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===Contents===
===Contents===
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==Features==
==Features==
28 The Eye-Spy Teddies of Albania (Cover Story)<br />Protective traditions intended to ward off the power of the 'evil eye' are found throughout history and all over the world - but do they morph and adapt to the events of recent history? '''[[John Billingsley]]''' travelled to Albania, where he found scarecrows and rams' horns displaced by cuddly rabbits and tatty teds - soft toys united in a struggle against the social changes wrought by capitalism...
28 The Eye-Spy Teddies of Albania (Cover Story)<br />Protective traditions intended to ward off the power of the 'evil eye' are found throughout history and all over the world - but do they morph and adapt to the events of recent history? '''[[John Billingsley]]''' travelled to Albania, where he found scarecrows and rams' horns displaced by cuddly rabbits and tatty teds - soft toys united in a struggle against the social changes wrought by capitalism...
* Sidebars: Evil Eyes in Architecture (photos of examples), Grilled Teddy Bears (such as on the front of garbage trucks), Evil Eye Online (how to ward off trolls?)


36 The Tell-Tale Eye<br />'''[[Jan Bondeson]]''' explores the history of one of the odder delusions of criminology: the notion that on the retinas of the recently murdered is captured an image of the last thing they saw - the perfect scientific evidence to catch a killer...
36 The Tell-Tale Eye<br />'''[[Jan Bondeson]]''' explores the history of one of the odder delusions of criminology: the notion that on the retinas of the recently murdered is captured an image of the last thing they saw - the perfect scientific evidence to catch a killer...
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* 05 [[The Conspirasphere]] by [[Noel Rooney]]
* 05 [[The Conspirasphere]] by [[Noel Rooney]]
* 05 Extra! Extra!
* 05 Extra! Extra!
* 14 Science: The Great Art by [[David Hambling]]
* 14 [[Science]]: The Great Art by [[David Hambling]]
* 16 Archaeology by [[Paul Devereux]]
* 16 Archaeology by [[Paul Devereux]]
** Once Upon a Time...
** Once Upon a Time...
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** Ghosts of the Tsunami
** Ghosts of the Tsunami
* 21 Alien Zoo by [[Karl Shuker]]
* 21 Alien Zoo by [[Karl Shuker]]
** A Ghost with Eight Legs
** A Ghost with Eight Legs - Ghost Octopus
** A Blacker Shade of Dark #1
** A Blacker Shade of Dark #1 - Black Fox
** A Blacker Shade of Dark #2
** A Blacker Shade of Dark #2 - Black Coyote
* 23 [[Mythconceptions]] - 99: No Nobel by [[Mat Coward]]
* 23 [[Mythconceptions]] - 99: No Nobel by [[Mat Coward]]
* 24 Necrolog
* 24 Necrolog
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* 25 [[Fairies & Folklore]]: Goatsucking Hedgehogs by [[Simon Young]]
* 25 [[Fairies & Folklore]]: Goatsucking Hedgehogs by [[Simon Young]]
* 26 The UFO Files
* 26 The UFO Files
** UFO Casebook: Rendlesham Forest Genesis Part Four by [[Jenny Randles]]
** [[UFO Casebook]]: Rendlesham Forest Genesis Part Four by [[Jenny Randles]]
* 80 Strange Deaths
* 80 Strange Deaths
===Other===
* 04 Joao and Dindim: a love story - retired bricklayer and a Magellanic penguin
* 06 Images in the Northern Lights: God of the North and Great Green Bird
* 08-09 Never being boring... the Dull Men's Club
* 10-11 Alien Sex Fiends - women who claim to have had babies with aliens and Gerry Battles' abduction story
* 12 Yeti prints in Bhutan? - strange footprints on mountain side
* 20 Thai 'Child Angels' - Dolls with the souls of dead children called ''luuk thep'' and the more terrifying ''kuman thong'' made by necromancers
* 22-23 Sniffing Out Illness - Pets that detected illnesses in human partners
* Sidelines: non-extinct cranefly, faeces and urine collector, javelin sand boa, raccoon attack in Richmond District of San Francisco, half-sisters from South Korea reunited by job, Lars Monsen talks with dog through medium, owl on oil rig, Chris Massey, purple slime, moose shot at wildlife center, odd names, buggy name, wild pig living with cattle, water biscuit ovens flooded, djinn causing fires, forestry minister causes fire, Crowley house burns, man scared of spiders prompts domestic violence call


==Regulars==
==Regulars==
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===Reviews===
===Reviews===
* 61-65 BOOKS
* 61-65 BOOKS
** ''Suspicious Minds: Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories'' by Rob Brotherton - ISBN 9781472915610 - [[David V Barrett]]
** ''Suspicious Minds: Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories'' by Rob Brotherton - {{ISBN|9781472915610}} - [[David V Barrett]]
** ''Giants on Record: America's Hidden History, Secrets in the Mounds and the Smithsonian Files'' by Jim Vieira & Hugh Newman - ISBN 9780956786517 - [[Noel Rooney]]
** ''Giants on Record: America's Hidden History, Secrets in the Mounds and the Smithsonian Files'' by Jim Vieira & Hugh Newman - {{ISBN|9780956786517}} - [[Noel Rooney]]
** ''Failure: Why Science is So Successful'' by Stuart Firestein - ISBN 9780199390106 - [[Mark Greener]]
** ''Failure: Why Science is So Successful'' by Stuart Firestein - {{ISBN|9780199390106}} - [[Mark Greener]]
** ''The Aztec UFO Incident: The Case, Evidence, and Elaborate Cover-Up of One of the Most Perplexing Crashes in History'' by Scott Ramsey, Suzanne Ramsey and Frank Thayer - ISBN 9781632650016 - [[Nigel Watson]]
** ''The Aztec UFO Incident: The Case, Evidence, and Elaborate Cover-Up of One of the Most Perplexing Crashes in History'' by Scott Ramsey, Suzanne Ramsey and Frank Thayer - {{ISBN|9781632650016}} - [[Nigel Watson]]
** ''Bad UFOs: Critical Thinking About UFO Claims'' by Robert Sheaffer - ISBN 9781519260840 - [[Peter Brookesmith]]
** ''Bad UFOs: Critical Thinking About UFO Claims'' by Robert Sheaffer - {{ISBN|9781519260840}} - [[Peter Brookesmith]]
** ''Swarm Troopers: How Small Drones Will Conquer the World'' by David Hambling - ISBN 9781942761747 - [[Andrew May]]
** ''Swarm Troopers: How Small Drones Will Conquer the World'' by David Hambling - {{ISBN|9781942761747}} - [[Andrew May]]
** '''Also Received'''
** '''Also Received'''
** ''In Search of Lake Monsters'' by Peter Costello - ISBN 9781938398322
** ''In Search of Lake Monsters'' by Peter Costello - {{ISBN|9781938398322}}
** ''Delusions in Science and Spirituality: The Fall and Rise of the Standard Model and the Rise of Knowledge from Unseen Worlds'' by Susan B Martinez - ISBN 9781591431985
** ''Delusions in Science and Spirituality: The Fall and Rise of the Standard Model and the Rise of Knowledge from Unseen Worlds'' by Susan B Martinez - {{ISBN|9781591431985}}
** ''Paranormal Petersburg'' by Pamela K Kennedy - ISBN 9780764349423
** ''Paranormal Petersburg'' by Pamela K Kennedy - {{ISBN|9780764349423}}
** ''Lightning: Nature and Culture'' by Derek M Elsom - ISBN 9781780234960
** ''Lightning: Nature and Culture'' by Derek M Elsom - {{ISBN|9781780234960}}
** ''The Reincarnation of Giordano Bruno'' by Terry Emm - ISBN 9781516825899
** ''The Reincarnation of Giordano Bruno'' by Terry Emm - {{ISBN|9781516825899}}
** ''Our Holographic World'' by Anthony Milne - ISBN 9781857568271
** ''Our Holographic World'' by Anthony Milne - {{ISBN|9781857568271}}
** ''Crap Taxidermy'' by Kat Su - ISBN 9781844038039
** ''Crap Taxidermy'' by Kat Su - {{ISBN|9781844038039}}
* 66-68 FILM & DVD
* 66-68 FILM & DVD
** ''The Passing'' directed by Gareth Bryn, Wales 2015 - [[Julie McNamee]]
** ''The Passing'' directed by Gareth Bryn, Wales 2015 - [[Julie McNamee]]
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Fortean Times #339 (April 2016)

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Contents

  • 42 In the Land of the Chaneques - Adventures with Mexico's Little People
  • 58 Where the Wild Things Are - Can a human become an urban fox?
  • 18 Ghosts of the Tsunami - Foreign phantoms haunt Thai beaches
  • 26 Return to East Gate - Early accounts of the Rendlesham Forest UFO
  • 36 The Tell-Tale Eye - The last thing you see is your killer...

