FT328
Fortean Times #328 (June 2015)
- Release date: 28 May 2015
- Cover price: £4.25
- Cover Image: Etienne Gilfillan
- Thanks to Paolo Navarino, Abigail Mason, David Sutton
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Contents
- 32 The Old Man of Halsall Moss - Out there... is Lancashire's very own phantom hitchhiker
- 26 Desperate Journeys - Tales of survival against the odds
- 48 Mugabe and the Magic Boulder - Weirdness and witchcraft in Zimbabwe
- 10 Enter the Dragon - 'Naga corpse' found in fishing pond
- 08 Second Run - Oklahoma boy's past life in Hollywood
Features
32 The Old Man of Halsall Moss (cover story)
In 1990, we ran an account of a classic phantom hitchhiker case from Lancashire - but it turns out that it was just one of many strange encounters in the same area. This year, Rob Gandy revisited Halsall Moss to find that its lonely roads are as haunted as ever...
40 Wild Talent: Lowry, Fort and Magic
Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano is one of the 20th century's greatest novels, although the crucial influence of Charles Fort on its author's life and work is seldom mentioned. Ruth Clydesdale sets the record straight.
44 Rest in Pieces
We usually think of death as the end of the story, but sometimes it's the start of a whole new one. Bess Lovejoy has been chronicling the curious fates of famous corpses; here she relates the post-mortem adventures of some of the 20th century's key political figures
Reports
48 Strange Statesmen - No 2. Mugabe and the Magic Boulder: Robert Mugabe by SD Tucker
75 Stories from the Illustrated Police News - No 39. Elizabeth Lyska, the Russian Giantess by Jan Bondeson
76 Fortean Traveller - No 100. Lycia, Turkey by Ulrich Magin
Forum
53 My big fat Neolithic wedding by Steve Marshall
54 TE Lawrence's last ride by Tom Heywood
Strange Days
Captain Kidd's treasure, Challenger conspiracy, four-year old's Hollywood past life, Martian mushroom cloud, haunted highways, worm falls, possession conference, desperate journeys, samurai ghost boots - and much more.
- 05 The Conspirasphere by Noel Rooney
- 14 Science: Mystery Clouds of Mars by David Hambling
- 16 Archaeology by Paul Sieveking
- Lost City in Honduras
- Rare Combination
- Dawn of Boozing
- Prehistoric Cuisine
- 17 Classical Corner - 188: Dura Lex - No Durex by Barry Baldwin
- 18 Ghostwatch: Ghost Roads by Alan Murdie
- 20 Seriously Possessed by David V Barrett
- 21 Alien Zoo by Karl Shuker
- Bearly a Bigfoot
- Giant Eels on Guam?
- 22 Worms from the Skies
- Norwegian Worms by Paul Sieveking
- Bingen Worm Fall by Ulrich Magin
- 23 Mythconceptions - 189: The Inuit's Miracle Diet by Mat Coward
- 24 Medical Bag
- Pond Hazards
- Twin on the Brain
- Ectopic Records
- Rendered Fearless
- Spatial Recall
- 27 Fairies and Folklore: Kent's Lost Fairies by Simon Young
- 28 The UFO Files: UFO Casebook by Jenny Randles
- Flappy Valley, Part 4
- 80 Strange Deaths
Regulars
Editorial
- 02 Reopening the case files
- Uncanny Encounters
- Enfield on Screen
- Cartoon by Martin Ross
Reviews
- 57 BOOKS
- The Andreasson Affair by Raymond E Fowler - ISBN 9781601633460 - Bob Rickard
- Sky People: Untold Stories of Alien Encounters in Mesoamerica by Ardy Sixkiller Clarke - ISBN 9781601633477 - Jerome Clark
- The John Michell Reader selected and introduced by Joscelyn Godwin - ISBN 9781620554159 - Steve Marshall
- Scientology: The Cult of Greed by Jon Atack - ISBN 9781505490121 - David V Barrett
