Uploaded May 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Let's settle this mystery once and for all!

*~* OPEN ME! *~*

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***CREDITS***

Mortician: Caitlin Doughty
Writing & Research: Louise Hung
Editor & Graphics: Landis Blair (@landisblair)


***READ MORE***

“Ask a Mortician- Human Taxidermy?”
youtube.com/watch?v=BpxO5LuYSbw&t=3s&index=18&list=PLiZM8Q-JIpGxL09EcDVBoXM1jpykyJHi4

“The Corpse Bride of Mexico: Is this a Dead Girl or a Mannequin?” Confessions of a Funeral Director
calebwilde.com/2014/07/the-corpse-bride-of-mexico-is-this-a-dead-girl-or-a-mannequin

“La Pascualita: The Mannequin Corpse Bride of Mexico”
the-line-up.com/la-pascualita-corpse-bride-of-mexico

“La Pascualita”
atlasobscura.com/places/la-pascualita

“Can You Taxidermy People?”
hopesandfears.com/hopes/now/question/215065-can-you-taxidermy-people

Vsauce, “Why Don’t We Taxidermy Humans?”
youtube.com/watch?v=L6S5amkCoyc

“The Cost of Keeping Lenin Looking Like Lenin”
theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/04/lenins-body/478050