William Seabrook
publication date: Monday, July 29, 2019 (part of Summer 2019)
category: 
Paranormal
clue: This American journalist indulged his lifelong obsession with the occult, from eating human flesh among West African cannibals, to experimenting in witchcraft with Aleister Crowley, to popularizing the Haitian concept of a zombie.
difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates
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