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<v Speaker 1>Unsolved mysteries. Truth is stranger than fiction. We are endeavoring

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<v Speaker 1>to bring to you little known mysteries of the entire world.

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<v Speaker 1>And in this series of unexplained true happenings, we cannot

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<v Speaker 1>overlook the puzzling and weird practices found in Voodooism. There

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<v Speaker 1>are strange stories of zombies, stories which kills are into

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<v Speaker 1>the world of everyday life, leaving no room for doubt

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<v Speaker 1>that within the cult of Buddhism in Haiti, zombies do exist.

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<v Speaker 2>Sisters at differences.

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<v Speaker 1>The scene is clamorous Aiti, a few miles from Porto Prance.

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<v Speaker 1>A long, low, rambling bungalow, bathed in the liquid beams

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<v Speaker 1>of a silver moon, faces the open sea. Behind the

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<v Speaker 1>cape rises in serid ridges of blacks and purples, and

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<v Speaker 1>beyond that, faintly ominous. The deep, constant rhythm of the

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<v Speaker 1>voodoo drums seems to belong to another world. Three men

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<v Speaker 1>sit on the lanai or veranda, facing the beach. One

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<v Speaker 1>of them tall, slender, young in years, but with gray

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<v Speaker 1>hair and blind face, stares out into nothing. The elderly

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<v Speaker 1>man by his side looks at the third and raises

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<v Speaker 1>bushy eyebrows. The third man, a stranger to AITI speaks

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<v Speaker 1>very decent of you fellows who invite me out here.

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<v Speaker 1>I sort of feel that well that I am putting

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<v Speaker 1>you to a lot of extra word not a bitter servants.

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<v Speaker 1>Take care of all the extra work. We're glad of

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<v Speaker 1>your a company. Cluck. Yes, Strong, I'm going down there.

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<v Speaker 1>You must, yes, but don't belong. I won't, but don't

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<v Speaker 1>wait up for me. Good Night, good night, good night.

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<v Speaker 1>In a moment after Strong's out of hearing, I'll be

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<v Speaker 1>able to explain that's all right. I think I understand.

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<v Speaker 1>Just a minute, I'll look down the pathway. Yes, he's

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<v Speaker 1>gone all right. In spite of what he said, we

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<v Speaker 1>can't turn in. Although you're a stranger here. I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to do what white men have to do in the tropics.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to ask for your help if I need it.

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<v Speaker 1>You won't have to ask, quice. I didn't think so.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I asked you at the hotel if you'd

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<v Speaker 1>like to come out to our place. A few moments ago.

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<v Speaker 1>You said you thought you understood. Yes. I know, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>as it was just a year ago to day that

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<v Speaker 1>Strong's wife died. I was in New York at the time.

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<v Speaker 3>And we were all very much upset.

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<v Speaker 1>I never knew Strong, but I went to school with

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<v Speaker 1>his wife, Helen, and it didn't because of his wife's

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<v Speaker 1>death that I want you tonight, because of what happened

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<v Speaker 1>after her death. After her death, Yes, do you know

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<v Speaker 1>where Strong went? Just now? He went down to her

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<v Speaker 1>grave that he has every night for six months. Amore, good, heavens. Why,

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I'm going to explain. When Strong first came

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<v Speaker 1>out here, he had a native servant girl, Clarissima. Her

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<v Speaker 1>name was attractive little thing, and she fell in love

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<v Speaker 1>with Strong. Strong never gave her a thought, but you

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<v Speaker 1>know native women, of course. Well, Helen came out here

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<v Speaker 1>and the night before their marriage they were sitting just

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<v Speaker 1>about here on the verandah.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, Johney, it's too Graham to be here with you. Then?

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<v Speaker 1>What do you think it is for me, darling?

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<v Speaker 5>Have you here in my arms to know that to

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<v Speaker 5>morrow you'll be mine?

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<v Speaker 1>Forever?

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<v Speaker 2>Darling?

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, John, forever.

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<v Speaker 5>When I think of the nights I've sat out here dreaming,

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<v Speaker 5>watching the ships sailing for the States, and the other

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<v Speaker 5>nights when I've watched these seen steamers come into the

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<v Speaker 5>harbor and tried to imagine what you'd look like standing

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<v Speaker 5>there on the deck coming out to me.

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<v Speaker 4>Did your dream come true to you? Did you find

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<v Speaker 4>me changed?

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<v Speaker 1>What little change, dear, spelling, but better than a thousand dreams?

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<v Speaker 1>M So haven't luck, darling? Time for little girls to

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<v Speaker 1>be in bed, especially when they're going to be married

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<v Speaker 1>in the morning.

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<v Speaker 5>I hate to think of driving you out of your bungalow,

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<v Speaker 5>even for one night.

