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30 bloodcurdling and bone-chillingly real-life zombie encounters. Not recommended for reading when a virus hits!

Paranormal researcher extraordinaire and author of hundreds of books on the mysterious and unknown, Brad Steiger provides an alarming chronicle of zombie history, and stories of first-person encounters. Along with the bloodcurdling stories, Real Zombies, the Living Dead, and Creatures of the Apocalypse explores spells and hexes; ceremonies and initiations; ghouls and wendigos; sacred zombie and voodoo-related sites; zombies and monsters of the Bible; and zombie traditions in China, Japan, the Pacific, India, Persia, and Native America. Some of the topics and stories chewed over in this fascinating book include…

Zombies versus Vampires

Damballah Wedo and the African Pantheon

Black Cat Mama Couteaux and the Great Zombie War

The Devil Baby of Bourbon Street

Recipes for Hungry Ghosts

Eating Human Flesh as a Religious Experience

Hitler’s Quest to Zombify the World

The CIA Experiments to Create a Zombie Nation

Golems and Tulpas—Psychic Zombies

Zombies and Voodoo Magic around the World

And many, many more hair-raising stories!

Highlighting news articles, historical accounts, and first-person interviews, Real Zombies, the Living Dead, and Creatures of the Apocalypse will leave you worried about whether man can survive the next plague.

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Supernatural

Spirituality

Body (disambiguation)

Unexplained Phenomena

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Publié par	Visible Ink Press
Date de parution	01 mai 2010
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781578593439
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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A BOUT THE A UTHOR
F or five decades, award-winning writer Brad Steiger has been devoted to exploring and examining unusual, hidden, secret, and otherwise strange occurrences. A former high school teacher and college instructor, Brad published his first articles on the unexplained in 1956. Since then he has written more than two thousand articles with paranormal themes. He is author or coauthor of more than 170 books, including Real Vampires, Night Stalkers, and Creatures from the Darkside; Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places; The Werewolf Book; Conspiracies and Secret Societies , and with his wife, Sherry, Real Miracles, Divine Intervention, and Feats of Incredible Survival . Brad’s Otherworldly Affaires was voted the Number One Paranormal Book of 2008 by Haunted America Tours.
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Conspiracies and Secret Societies: The Complete Dossier With Sherry Hansen Steiger ISBN: 978-1-57859-174-9
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Real Miracles, Divine Intervention, and Feats of Incredible Survival With Sherry Hansen Steiger ISBN: 978-1-57859-214-2
Real Vampires, Night Stalkers, and Creatures from the Darkside ISBN: 978-1-57859-255-5
The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shape-Shifting Beings ISBN: 978-1-57859-078-0
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The Astrology Book: The Encyclopedia of Heavenly Influences, 2nd edition by James R Lewis ISBN: 978-1-57859-144-2
The Dream Encyclopedia, 2nd edition by James R Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver ISBN: 978-1-57859-216-6
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The Fortune-Telling Book: The Encyclopedia of Divination and Soothsaying by Raymond Buckland ISBN: 978-1-57859-147-3
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The Religion Book: Places, Prophets, Saints, and Seers by Jim Willis ISBN: 978-1-57859-151-0
The Spirit Book: The Encyclopedia of Clairvoyance, Channeling, and Spirit Communication by Raymond Buckland ISBN: 978-1-57859-172-5
Unexplained! Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomenam, 2nd edition by Jerome Clark ISBN: 978-1-57859-070-4
The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead, 2nd edition by J. Gordon Melton ISBN: 978-1-57859-071-1
The Witch Book: The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, Wicca, and Neo-paganism by Raymond Buckland ISBN: 978-1-57859-114-5
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Managing Editor: Kevin S. Hile Art Director: Mary Claire Krzewinski Typesetting: Marco Di Vita
Front cover art by Ricardo Pustanio; back cover photograph Shannon McCabe
ISBN 978-1-57859-255-5

