Chinese Corpse Walkers

In this eerie and unforgettable episode of The Paranormal Classroom, Lindsay takes listeners on a haunting journey into one of China’s most mystifying folkloric traditions: the corpse walkers. Known as “Xiangxi ganshi” (湘西赶尸), these shadowy figures were said to guide the dead on foot through rugged terrain, returning bodies to their ancestral homes for proper burial. But how did the corpses walk? And what’s the line between legend, ritual, and illusion?