point. because she doesn't deny those rumors. but she said that she begged Z to do a. paternity test Z did not want to do one. he kept avoiding the test and a lot of. nzen started speculating that maybe Z.

was worried that the baby was indeed his. and he did not want to take. responsibility not only for the child. but for also the false accusations that. he put out saying this child isn't mine. she got pregnant and that's why we broke. up so Z refused to ever take the DNA. test but he did go on a post about how. the baby could have been his and how sad. he was and like stop hating on everyone. so when people start calling Z out for a. shitty Behavior finally he proudly. states that he gave little kitty. $155,000 to help her out but he never. gave gave her a single penny never so.

despite all of this information coming. out onto the internet little kitty is. still getting hate comments she's trying. to stay strong she's trying to stay. posting online but no matter how much. she tries to clear her name and the way. that she's clearing her name is is not. even vindictive she's just clearing her. name from the allegations she was facing. it's not like she was going out of her. way to [ __ ] on Z they never stop. following her around these stupid rumors. though that she's a [ __ ] a wh a.

manipulator gaslighter uses mental. health to her advantage in relationships. and it was just really bad eventually. she moves on with a new man by the name. of Lee Lee is not a good person. according to those that were close to. little kitty Lee was using her for money. he scammed her into buying a house with. his name on it promising her that they. were going to live there together. forever in October of 2021 the month. that she passed away he allegedly. drugged little Kitty's water invited his. friends over and they are worded her no.

there is no police report but um sources. close to little kitty said that this. happened I'm not really sure now this is. where it gets really messy apparently. Lee vanished after all of this took. place like he left after the whole RW. alleged incident so she went on this. live stream almost as a cry for help to. get his attention remember how I said. that she was waiting for someone on the. live stream she was doing all of these. things that was trying to get someone's.

attention and I don't know if she was. trying to get his attention because she. wanted him back or if maybe she wanted. him caught by the police I don't know I. don't even know if the alleged R wording. incident happened but we do know that. was the main purpose of the Liv stream. but the only thing that's clear is that. little kitty was not doing well people. believe that she started with the Liv. stream as a cry for attention and a cry. for help and as a way to get Lee's. attention but with these people egging. her on and with these hate comments.

flooding into the live stream she made. an impulsive decision to just go through. with it it's important to mention one of. the accounts that kept egging her to. drink the dark colored liquid was named. you're the most precious and has an icon. of a basketball player on their profile. and nothing else remember Z loves. basketball and I'm not saying it's him. but a lot of people pointed out this. connection so the account kept egging. little kitty on telling her to drink. more drink more and little Kitty's. family would later try to take legal. action against this account but they.

were unable to find out who even owned. this account doing and all these places. they just shut down the account and. never talked about it again even after. little Kitty's death Z posted please. stop thinking that the dead are superior. stop spreading rumors like I said I will. take full legal responsibility for. everything that I've said online her. parents can come talk to me or take. legal action regarding her actions but I. have all the proof I'm disgusted by all. of you fake Justice people little kitty. ends up passing away but this is where. the case takes an even darker turn a.

month after her death She's cremated and. her ashes are stolen okay well they're. swapped someone had come taken her ashes. taken her and replaced her ashes with a. different. powder three people were found to be. involved in the swapping of her ashes. they admitted that they were trying to. sell her to get married for her to be. married after her death please for her. Ashes to get married the ashes of an. unmarried single beautiful young woman.

they said we could have sold our ashes. for. $10,000 thankfully the culprits were. caught and arrested and her ashes were. returned but this is probably one of the. stranger turns I've seen a case take. like this is one of the stranger truths. I've seen there are so many unanswered. questions for me like what who gets. married to a dead person like who wants. ashes of a dead woman why are people. buying and selling dead people's ashes. and for so much money.

we all know that women's bodies have. often been turned into Commodities like. there are evil people in this world that. know this and they're going to try to. make money off of women's bodies like. we've heard stories of human trafficking. where women are sold off into marriages. as hostages basically we've heard it all. where women's bodies are literally just. bought and sold over and over again. against their will I don't think I've. ever heard of a case where a woman's. body was worth more dead than aive.

this case is incredibly triggering. infuriating it's dark but let's dive in. there is a really strange connection. between this case and another case that. happened in a small rural town in. central China it was a drizzly summer. night the Jang family had invited their. family and friends over for like a. little celebration of sorts they went. the extra mile they had decorated their. entire place there were red paper. cutouts adorning all of the walls and. you could see that each one had the word. happiness written on there mhm is that.

like a thing for parties or is there a. specific events weddings New Year just. the the happy celebration yeah yeah okay. so they got happiness all over the walls. on the other wall there's this big. portrait of a guy there's red curtains. draping around this giant portrait of. him so it's very interesting that is the. groom and this was the wedding. celebration so yeah like you said happy. all over the walls but nobody's dancing. nobody's celebrating nobody's even. smiling in everybody is dead silent it.