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<v Speaker 4>I could just as easily have stayed it in one time.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh not a bit of it, Dear. It'll take me

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<v Speaker 5>less than five minutes to walk down to Clark's place.

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<v Speaker 4>Good night, Dear, Good night John.

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<v Speaker 5>John, Clarissima, What on earth are you doing here at

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<v Speaker 5>this time of night?

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<v Speaker 1>Why aren't you home with your father?

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<v Speaker 6>I have been watching you.

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<v Speaker 1>You've been watching me.

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<v Speaker 6>You and a woman.

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<v Speaker 1>What's the matter with you? What's come over you? What

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<v Speaker 1>business have you watching us?

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<v Speaker 6>I have every business.

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<v Speaker 1>You belong to me, I belong to you. What rubbish

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<v Speaker 1>is this? You are talking?

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<v Speaker 6>No rubbish, John, You have belonged to me since that

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<v Speaker 6>night that the Bocor placed his spell upon you.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you been drinking, Clarissima? You know I do drink. John,

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<v Speaker 1>If you marry this woman.

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<v Speaker 6>I tell you something. In three months she will be dead.

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<v Speaker 4>Though.

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<v Speaker 1>Now listen to Larissima. I'm not afraid of your bullcars,

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<v Speaker 1>your voodoos are You're a wanger.

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<v Speaker 6>I have told you marry that woman, and before the

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<v Speaker 6>setting of the third moon, she will be dead.

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<v Speaker 1>Clarissama spoke the truth. Before the third moon had set,

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<v Speaker 1>Helen was dead. In his grief, John gave no thought

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<v Speaker 1>of her prophecy, gave no thought to the warning that

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<v Speaker 1>the wangor spell of the Bukr had been placed upon her. Clark,

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<v Speaker 1>John Strong's friend, came to live with him, and one afternoon, Strong,

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<v Speaker 1>arriving home earlier than usual, came up the veranda steps

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<v Speaker 1>in time to hear Clark talking to one of the

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<v Speaker 1>native servants. I tell it to you must. I have

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<v Speaker 1>heard it too many times. It's nonsense, loner, just jungle talk,

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<v Speaker 1>native rubbish, No must many times before a white man,

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<v Speaker 1>he say rubbish. But me, Loma, he s zombie, not

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<v Speaker 1>one zombie, not two? What many zombies work back there

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<v Speaker 1>in sugar cane be But not a white woman, Loma.

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<v Speaker 1>No one ever saw all this, thot Oor. We were

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<v Speaker 1>just talking, didn't hear you? Come in. I know you didn't,

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<v Speaker 1>and I am sorry, old man, but I listened. Oh yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I listened. I know you were talking about Helen. Now

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<v Speaker 1>what was it all? Just jungle nonsense, nothing to even

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<v Speaker 1>think of. I'll be the best judge of that. Tell

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<v Speaker 1>me Loma. No, oh, Master, if Master understand, Eloah, show

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<v Speaker 1>le Loma. All comes frong. You're making a puzz over

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<v Speaker 1>not Loma. Yes, must Did I ever beat you? No, mush,

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<v Speaker 1>Ti'm going to Loma, beat you till you can't stand.

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<v Speaker 1>If you don't tell Nelson John, this is no way

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<v Speaker 1>to behave I tell her you come with me and

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<v Speaker 1>I'll explain. Come where, Come along and I'll show you. Together.

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<v Speaker 1>The two men leave the bungalow. Loma, his eyes filled

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<v Speaker 1>with tears, stands at the top of the Lanai steps

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<v Speaker 1>and watches them disappear into the underbrush down toward the sea.

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<v Speaker 1>Clark leads the way he set Jaw the only answered

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<v Speaker 1>the strongest question, Tuk, this pathway doesn't lead any place

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<v Speaker 1>except to the seminary. I know that that's where we're going.

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<v Speaker 1>What in Heaven's name is at all about? Why don't

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<v Speaker 1>you tell me? I want to prove that the whole

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<v Speaker 1>thing is nonsense. Before I do, I thought you are

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<v Speaker 1>my friend. I'm friend enough to want to save your reason.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh there's an open grave, now go ahead. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to get that paid. Cluk cluk. What Helen's grave it's

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<v Speaker 1>been opened? What her grave? Clock it's been opened? You'll

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<v Speaker 1>find out in a minute. I'll stand back, will I do?

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<v Speaker 3>Let me Clark, let.

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<v Speaker 1>Me know.

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<v Speaker 7>It ought to be hot yet, cluk cluk, the cas

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<v Speaker 7>get's gone. These devils have taken her, my Helen for

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<v Speaker 7>the damnable voodoo, No John, no zombie.

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<v Speaker 1>At breakneck speed, the two men race back to their bungalow.

