The Zombie Book

Brad Steiger, Nick Redfern

Description

Two experts on the unexplained and paranormal team up to bring you the definitive guide to zombies!

The apocalypse of the rapacious, infectious living dead is more probable than ever—at least, if movies, books, and television are to be believed. But long before exotic viruses, biological warfare, and sinister military experiments brought the dead back to life in our cinemas and on our television screens, there were the dark spells and incantations of the ancient Egyptians, the Sumerians, and the Babylonians. Blending the historical with the modern, the biographical with the literary, the plants and animals with bacteria and viruses, the mythological with the horrifying true tales, The Zombie Book: The Encyclopedia of the Living Dead is a comprehensive resource for understanding, combating, and avoiding all things zombie.

More than 250 entries cover everything about the ignominious role in folklore and mythology to today's pop culture, including …

• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

• Mad Cow Disease

• The Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918

• The Centers for Disease Control and FEMA’s Zombie Preparedness plans

• The MacArthur Causeway Face-eating Zombie

• Nazi Experiments to Resurrect the Dead

• Night of the Living Dead

• and much, much more.

Blending historical review and a lot of pop-culture fun with chilling tales of ravenous end-of-times horrors, The Zombie Book is perfect for browsing or for a thorough reading by fans of the macabre. An extensive bibliography and index make this the perfect start to anyone’s quest for preparing for a zombie cataclysm.

Sujets

• Supernatural
• Spirituality
• Body (disambiguation)
• Unexplained Phenomena

Informations

• Publié par: Visible Ink Press
• Date de parution: 18 août 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781578595310
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

Extrait

A BOUT THE A UTHORS

Nick Redfern is the author of 30 books on UFOs, Bigfoot, lake monsters, the Abominable Snowman, and Hollywood scandals, including Monster Files, Monster Diary, Memoirs of a Monster Hunter; Celebrity Secrets; There s Something in the Woods; Contactees; Final Events; The Real Men in Black; The NASA Conspiracies; Science Fiction Secrets; On the Trail of the Saucer Spies; Strange Secrets; and-with fellow Texas-based researcher and author Ken Gerhard- Monsters of Texas . He has appeared on more than 70 TV shows, including: Fox News; the BBC s Out of This World; the SyFy Channel s Proof Positive; the Space Channel s Fields of Fear; the History Channel s Monster Quest, America s Book of Secrets, Ancient Aliens and UFO Hunters; Science s The Unexplained Files; the National Geographic Channel s Paranatural; and MSNBC s Countdown with Keith Olbermann . Originally from the UK, Nick lives on the fringes of Dallas, Texas.