felt more like a funeral than anything. I'm like what's going on is this a toxic. couple nobody wanted to get married in. the first place why does everyone seem. depressed when there's a literal C when. there's literal happiness over the walls. shall you on we're going to call him XJ. okay they're part of his initials so XJ. was the groom and he was 20 years old. everyone was pretty happy about the. wedding technically okay XJ had a really. tough summer he had gotten into a pretty. bad accident about a month ago so.

theoretically his loved ones would be. ecstatic for him X-Ray's Uncle meow he. runs into the room and he breaks the. silence he says the time has come for. the bride and the groom to enter the. bridal chamber if your zodiac sign is a. dragon tiger chicken you can sit down. the rest bring a shovel we're leaving so. we're going to get into the Zodiac's. signs in a second a handful of people. stood up grabbed a shovel ran into the. back rooms with him and there was no. 20-year-old waiting for them there was. no coule nervously sitting on a chair.

like oh my God the bridal chamber you. know there was nothing in the room but a. closed. casket the uncle starts talking my dear. nephew I finally found you a new wife. you won't be ridiculed or lonely in the. afterlife your new wife will take very. good care of you you will never be alone. remember the accident a month ago that. XJ was in he never survived XJ died a. month ago he was in that coffin and it. was time to take him to meet his new.

wife his new wife was also dead the. family had bought her corpse and bodies. are not cheap xj's family had paid about. $4,000 for xj's new wife and her name. was lie she was now going to make XJ a. very very happy man Lee's family had. dropped her off earlier that day and. meow the uncle he remembered opening up. her casket for the first time she was. going to be changed into the this. beautiful wedding dress and she just.

looked perfect she looked beautiful. peaceful everyone half expected her to. look I don't know more dead but she just. looked very graceful she was what they. deem in the market a fresh one they. prepped both bride and groom for their. special day to be buried together as. husband and wife now as the uncle is. getting ready for everyone to bring. X-Ray's casket out to join the brides so. the bride's casket Lee's casket is. outside there's a whole dug for both of. them her casket is in the hole and now.

they're going to bring out XJ bury him. next to his new wife and do like a whole. little ceremony and put some dirt on. their caskets but relatives outside they. start screaming bloody freaking murder. they're like ants just throwing their. shovels down and scattering into all. these different directions and it's. raining they're getting drenched in rain. and meow is like what's going on what's. going on they're taking a second to. catch their breaths it's it's me runs. out and he's trying to see what the fuss.

is about what is going on the next part. is going to sound like an urban legend. but it's not the coffin in the grave was. open and the bride was sitting up just. strands of Wet jet black hair covering. her face and she's throwing waving her. arms around her eyes look bewildered. meow turns to his friends asking what. the hell happened one of his friends was. in charge of helping to dig the massive. grave he suddenly heard these weird. scratching noises. like wood scratching noises he's really.

spooked out by it but he thought you. know what I'm just probably scared cuz. I'm digging a little grave you know what. I mean like the environment is scary of. course I'm going to be spooked out I'm. like. paranoid makes sense but just for fun. and for Peace of Mind really he starts. calling out are you a ghost you're a. human if you're alive say. something silence okay God like. imagining things what's wrong with me. but then the scratching noise comes. again and it's even louder he's like oh.

my God I feel like I hear something I. must be losing my mind so he runs. towards the house and grabs a bunch of. people who also go out with him and. they're all reassuring him on the way. out to the grave site you're just. imagining things like you've been. watching her corpse all day like of. course you're just superstitious you're. overly freaked out with hanging out with. a dead body all day but when they get. there they all hear the scratching. noises and there you know humans we like. to come up with these Wild Solutions so. these humans are like maybe maybe when.

her parents were putting her into the. coffin a cat had crawled in the cat is. now like meow get me out [ __ ] so it's. the cat we got to pry it open and let. the cat out and everyone is agreeing. like that's exactly what happened it's. definitely a cat because the alternative. is just bizarre so they pry open the. nails off the casket they pop the lid. open no cat. instead a woman pops up a pale-faced. dark-haired woman and shoots up from the. coffin and she's dressed in a wedding.

gown her eyes look crazy she's throwing. her arms around and she's almost like. mumbling something and she's just. shaking they did not stick around and. find out what she was trying to say they. drop everything and they make a run for. it that is when meow returns to see her. in the coffin and he asks. ma'am are you a ghost or a human this is. also not in the past guys this is in. like 2006 she doesn't respond they call. call the police because well me is.

pretty damn sure it's not a ghost he was. pretty pissed he had bought a dead human. body and the fact that he got one that. was alive was kind of annoying to him. you know he kind of got scammed. ambulances rush out to the little town. and it was clear that she is not a ghost. and she needed help desperately they. rushed her to the hospital and it was. revealed that this woman the bride that. was almost buried alive was a woman. named lieu who was death mute and had a. severe mental disability. she was walking down a busy road one day.