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Steiger, Brad. Real zombies, the living dead, and creatures of the Apocalypse / by Brad Steiger. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-57859-296-8 1. Zombies. I. Title. BF1556.S735 2010 398’.45—dc22
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Printed in the United States of America
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C ONTENTS
Contributors
Appendix: The Voodoo Queens and Kings of New Orleans
Bibliography
Index
THE ZOMBIES ARE COMING
ZOMBIES VS. VAMPIRES
MUMMIES AND ZOMBIES
OUT OF AFRICA
VOUDON: HOW TO MAKE A ZOMBIE
WITCHCRAFT AND VOODOO
VOODOO DEATHS
DAMBALLAH WEDO AND THE AFRICAN PANTHEON
KING AND QUEEN OF THE ZOMBIES
MARIE LA VEAU, VOODOO QUEEN ETERNAL
BLACK CAT MAMA COUTEAUX AND THE GREAT ZOMBIE WAR
CURSES, SPELLS, AND HEXES
THE DEVIL BABY OF BOURBON STREET
VOODOO CHILDREN
LITTLE VIOLETTE, THE ZOMBIE CHILD
THE SIN EATERS
WENDIGOS CRAVE HUMAN FLESH
RECIPES TO FEED HUNGRY GHOSTS
EATING HUMAN FLESH AS A RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
HITLER’S QUEST TO ZOMBIFY THE WORLD
CIA EXPERIMENTS TO CREATE A ZOMBIE NATION
GOLEMS AND TULPAS—PSYCHIC ZOMBIES
ZOMBIES AND VOODOO MAGIC AROUND THE WORLD
ZOMBIES AND MONSTERS OF THE APOCALYPSE
AZAZEL AND THE WATCHERS— SLAVEMASTERS OF EARTH
DOES THE RISE OF THE ZOMBIES HERALD ARMAGEDON?
C ONTRIBUTORS
T hanks to the following gifted artists for contributing original illustrations to this publication.
Ricardo Pustanio
Ricardo Pustanio is an enduring icon in the world of New Orleans Mardi Gras float design and local artistry. Today his phenomenal creative talents are witnessed by thousands upon thousands of locals and tourists who throng the streets of New Orleans each year to catch a glimpse of one of the oldest and most prestigious parades of the season, the Krewe of Mid-City. And according to Ricardo, “The best is still to come!”
Born in New Orleans, Ricardo is the third son of local golfing legend Eddie “Blackie” Pustanio, a well-known icon of the sport. When Ricardo was baptized, the famous “Diamond Jim” Moran was hailed as his godfather and all the major golfing pros who visited the elder Pustanio at his City Park Golf Course digs bounced little Ricardo on a famous knee at one time or another.
Like nearly every child brought up in the city of New Orleans, Ricardo was brought out by his parents to enjoy the pageantry and revelry of the great old-line Mardi Gras parades. These halcyon Mardi Gras days of his youth were Ricardo’s first taste of the passion that would become the artistic pinnacle of his later career. During the 1960s Ricardo’s entries won First Place and rode with the King of Mid-City three years in a row: a true precursor of things to come.
The winner of many art competitions throughout his life, his earliest prize-winning work was created while Ricardo was still in Kindergarten. From an early age, Ricardo’s work was distinguished with prizes and praise. the piece hung in the children’s area of the New Orleans Museum of Art for many years; other early works could be found on display in the New Orleans Cabildo. Most are now in private art collections in New Orleans and across the United States.
In the early 1970s Ricardo began a long association with local New Orleans radio station WRNO-FM, where he distinguished himself as Art Director for many years.

Ricardo Pustanio works on one of his popular Mardi Gras floats.
Ricardo’s special style was also very visible in his work on numerous backdrops and displays for the 1984 New Orleans World’s Fair; several of his original pieces from that fair have garnered high prices at auctions throughout the United States and Europe.
Ricardo served Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre as Technical Director for its 1992–1993 season, during which he contributed his considerable artistic talents to the creation of scenery and backdrops for the season’s major productions, including West Side Story and The Baby Dance . For the latter he created a giant 60 foot by 30 foot papier maché pyramid, one of the highlights of the season. Ricardo’s set designs for the productions of King Midas and the Golden Touch and The Snow Queen each won him numerous awards.
In 1992 Ricardo began his long association with William Crumb and the Children’s Educational Theatre. His work on scenery and backdrops has toured with the company in 13 major productions across the United States, and he continues to contribute his talents to the organization to this day. Ricardo has also donated his time and talent to a number of nonprofit organizations, including the Save Our Lake Foundation and the March of Dimes.
Ricardo displayed his talent with scenic design in some of the best-known, locally produced films, including Angel Heart , starring Mickey Rourke; The Big Easy , starring Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin; Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire , starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt; and most recently in the much anticipated A Love Song for Billy Long , which stars John Travolta and was filmed on location in historic New Orleans.
Ricardo has conceptualized and designed numerous book covers and illustrations for major works of science fiction and fantasy; he was voted Best New Artist of the Year at World Cons held in New Orleans and Amsterdam, Holland. Ricardo has also illustrated children’s books, created portraits and artwork for private clients across the United States and in Europe, and has to his credit three original action comic books, the illustration and design of the long-running International Middle Eastern Dancer magazine, and several decks of personalized Tarot cards.
Ricardo has said, in reflecting on his artist achievements: “I have paid my dues many times over the years and I am always in a constant state of expectation: I can’t wait for the next challenge, the next thing to approach me. I am probably most proud of my work with the Krewe of Mid-City in recent years, because they have allowed me an unlimited palette