Real Zombies, the Living Dead, and Creatures of the Apocalypse. Brad Steiger

      

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      

For 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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      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

      2010007048

      Printed in the United States of America

      10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

      CONTENTS

       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