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.

Fortean Times

EDITORIAL

COMPETITION • THANKS TO OUR FRIENDS AT STRANGE ATTRACTOR PRESS, WE HAVE A PAIR OF HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE LIMITED EDITION HARDBACKS TO GIVE AWAY TO FIVE LUCKY READERS

ANGRY SPIRITS • Ghost panics break out in schools and workplaces, causing disruption across India and Bangladesh

EXTRA! EXTRA! • FT’S FAVOURITE HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

TODGER TALES • Rambler in the raw at Willygrass Gill, fruity flightpaths in Finland and a phallic felony

SIDELINES

PYRAMID SCHEMES • Hidden megatructures, cosmic beacons and a second Sphinx

SPIDERS CAN • Amazing arachnid engineering, from the mysterious ‘Silkhenge’ to ballista traps

THE CONSPIRASPHERE • If Silicon Valley’s Singularity prophets are planning to take over the world, how do the latest AI Cassandra’s dire warnings fit into the plan? NOEL ROONEY ponders this and other flaps…

ARCHÆOLOGY • PAUL DEVEREUX on the dark side of archæological finds, plus a mystery tablet and a she-shaman

CLASSICAL CORNER • FORTEANA FROMTHE ANCIENT WORLD COMPILED BY BARRY BALDWIN

GLASTONBURY SYMPOSIUM • NEIL NIXON heads to the West country’s most alternative town for a weekend of explorations and epiphanies

Great Old Ones • Spring chicken DAVID HAMBLING heads for the Blue Zone to look into claims of extreme longevity

VOYNICH AND CHIPS • The latest updates on the world’s most famous indecipherable manuscript, plus computer circuit doodles

Darkness and light • ALAN MURDIE examines the relationship between ghostly anniversaries, equinoxes and solstices

ALIEN ZOO • KARL SHUKER welcomes a new tiger cat species to Bolivia and picks up a cryptic penguin

STRANGE CONTINENT • ULRICH MAGIN presents his regular round-up of the weirdest news from across Europe

FORTEAN FOLLOW-UPS • Further developments in the Havana Syndrome saga, Mole People arrested and Bigfoot as art…

MYTHCONCEPTIONS

NECROLOG • This month we mark the seemingly final death of a notorious identity fraudster and the passing of the writer behind the controversial Diary of Jack the Ripper.

FAIRIES, FOLKLORE AND FORTEANA • SIMON YOUNG FILES A NEW REPORT FROM THE INTERFACE OF STRANGE PHENOMENA AND FOLK BELIEF

The Watson Code • A visit to Prague is all it takes to make NIGEL WATSON think he’s in a Dan Brown book…

HOUDINI’S GHOSTBUSTER THE SPOOKY SPY EXPLOITS OF ROSE MACKENBERG • Known for his magic tricks and escapology, Harry Houdini also waged a campaign against fake spiritualists in the 1920s. He didn’t work alone, though. BRIAN J ROBB tells the tale of Rose Mackenberg, Houdini’s top undercover spy in the world of the spooks.

Mackenberg Puts the Frighteners on Congress

Houdini and Mackenberg Haunt eBay!

Houdini’s Weird Tales

THE CURRIE WIZARD • JAN BONDESON examines the Edinburgh roots of the transatlantic Spiritualist superstar Daniel Dunglas Home whose mediumistic talents – whether genuine or faked – saw him rise from humble beginnings to international psychic celebrity.

The Syderstone Ghost • DR PAUL LEE digs into the historical records to investgate a classic poltergeist case from his home patch of West...