The True Story of the Real Life 'Corpse Bride'

You have probably heard the story of the woman in the window down in Mexico.  Nothing is scarier than the thought of something that is on public display, maybe hiding a dark secret below the surface.  This story will both intrigue and creep you out. This is true story of the real life Corpse bride called “La Pascualita”.

Today in Chihuahua Mexico stands a wedding boutique unlike any other.  This boutique is the home to a macabre display.  A mannequin that is allegedly the embalmed corpse of the original owners daughter.

The story goes, that back in the 1930s the daughter of the shop owner, according to the legend, was bitten by a venomous creature on the day before her wedding.  Sadly, the bite was destined to prove fatal, as she inevitably passed away.  Her mother, named “Pascualita”, overcome with loss and bereavement, couldn’t fathom the loss of her daughter. Laying her to rest was not an option, as this would be an acceptance of a reality that she wasn’t prepared to accept.  Using all of her resources, she sought out the best funerary services money could buy and had her daughter embalmed, dressed in the wedding gown, and later displayed the corpse, passing it off as a mannequin.

With the passage of time, the mother Pascualita passed away herself but the store remained open, changing hands a few times but the mannequin of Pascualita’s daughter remained unmoved from the storefront.  The mannequin later becoming called La Pascualita, which it’s known as to this day.  According to many witnesses, who have see the maneguuin of La Pascualita, they claim it moves, blinks and sometimes walks on its own.  

The legend has persisted over the decades even into present day, with a few variations on the original story.  Some versions claim her fiancé  was the one that had her embalmed. It is more usual for late night taxi drivers to notice the mannequin take life as the bride's intended was said to be a taxi driver himself. In 2017, the mannequin was taken out of the wedding boutique for the first time and displayed in Mexico City.

Wheater or not you choose to believe it for yourself, this is the story of the legend of living Corpse bride “La Pascualita”.