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Fortean Times #311 (February 2014)

Release date: 06 Feb 2014
Cover: Quinton Winter
Zinio version

Strange Days

Raining bats and body parts; river of molten caramel; dog disappearing acts; cookie monster sponge; bleeding from the eyes; little white ligers; pets that look like Hitler; fish attacks; haunted hospitals - and much more.

15 Alien Zoo
16 Ghostwatch
18 Archaeology
19 Classical Corner
21 Konspiracy Korner
23 Mythconceptions
25 Strange Deaths
26 The UFO Files

Contents

46 Sex Ghosts of Sicily - Gropers, panty-snatchers and self-abusers from beyond the grave
38 Droning On - Musical highs through drones
76 Phantom Pets - Readers' spooky tales of cats and dogs
42 Chiming In - Brainwaves, harmonics and windchimes
27 Haunted Skites - Elsie Oakensen's close encounter

Features

30 The House of Major Weir (Cover Story)
Jan Bondeson turns detective in an effort to shed some new light on Edinburgh's most haunted house - and finds that, contrary to local belief, the abode of Weir the Warlock still stands today.

38 Sounds Eternal 1: Droning On
Jimmy Billingham examines the mind-altering properties of the sustained musical drone, from the ancient world to contemporary minimalism and club culture

42 Sounds Eternal 2: Chiming In
Steve Marshall travelled to Woodstock to talk brainwaves and harmonics with award-winning percussionist and windchime maker Garry Kvistad.

46 Sex Ghosts of Sicily
Dr Paul Koudounaris meets 'Il Pene Grande', 'Il Masturbatore' and the other post-mortem perverts inhabiting the catacombs beneath a Palermo monastery.

Reports

28 Blasts from the Past - No 49. The Devil Kid of Newburg

50 Dictionary of the Damned - No 54. Fortean Machines

48 First Forteans - No 4. Eric Frank Russell: Part One

Forum

57 No country for old snakes by Shane Cochrane

58 King Arthur's Loco Reserve by Roy Bainton

Regulars

02 Editorial

61 Reviews

BOOKS
FILM & DVD

73 Letters

76 It Happened to Me

80 Phenomenomix

78 Reader Info

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

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+===Strange Days===
+Raining bats and body parts; river of molten caramel; dog disappearing acts; cookie monster sponge; bleeding from the eyes; little white ligers; pets that look like Hitler; fish attacks; haunted hospitals - and much more.
+* 15 Alien Zoo
+* 16 Ghostwatch
+* 18 Archaeology
+* 19 Classical Corner
+* 21 Konspiracy Korner
+* 23 Mythconceptions
+* 25 Strange Deaths
+* 26 The UFO Files
+'''Contents'''
+* 46 Sex Ghosts of Sicily - Gropers, panty-snatchers and self-abusers from beyond the grave
+* 38 Droning On - Musical highs through drones
+* 76 Phantom Pets - Readers' spooky tales of cats and dogs
+* 42 Chiming In - Brainwaves, harmonics and windchimes
+* 27 Haunted Skites - Elsie Oakensen's close encounter
+===Features===
+The House of Major Weir (Cover Story)<br /> '''[[Jan Bondeson]]''' turns detective in an effort to shed some new light on Edinburgh's most haunted house - and finds that, contrary to local belief, the abode of Weir the Warlock still stands today.
+Sounds Eternal 1: Droning On<br />'''[[Jimmy Billingham]]''' examines the mind-altering properties of the sustained musical drone, from the ancient world to contemporary minimalism and club culture
+Sounds Eternal 2: Chiming In<br />'''[[Steve Marshall]]''' travelled to Woodstock to talk brainwaves and harmonics with award-winning percussionist and windchime maker Garry Kvistad.
+Sex Ghosts of Sicily<br />'''Dr [[Paul Koudounaris]]''' meets 'Il Pene Grande', 'Il Masturbatore' and the other post-mortem perverts inhabiting the catacombs beneath a Palermo monastery.
+===Reports===
+Blasts from the Past - No 49. The Devil Kid of Newburg
+Dictionary of the Damned - No 54. Fortean Machines
+First Forteans - No 4. Eric Frank Russell: Part One
+===Forum===
+No country for old snakes by [[Shane Cochrane]]
+King Arthur's Loco Reserve by [[Roy Bainton]]
+===Regulars===
+====02 Editorial====
+====61 Reviews====
+* BOOKS
+* FILM & DVD
+====73 Letters====
+====76 It Happened to Me====
+====80 Phenomenomix====
+====78 Reader Info====
+===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]]
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