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A zombie poses in South Park on Thursday, October 15, 2026.

Regular people may have entered South Park on Thursday afternoon, but they left as a horde of zombies for the 19th annual Zombie Walk fundraiser for the Lawrence Humane Society. They shuffled and lurched down the street at dusk after a blood bath, makeup help and costume contest.

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Participants in the Lawrence Zombie Walk make their way down Massachusetts Street on Thursday, October 15, 2026.

photo by: Shawn Valverde/Special to the Journal-World

Participants gather in South Park for the annual Lawrence Zombie Walk on Thursday, October 15, 2026.

photo by: Shawn Valverde/Special to the Journal-World

Rod Zirkle paints participants’ faces with spooky makeup before the Lawrence Zombie Walk in South Park on Thursday, October 15, 2026.

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A fungal zombie in South Park on Thursday, October 15, 2026.

photo by: Shawn Valverde/Special to the Journal-World

Zombies pass The Granada on their way down Massachusetts Street for the annual Lawrence Zombie Walk on Thursday, October 15, 2026.

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A Lawrence Zombie Walk participant receives a blood bath in South Park on Thursday, October 15, 2026.

photo by: Shawn Valverde/Special to the Journal-World

Participants in the Lawrence Zombie Walk make their way down Massachusetts Street on Thursday, October 15, 2026.

photo by: Shawn Valverde/Special to the Journal-World

Terry Taylor, owner of 1313 Mockingbird Lane, speaks at the Lawrence Zombie Walk on Thursday, October 15, 2026.

photo by: Shawn Valverde/Special to the Journal-World

Participants in the Lawrence Zombie Walk line up in South Park on Thursday, October 15, 2026. In