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Fortean Times #281 (November 2011)

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
Zinio version

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

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 - Gem Witchalls and Nick Cirkovic
Book Reviews Editor - Val Stevenson
Resident Cartoonist - Hunt Emerson

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+* 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
 * [https://www.zinio.com/www/browse/issue.jsp?skuId=416192124#/ Zinio version]
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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==
+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.
+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.
+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==
+Blasts from the Past - No 33. Up in smoke in Barnstaple by [[Peter Christie]]
+[[Fortean Traveller]] - No 76. Kuelap, Peru by [[Jen Ogilvie]]
+Stories from the Illustrated Police News - No 7. The Plumstead Ghost by Dr [[Jan Bondeson]]
+==Forum==
+Gone on a fishing trip by [[Ian Simmons]]
+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
+===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 - [[Gem Witchalls]] and [[Nick Cirkovic]]
+* Book Reviews Editor - [[Val Stevenson]]
+* Resident Cartoonist - [[Hunt Emerson]]
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