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Chinese Killer Supplied Corpse Brides

"Weddings for the dead" making a comeback in rural areas

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted May 18, 2007 9:13 PM CDT

(Newser) – Chinese authorities have arrested a man said to have killed six women in order to sell their bodies to families seeking "ghost brides"  to marry their deceased sons. He and three other corpse traders are reputed to be members of an underground supply...   Read full story »

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