In the late 1800s, local Fujian authorities investigated a case of poisoned bride’s body sitting up during its cremation, with the coroner’s notes pertaining to the eventual exhumation of her coffin decades later including even stranger details

An investigation from Fujian Province in the late 1800s details a story chilling and shocking in equal measure. A bride, just moments after her wedding, succumbed to poison, and yet, upon cremation, her body seemingly refused to be burned. What followed was a detailed investigation with an unbelievable ending only discovered decades later by a coroner who detailed the findings in his reports post-exhumation. Also included in this video are 3 other chilling stories from the middle kingdom, all featuring ghostly encounters based on historically recorded accounts.

⚠️ Based on the following sources: 1. The Bride Who Wouldn’t Burn (Fujian, 1890s–1931)-《福州府志·异闻录》Fuzhou Prefectural Gazetteer: Accounts of the Strange [1925], Vol. 37, 《福建省司法档案：光绪十九年验尸单》Fujian Judicial Archives: Coroner's Report, Guangxu 19th Year [1893])