How Lexington's Thriller Parade Became a Global Phenomenon

Teresa Tomb and Melissa Smith with Mecca Dance Studio explain how their Thriller parade in 2002 with 50 zombies and a small audience mushroomed into over 1,000 zombies with an audience of over 30,000 ten years later in 2011.

A cat named Zecca or Lecca joins the interview.

Clips from the 2010 Thriller Halloween parade.

A church protests the Thriller parade in 2010 and 2011.

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