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In 1995, the city of Harbin began locking its doors at night. They said a dead granny had been brought back when a black cat leapt over her corpse — her face now half woman, half cat — and that children were vanishing, one by one. This episode tells the legend the way Harbin told it, then does what the frightened village never did: ask questions.
An original English adaptation of the widely-circulated “Cat-Faced Granny” (猫脸老太太) urban legend from Harbin, China — retold in our own words with added historical and folk-belief commentary. The tale belongs to oral folklore; no single original author.
Narration and visuals are AI-generated.
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Chapters
00:00 The 1995 Warning
00:22 The Night the Cat Leapt
01:28 The Vanishing Children
01:51 Asking Questions
02:36 The Missing Children, Debunked
03:12 Harbin, 1995: A City on Edge
03:54 Why a Cat’s Face
04:30 No Granny, No Grave
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