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<v Speaker 1>Loma from the veranda seat them coming up the pathway,

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<v Speaker 1>and runs to meet them. In silence. Clark points to

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<v Speaker 1>the brush and Loma and the lead breaks into the

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<v Speaker 1>thick tropic growth. Dusk finds them struggling up the steep

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<v Speaker 1>slopes of the cape with that energy born of frenzied

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<v Speaker 1>fear and nameless horror. Loma holds up his hand. In

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<v Speaker 1>the strained silence, the men listened to the sharp crack

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<v Speaker 1>of cane knives on stalks of cain, the crackling of

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<v Speaker 1>falling cane leaves. Loma motions strong to come forward. He

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<v Speaker 1>forces aside the sugar cane and stares horror stricken into

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<v Speaker 1>the clearing hellim pell him Helm, horrible clock, ghastly story.

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<v Speaker 1>You understand now why John acts as he does, and

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<v Speaker 1>why I wanted you hear the knight lean. She was

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<v Speaker 1>buried alive. Oh, she wasn't buried alive. She wasn't dead. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>she was dead. She was a zombie, a dead person

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<v Speaker 1>raised from the grave, the body with mind or soul.

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<v Speaker 1>It's impossible, That's what I said alone. No, Helen was dead,

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<v Speaker 1>killed by the curse brought on her by Clarisma's jealous hatred,

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<v Speaker 1>and raised from the grave to be a zombie by

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<v Speaker 1>the same voodooism that killed Yes, Clarisma, what happened to her?

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<v Speaker 1>The natives killed and Helen? You you buried her in

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<v Speaker 1>area had a salt salt, Yes, salt. The zombies eat

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<v Speaker 1>anything containing salt. They returned to their graves in peace,

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<v Speaker 1>and you fed her salt. Yes, she she crumpled up

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<v Speaker 1>at our feet, dead, really dead. Out of deference to

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<v Speaker 1>people who are still alive, character names in these unsolved

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<v Speaker 1>mysteries have been changed inasmuch as any solution must of

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<v Speaker 1>necessity be supposition. Liberties of time, place, and character exist

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<v Speaker 1>in the solution that will be presented after you have

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<v Speaker 1>heard from your sponsor. Sims, Ladies and gentlemen, the solution

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<v Speaker 1>for which you've been waiting. Have you really a reasonable

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<v Speaker 1>explanation of how such a thing could have happened? I'll

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<v Speaker 1>answer that by asking you a question. Do you think

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<v Speaker 1>that any explanation of such a ghastly affair could be

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<v Speaker 1>classified as reasonable?

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<v Speaker 6>No?

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<v Speaker 1>I suppose not. What has happened, and so I say,

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<v Speaker 1>how could it happen the first place? Don't imagine this

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<v Speaker 1>is an isolated case. So serious is the matter of

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<v Speaker 1>zombies in the island of Haiti that the government has

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<v Speaker 1>been compelled to pass the following law. Article two forty

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<v Speaker 1>nine of the Court Canal of the Republic of Hades

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<v Speaker 1>also shall be qualified as attempted murder. The employment which

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<v Speaker 1>may be made against any person are substances which, without

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<v Speaker 1>causing actual death, produces a lethargic coma more or less prolonged.

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<v Speaker 1>If after the administration of such substances the person has

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<v Speaker 1>been buried, the acts shall be considered murdered, no matter

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<v Speaker 1>what the result that follows. Then the government thinks that

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<v Speaker 1>these zombies.

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<v Speaker 3>Of people who have been poisoned and who have been

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<v Speaker 3>certified as dead and buried while in the state of

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<v Speaker 3>suspended animation. I mean that they have been given a

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<v Speaker 3>poison that kills the brain but leaves their motor faculties unimpaired.

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<v Speaker 1>Between you and me, I don't think that the government

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<v Speaker 1>really believes that. But after all, how would you try

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<v Speaker 1>to fame a law against taking corpses out of their

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<v Speaker 1>grades and making them work in the cane field?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>I see the difficulty there, but just the same I

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<v Speaker 1>don't see how even Buddhism can make a corpse walk.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever heard of inanimate objects being moved by

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<v Speaker 1>the power of mind? A head? And isn't as possible

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<v Speaker 1>as the same worker in black magic or Buddhism that

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<v Speaker 1>killed the person by power of mine could take that

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<v Speaker 1>inanimate object to the corpse and make it move. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you believe that? Yes? And I'll give you the final proof,

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<v Speaker 1>at least my way of thinking. What is that? The

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<v Speaker 1>fact that the natives themselves killed Clarissima, the Native girl

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<v Speaker 1>because they knew that were the assistance of the witch doctors.

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<v Speaker 1>She killed and made a zombie all of Helena.

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<v Speaker 6>To the a