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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The Pitt News

Night of the Living Dead (1968) newspaper spread.

A spooky history of the Steel City

By Charlotte Hurt, Staff Writer October 29, 2025

Pittsburgh would not be what it is today without its rich history of horror. The City’s spooky notability started after it became the backdrop for director George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living...

Visitors at Living with the Dead: A Party Celebrating the George A. Romero Archival receive makeup courtesy of ScareHouse.

George A. Romero Collection brings the dead to life

By Sinead McDevitt, For the Pitt News October 24, 2019
The undead strolled through the dimly lit first floor of the Hillman Library Wednesday night — past the grave of Nicholas Kramer, which Barbara (Judith O’Dea) clung to in after the first zombie attack in the 1968 film “Night of the Living Dead.”
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