when a kind man like a 60-year-old man. offered to help her she accepted his. help got into his van and there were. five other men in the car that seemed. really nice one of them even graciously. offered her a water bottle she took it. and took a big long sip fell asleep and. she woke up in this dark space she had. no idea where she was because she had. been drugged placed into the coffin and. was being prepared to be sold as a dead. corpse the men wanted to kill her. because that's their whole business they.

find women kill them and sell their. corpses as ghost Brides They would. retire early with more money than they. knew what to do with that was their. plan but then they got cold feet or. maybe they miscalculated the amount of. drugs that would be needed to kill her. Lee was still alive when she was placed. into the coffin just super super. unconscious she finally awoke when they. were getting ready to bury her she can't. hear she can't speak because she's deaf. and mute so she starts using her hands. to feel her surroundings and it's dark.

she feels like she's suffocating she. starts scratching the walls around her. and that's how she was saved once the. truth came out meow felt really really. bad he had no clue that she wasn't. already dead he had no clue that she had. been killed to become his nephew's bride. like that's not how it works he thought. he had bought someone who had naturally. died and he was just marrying them after. death he was really shaken up about this. he vowed to help her and he took.

pictures of her posted her pictures all. over social media and found her real. family now the family that dropped her. off with him they were the attempted. killers they were not her family a few. days later Lee and her family were. reunited meanwhile the police went to. work down tracking the guy that had. taken Lee this man had a lengthy. criminal record Lee wasn't even his. first victim he had an entire human. trafficking business the man was 65. years old he had retired but someone had.

told him you know you could make a lot. of money selling dead women's bodies. he's like that's good let me sell dead. wom's. bodies but inventory ran out so the way. that it started he would spend most of. his time driving around with his. accomplices looking for vulnerable women. now since he's 65 he would use his age. and kind appearance to his Advantage and. ask these women for help or help these. women most of the women he targeted. either had some sort of disability or. had something going on where they were.

extra vulnerable he felt like they were. easier to Target this man did not see. these women as real people they were. just inventory to him he would kidnap. these women and at first he thought I. don't want to commit murder you know. that's too much I could go to jail for a. very long time for that I want to just. sell these women I just want to be a. human trafficker that's it so simple so. innocent I'm just going to look for. buyers I'm going to sell these women. while they're still alive so he would. contact these super poor families in the.

area who had sons that were looking for. wives now these are families that don't. have much so no woman wants to marry. into this family but these families are. willing to pay a ton of money to give. their son finally a marriage so he would. pretend that this young woman was a. single female relative of his and the. bride price to buy her from him was. anywhere between $4,000 to. $77,000 he was also really honest and. said that you know they have either a. mental or physical disability but again.

these families they weren't looking for. wives or daughter-in-laws they were. looking for birthing machines it was L. about love and. companionship side note the disabilities. also meant that it would be hard for the. women or the victims to tell the truth. of what was going on and it would also. mean that they were being awarded cuz if. they have a disability to that extent. where they cannot communicate what. happened I imagine that they cannot. consent. so he would first reach out to these.

families and this was his business model. when he first started but the man was. greedy he was upset that he would have. to go through all of this work to kidnap. one girl then he would be able to sell. her just one time that's a lot of work. so he's like there's got to be a better. business plan so he creates a way to. infinitely sell her over and over again. I literally want to punch these people. in the face and honestly bury them alive. so he decides to start a sex trafficking. ring he's like human trafficking sex. trafficking let's do it he starts a. brothel in his house if will where men. will come to quote meet their needs with.

these women who clearly cannot consent. but they're also extra. vulnerable he was actually caught doing. this women were rescued from his house. they were being held hostage they were. rescued by the police I mean it was. clear that they were forced into this. but he goes to prison for like a few. years gets out and goes right back to. his human trafficking scheme and this. time he's like you know what I've. learned my lesson dead people don't talk. so he didn't like selling women while. they were alive so he wanted to sell.

them dead in some parts of the world. women's bodies are worth more dead than. they are alive it's a statistic that. makes you want to gag even with dead. women's bodies there are levels rankings. the best type is what they call a fresh. corpse a fresh one these are bodies of. women that had just died in fact. negotiations for the sale of these. bodies typically happen while the person. is still laying in the hospital bed. fighting for their lives wow wow and the. parents are usually in on it the.

starting price is depending on the. supply and demand $112,000 on average. for a Super Fresh women's corpse but can. go up to $50,000 the second grade is. what they call a quote wet corpse these. are the bodies of people who have died a. few weeks to a few months ago and they. range anywhere between $7,000 to. $112,000 on average then lastly you have. dried meat these are corpses that have. died years ago but they still go for a. few thousands of dollarss and I kid you.

