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Haitian Horror
Experience the full text of Thomas Baurley’s classic 1989 research paper, now in a convenient PDF e-book. This edition presents Baurley’s in-depth study from Florida State University on zombies and zombification within Haitian Vodou, with focused discussion of Wade Davis’s primary research and the lasting impact of these stories and beliefs. Continue reading
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“Haitian Horror” by Thomas Baurley
Haitian Zombification A treatise in 1989 on “Haitian Zombies”. Exploring Wade Davis’ work in Haiti with the compound made from tetrodotoxin utilized by witch doctors in creating real-life zombies as slaves. Baurley, Thomas: 1989 Haitian Horror: Zombification as Myth or … Continue reading
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Tagged ethnobotany, Haitian mythology, puffer fish, tetrodotoxin, Wade Davis, zombies, zombification
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