ZombiesAuthor :
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Published : Wednesday 30 August 2017
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Forensic pathologist Philippe Charlier â?" dubbed the â?oIndiana Jones of the graveyardsâ?? â?" travels to Haiti where rumors claim that some who die may return to life as zombies. Charlier investigates these far-fetched stories and finds that, in Haiti, the dead are a part of daily life. Families, fearing that loved ones may return from the grave, urge pallbearers to take rambling routes to prevent the recently departed from finding their way home from cemeteries. Corpses are sometimes killed a second timeâ?▌just to be safe. And a person might spend their life preparing their funeral and grave to ensure they will not become a wandering soul after death. But are the stories true? Charlierâ?Ts investigations lead him to Vodou leader Max Beauvoir and other priests, who reveal how bodies can be reanimated. In some cases, sorcerers lure the dead from their graves and give them a potion concocted from Devilâ?Ts Snare, a plant more commonly known as Jimsonweed. Sometimes secret societies use poudre zombi â?" â?ozombie powderâ?? â?" spiked with the tetrodotoxin found in blowfish. Charlier eagerly collects evidence, examining Vodou dolls by X-ray, making sacrifices at rituals, and visiting cemeteries under the cloak of night. Zombies follows Charlierâ?Ts journey to understand the fascinating and frightening world of Haitiâ?Ts living dead, inviting readers to believe the unbelievable.
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