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* Release date: 19 Jul 2012
* Cover price: £4.25
* US Edition is dated September 2012 with a cover price of $11.99 USA (CAN $13.25, AUS $12.95, NZ $17.30)
* Cover: [[Etienne Gilfillan]] (thanks to [[Ioan Nascu]])
* [https://www.zinio.com/www/browse/issue.jsp?skuId=416229836#/ Zinio version]
* [https://www.zinio.com/www/browse/issue.jsp?skuId=416229836#/ Zinio version]


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===Contents===
* 40 Tourists in Paradise - The boys who went to Heaven and other visitors to the afterlife
* 05 Staking Out the Auction Room - A vampire-killing kit goes up for sale
* 10 The Zombie Apocalypse - A cause for cannibal carnage?
* 72 Letter from Cambodia - The gods and monsters of Angkor Wat
* 46 Photographing Phantoms - The camera and Spiritualism
 
==Features==
30 The Sky is Alive (Cover Story)<br />The number and variety of UFO reports have long puzzled experts. '''[[Scott Deschaine]]''' asks whether the answer could be as simple, yet wondrous, as life itself. Are many UFOs actually atmospheric creatures?
 
36 Haunted by Durrell's Dreams<br />In the year of Lawrence Durrell's centenary, '''[[Paul Devereux]]''' retraces the writer's footsteps to two of the key healing sites of the ancient Mediterranean world and asks whether the dreams of those long since dead can take on a life of their own and linger into the present.
 
40 Tourists in Paradise<br />'''[[Ted Harrison]]''' recounts the story of Colton Burpo, the boy who went to Heaven, and considers the history of other accounts of visits to the afterlife.
 
==Reports==
26 Britian's X-Files - No 20. Gremlins and Black Projects by Dr [[David Clarke]]
 
28 Blasts from the Past - No 41. The mystery crocodile of Grafton by [[Peter Hassall]]
 
46 Dictionary of the Damned - No 46. Spirit photos
 
72 Letter From Cambodia No 2. Angkor by [[Jen Ogilvie]]
 
76 Stories from the Illustrated Police News - No 14. The Hackney Ghost by Dr [[Jan Bondeson]]
 
==Forum==
51 The Zombie Apocalypse by [[Jack Sargeant]]
 
52 The Gospel of Barnabas by [[Andrew Smith]]
 
==Strange Days==
Baltic seabed mystery; vampire-killing kit sold; duck walk; stone-throwing goblins and dog-pig monster; amazing coincidences; cannibal rampage; art of the invisible; humming and booming; medical oddities; fall survivors - and much more.
 
* 15 2012 Watch
* 16 Ghostwatch
* 17 Mythconceptions
* 19 Konspiracy Korner
* 20 Archaeology
* 21 Classical Corner
* 23 Alien Zoo
* 24 Fortean Follow-ups
* 25 Strange Deaths
 
==Regulars==
===Editorial===
* 02
===Subscriptions===
* 50
===Reviews===
* 55
===Letters===
* 67
===It Happened to Me===
* 70
===Phenomenomix===
* 79
===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 - [[Nick Cirkovic]]
* Book Reviews Editor - [[Val Stevenson]]
* Resident Cartoonist - [[Hunt Emerson]]
 
 
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Fortean Times #291 (August 2012)

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  • Release date: 19 Jul 2012
  • Cover price: £4.25
  • US Edition is dated September 2012 with a cover price of $11.99 USA (CAN $13.25, AUS $12.95, NZ $17.30)
  • Cover: Etienne Gilfillan (thanks to Ioan Nascu)
  • Zinio version

Contents

  • 40 Tourists in Paradise - The boys who went to Heaven and other visitors to the afterlife
  • 05 Staking Out the Auction Room - A vampire-killing kit goes up for sale
  • 10 The Zombie Apocalypse - A cause for cannibal carnage?
  • 72 Letter from Cambodia - The gods and monsters of Angkor Wat
  • 46 Photographing Phantoms - The camera and Spiritualism

Features

30 The Sky is Alive (Cover Story)
The number and variety of UFO reports have long puzzled experts. Scott Deschaine asks whether the answer could be as simple, yet wondrous, as life itself. Are many UFOs actually atmospheric creatures?

36 Haunted by Durrell's Dreams
In the year of Lawrence Durrell's centenary, Paul Devereux retraces the writer's footsteps to two of the key healing sites of the ancient Mediterranean world and asks whether the dreams of those long since dead can take on a life of their own and linger into the present.

40 Tourists in Paradise
Ted Harrison recounts the story of Colton Burpo, the boy who went to Heaven, and considers the history of other accounts of visits to the afterlife.

Reports

26 Britian's X-Files - No 20. Gremlins and Black Projects by Dr David Clarke

28 Blasts from the Past - No 41. The mystery crocodile of Grafton by Peter Hassall

46 Dictionary of the Damned - No 46. Spirit photos

72 Letter From Cambodia No 2. Angkor by Jen Ogilvie

76 Stories from the Illustrated Police News - No 14. The Hackney Ghost by Dr Jan Bondeson

Forum

51 The Zombie Apocalypse by Jack Sargeant

52 The Gospel of Barnabas by Andrew Smith

Strange Days

Baltic seabed mystery; vampire-killing kit sold; duck walk; stone-throwing goblins and dog-pig monster; amazing coincidences; cannibal rampage; art of the invisible; humming and booming; medical oddities; fall survivors - and much more.

  • 15 2012 Watch
  • 16 Ghostwatch
  • 17 Mythconceptions
  • 19 Konspiracy Korner
  • 20 Archaeology
  • 21 Classical Corner
  • 23 Alien Zoo
  • 24 Fortean Follow-ups
  • 25 Strange Deaths

Regulars

Editorial

  • 02

Subscriptions

  • 50

Reviews

  • 55

Letters

  • 67

It Happened to Me

  • 70

Phenomenomix

  • 79

Tales from the Vault

  • 80

Reader Info

  • 78

Masthead



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