Award-winning writer Brad Steiger has devoted himself to exploring and examining unusual, hidden, secret, and otherwise strange occurrences. He has written over 2,000 articles and more than 180 titles with inspirational and paranormal themes, including Conspiracies and Secret Societies; Real Aliens, Space Beings, and Creatures from Other Worlds; Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Houses; Real Monsters, Gruesome Critters, and Beasts from the Darkside; Real Vampires, Night Stalkers, and Creatures from the Darkside; and Real Zombies, the Living Dead, and Creatures of the Apocalypse . Brad is a veteran of broadcast news magazines ranging from Nightline to NBC Nightly News . He is also a regular radio guest on Jeff Rense s Sightings, The Allan Handelman Show , and Coast to Coast with George Noory . He resides somewhere in Iowa.
ALSO FROM VISIBLE INK PRESS
Alien Mysteries, Conspiracies and Cover-Ups by Kevin D. Randle ISBN: 978-1-57859-418-4
Conspiracies and Secret Societies: The Complete Dossier , 2nd edition by Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger ISBN: 978-1-57859-368-2
The Government UFO Files: The Conspiracy of Cover-Up by Kevin D. Randle ISBN: 978-1-57859-477-1
Hidden Realms, Lost Civilizations, and Beings from Other Worlds by Jerome Clark ISBN: 978-1-57859-175-6
The Horror Show Guide: The Ultimate Frightfest of Movies by Mike Mayo ISBN: 978-1-57859-420-7
Real Aliens, Space Beings, and Creatures from Other Worlds by Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger ISBN: 978-1-57859-333-0
Real Encounters, Different Dimensions, and Otherworldly Beings by Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger ISBN: 978-1-57859-455-9
Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places , 2nd edition by Brad Steiger ISBN: 978-1-57859-401-6
Real Miracles, Divine Intervention, and Feats of Incredible Survival by Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger ISBN: 978-1-57859-214-2
Real Monsters, Gruesome Critters, and Beasts from the Darkside by Brad Steiger ISBN: 978-1-57859-220-3
Real Vampires, Night Stalkers, and Creatures from the Darkside by Brad Steiger ISBN: 978-1-57859-255-5
Real Zombies, the Living Dead, and Creatures of the Apocalypse by Brad Steiger ISBN: 978-1-57859-296-8
Unexplained! Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena , 3rd edition by Jerome Clark ISBN: 978-1-57859-344-6
The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead , 3rd edition by J. Gordon Melton, Ph.D. ISBN: 978-1-57859-281-4
The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shape-shifting Beings , 2nd edition by Brad Steiger ISBN: 978-1-57859-367-5
The Witch Book: The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, Wicca, and Neo-paganism by Raymond Buckland ISBN: 978-1-57859-114-5
Real Nightmares E-Books by Brad Steiger
Book 1: True and Truly Scary Unexplained Phenomenon
Book 2: The Unexplained Phenomena and Tales of the Unknown
Book 3: Things That Go Bump in the Night
Book 4: Things That Prowl and Growl in the Night
Book 5: Fiends That Want Your Blood
Book 6: Unexpected Visitors and Unwanted Guests
Book 7: Dark and Deadly Demons
Book 8: Phantoms, Apparitions, and Ghosts
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Managing Editor: Kevin S. Hile
Art Director: Mary Claire Krzewinski
Typesetting: Marco DiVita
Proofreaders: Dorothy Smith and Aarti Stephens
Indexer: Shoshana Hurwitz
Cover images: Front cover image: iStock; back cover image: Kobal Collection.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Redfern, Nicholas, 1964-
The zombie book : the encyclopedia of the living dead / by Nick Redfern and Brad Steiger.
pages cm
ISBN 978-1-57859-504-4 (paperback)
1. Zombies-Encyclopedias. I. Steiger, Brad. II. Title.
GR581.R43 2014
398.21-dc23 2014013300
Printed in the United States of America
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C ONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Photo Credits
Introduction
A
AIDS
Aldini, Giovanni
Alien Abductions
Alien Infection
Alien Virus
Andes Cannibals
Ants
Apocalypse
Armageddon
Armando
Asclepius
Aswang
August
B
Baron Samedi and Maman Brigitte
Berwyn Mountains Zombie Dogs
Bhangarh
Biochip Implants
Black Death
Black Dogs
Black Sheep
Body Snatchers
Bourbon Street Devil Baby
Bowery at Midnight
Brain Eaters of Ancient Kenya
Brain Experiments
Brains
Brides
Bullets
Burial Traditions
C
Carp, Canada, Conspiracies
Carradine, John
Cats of the CIA
Cattle Mutilations
Cemeteries and Tombs
Centers for Disease Control
Chamani, Miriam
Chinese Zombies
Chupacabras
Civil War Zombies
Coffins
Cold War
The Colonized
The Colony
Columbia , Space Shuttle
Congo Conspiracies
The Crazies
Cremation
Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease
Crosse, Andrew
Cypress, Texas, Mummy
D
Dancing Devil of San Antonio
Darklings
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Day of the Dead (1985)
Day of the Dead (2008)
The Dead and The Dead 2
Death Definition
Death Line
Decapitation and Reattachment
DeDe, Sanite
Defining Zombies
Devil s Chair of New Orleans
Diary of the Dead
Doctor John
Dog of the Dead
Donner Party
Draugr
Drug Dealers and Voodoo
Dugway Proving Ground
E-F
End Times
Evil Twins
Extraterrestrial
FEMA: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
Flight of the Living Dead
Flying Zombies
Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Fort Detrick
Frankenstein
Funerals
G
Gargoyles in Texas
Gay Bomb
Germ Warfare
Ghoul
Goat Man
Golem
Gregg Family
Grettis Saga
H
Halloween
Heaven s Gate
Hitler, Adolf
Holodomor
Holy Wars
Hoodoo
Horror Express
The House of Seven Corpses
I
I Am Legend
I Am Scrooge
Iceland s Resident Man-Eaters
Immortality
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies
Infection
In the Flesh
The Invaders
Isle of the Dead
I Walked with a Zombie
J-K
Jesus Christ
Jones, Ava Kay
Kikiyaon
King Arthur
King of the Zombies and Revenge of the Zombies
Kuru
L
LaLaurie, Madame Delphine
Lancellotti, Joseph
Land of the Dead
The Last Man on Earth
Laveau, Marie
Lazarus
Lederberg, Joshua
Lifeforce
Live and Let Die
Liver-eating Johnson
London Underground
Lovecraft, H. P.
M
MacArthur Causeway Face-eating Zombie
Macumba
Mad Cow Disease
Majestic 12
Mambo Sallie Ann Glassman
Manitou Grand Cavern Mummy
Man-Monkey
Mannequins
Matheson, Richard
Maya Prediction
Megiddo
Men in Black
Microbiologists Mystery Deaths
Millan, Mary
Mind Control
The Monkey s Paw
Monster Island, Monster Nation , and Monster Planet
Monster of Glamis
Morley, Anthony
Mouths
Mummies
Mutants
N
Naegleria fowleri
NASA and Super Plagues
Native American Cannibals
Nazis
Near Death Experience
Night of the Living Dead
Night of the Living Dead Cast
The Night Stalker
Noriega, Manuel
Norwegian Armageddon
O-P
The Omega Man
Operation Resurrection
Orford Zombie
Outer Space
Panteon de Bel n
Papa Jaxmano
Parsons, Jack
Pet Cemetery Zombie
Pet Sematary
Photographing a Zombie
The Plague of the Zombies
Planet Terror
Pleasant, Mary Ellen
Poland Zombies
Porton Down
Potion to Make Zombies
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Prison Cannibals
Psychomania
Public Health Services
Q-R
Quarantine Station
Queen Bianca
Rabbits of the Dead
Rabies
Rammbock
Reanimation Experiments
Redneck Zombies
Religious Sacrifice
Resident Evil
Romero, George A.
Russian Zombie Pigeons
S
Scotland Baboon Infection
Seabrook, William
Shaun of the Dead
Shelley, Mary
Sin Eating
Singh, Rev. Mother Severina Karuna Mayi
Snake Zombies
Solomon Island Cannibals
Somaliland
Soul-Stealers
Soylent Green
Spanish Flu
Stumpp, Peter
Sumanto, the Indonesian Cannibal
Survival of the Dead
Survivors
T
Taigheirm
Tay Bridge
Thames Terror
Tulpas
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
V-W
Vodun: Mambo and Houngan
Voodoo
Voodoo and the CIA
Walking Corpse Syndrome
The Walking Dead