Features

28 The Eye-Spy Teddies of Albania (Cover Story)
Protective traditions intended to ward off the power of the 'evil eye' are found throughout history and all over the world - but do they morph and adapt to the events of recent history? John Billingsley travelled to Albania, where he found scarecrows and rams' horns displaced by cuddly rabbits and tatty teds - soft toys united in a struggle against the social changes wrought by capitalism...

  • Sidebars: Evil Eyes in Architecture (photos of examples), Grilled Teddy Bears (such as on the front of garbage trucks), Evil Eye Online (how to ward off trolls?)

36 The Tell-Tale Eye
Jan Bondeson explores the history of one of the odder delusions of criminology: the notion that on the retinas of the recently murdered is captured an image of the last thing they saw - the perfect scientific evidence to catch a killer...

42 In the Land of the Chaneques
When Chris Pollard first moved to Veracrus State he was a confirmed sceptic. Since then, odd experiences and tales of close encounters with Mexico's little people have left him wondering whether the stone-throwing, trick-playing, child-stealing fairy-folk might be more real than he'd ever imagined...

Forum

56 In search of the Little Blue Man by Theo Paijmans

58 Where the wild things are by Charles Foster

Reports

48 Strange Statesmen No 10. American Psychos 3: Independents' Day by SD Tucker

52 Building a Fortean Library No 9. Paradoxography: forteana before Fort by The Hierophant's Apprentice

Strange Days

Britain's dullest men, auroral simulacra, alien sex fiends, Irish abductee, Yeti prints photographed, Thailand's angel dolls, pets that sniff out illness, black fox, deathbed dreams and visions, man/penguin love story - and much more.

Other

  • 04 Joao and Dindim: a love story - retired bricklayer and a Magellanic penguin
  • 06 Images in the Northern Lights: God of the North and Great Green Bird
  • 08-09 Never being boring... the Dull Men's Club
  • 10-11 Alien Sex Fiends - women who claim to have had babies with aliens and Gerry Battles' abduction story
  • 12 Yeti prints in Bhutan? - strange footprints on mountain side
  • 20 Thai 'Child Angels' - Dolls with the souls of dead children called luuk thep and the more terrifying kuman thong made by necromancers
  • 22-23 Sniffing Out Illness - Pets that detected illnesses in human partners
  • Sidelines: non-extinct cranefly, faeces and urine collector, javelin sand boa, raccoon attack in Richmond District of San Francisco, half-sisters from South Korea reunited by job, Lars Monsen talks with dog through medium, owl on oil rig, Chris Massey, purple slime, moose shot at wildlife center, odd names, buggy name, wild pig living with cattle, water biscuit ovens flooded, djinn causing fires, forestry minister causes fire, Crowley house burns, man scared of spiders prompts domestic violence call

Regulars

Editorial

  • 02 No Normal
    • Sophie Celebrated
    • Aaron Ramsey Strikes Again!
    • Errata
      • FT336:54 Missing footnotes
      • FT338:56 Missing reference to FT224:39
      • FT338:72 Cartoon attributed incorrectly

Reviews

  • 61-65 BOOKS
  • 66-68 FILM & DVD
    • The Passing directed by Gareth Bryn, Wales 2015 - Julie McNamee
    • The Brand New Testament directed by Jaco van Doemael, Belgium 2015 - Etienne Gilfillan
    • The Enfield Haunting directed by Kristoffer Nyholm, UK 2015 - David V Barrett
    • Harry Price - Ghosthunter directed by Alex Pillai, UK 2015 - Christopher Josiffe
    • Black Cats directed by Lucio Fulci and Sergio Marino, Italy 1972/1981 - Peter Laws
    • The Reverend's Review by Reverend Peter Laws
    • American Horror Project, Vol 1 directed by Matt Climber, Christopher Speeth, Robert Allan Schnitzer Cooper, US 1973-76
    • Shorts
    • Sinister 2 - Entertainment One - Daniel King
    • The Carrier - Altitude Film Entertainment - DK
    • Contracted Phase II - Primal Screen - DK

Letters

Simulacra Corner

It Happened to Me

Comix

Coming Next Month

  • Star Whackers - Is a Tinsel-Town conspiracy killing off Hollywood stars?
  • Mowing Devils - Crop circles and the hairy man of St Trinian's
  • + Demonic Divorce, Gateway to Hell, Rural Monsters, and Much More... Fortean Times 340 on sale 28 Apr 2016

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