W
Waggner, George, 201
The Walking Dead, 68, 69
Wallace, Dee, 107, 110
wandering spider, 114
Ward, Fred, 197
Warren, Lorraine (fic), 178
Washington, Chris (fic), 98–99, 102
Washington, D.C., 88, 130–131
Washington State University, 125–126
Watkins, Breanna, 183, 184
Watts, Naomi, 143, 144
Wayne, Keith, 67
Weaver, Sigourney, 158
webbed hands, 149–150, 151, 152
Werewolf of London, 202
werewolves
and “black dog” folklore, 109
medical conditions for, 202–203
serial killers and, 203
sightings, 194, 195
The Wolf Man, 201–205
West, Lindy, 172
West Midlands Ghost Club, 194–195
Western culture, and cannibalism, 47, 48
Whale, James, 75
What We Do in the Shadows, 52
White, Carrie (fic), 173, 178, 179
White, E. B., 116–117
White, Robb, 93
white privilege, 98, 99, 103
Whitford, Bradley, 99
Wicca, 171
Wilbur (fic), 117
Williams, Allison, 98, 99
Williams, JoBeth, 129
Williams, John, 154
Williams, Michael C., 180
Wilson, Elizabeth, 138
Wilson, S. S., 197
Wisconsin, 6, 21, 31, 33, 79, 89, 161
Wisconsin DNR, 38
The Witch, 169–172
Biblical passages, 169
familiars, 177
feminist movements, 172
pagans/Wiccans, 171, 172
witch trials, 170–171
Witch of Endor, 169
The Witches, 176
witches
in the Bible, 170
The Blair Witch Project, 180–186
Carrie, 96–97, 173–179
modern, 171–172
powers, 173–178
Salem trials, 170
The Witch, 169–172
witch doctors, 170
witch trials, 170–171
The Wolf Man, 201–205
lunar cycle, effect on animals, 203–204
medical conditions, 202–203
shapeshifters, 204–205
werewolf legends, 202
Worden, Bernice, 31, 32–33, 41
Worden, Frank, 31
World Health Organization (WHO), 78, 110, 111, 112
World War II, 145, 201, 202
X
The X-Files, 7, 145
The X-Men, 173
Z
Zemeckis, Robert, 115
zombies. see reanimated corpses
Zouhri, Omar, 111
Zwicky, Fritz, 164