not but the corpses of girls who were. more well off or more educated they sold. for higher even though they're dead okay. this is you know what this reminds me of. how Marilyn Monroe's body went missing. for hours after she died and this also. reminds me of how back in the day when. Queens would die um usually it was only. female attendants that were allowed with. her body before she was buried because. wow yeah. because if you let a man in there some.

of these men will do some very vile. things all wait if you want to hold case. on that please let me know but that's. all to say a dead woman could sell more. than a living one and you can keep. guessing why but I'll tell you soon. enough so the only problem that this guy. had was that he only had living women. you know where is this going you know. exactly where he would advertised that a. close female young unmarried relative of. his had just suddenly passed he would. tell families with dead sons that he was. heartbroken that his his niece would.

never be married she would be alone for. the rest of Eternity because she was. unmarried which means she's going to go. to the afterlife of single woman I mean. how can that be she was so smart so. beautiful surprisingly or not so. surprisingly it worked for each girl he. kidnapped off the street he would find a. family with a dead son that had a few. extra thousands of dollars and they. would facilitate what is known as a. ghost marriage the dead groom's family. buys a dead bride performs a wedding to. bury them together so that they will be.

married in the afterlife the business. was so good ghost wedding matchmakers. were making tens of thousands of dollars. a month if they were really good but how. many young girls were dying naturally. whose family would allow them to be sold. as ghost Brides for a cut of the. proceeds not many so these ghost. matchmakers would make their own ghost. Brides By killing women or they would go. rob random Graves side note the man was. arrested by the police and they promised. prised a severe punishment he was. actually found by the town's people.

before he was arrested and severely. beaten up to a pulp like bandages all. over his face beaten up I've tried. scouring the internet for what a. sentence was but I just couldn't find it. if you're familiar with this case please. let us know but he was caught he was. taken in but the pressing question is. still what the hell is a ghost marriage. and why is there a robust industry. around ghost marriages because I get. living weddings like we're in the middle. of planning a wedding and it's so. expensive there's so much money to made. I guess if you're in the industry but. ghost weddings like what is going on.

also just because it's not part of your. culture please a disclaimer if it's not. a part of your culture or what you know. it doesn't mean that it's backwards or. lesser than I do get a little sensitive. when a lot of cultures aren't like. stereotypical Western cultures because. people like to think of it as I don't. know as less developed it's just a. different culture different doesn't make. it inferior so let's keep it civil in. the comments also this isn't necessarily. a Chinese thing ghost marriages are. illegal in China and the ghost marriages.

happen all around the world there have. been cases like this in China and I'm. talking about them today but there's a. lot everywhere now there is almost this. urban legend in China and I wonder if. it's like an urban legend to you guys. but I've received it on the research end. as like an urban legend or maybe a. Superstition so you know how in China. and other places in Asia that some. cultures give red packets like red. envelopes and they're stuffed with cash. and it's usually grandparents giving it. to the grandchildren or parents giving. it to their underage kids and it's a way.

to celebrate but there are some rules to. receiving a red packet so red Pockets. traditionally they're a good thing you. know they're very good so during Chinese. New Year you get it and you have to. receive it with both hands and it's like. a birthday card you got to act like. there's no cash in there you got to act. like it's just a token of love a symbol. of family right and you can't really. open it in front of people you got to. thank them and be like oh my God this is. such a surprise you take it home home. and then you open it you get a little. peek it sounds like a blast right so one.

might imagine that if you were walking. around and you find a red pocket just. laying on the street you'd be like oh my. God that's exciting I'm going to pick it. up but there are certain parts of China. where they tell you do not ever pick up. a red pocket on the street but you're. like why I already know what's in there. it's cash some some little 12-year-old. forgot to bring his red pocket he. dropped it if you pick it up you might. open it up and there might be a little. bit of money and curiously a couple of. strands of someone's hair and someone's. nail clippings and horoscope information.

and you're like standing there like why. is their hair and nail clippings in this. red pocket like that is weird but while. you're looking down confused that's when. they might strike people might jump out. and say congratulations you're the lucky. one chosen by Fate to marry my child the. only problem is my child is dead in a. lot of cultures It is believed that if. you're loved one family member your. child child die single they're going to. spend eternity alone and nobody's going.

to care for them in the afterlife but. not only that dead single relatives will. bring bad luck to the living family. members because they're roaming around. they're lonely they're they're anxious. they don't have a partner they're not. satisfied so isn't that fantastic even. in death nobody is allowed to be alone. in peace so what do you do if your. family member dies before they get. married you find someone to marry them. after they die but it's hard to find a. willing participant it's it's just not. something you ask a favor of like hey. family friend do you mind marrying my.

