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Fortean Times #324 (February 2015)
- Release date: 05 Feb 2015
- Cover price: £4.25
- Cover: Nicholas Roerich Museum/Etienne Gilfillan
- Subscriptions: Fortean Times Subscription Website
- Digital editions: Official App on Google, Apple --- Zinio (268+) --- Magzter (283+)
Contents
- 28 Seekers of Shambhala - The many lives of Nicholas Roerich
- 36 I'm Not a Conspiracy Theorist, But... Why are we sceptical about conspiracies?
- 21 Farewell, Frank and Louie - A remarkable two-faced cat passes on
- 66 If You Go Down to the Woods Today - Putting the Rendlesham Incident on film
- 12 World's Longest Moustache - The winner by more than a whisker
Features
28 Nicholas Roerich: Seeker of Shambhala (cover story)
Gary Lachman delves into the many lives of Nicholas Roerich - artist, explorer, archaeologist and guri - and his extraordinary campaign to start a political and spiritual revolution based on the ancient myths of a mysterious hidden kingdom in northern Asia.
36 I'm Not a Conspiracy Theorist, But...
Why do mainstream media and academic research continue to promote scepticism about conspiracy theories in a world where we know that conspiracies take place on a regular basis? Matthew Dentith argues tthat we are all conspiracy theorists now - whether we like it or not.
40 Ghost in the (Milking) Machine
There were odd goings-on down on Wilkinson's farm in Tarcutta, New South Wales, back in 1949. Paul Cropper and Tony Healy investigate the strange case of the haunted cowshed... one that baffled agricultural experts, scientists, magicians and the Australian Prime Minister.
Reports
46 Neil Jordan: Searching in Dreams - An interview with the director by Angeline B Adams and Remco Van Straten
48 Dictionary of the Damned - No 59. Reflections on forteanism by The Hierophant's Apprentice
66 If You Go Down to the Woods Today... Bringing the Rendlesham Forest Incident to the screen
76 Stories from the Illustrated Police News - No 37. The murder of a fortune-teller? by Jan Bondeson
Forum
53 Stoned in Suffolk by Peter McCue
54 Charles Fort's notes liberated by Bob Rickard
Strange Days
Another combusting Indian baby, return of Planet X, djinn on the increase, Muslims discovered America, changeling children, Turin Shroud update, Katie Melua's spider inside her and other unwanted guests - plus much more.
- 05 The Conspirasphere by Noel Rooney
- 08 Medical Bag
- Spider Inside Her
- It Crossed His Mind
- Moth Eared
- Alimentary, My Dear Watson
- When the Voice Fits
- 12 Science: Illusions of Knowledge by David Hambling
- 14 Archaeology by Paul Sieveking
- From Dagger to Doorstop
- The Ice Maiden's Tattoos
- Bony Armour
- 15 Classical Corner - 184: Je Suis Un Right Charlie by Barry Baldwin
- 16 Ghostwatch by Alan Murdie
- 21 Alien Zoo by Karl Shuker
- Glowing Mystery Larvae
- Record-Breaking Janus Cat
- Unbearable Mystery?
- 23 Mythconceptions - 185: Hot Water by Mat Coward
- 24 Fortean Follow-ups
- 25 Fairies and Folklore: Stolen Children by Simon Young
- 26 The UFO Files
- Flyingsaucery by Andy Roberts and Dr David Clarke
- The Brian and Boyd Show
- UFO Bulgaria
- Irish Eyes are Watching
- Saucy Stain
- UFO Casebook: Alien Home Worlds by Jenny Randles
- Flyingsaucery by Andy Roberts and Dr David Clarke
- 80 Strange Deaths
Regulars
Editorial
- 02 Conspiracy central
Reviews
- 57 BOOKS
- China's Cosmological Prehistory: The Sophisticated Science Encoded in Civilization's Earliest Symbols by Laird Scranton - ISBN 9781620553299 - Bob Rickard
- The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen edited by Noel Daniel - ISBN 9783836526753 - Jeremy Harte
- Clockwork Rhetoric: The Language and Style of Steampunk edited by Barry Brummett - ISBN 9781628460919 - Ian Simmons
- Secret Chamber Revisited: The Quest for the Lost Knowledge of Ancient Egypt by Robert Bauval - ISBN 9781591431923 - Noel Rooney
