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==Fortean Times #281 (November 2011)==
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* [https://www.zinio.com/www/browse/issue.jsp?skuId=416192124#/ Zinio version]
* Release date: 13 Oct 2011
* Cover price: £4.25
* US Edition is dated December 2011 with a cover price of $11.99 USA (CAN $13.25, AUS $12.95, NZ $17.30)
* Cover: Tate Britain
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===Contents===
* 34 The Art of Apocalypse - John Martin's epic visionary canvases are once again stunning gallery-goers
* 46 'Mass Hysteria' in Sri Lanka - 'Grease Devil' attacks trigger residential rioting
* 40 Malaysian Firestarters - Pyromaniac poltergeists
* 22 The Templar Assassin - Mass murderer claims links to Crusader order
* 52 Tintin's Fortean Adventures - Classic cartoon strangeness
 
==Features==
34 The Art of Apocalypse (Cover Story)<br />'''[[Martin Myrone]]''', curator of a new Tate Britain exhibition devoted to the work of John Martin, examines the career of a misunderstood artist whose spectacular visions of biblical catastrophe have influenced the way we have imagined the end of the world ever since.
 
40 Pyro-Poltergeists<br />'''[[Paul Cropper]]''' investigates a recent case of poltergeist-like activity in Malaysia linked to mischievous, fire-starting spirits called ''djinn'', while '''[[Tony Healy]]''' tells the story of a similarly pyromaniacal spook from 1930s Australia.
 
46 The Grease Devils<br />'''[[Bob Rickard]]''' reports on a major outbreak of 'mass hysteria' that has terrified the people of Sri Lanka and seen the country divided on socio-economic, racial, religious, linguistic and political lines.
 
==Reports==
32 Blasts from the Past - No 33. Up in smoke in Barnstaple by [[Peter Christie]]
 
72 [[Fortean Traveller]] - No 76. Kuelap, Peru by [[Jen Ogilvie]]
 
76 Stories from the Illustrated Police News - No 7. The Plumstead Ghost by Dr [[Jan Bondeson]]
 
==Forum==
51 Gone on a fishing trip by [[Ian Simmons]]
 
52 The Fortean Adventures of Tintin by [[Tom Heywood]]
 
==Strange Days==
Mystery teenager emerges from German forest; coroner issues verdict of spontaneous combustion; animals getting in on the action; magnetic people; rats and the 'Black Death'; mantis antics and a pink hopper; modern Templar assassin; canine heroes - and much more.
 
* 16 Science
* 18 Archaeology
* 19 Classical Corner
* 20 Ghostwatch
* 21 Mythconceptions
* 25 Alien Zoo
* 27 Konspiracy Korner
* 28 Necrolog
* 29 Strange Deaths
* 30 The UFO Files
 
==Regulars==
===Editorial===
* 02
===Subscriptions===
* 50
===Reviews===
* 55
===Letters===
* 67
===It Happened to Me===
* 70
===Comix===
* 79 [[Phenomenomix]]
 
===Tales from the Vault===
* 80
 
==Reader Info==
* 78
==Masthead==
* Editor - [[David Sutton]]
* Founding Editor - [[Bob Rickard]]
* Founding Editor - [[Paul Sieveking]]
* Art Director - [[Etienne Gilfillan]]
* Sub Editor - [[Owen Whiteoak]]
* Web Editor/Picture Researcher - [[Gem Witchalls]] and [[Nick Cirkovic]]
* Book Reviews Editor - [[Val Stevenson]]
* Resident Cartoonist - [[Hunt Emerson]]
 


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Fortean Times #281 (November 2011)

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Contents

  • 34 The Art of Apocalypse - John Martin's epic visionary canvases are once again stunning gallery-goers
  • 46 'Mass Hysteria' in Sri Lanka - 'Grease Devil' attacks trigger residential rioting
  • 40 Malaysian Firestarters - Pyromaniac poltergeists
  • 22 The Templar Assassin - Mass murderer claims links to Crusader order
  • 52 Tintin's Fortean Adventures - Classic cartoon strangeness

Features

34 The Art of Apocalypse (Cover Story)
Martin Myrone, curator of a new Tate Britain exhibition devoted to the work of John Martin, examines the career of a misunderstood artist whose spectacular visions of biblical catastrophe have influenced the way we have imagined the end of the world ever since.

40 Pyro-Poltergeists
Paul Cropper investigates a recent case of poltergeist-like activity in Malaysia linked to mischievous, fire-starting spirits called djinn, while Tony Healy tells the story of a similarly pyromaniacal spook from 1930s Australia.

46 The Grease Devils
Bob Rickard reports on a major outbreak of 'mass hysteria' that has terrified the people of Sri Lanka and seen the country divided on socio-economic, racial, religious, linguistic and political lines.

Reports

32 Blasts from the Past - No 33. Up in smoke in Barnstaple by Peter Christie

72 Fortean Traveller - No 76. Kuelap, Peru by Jen Ogilvie

76 Stories from the Illustrated Police News - No 7. The Plumstead Ghost by Dr Jan Bondeson

Forum

51 Gone on a fishing trip by Ian Simmons

52 The Fortean Adventures of Tintin by Tom Heywood

Strange Days

Mystery teenager emerges from German forest; coroner issues verdict of spontaneous combustion; animals getting in on the action; magnetic people; rats and the 'Black Death'; mantis antics and a pink hopper; modern Templar assassin; canine heroes - and much more.

  • 16 Science
  • 18 Archaeology
  • 19 Classical Corner
  • 20 Ghostwatch
  • 21 Mythconceptions
  • 25 Alien Zoo
  • 27 Konspiracy Korner
  • 28 Necrolog
  • 29 Strange Deaths
  • 30 The UFO Files

Regulars

Editorial

  • 02

Subscriptions

  • 50

Reviews

  • 55

Letters

  • 67

It Happened to Me

  • 70

Comix

Tales from the Vault

  • 80

Reader Info

  • 78

Masthead



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