- Greenglow & The Search for Gravity Control by Ronald Evans - ISBN 9781784620233 - Andrew May
- Haunted Ireland by Tarquin Blake - ISBN 9781848892231 - Val Stevenson
- FILM & DVD
- Avengers: Age of Ultron - director Joss Whedon, US 2015 - David Sutton
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild Untold Story of Cannon Films - Director Mick Hartley, Australia/US/Israel/UK 2014 - Daniel King
- The Tribe - Director Miroslave Slaboshpytskiy, Ukraine/Netherlands 2014 - Fohnjang Ghebdinga
- The Reverend's Review by Reverend Peter Laws
- Freaks - Director Todd Browning, US 1932
- Shorts
- Bad Land: Road to Fury - Signature Entertainment - Richmond Clements
- Halo: Nightfall - Anchor Bay Entertainment - Brian J Robb
- Harlock Space Pirate - Manga Entertainment - Brian J Robb
Letters
- 69 Lisa Bovill, Bill Polaski, Martin Winship, Greg May, Tim Greening-Jackson, Eric Fitch, Marinus Anthony van der Sluijs, Margaret Jonas, Steven A Armstrong, Nils Erik Grande, Mick Brown, Carolina Holmqvist, Erwin Snelders, Clive Davenhall, Dr Jan Bondeson, Andrew May, Alistair Moffatt, Jane Pojawa
- Simulacra Corner - Mark O'Brien
- Cartoon by Paul Taylor
Comix
- 79 Phenomenomix: Dion Fortune 2 by Hunt Emerson and Kevin Jackson
Reader Info
- 78 Special Correspondents
- Australia - Graham Cordon (SA), Tony Healy (ACT), John Palazzi (NSW), Len Watson (Qld)
- Canada - Brian Chapman (BC), Graham Conway (BC)
- Cyberspace - Richard Alexander, John F Callahan, Hugh Henry, Steve Scanlon, Janet Wilson
- England - Gail-Nina Anderson, Louise Bath, James Beckett, Claire Blamey, Peter Christie, Mat Coward, Kate Eccles, Paul Farthing, George Featherston, Paul Gallagher, Alan Gardiner, Keith George, Anne Hardwick, Richard Lowke, Alexis Lykiard, Diana Lyons, Dave Malin, Nick Maloret, Valerie Martin, Tom Ruffles, Meryl Santis, Paul Screeton, Gary Stocker, Roman Suchyj, Frank Thomas, Paul Thomas, Nick Warren, Owen Whiteoak, Bobby Zodiac
- France - Michel Meurger
- Germany - Ulrich Magin
- Holland - Robin Pascoe
- Ireland - Andy Conlon, Pat Corcoran, Andrew Munro
- Israel - Zvi Ron
- New Zealand - Peter Hassall
- Romania - Iosif Boczor
- Scotland - Roger Musson
- Sweden - Sven Rosen
- Thailand - Chris Williams
- USA - Loren Coleman (ME), Jim Conlan (CT), Myron Hoyt (ME), Greg May (FL), Dolores Phelps (TX), Jim Riecken (NY), Joseph Trainor (MA), Jeffrey Vallance (CA), Gary Yates (UT)
- Wales - Janet Bord, Colin Bord
- Fort Sorters (who classify clippings placed in the Archives for Fortean Research)
- Clipping Credits
- Richard Alexander, Gail-Nina Anderson, Gerard Apps, Louise Bath, James Beckett, Terry Colvin, Andy Conlon, Pat Corcoran, Charlotte Davies, Brian Duffy, JD Evans, John Evans, George Featherston, Maggie Fisher, Ryan Forrest, Rob Gandy, Alan Gardiner, Keith George, Alan Gibb, Benjamin Gleisser, Mark Graham, Nils Erik Grande, Hugh Henry, Alice Hepple, Nigel Herwin, Colin Ings, Steve Lewis, Alexis Lykiard, Diana Lyons, Dave Malin, Nick Maloret, Paul Music, John Palazzi, Jim Price, Sven Rosen, Jonathan Sibley, Nidge Solly, Frank Thomas, Nicholas Warren, Len Watson, Owen Whiteoak,Janet Wilson, Gary Yates, Bobby Zodiac, Zebbie Zubbeh
Masthead
- Editor - David Sutton
- Founding Editor - Bob Rickard
- Founding Editor - Paul Sieveking
- Art Director - Etienne Gilfillan
- Book Reviews Editor - Val Stevenson
- Resident Cartoonist - Hunt Emerson