Zombies

While the phrase "zombie economy" evokes the all-too real threat of severally weakened financial institutions unable to service the public's needs, it actually has a much more literal -- and more lucrative -- meaning.

Through interviews with zombie insiders and their own calculations, the folks at 24/7 Wall Street have concluded that the pop cultural explosion in all things undead over the last few years has suddenly created a "zombie economy" worth $5.74 billion.

Could we be "lurching" towards a way to fix the economic crisis? 

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Earlier this week on Halloween, first responders in Ohio held an emergency-management drill while 200 volunteers in zombie makeup milled about looking for brains. Well, it's good to know that somebody will be prepared if the dead should rise.

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When it comes to serious haunted houses, if they want to scare you, they're probably going to scare you. So as much as ABC 7's Kimberly Craig was hoping to walk out of Pontiac, Michigan's 4-story, Guinness World Record holding Erebus Haunted Attraction with little more than a few goosebumps, ultimately she wound helpless on the floor, surrounded by zombies.

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A 1,818.5 pound pumpkin that currently holds the world record for the largest pumpkin is being carved into a macabre spectacle of flesh-hungry zombies.

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Ah, Halloween. 'Tis the season to dress your dog up as a tank, or a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle or a zombie. Behold, 'The Barking Dead.'

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This radio-controlled zombie is able to mimic the moves of the undead. Learn how to make your own for Halloween.

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When the CDC (Center for Disease Control) starts handing out warnings, you know it's time to get real about the potential zombie invasion.

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Being a zombie on Facebook seems a lot more appealing than being one in real life. And thanks to AMC, it's super easy.

In fact, all you have to do to get a highly-detailed zombie version of yourself is visit the Facebook page for the AMC series 'The Walking Dead.'

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Westlake Ace Hardware is embracing the recent pop cultural explosion in zombie fare by offering tips on how humans can use the store's shovels and nailguns to defend themselves and their home from zombie attacks. Not to discriminate, the site also has tips on how the recently undead can "delay their decay."

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Seems those crazy kids who make up the Occupy Wall Street movement are getting an early start on their Halloween festivities.

As the protests enter their third week, organizers have issued a directive asking participants to join in for Zombie Flesh Mob Day.

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