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* Release date: 14 Oct 2010
* Cover price: £4.25
* US Edition is dated December 2010 with a cover price of $11.99 USA (CAN $13.25, AUS $12.95, NZ $16.90)
* Cover: [[Dave Needham]]
* [https://www.zinio.com/www/browse/issue.jsp?skuId=416142026#/ Zinio version]
* [https://www.zinio.com/www/browse/issue.jsp?skuId=416142026#/ Zinio version]


===Strange Days===
===Contents===
* 36 Holy Terrors - An ordained Baptist Minister explains his lifelong fascination with horror films.
* 79 The Cryptid-Kid Investigates - The chilling tale of a werewolf & the Hexham Heads
* 54 Teh Abduction Trap - Budd Hopkins, artist & ufologist
* 46 The Greatest Ghoul on Earth? - Graveroobers raid PT Barnum's crypt
* 75 Skulls in the Landscape - Spooky simulacra
 
==Features==
30 Renovation Hauntings (cover story)<br />Despite a plethora of television programmes offering house makeovers or suggesting we undertake major home improvements, '''[[Peter A McCue]]''' advises that even modest DIY projects can sometimes unleash ghostly phenomena...
 
36 Holy Terrors<br />What happens when a lifelong horror fan becomes a Christian? Does he hide his copy of The Exorcist and burn all his HP Lovecraft books? '''Reverend [[Peter Laws]]''' confesses his cinematic sins and wonders whether horror and the Church have a shared history that means theology can be found in the bloodiest of places...
 
42 Mischief Night<br />Before the days of a commercialised and Americanised Hallowe'en, with its trick-or-treaters, there was an older autumnal tradition of licensed bad behavior. '''[[Chris & Karen Allen]]''' explore the mysteries and marvels of Mischief Night.
 
46 The Greatest Ghoul on Earth?<br />On the 200th anniversary of the death of the 'World's Greatest Showman', '''[[Michael J Bielawa]]''' offers a ghoulish solution to a mystery that followed PT Barnum into (and nearly out of) his grave.
 
==Forum==
51 A rhinoceros's tale by [[Jan Bondeson]]
 
52 Spider of blue, dilly dilly... by [[Karl Shuker]]
 
54 Budd and the abduction trap by [[Peter Brookesmith]]
 
==Strange Days==
Cardinal Newman is beatified; father chains up son possessed by a djinni; psychics hit and miss; memory plays tricks; hare escapes greyhounds; rosary saves soldier's life; fraudulent monk does a runner; record tumour and kidney stone; bullets linger on in the body - and much more.
Cardinal Newman is beatified; father chains up son possessed by a djinni; psychics hit and miss; memory plays tricks; hare escapes greyhounds; rosary saves soldier's life; fraudulent monk does a runner; record tumour and kidney stone; bullets linger on in the body - and much more.


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** UFO Casebook: Life With The Aliens Part 4
** UFO Casebook: Life With The Aliens Part 4


===Features===
==Regulars==
30 Renovation Hauntings (cover story)<br />Despite a plethora of television programmes offering house makeovers or suggesting we undertake major home improvements, Peter A McCue advises that even modest DIY projects can sometimes unleash ghostly phenomena...
===Editorial===
 
* 02 Seasonal Mischief
36 Holy Terrors<br />What happens when a lifelong horror fan becomes a Christian? Does he hide his copy of The Exorcist and burn all his HP Lovecraft books? Reverend Peter Laws confesses his cinematic sins and wonders whether horror and the Church have a shared history that means theology can be found in the bloodiest of places...
===Reviews===
 
* 57 BOOKS
42 Mischief Night<br />Before the days of a commercialised and Americanised Hallowe'en, with its trick-or-treaters, there was an older autumnal tradition of licensed bad behavior. Chris & Karen Allen explore the mysteries and marvels of Mischief Night.
 
46 The Greatest Ghoul on Earth?<br />On the 200th anniversary of the death of the 'World's Greatest Showman', Michael J Bielawa offers a ghoulish solution to a mystery that followed PT Barnum into (and nearly out of) his grave.
 
===Forum===
51 A rhinoceros's tale by [[Jan Bondeson]]
 
52 Spider of blue, dilly dilly... by [[Karl Shuker]]
 
54 Budd and the abduction trap by [[Peter Brookesmith]]
 
===Regulars===
 
====02 Editorial====
* Seasonal Mischief
 
====57 Reviews====
* BOOKS
** ''The Great Fear of 1857: Rumours, Conspiracies and the Making of the Indian Uprising'' by Kim Wagner - ISBN 9781906165277
** ''The Great Fear of 1857: Rumours, Conspiracies and the Making of the Indian Uprising'' by Kim Wagner - ISBN 9781906165277
** ''Utopianism: A Very Short Introduction'' by Lyman Tower Sargent - ISBN 9780199573400
** ''Utopianism: A Very Short Introduction'' by Lyman Tower Sargent - ISBN 9780199573400
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** ''Transformers: War for Cybertron''
** ''Transformers: War for Cybertron''


