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In what was supposed to be a 20-minute video, I discuss the ways that zombies (and other revenants) have evolved in folklore, pop culture, and history. What did Zora Neale Hurston, Wade Davis, and William Seabrook find when they visited Haiti? How did other Haitian events-- revolution, stigma about voodoo, American occupation in 1915, dictatorships-- shape beliefs and fuel urban legend? How did zombies go from enslaved workers to bloodthirsty plague carriers?

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A History of Zombies

Try Rocket Money for free: https://RocketMoney.com/INTELEXUAL In what was supposed to be a 20-minute video, I discuss the ways that zombies (and other revenants) have evolved in folklore, pop culture, and history. What did Zora Neale Hurston, Wade Davis, and William Seabrook find when they visited Haiti? How did other Haitian events-- revolution, stigma about voodoo, American occupation in 1915, dictatorships-- shape beliefs and fuel urban legend? How did zombies go from enslaved workers to bloodthirsty plague carriers? [The Walking Dead, Article 249, Article 246., White Zombie, Bela Lugosi, Dracula, Halloween history, scary history, spooky history, Haitian history, American History, Jean Jacques Dessalines, Papa Doc Duvalier, Michael Jackson Thriller, tetrodoxin, the last of us, the making of Michael Jackson's Thriller, Baron Samedi, how to pronounce Baron Samedi, Tell My Horse, Of Mules and Men, black folklore, black history, zombification, night of the living dead, George Romero, zombie science, zombie apocalypse, zombie survival, Max Brooks, World War Z, Brad Pitt, Tony Todd, Dawn of The Dead, Dawn of The Dead Mall, Tom Savini, Greg Nicotero, Wiedergänger, vrykolakas, draugr, gjengangers, jiangshi, hopping vampire, taoism, sorcery, qing dynasty, headless horsemen, ghost stories, nzambi, zumbi, bokor, ti bon ange, gros bon ange, horror history, horror movie history, the evil dead] Love the content? Support for $1/month on https://patreon.com/intelexualmedia Sources, essays, exclusive videos, a podcast, reading lists, and much more are available ON PATREON.

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TroyAllen

Oh how will we ever figure out how that happened and Baron Samedi from Live & Let Die was one of my first gay crushes. My family did not know what to do with me.

Stephanie Gustave

Thank you for wealth of information on Haitian Vodou lore.

Malak Rogers

-Love Shaun of the Dead and Train of Busan - You forgot Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island 😭 -I remember humans vs zombies in the 2010s while in college.