Dear Music Fan: I have been researching the study of zombies, and I have concluded that Rudy Eugene may have been under the influence of Palo Mayombe . Palo Mayombe is one of the few religious beliefs from Africa that is purely evil and it derives from Kongolese sorcery. Palo Mayombe is different from the Cuban santeria and Haitian voodoo because Palo Mayombe relies purely on black magick whereas Haitian voodoo relies sometimes on good spirits which have been called the "loa" like Papa Legba; some of the Haitian loa are actually derived from Catholic saints and martyrs. Another interesting fact is related to the concept that the Vatican was actually built on an Etruscan cemetery or "city of the dead,
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