Episode Details
Back to Episodes
History of Zombies
Season 2
Episode 15
Published 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Description
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
History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com
Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices