Teenage corpse bride

5 people have been arrested in China for digging up the corpse of a young girl to turn into a corpse bride for a young man who died recently in a car crash.

The father of the young man along with 4 companions were arrested after he paid them to go find a wife for his son who died single. The father allegedly paid about $4450 to those guys who then dug up the body of a young woman who had recently poisoned herself after failing in university entrance examinations last year.

In rural China, many of the villagers believe that the afterlife is the same as this life, and part of the customs include burning paper money, cars, and even houses for the dead. This belief extends to marriage, and marriage ceremonies are conducted between deceased people who allegedly get married in the underworld.

Source: Telegraph UK