dad Uncle so you can be you can be fused. with him in the afterlife and your souls. will be forever intertwined and you can. never really be with anybody else in the. afterlife quick favor on a Tuesday night. it's not a casual IOU situation so these. families will put out red pockets on the. ground to lure in potential brides and. grooms if you politely decline they will. tell you that you will be cursed with. bad luck for the rest of Eternity so. what do you do okay maybe you marry. their dead child sometimes it's rather. innocent like I don't know if that's the. right word to describe it but you go.

with them they throw a little dress on. you you hold a picture of their deceased. child and you do this little makeshift. wedding ceremony in their home it's not. legally blinding it's potentially. spiritually binding if you believe in it. but it's the type of situation where I. believe if someone has a hard time. saying no you might find yourself in. that situation on a really bad day you'd. just be getting married to a ghost these. are the more innocent forms of ghost. marriages and none of this equates to. Tech technically anything. illegal this is not something that you.

would want to put out there like China. would not support this the government. would not support this local authorities. would not support this Chinese netizens. would not support this but it's not. technically illegal you're just like. taking a couple of pictures and you're. like this is really weird I'm going to. leave now thanks but there seems to be a. pipeline between these ghost marriages. and murder and that's what we're talking. about but the only way to get to the. motive of these murders is we need to. understand ghost marriages and there's. two types of them so the first one is.

like the one that I just told you the. most common type where a family member. dies they're unmarried and you find a. living person to have this almost fake. ceremony with them and you're like okay. I promise to take care of them in the. afterlife whenever I die haha we're. married it's not legally binding nothing. they you don't even have to know this. person in real life you don't even have. to date them in real life you're just. doing it to make someone happy then the. other ghost marriage is the one that. starts getting illegal is the one that.

the government starts being very very. sensitive about where both parties are. dead most likely the two dead parties. have never met each other in real life. or they never dated in real life but. their surviving family members will. together hold a ceremony for their. marriage so let's say my daughter dies. his son is dead they're already buried. separately we're like you know what. let's have a ceremony dig them up and. reberry them together so that they're. not alone in their little grave sites.

and in the afterlife this is dangerous. because when you're digging up dead. bodies that's not only just um biohazard. but it's also there's a lot that could. go wrong there's a lot that just is it's. complicated and what's interesting is. that these two families that have never. known each other their kids have never. dated but they will treat each other. like in-laws after this ceremony they. will genuinely consider each other. family so if I need money that family. might be more generous in giving me. money because we're technically family.

because our kids are now buried together. but it's basically a grave relocation. and a quick ceremony that's about it but. they consider each other family as a. non-chinese person I don't really think. I can have an opinion on this I just. feel like if nobody's getting hurt. nobody's getting pressured who am I to. tell someone how to grieve like who am I. to be upset but why because I get why. some parents might want their kids to. get married now in the present life. especially in East Asia they want to. keep the family unit going they want. grandchildren but I mean with all due.

respect if you're dead none of that. really matters anymore why go through. all this trouble and pay thousands of. dollars to make sure your deceased. relative is married even in death a lot. of people in China believe it goes back. to newa New newa so there is a popular. Legend and it's not like debated as. history or fact it's it's not a. religious take is what I'm trying to say. it's just a legend that people like to. tell a woman named newa was the creator. of humans she lived in the mountains.

with her brother since you know she was. just bored all day she would fiddle with. Clay she'd make these little human. shapes out of clay and eventually all. these clay figures would become humans. she would Breathe life into them and. they were like her precious children. she's like the mother of humans but one. day the fire god and water God get into. this huge fight and during the fight. they destroy the tallest mountain on. Earth this is significant because it is. said that the tallest mountain on earth.

is the one holding up the sky so now the. sky is coming down crashing down on. humans kill almost killing all of noa's. children her humans her precious humans. she does her best to repair the sky but. the human population has dwindled down. they're so weak they're barely surviving. and her brother told her we need to. repopulate this earth it is the only way. she's very disgusted she's it's very. much giving what do you mean St bro were. literally siblings she said absolutely.

not but then she thought about it and. she said but these are my precious. humans she was conflicted so the two of. them they both like it this is not a. weird situation where they both liked. each other the brother was not into it. either they climb up to the mountains. and they ask the gods they both light. their own fires and they say we are the. only people left what do we do if the. Lords allow us to be husband and wife. may the Flames intertwine with one. another or else May the Flames forever. disperse meaning literally Wipe Out the.

population the Flames intertwined into a. yin and yang shape so they got married. they did it but they always covered. their faces while they did it with fans. because regardless they just weren't. that attracted to each other but the. whole point of the story is that. marriage is so important in this story. that it's almost the only thing that can. save this world it is almost directly. applied to each family unit the theory. being if you aren't married before you. die you are killing out bloodline you're. wiping out your population not even just.

