Fortean Times

Fortean Times chronicles the stranger side of life, delivering a heady mix of weird world news, up-to-date reports and features on every aspect of the unexplained: myths, monsters, ghosts and UFOs rub shoulders with ancient wonders and future science, while expert columnists bring you the latest on everything from cryptozoology to conspiracy theory. Open-minded, well informed and maintaining a healthy sense of humour, Fortean Times is the only place to go for a sensible look at our mad planet – it will change the way you see the world.

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Fortean Times

STRANGE DAYS

MAGIC BULLETS • Sixty years after the assassination of President Kennedy, new allegations continue to surface

EXTRA! EXTRA! • FT’S FAVOURITE HEADLINES FROM THE ISLE OF MAN (WITH THANKS TO PAT TEALE)

SIDELINES

RELIGION NEWS • Controversial statues in Thailand and a prophecy-fulfilling fox in Jerusalem

GONE & FORGOTTEN • Bodies undiscovered for months and sometimes years

ALTERNATIVE HISTORY • Dracula cuts out meat, plus time-travelling Nazis

CLASSICAL CORNER • FORTEANA FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD COMPILED BY BARRY BALDWIN

ARCHÆOLOGY • PAUL SIEVEKING digs up the latest discoveries, from Mesozoic dino battles to Neolithic viniculture

The Enfield Poltergeist redux • ALAN MURDIE finds Britain’s most famous poltergeist back in the news, as well as on stage and TV

STRANGE CONTINENT • ULRICH MAGIN reports on recent Euro-weirdness, from mystery crocs to meteorites and miracles

ALIEN ZOO • NEWS FROM THE CRYPTOZOOLOGICAL GARDEN

THE CONSPIRASPHERE • As a public inquiry seeks to examine the UK’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, NOEL ROONEY finds that the conspirasphere is more than ready to offer explanations of its own…

WEIRD WAR STORIES • Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine turn to shamans and talismans, while US veterans are plagued by ghosts

OUT OF THE HEAVENS • Cosmic rays, parachuting spiders, meteorite trashes car, and an Irish impact that wasn’t…

MYTHCONCEPTIONS

Data-driven • NIGEL WATSON rounds up the latest news and views from the world of ufology

Is there anybody out there? • As NASA engages with UAPs, JENNY RANDLES thinks it’s time to rethink the nature of alien visitors

THE GHOST SCRAPBOOKS OF TOM PERROTT PART ONE • The 1970s were a golden age for ghost stories in British newspapers, says ALAN MURDIE, and thanks to the late Tom Perrott, who collected newsclippings from the local press, we can step back in time to this haunted decade.

TEENAGE ST PANCRAS AND THE WHITE GODDESS OF KING’S CROSS • In the heart of King’s Cross, a freshly painted white fairy tale castle stands on stilts astride the underground train lines below. Her red neon sign reads SCALA. Every other night there are queues round the block for different music events. Metal goth kids. Ravers. University students having a ball. The Scala has seen it all and is now the subject of a new feature-length big-screen documentary charting the rise and fall of the world’s wildest cinema. First time filmmakers JANE GILES, Scala programmer from 1988-1992, and ALI CATTERALL, then a troubled teenage audience member, reflect on the hauntology and magic of their ‘White Goddess’.

TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADERS • DAVID CLARKE examines the tangled history of NASA’s relationship with the UFO controversy

NASA’S ROADMAP FOR FUTURE UAP STUDIES

FRAUGHT WITH PERILS • JIMMY CARTER AND NASA’S LAST ATTEMPT TO ‘STUDY’ UFOS

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The APRO files: ‘lost’ and found • PHILIP MANTLE greets a Holy Grail of ufology as the APRO archive finds a new home after years in the shadows

Dracula on telly: 1968 • JON DEAR kicks off an occasional series on TV...