- Black Magic and the Bogeyman: Fear, Rumour and Popular Belief in the North of Ireland 1972-74 by Richard Jenkins - ISBN 9781782050964 - Chris Josiffe
- You are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter by Joe Dispenza - ISBN 9781781802571 - Otto Minyak
- Mirror: History that Time Forgot: 100 Front Pages and the Stories Behind Them by Adam Powley - ISBN 9780857337276 - Val Stevenson
- Also Received
- The Self-Actualizing Cosmos by Ervin Laszlo - ISBN 9781620552766
- The House Where Evil Lurks by Brandon Callahan - ISBN 9780738740669
- Paranormal Unwrapped by Shannon Sylvia and Katie Boyd - ISBN 9780764341250
- How to Bag a Jabberwocky by Major Jack Union - ISBN 9781846247538
- The 100 Best British Ghost Stories edited by Gillian Bennett - ISBN 9781445606941
- Ghosts, Spirits and Hauntings edited by Michael Pye and Kirsten Dalley - ISBN 9781601631749
- FILM & DVD
- It Follows - Director David Robert Mitchell, US 2014 - Mark McConnell
- A Dark Reflection - Director Tristan Loraine, UK 2015 - Daniel King
- The Walking Dead: Season Four - US 2014 - Nick Cirkovic
- The Reverend's Review by Reverend Peter Laws
- Vincent Price in Six Gothic Tales - Director Roger Corman, US 1960-64
- Shorts
- The Babadook - Icon Home Entertainment - David Sutton
- The Visitor - Eureka! - DS
- Interview
- If You Go Down to the Woods Today... an interview with Daniel Simpson by David Sutton
Letters
- 71 Tim Clegg, Kate Parsons, George Brown, Daniel Kitto, Kevin New, Alice Hepple, Nicola Maasdam, Andrew May, James Wright, Barry Baldwin, Nick Warren, Clive Potter, Patrick F James, A Elliott, Nils Erik Grande, Mark Graham, Mark Fossey, John Eastman, David Keyworth
- Simulacra Corner: Simon Woolley
- Cartoon by Paul Taylor
It Happened to Me
Comix
- 79 Phenomenomix: Carl Jung Part 4 by Hunt Emerson and Kevin Jackson
Reader Info
- 78 Special Correspondents
- Australia - Graham Cordon (SA), Tony Healy (ACT), John Palazzi (NSW), Len Watson (Qld)
- Canada - Brian Chapman (BC), Graham Conway (BC)
- Cyberspace - Richard Alexander, John F Callahan, Hugh Henry, Steve Scanlon, Janet Wilson
- England - Gail-Nina Anderson, Louise Bath, James Beckett, Claire Blamey, Peter Christie, Mat Coward, Kate Eccles, Paul Farthing, George Featherston, Paul Gallagher, Alan Gardiner, Keith George, Anne Hardwick, Richard Lowke, Alexis Lykiard, Diana Lyons, Dave Malin, Nick Maloret, Valerie Martin, Tom Ruffles, Meryl Santis, Paul Screeton, Gary Stocker, Roman Suchyj, Frank Thomas, Paul Thomas, Nick Warren, Owen Whiteoak, Bobby Zodiac
- France - Michel Meurger
- Germany - Ulrich Magin
- Holland - Robin Pascoe
- Ireland - Andy Conlon, Pat Corcoran, Andrew Munro
- Israel - Zvi Ron
- New Zealand - Peter Hassall
- Romania - Iosif Boczor
- Scotland - Roger Musson
- Sweden - Sven Rosen
- Thailand - Chris Williams
- USA - Loren Coleman (ME), Jim Conlan (CT), Myron Hoyt (ME), Greg May (FL), Dolores Phelps (TX), Jim Riecken (NY), Joseph Trainor (MA), Jeffrey Vallance (CA), Gary Yates (UT)
- Wales - Janet Bord, Colin Bord
- Fort Sorters (who classify clippings placed in the Archives for Fortean Research)
- Clipping Credits
- Richard Alexander, Gerard Apps, Louise Bath, James Beckett, Peter Christie, Pat Corcoran, Graham Cordon, Mat Coward, Kate Eccles, JD Evans, David Gamon, Alan Gardiner, Keith George, Steven Gill, Anne Hardwick, Tony Healy, Hugh Henry, Nigel Herwin, Kevin Hubbard, Colin Ings, Rosalind Johnson, Andy Lapham, Richard Lowke, Diana Lyons, John Macmillan, Dave Malin, Nick Maloret, Tom Mason, Greg May, John Palazzi, Zvi Ron, Tom Ruffles, Matt Salusbury, Steve Scanlon, Tony Smith, Gary Stocker, Frank Thomas, Jebadiah Valentine, Nicholas Warren, Len Watson, Owen Whiteoak, Paul Whyte, Janet Wilson, Bobby Zodiac, Zebbie Zubbeh
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