FACTArchive →
In South Korea, there are professional video game mourners who attend funerals in online games and cry for deceased players' characters
FACT
@fact5
Bizarre Human BehaviorMar 26, 2026

In South Korea, there are professional video game mourners who attend funerals in online games and cry for deceased players' characters

People hire professional mourners for dead video game characters. They attend virtual funerals in online games. The mourners cry and wail digitally for payment. This started in South Korea gaming culture. Even fictional deaths get real grief.

See it on Facebook →← All facts
Share → X Reddit WhatsApp Threads Facebook
Spot an error? Email hello@thefact5.com with a source — we correct visibly.
KEEP SCROLLING

More strange facts ✦

A woman in Colorado legally married herself in a ceremony with 200 guests because she wanted to celebrate self-love and commitment to personal growth.
FACT
@fact5
Bizarre Human Behavior
A woman in Colorado legally married herself in a ceremony with 200 guests because she wanted to celebrate self-love and commitment to personal growth.
In Japan, there's a profession called 'Professional Mourner' where people are hired to attend funerals and cry convincingly for deceased strangers to make services seem better attended.
FACT
@fact5
Bizarre Human Behavior
In Japan, there's a profession called 'Professional Mourner' where people are hired to attend funerals and cry convincingly for deceased strangers to make services seem better attended.
A man in Florida has legally married his smartphone in a ceremony with 200 guests after claiming he fell in love with Siri's voice.
FACT
@fact5
Bizarre Human Behavior
A man in Florida has legally married his smartphone in a ceremony with 200 guests after claiming he fell in love with Siri's voice.
A police helmet became the most famous fig leaf in sports history 🎩
FACT
@fact5
Bizarre Human Behavior
A police helmet became the most famous fig leaf in sports history 🎩
Play-Doh was invented to clean coal soot off wallpaper. 🧽
FACT
@fact5
Dark History
Play-Doh was invented to clean coal soot off wallpaper. 🧽
A mountain range grew 40 cm in 15 seconds 🏔️
FACT
@fact5
Science Gone Wrong
A mountain range grew 40 cm in 15 seconds 🏔️
Quaker Oats fed radioactive breakfast to disabled boys. ☢️
FACT
@fact5
Dark History
Quaker Oats fed radioactive breakfast to disabled boys. ☢️
She hit him with her car — then drove home and left him in the garage. 🚗
FACT
@fact5
Ironic Twists
She hit him with her car — then drove home and left him in the garage. 🚗
Ken Allen escaped the zoo three times in one summer. 🦧
FACT
@fact5
Animal Oddities
Ken Allen escaped the zoo three times in one summer. 🦧
The 1904 Olympic Marathon included a runner who hitchhiked half the race, another who was chased by wild dogs, and one who nearly died from rat poison
FACT
@fact5
Science Gone Wrong
The 1904 Olympic Marathon included a runner who hitchhiked half the race, another who was chased by wild dogs, and one who nearly died from rat poison
Dindim crossed the ocean to revisit the man who saved him. 🐧
FACT
@fact5
Animal Oddities
Dindim crossed the ocean to revisit the man who saved him. 🐧
Two ghost ships waited beneath Arctic ice for 170 years. 🧊
FACT
@fact5
Creepy Discoveries
Two ghost ships waited beneath Arctic ice for 170 years. 🧊
🎲 Surprise me with another