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Stuff You Should Know

Short Stuff: La Pascualita

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.582.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In a bridal shop in Chihuahua, Mexico a mannequin has been standing in the window since the 1930s that’s so lifelike some say it’s actually a corpse.

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And so La Pascuelita is a bridal shop mannequin and has been keeping up her side of the bargain

1:06.1

since the 1930s.

1:07.8

By being a mannequin.

1:08.8

Yeah, that's a long-lived mannequin.

1:11.5

Yeah.

1:12.5

I mean, how many mannequins do you think are at Macy's that were put into work in the 1930s?

1:18.7

Just the old Marge.

1:20.7

Okay, one out of thousands, right?

1:24.3

So that in and of itself is pretty impressive, but what makes La Pascuelita even more impressive

1:30.1

or more interesting even is that a lot of people, especially in the Chihuahua area, believe

1:35.5

that she's not a mannequin at all, that she's actually an embalmed corpse, specifically

1:40.7

the embalmed corpse of the original owner of La Popular bridal dress shop in Chihuahua,

1:48.4

Mexico.

1:49.4

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1:50.4

They urge you to go when you can safely do so.

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