We celebrate today - Halloween - by diving into the history of the zombie. From Haitian voodoo folklore, to one of the cornerstones of horror movies, serious and silly alike, this is the history of zombies.

Sources

"The undead in culture and science," by Nugent C, Berdine G, Nugent K.

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/13/250844800/zoinks-tracing-the-history-of-zombie-from-haiti-to-the-cdc

Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zombies_NightoftheLivingDead.jpg

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