FT326
Fortean Times #326 (April 2015)
- Release date: 02 Apr 2015
- Cover: Getty Images/Etienne Gilfillan
- Zinio version
Strange Days
Buried 'UFO' found in Siberia, kamikaze canines, mystery egg peltings, miraculous disembodied voice, testicle thefts and other organ oddities, unknown deity dug up, new Roswell photos, Hampton Court ghosts - plus much more.
- 07 The Conspirasphere by Noel Rooney
- 14 Archaeology by Paul Sieveking
- Unknown God
- Solar Alignment
- Head of Briganta
- 15 Classical Corner - 186: Wanky Panky by Barry Baldwin
- 16 Ghostwatch: The Ghosts of Hampton Court by Alan Murdie
- 21 Alien Zoo by Karl Shuker
- A Very Sillymander
- The Bear Facts Laid Bare
- 23 Mythconceptions - 187: Trappist Monks by Mat Coward
- 24 Necrolog
- John 'Hoppy' Hopkins - Paul Sieveking
- Ben Ammi Ben-Israel
- 25 Fairies and Folklore: Boggart Lore by Simon Young
- 26 The UFO Files
- Flyingsaucery by Andy Roberts and Dr David Clarke
- Sliding Towards Roswell
- Which Came First?
- UFO Casebook: Flappy Valley, Part Two by Jenny Randles
- Flyingsaucery by Andy Roberts and Dr David Clarke
Contents
- 38 The Strange World of Crucifixion Science - Can Christ's last moments be recreated by volunteers... living or dead?
- 10 Imitation of Life - When creepy dools take over...
- 42 Westminster Weirdos - Who are Britain's maddest MPs?
- 20 Kamikaze Canines - Dogs who leap to their doom
- 12 Acupuncture for Owls - Injured birds get unusual treatment
Features
30 The Vampire and the Occultist (cover story)
Hidden in the frames of the silent horror classic Nosferatu are encoded occult messages from one of Weimar Germany's most well-connected practitioners, Albin Grau. Brian J Robb traces the secret history behind the making of the film.
38 The Strange World of Crucifixion Science
Can the medical facts concerning Jesus's final moments ever be established? Max Hartshorn considers the strange world of crucifixion research, in which bodies both living and dead have been nailed to the cross in the name of science...
42 Westminster Weirdos
As election fever sweeps the country, SD Tucker, in the first of a new series exploring the world's strangest statesmen, meets some of Britain's maddest MPs and most peculiar politicos, in a quest to find the most 'off-message' of them all.
Reports
28 Blasts from the Past - No 56. The Devil Man of New Orleans by Theo Paijmans
48 Dictionary of the Damned - No 60. Reflections on forteanism, part two by The Hierophant's Apprentice
74 Fortean Traveller - No 99. Transylvania
Forum
53 The Manna Machine by Ted Harrison
54 Iraq's Twilight of the Idols by Jerry Glover
Regulars
04 Editorial
- The Mystery of the Missing Issue
- Subscription Snafu
- Vampires and Votes
- Cartoon by Martin Ross
57 Reviews
69 Letters
73 It Happened to Me
79 Phenomenomix
80 Strange Deaths
78 Reader Info
- 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)
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