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Zombie flu: How the 1919 influenza pandemic fueled the rise of the living dead

  • Written by Elizabeth Outka, Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Richmond
Did mass graves in the influenza pandemic help give rise to the living dead?Tithi Luadthong/Shutterstock.com

Zombies have lurched to the center of Halloween culture, with costumes proliferating as fast as the monsters themselves. This year, you can dress as a zombie prom queen, a zombie doctor – even a zombie rabbit or banana. The rise of the...

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