The Zombie Book. Nick Redfern
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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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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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