June 19, 2009
The Top Three Zombie Outbreaks in U.S. History Like vampires, zombies are great opportunists. So it comes as no surprise that zombie outbreaks often happen in the wake of natural disasters. Combine disasters with warm climates and you truly have a recipe for a major outbreak, as the following stories prove. Key West, Florida, 1935 […]
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June 19, 2009
Where do zombies come from? Here’s a little lesson in Zombie History. Zombie History and Haitian Folklore The origin of the concept of zombiism stems from Haitian Voodoo culture. The word zombie–in Haitian it is “zombi”–means “spirit of the dead.” Voodoo folklore contends that Bokors, Voodoo priests that were concerned with the study and application […]
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