your immediate bloodline but it's like. bad luck to the whole family bloodline. because I'm guessing if NOA didn't marry. her brother the humans would have gone. extinct and then sprinkle in misogyny. the sentiment became and this is back in. the dynastic times that a woman was only. supposed to have one husband her whole. life for eternity meanwhile men could. have more than one wife but there was a. loophole like technically men could. remarry and sleep with other women but. would never be his wife only his first.

wife is the wife these are all just like. whatever but women weren't allowed to do. that okay so if a wife dies the husband. can basically remarry but if the husband. dies first in some extreme times back in. the day like thousands of years ago the. wife would be thrown into the same. coffin as her deceased husband while she. was still alive and be buried alive with. his corpse because it is her wife wiely. life duty to be with him for eternity. and forever forever I don't even want to. go with you to the DMV Okay and like.

they're like you got to go with your. husband everywhere or if her deceased. husband was being cremated she would be. thrown into the furnace to be burned. alive with her dead husband this is like. Way Way Back in the past okay but these. types of stories popularized the. beginnings of ghost marriage people. started to believe that bad [ __ ] happens. when you have single deceased family. members so naturally the introduction of. ghost Matchmaker starts to emerge and. there's more to it than just burying.

bodies next to each other there's like a. whole ceremony so if both parties are. dead it's pretty simple the groom's. family will go to pick up the bride's. memorial stone like her tombstone okay. and it's supposed to be symbolic because. in Chinese wedding custom the groom and. his groomsmen will go pick up the bride. from her house and the groom's family. picks up the bride's Tombstone and it's. said that the bride's family is supposed. to act very sad oh cuz like they're. departing with their daughter they're. like their daughter is getting married. off now so they're supposed to cry and. like put on a whole show and chase after.

them which is very interesting is that. like a thing in regular Customs when. people are alive like I yeah sometimes I. guess where it's like a no yeah yeah. yeah like parents will cry and yes. goodbye daughter that's very dramatic. I'm like I'm right here okay so they. bring it to the groom's Tombstone play. some side by side grab pictures of both. the groom and the bride tie the pictures. together with red string and the new. couple will have to have dumplings to. symbolize family reunion and wealth.

noodles to symbolize longevity which is. kind of ironic considering it's a ghost. marriage they both died it's not really. longevity and alcohol because in Chinese. Customs you guys do the intertwined. alcohol drink during the Real Weddings. so these three things have to be there. and this is how they do the whole. ceremony then they pick a good day in. the month either the second day third. six or eight these are typically good. number numers never the fourth of the. month okay they will go dig up the two.

corpses dig the bride out and bring her. to where the husband is and bury her. with the husband so now they're married. in death it's important to note that. this is just one of the ways to do it. there it may vary region by region but. you can see you know that if one party. isn't dead it gets trickier it's just. weird there was even back in the day a. way to have sex with your ghost marriage. partner which I don't condone any of. this and neither does the population but. apparently you could consecrate the. marriage if one person was alive and one.

person is dead so you start with incense. and you talk to your dead partner while. you use it and you connect the spiritual. and the real world and then again I. don't condone this but this is what the. research said step two if you want. certain body parts from the Earthly. realm to be touched by a certain someone. in the spiritual realm you need to put. the incense stick on that body part this. is going to land you in the ER but I'm. I'm just letting you know what I found. in the research so what I'm trying to.

say is they take this very seriously. ghost marriages were taken very very. seriously back then and it was to save. your loved one's soul and I can't say. that I wouldn't do strange things if. someone genuinely made me believe that I. had to save my loved one's Soul so that. is then how about now are ghost. marriages still a thing it's very rare. and it's only occurring amongst the. super superstitious or in the typical. small town residence even then it's rare. but it's definitely not happening in. like the middle of Hong Kong the middle.

of Shanghai and it's typically for dead. Suns now with current times we get into. historical and cultural context because. China's one child policy so in the 80s. China started a one child policy that's. exactly as it sounds each family unit. was only allowed one child it was to. prevent rapid overpopulation amongst. other things and it just ended in 2016. and if I'm not mistaken China is. actually having the opposite problem. just like South Korea where nobody wants. to have even one child so they're really. struggling now but when the one child.

policy was in effect there was this huge. huge heavy gender bias towards males if. families were only allowed one child. they wanted a son to quote continue the. family name and the bloodline this led. to a lot of pregnancies being terminated. because the gender was not what they. hoped for and it's sexist these are also. not gender reveal parties where people. are like oh man I really wanted blue. balloons because I want to throw. baseballs with my son instead of a girly. girl it's not like that in China back.

then especially and probably even now. anywhere in this world it's [ __ ]. rough to be a girl why would any mom. want to bring a girl into this world to. see her suffer the same life that she's. suffered so far you get it it's not it's. a lot of layers of complexity it's not. like China is just filled with moms that. are obsessed with putting boy mom in. their Instagram bio it's very dark and. it said that during this time a lot of. baby girls were abandoned or left to be. ad opted it said adoption rates overseas. saw a huge uptick in female adoptions.

