The widow ghost panic. Why men in Isan villages hung red shirts and wore lipstick to bed

this is one of the wildest REAL panics and it's barely known outside Thailand. in the late 80s and again in the 90s, across Isan villages, there was a wave of mysterious sudden deaths of men in their sleep, healthy guys, dead in the morning. the folk explanation: Phi Mae Mai, the widow ghost, a fema……