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resurrecting the dead — zombies to swarm downtown windsor

“it’s your typical parade, now outtake all the typical ...

by trevor wilhelm
published sep 12, 2024
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buckle up, things are about to get weird.  
hordes of zombies, ghouls, and other sundry undead will swarm into downtown windsor next month for a zombie walk and parade. 
“it’s about time we just enjoy our weirdness and wackiness and just have fun,” said shawn lippert, co-owner of scarehouse windsor, which is staging the local apocalypse. 
the zombie walk and parade will invade downtown on oct. 19. the horror begins at 6 p.m.  
the parade is an unholy expansion of scarehouse windsor’s original zombie walk, which ran from 2006 to 2014. 
shawn lippert from scarehouse windsor speaks at a press conference on tuesday, september 10, 2024 for the upcoming zombie walk and parade in the downtown core.
shawn lippert from scarehouse windsor speaks at a press conference on tuesday, september 10, 2024 for the upcoming zombie walk and parade in the downtown core. dan janisse / windsor star
“it was resurrected from the dead — see what i just did there — in 2016,” said lippert. “we’ve been running it at the scarehouse since then.” 
this year, lippert said ward 3 coun. renaldo agostino reached out to discuss doing the walk downtown and making it a parade with floats and mobs of zombies shambling down ouellette avenue and pitt and ferry streets. 
there will also be prizes for best zombie, cutest zombie, and best zombie couple. 
“it’s your typical parade, now outtake all the typical things you see in a parade and turn it into halloween,” said lippert. “our float from scarehouse is a travelling crypt with tombstones on it. we have a hearse that will be in it.
“not to mention, you’re going to have hundreds of zombies.” 
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if previous zombie walks are any indication, the city’s core will be overrun. 
“last year for our event we had about 400 show up to do our walk,” said lippert. “we would just gather at scarehouse and walk up windsor street to jackson park, go through the park and have everybody stare at us and go, ‘what just happened?’” 
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windsor ward 3 coun. renaldo agostino meets some colourful characters at a press conference on tuesday for the upcoming zombie walk and parade.
windsor ward 3 coun. renaldo agostino meets some colourful characters at a press conference on tuesday for the upcoming zombie walk and parade. dan janisse / windsor star
trevor wilhelm
trevor wilhelm

trevor wilhelm is an award-winning multimedia journalist. he has been a reporter for more than two decades, living and working in locales ranging from winnipeg to hong kong. wilhelm has been a member of the windsor star team, chronicling the triumphs and tragedies of his adopted hometown, since 2006. his coverage has ranged from the police beat to provincial politics. for the last several years, he has focused on lengthier investigations, freedom of information probes, and in-depth feature writing. his work has highlighted social issues, exposed hidden information, and changed government policy.

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