Eluding Darkness, author Raguel Charles reveals some of the island's secrets. Growing up in Haiti, Raguel was quite familiar with voodoo. He was taught to not pick up objects left in the street, to not give a stranger the correct time of day, and to never trust anyone.

Allowed to take part in voodoo ceremonies since he was a young child, he witnessed interactions between the spirits possessing people and their servants. Talked of people turning into animals? Dead people raised up to live as zombie slaves? Casting a spell on an enemy to hurt or kill them? were strange occurrences in...