Short Stuff: China's Corpse Walkers

In this spooky episode, Josh and Chuck explore the fascinating and genuinely bizarre Chinese tradition of corpse walking, where Taoist priests would escort the bodies of people who died far from home back to their birthplaces for proper burial. The hosts break down how this practice actually worked, revealing the surprisingly low-tech methods involving bamboo poles, black robes, and creative priest choreography that made it look like the dead were actually walking on their own. It's a wild deep dive into a real historical custom that operated in rural China for centuries and will make you question everything you thought you knew about getting the dead home.