from China compared to male adoptions. from China this led to the Chinese. population being severely unbalanced. there are way too many men like right. now this is a problem that's happening. way too many men not enough women when. men grow up and become of marrying age. not enough women to marry which leads to. a lot of problems women or specifically. female bodies are in high demand high. demand low supply for the male. population historically has been a very.

very very scary combination daughters. have become Commodities and there's a. lot of talk about this it's insane how. one law can so greatly affect so many. things but kidnapping human trafficking. purchasing Brides has gotten so much. worse because of this one policy if. there are this few women that want to. marry men who are alive imagine how few. women are willing to marry a dead person. in terms of econom omics on this one. supply for ghost Brides got even lower.

which made demand go even higher this. meant there was a lot of money to be. made and this whole system which. originated as people trying to find. peace with their deceased loved ones. starts transforming into a really dirty. supply chain our Mandarin speaking. researcher said the size of this ghost. marriage industry is probably beyond our. imagination it talking globally not just. in China so the industry is just the. sale of dead bodies and corpses a. professor from Shanghai University that.

had been studying ghost marriages for. over 15 years said 2010 was the peak of. ghost marriages the price for a freshly. dead female corpse on average that year. was. $45,000 this doesn't include wedding. ceremony fees or plots of lands for the. grave in some of these wedding. ceremonies the families of the groom. would still give gifts to the bride's. family and like I said when there's. money to be made people are going to. start abusing the system it can easily. lead to murder so in 2006 a Chinese.

woman in the shangi shangi sheni. province poisoned her ex-husband with. rat poison he died she was sentenced to. life in prison the deceased husband's. brother Yuan was left to pick up the. pieces and he just really wanted his. brother to be happy and well cared for. in the afterlife so he pulled together. all this money and got in touch with a. ghost Matchmaker and he was just looking. for a dead corpse Pride for his wife the.

ghost Matchmaker sat down his brother. right for his brother yes the ghost. Matchmaker sat down and asked his. brother about the zodiac sign now this. is where Zodiacs come into play remember. the original story where he only wanted. like certain zodiac signs to come to the. back with him apparently you can't. really tell if a dead person is going to. get along with certain people so you. just go off their Zodiacs you're like. okay well the person that's deceased is. a horse zodiac and they are known for. not getting along with the pig zodiac. then you just wouldn't let a pig in that. room so the ghost Matchmaker will ask.

about their zodiac sign this is. important because you know when both. parties are alive they can get to know. each other but now this is a dead. marriage meaning this is the only way to. know if they're going to get along in. the afterlife the Matchmaker told Yan. that there was a family whose daughter. was terminally ill she's still alive. right now but she's about to pass away. they were also looking to give their. daughter a husband in the death so this. is perfect a few months later Yuan. received leaves the girl's coffin and. starts digging his brother's grave he.

even called the police to supervise. which side note ghost marriages are. illegal in China but in more rural areas. police might look the other way but he. just wanted to show them like I'm doing. everything I can to do this in the right. way like I'm not killing anyone like. those rare once in a while stories you. hear I'm not doing that like I'm. literally purchased a corpse and her. family is okay with it her family sold. her to me and we're just going to bury. her with my brother nothing shady is. going on the girl let's call her may may. was dead so this much was true the.

police watch the couple get married and. be buried next to each other and for. about a year everything was good until. it wasn't the matchmakers they went on. their merry way patting themselves on. the back for creating another blessed. Union but in 2006 they were busted for. killing a girl three matchmakers were. working as a team and they would kidnap. young woman turn them into corpses they. were arrested for robbery and during the. investigation with enough pressure they. admitted to be involved in ghost.

matchmaking the police start connecting. the dots with their claims and some of. the girls that were reportedly missing. in the area including a girl named May. May's dad had been talking to the police. to talk about how he hadn't heard from. his daughter in a really long time they. started investigating and what they. found was really really nefarious May. was a young woman with a severe mental. disability her mind would never develop. beyond the age of 6 years old she wasn't. able to fully learn how to use the. restroom on her own her parents who were.

very impoverished they didn't really. know what to do they felt like this was. no future for her and when she was about. to turn 20 they said. look she should be married I I don't. know her parents I don't know why they. thought this and I'm sure we come from. very different socioeconomic background. so it's very hard for me to put myself. in that position but that's kind of. crazy they were like at least maybe she. can have kids mind you she can't consent. to sexual activity because she.

can't they said I know my daughter can't. fall in love with someone like other. girls her age but maybe she can still. make babies so they offered her up as a. birthing machine basically they were. honest with potential suitors and. potential Grooms and said she's not. going to be a perfect wife she's not. going to be a companion she's going to. need a lot of care but she can be. awarded and forcibly impregnated. basically like what is going on right. now a man named da became her Matchmaker. to find her husband she's still alive.

she has no terminal illness he finds a. client named P who's interested in. buying May P straight up told Don that. his only requirement in his new wife is. that she can give birth to his children. he literally doesn't care if they get. along so don brings P to May's family. home he meets with the parents pays them. $300 and buys May there is no price on. humans but from everything we just. talked about 300 $ P takes kidnaps May. and brings her home after a while he.