====71 Letters====
===Letters===
====75 Simulacra Corner====
* 71
====76 It Happened To Me====
===Simulacra Corner===
====78 Reader Info====
* 75
====79 The Cryptid-Kid Investigates====
===It Happened to Me===
====80 Tales from the Vault====
* 76
===The Cryptid-Kid Investigates===
* 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]]
* Staff Writer/Picture Researcher - [[Jen Ogilvie]]
* Book Reviews Editor - [[Val Stevenson]]
* Design Assistant - [[Chris Brawn]]
* Web Editor - [[Jen Ogilvie]]
* Work Experience - [[Darren Buck]]
* Resident Cartoonist - [[Hunt Emerson]]
 


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Revision as of 08:36, 28 February 2016

Fortean Times #268 (November 2010)

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  • Release date: 14 Oct 2010
  • Cover price: £4.25
  • US Edition is dated December 2010 with a cover price of $11.99 USA (CAN $13.25, AUS $12.95, NZ $16.90)
  • Cover: Dave Needham
  • Zinio version

Contents

  • 36 Holy Terrors - An ordained Baptist Minister explains his lifelong fascination with horror films.
  • 79 The Cryptid-Kid Investigates - The chilling tale of a werewolf & the Hexham Heads
  • 54 Teh Abduction Trap - Budd Hopkins, artist & ufologist
  • 46 The Greatest Ghoul on Earth? - Graveroobers raid PT Barnum's crypt
  • 75 Skulls in the Landscape - Spooky simulacra

Features

30 Renovation Hauntings (cover story)
Despite a plethora of television programmes offering house makeovers or suggesting we undertake major home improvements, Peter A McCue advises that even modest DIY projects can sometimes unleash ghostly phenomena...

36 Holy Terrors
What happens when a lifelong horror fan becomes a Christian? Does he hide his copy of The Exorcist and burn all his HP Lovecraft books? Reverend Peter Laws confesses his cinematic sins and wonders whether horror and the Church have a shared history that means theology can be found in the bloodiest of places...

42 Mischief Night
Before the days of a commercialised and Americanised Hallowe'en, with its trick-or-treaters, there was an older autumnal tradition of licensed bad behavior. Chris & Karen Allen explore the mysteries and marvels of Mischief Night.

46 The Greatest Ghoul on Earth?
On the 200th anniversary of the death of the 'World's Greatest Showman', Michael J Bielawa offers a ghoulish solution to a mystery that followed PT Barnum into (and nearly out of) his grave.

Forum

51 A rhinoceros's tale by Jan Bondeson

52 Spider of blue, dilly dilly... by Karl Shuker

54 Budd and the abduction trap by Peter Brookesmith

Strange Days

Cardinal Newman is beatified; father chains up son possessed by a djinni; psychics hit and miss; memory plays tricks; hare escapes greyhounds; rosary saves soldier's life; fraudulent monk does a runner; record tumour and kidney stone; bullets linger on in the body - and much more.

  • 14 Science: The Quiet Ones
  • 16 Ghostwatch: Swimming Pool Spooks; Municipal Manifestations; Coin Apports
  • 17 Mythconceptions: Tutankhamen's Peas
  • 19 Alien Zoo: Trunko - Solved after 85 Years!; All at Sea about a Sea Monster
  • 20 Archaeology: Vanish Fairy Forts; Puzzling Egyptian Connection; Take Your Pict; Runic Rhubarb
  • 21 Classical Corner 130: I Am Lying, Egypt, Lying
  • 22 Fortean Follow-ups
  • 25 Konspiracy Korner: A Report That Avoids Fingering Conspiracy Theories' Real Origins
  • 26 Necrolog: Fergus Gwynplaine MacIntyre
  • 27 Strange Deaths
  • 28 The UFO Files
    • Flyingsaucery: Brazil Nuts (Part 1); Brazil Nuts (Part 2); French Seaside Saucers
    • UFO Casebook: Life With The Aliens Part 4

Regulars

Editorial

  • 02 Seasonal Mischief

Reviews

  • 57 BOOKS
    • The Great Fear of 1857: Rumours, Conspiracies and the Making of the Indian Uprising by Kim Wagner - ISBN 9781906165277
    • Utopianism: A Very Short Introduction by Lyman Tower Sargent - ISBN 9780199573400
    • Utopia by Merlin Coverley - ISBN 9781842433164
    • A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the World's Greatest Empire by JC McKeown - ISBN 9780195393750
    • Angels: A History by David Albert Jones - ISBN 9780199582952
    • Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach - ISBN 9781851687800
    • The End of Discovery: Are We Approaching the Boundaries of the Knowable? by Russell Stannard - ISBN 9780199585243
    • Overmodeled Skulls edited by Arthur C Aufderheide - ISBN 9780615296906
  • BOOKS SPECIAL
    • Patrice Chaplin: The Portal
  • FILM & DVD
    • Charlie St Cloud - Director Burr Steers, 2010
    • Enter the Void - Director Gaspar Noe, 2009
    • Buried - Director Rodrigo Cortes, 2010
    • The Tortured from E1 Entertainment, Director Robert Lieberman
    • 7 Days from E1 Entertainment, Director Daniel Grou
    • Twelve from Chelsea Cinema
  • GAMES
    • Halo Reach
    • Transformers: War for Cybertron

Letters

  • 71

Simulacra Corner

  • 75

It Happened to Me

  • 76

The Cryptid-Kid Investigates

  • 79

Tales from the Vault

  • 80

Reader Info

  • 78

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