The biological roots of the vampire
The history and science of werewolves
The colonial origins of the zombie
The deep-sea roots of ocean monsters
Which Harvard ethnobotanist traveled to Haiti in 1982 to investigate zombie chemistry?
renaissanceman A Haitian man shocked his family by returning years after his burial.
Which Haitian man famously claimed in 1980 to have been turned into a real zombie?
The word 'zombie' is believed to originate from which West African Kikongo word?
renaissanceman The Original Haitian Zombie
No rest in the grave (oh, still working for the master!)
renaissanceman A powerful pufferfish neurotoxin can put humans into a death-like state.
What potent neurotoxin found in pufferfish is used in traditional Haitian zombie powders?
Under which European nation's colonial rule did the Haitian slave-zombie myth develop?
Zombie origin: The word zombie likely comes from the West African Kikongo word nzambi, meaning soul or god.
Which 1968 horror film directed by George A. Romero created the modern flesh-eating zombie?
What historical agricultural crop were Haitian zombies forced to harvest in folklore?
A corpse said to be revived by witchcraft, or a fictional undead creature. The myth originated among enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, who feared eternal servitude on colonial sugar plantations.