Notes:

The Verbivore mentions a TED Talk on Ghost stories that explored why we tell them. That presentation was made by Coya Paz under the title “Hauntings, Histories, & Campfire Tales: What Ghost Stories Tell Us”.

Also, we want to acknowledge that the creatures from I Am Legend the novel are more like vampires and the Darkseekers from I am Legend the film are like a vampire and zombie hybrid. We’re talking about them here in relation to the infection that’s the catalyst that causes them to change.

Here are a few articles and videos we referenced for this conversation:

- Monster Complex Article “Zombie Q&A—Jonathan Maberry: “Zombie Stories Are Not About Zombies”

- Youtube Video “How (Not) To Tell a Meaningful Zombie Story | Like Stories of Old”

- Youtube Video “Hauntings, Histories, & Campfire Tales: What Ghost Stories Tell Us | Coya Paz | TEDxDePaulUniversity”

- Youtube Video “The dark history of zombies - Christopher M. Moreman | TED-Ed”

- Youtube Video “How to make your writing suspenseful - Victoria Smith | TED-Ed”

- YouTube Video “Lessons from a terrified horror researcher | Mathias Clasen | TEDxAarhus”

- YouTube Video “What horror films teach us about ourselves and being human | Dr. Steven Schlozman | TEDxNashville”

We touch on several of our previous podcast episodes. They are as follows:

- Episode 161: Monster In The House Stories

- Episode 162: Setting as a Monster

- Episode 163: Vampires and Werewolves

Books and Films Mentioned:

- The Beauty and the Beast by Marie Le Prince de Beaumont

- Shaun of the Dead – Directed Edgar Wright

- World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

- Crimson Peak – Directed by Guillermo del Toro

- Coco – Directed by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina

- The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

- I am Legend by Richard Matheson

- I am Legend – Directed by Francis Lawrence

- Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

- Warm Bodies – Directed by Jonathan Levine

- The Others – Directed by Alejandro Amenábar

- The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

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