Demands a refund he said May is more. work than he thought and he didn't want. to take care of her because she was and. I quote stupid Beyond imagination again. I hate this man I hate this man but he. said he took her to the doctor who. informed him she could never give birth. so he's like I don't even want to keep. our wording her because she can't have. my children he drags me back to the. Matchmaker demands a refund fund and. says she's just another burden I want my. money back Don the Matchmaker pays the.

money back and instead of bringing May. back to her family which I don't even. know if that would have been a good. thing at this point because are they. just going to sell her again Don tries. to sell her again himself but nobody. wants to purchase her as a wife and. that's when he bumps into another. Matchmaker but that Matchmaker was not a. Matchmaker for the living they were a. ghost Matchmaker and a murderous one. side note not every ghost matchmaker is. a killer but you know. this ghost ghost matchmaker is like hey. can I purchase May from you for like a.

couple thousand USD he's like what a. couple thousand do you know how long. I've been trying to sell her and you. were offering me a couple thousand USD. what do you got planned I mean clearly. clearly you got something planned cuz. she's not worth a couple thousand USD. I've getting getting no. hits so he's like oh you don't know I'm. going to kill her I'm going to sell her. as a ghost bride I'm going to make. literally maybe 10 grand. so I'm going to profit a lot from this. and he's like oh my God I want to get.

into this industry so they both profited. about $4,000 from murder for murdering. may they found a buyer which was Yan. they spooned borax white powder used for. heavy duty cleaning spooned it to a. piece of bread and forcibly fed it to. may she trusted them and did what she. was told the poison is known to work. very very slowly which can you imagine. how painful that must have been it. lasted hours and even when it was time. to bring her to the quote Grooms family.

she was still alive barely but still. alive Don didn't want to wait any longer. so he leaned over and strangled her to. death she was brought to Yan who buried. her with his brother who passed he had. no idea that may was killed for this he. had no idea that the matchmakers were. just murderers it seemed in his own. little way he just wanted the best for. his brother he was devastated to learn. what happened to May May's family the. parents also blamed themselves they. regretted ever trying to get her to.

marry and have children which like yeah. agreed May's parents also said they. should just leave her buried with the. husband because if they were going to. dig her up there was a huge chance her. body would be kidnapped her corpse would. be taken again robbed and sold in. another ghost marriage so again these. three matchmakers they were arrested and. severely punished in China in China. intentional murders can receive a. punishment of anywhere between 10 years.

to the death penalty selling dead bodies. counts as demoralizing corpses which is. also very very illegal in China but the. ghost Matchmaker said with zero remorse. I'm just trying to make a living money. comes in fast in this job like if I. didn't get caught I'd probably just do a. few more and retire but now I'm ruined. the cases we covered today are all from. China but ghost marriages happen all. over the world and most of the times. they just aren't called that and most of. the times the two parties know each. other in 2017 a 26-year-old in Thailand.

married her boyfriend after he suddenly. died of a heart attack she wore a white. wedding dress next to his body which was. also dressed in white they were. officially married before he was buried. a year earlier in France a 25-year-old. married her boyfriend after he got into. a fatal car accident the president gave. them special permission she stood in her. wedding gown next to his picture as the. city's mayor read their vows it's just. interesting I think there are a lot of. stories like this and if if the story is.

right and they knew each other prior to. the marriage it's almost an endearing. story because marriage really is a. beautiful thing like to commit to. someone is a beautiful thing and I can. see how people would want to be married. to someone that they want to spend the. rest of their lives with but maybe they. never got the chance to like in these. International stories where a partner. passes away too soon but I do think. ghost marriage is where the two parties. don't know each other I mean there's so. many ways that it can turn into this.

corrupt scary system so again this is. not something that Chinese people. condone netizens were outraged every. time a case like this came out the. Chinese government does not condone this. this happens in other parts of the world. as well but I don't know what are your. thoughts on ghost marriages do you think. that it has to do with the level of. spirituality that somebody has because I. guess I'm just not that spiritual of a. person so it's really hard for for me to. put myself in that mindset do you. believe it's true if someone passes away.

single they're going to be single in the. afterlife what are your thoughts on. today's episode and have you ever heard. of the human trafficking industry of. corpses please let me know and stay safe. and I'll see you guys on Wednesday for. the main episode bye.