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Episode 298 - Papa Doc: Haiti’s Vodou Dictator
RedHanded
The Voodoo Spirit of Duvalier
In June 1964, Duvalier once again changed the constitution of Haiti, essentially making himself president for life. In a speech to the nation in which he now publicly announced himself to be an immaterial being – and voodoo spirit. After this, rumors about Duvalier kept coming. They talked of him creating zombies from the bodies of friends and foe. He'd sit in the bath complete with his top hat on, talking to the decapitated heads that the Tonton Makuta brought him. We don't know how much of this is true, how much of it is a power play because he knows it will work.
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