Old Man Burning Ghost Money Dies after Falling into Fire

September 20, 2017September 20, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment fire, ghost month

[Cover picture: United Daily News] An 88 year old man who lost his balance and fell into a fire as he was burning ghost money 2 days ago has passed away after his family agreed to remove him from life-support systems yesterday, September 19. Mr Lin was burning ghost money, also known as “joss paper” or “gold paper,” as an offering to spirits in the lead-up to the closing of the gates of the realm of the dead, which occurs

Traffic Accidents

August 8, 2016 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment ghost month, hit and run

A near-sighted man with a severe visual impairment drove without glasses on the evening of August 4. At around 1:00am he struck and killed a woman, and continued to drive with the body of the woman on the roof of his car. The 33 year-old man surnamed Chen said he felt a bump and saw a dark object flying up from the front of his car and cracking the windshield, but when he stopped and looked behind him he didn’t