🧺 Oct 18, 2012: Mental Floss > Macabre Black Market - In Thailand, a British citizen, Chow Hok Kuen, was caught attempting to smuggle something very horrifying into Taiwan: six dried human fetuses covered in gold leaf, tattoos, and spiritual adornments. - Thailand,

By M Asher Cantrell 

Oct 18, 2012

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Kuen bought the fetuses from a reseller and intended to turn them over for a profit in Taiwan, where the corpses, created in a “black magic spirit ritual,” are thought by some to bring good luck; because of this, a black market has developed for them. Authorities were unable to determine the exact source of the fetuses.

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