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Revision as of 22:40, 5 March 2016
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
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
- 79 Phenomenomix
Tales from the Vault
- 80
Reader Info
- 78
Masthead
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- 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