Who Was the Little Girl in Red? Taiwan’s Oldest Internet Rabbit Hole

A creepy photo from 1990 and an unsettling video from 1998 seem to show a little girl in red accompanying people who would die shortly after. She has never been identified, but many stories of run-ins with her have popped up over the years, leading to a massive cultural craze. What’s going on here?

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