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==Fortean Times #318 (September 2014)==
==Fortean Times #318 (September 2014)==
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* Release date: 21 August 2014
* Release date: 21 August 2014
* [https://www.zinio.com/www/browse/issue.jsp?skuId=416312934#/ Zinio version]
* Cover price: £4.25
* Cover: [[Jonathan Burton]]
{{DigitalEditions}}
 
===Contents===
* 34 Strange Phenomena in Time and Space - 50 years of fortean themes in ''Doctor Who''
* 48 Evolution's Maze - Rats, eugenics and pseudo-science
* 22 Dead Men (and Women) Standing - Mourners thinking outside the box
* 06 Stranger Than Fiction - The photographs of Joan Fontcuberta
* 40 The Murder Neighborhood - Ghastly deaths and ghostly doings
 
==Features==
28 In Search of the Woodwose (Cover Story)<br />'''[[Matt Salusbury]]''' gets on his bike and heads for the wilds of Suffolk in search of the woodwose - a mediaeval wildman carved on the fonts and porches of churches throughout the county. But what is this hairy man-beast, and do its ecclesiastical appearances commermorate a real British Bogfoot that once stalked the English countryside?
 
34 Doctor Who: Forteana in Time and Space<br />Cryptozoological creatures, ancient astronauts, conspiracy theories and UFOs: Doctor Who has tackled a wide range of fortean themes over the decades, reflecting as well as influencing the wider popular culture of which it is itself a part. Whovian scribe '''[[Paul Cornell]]''' surveys the series's treatment of such topics and asks whether it can really be considered a fortean programme...
 
40 London's Haunted Murder Houses<br />London is full of properties that once witnessed bloody murders and subsequent hauntings. Some have vanished, some still stand, but their violent histories are largely forgotten. '''[[Jan Bondeson]]''' explores the once-norotious 'Murder Neighborhood' of old Bloomsbury.
 
48 Evolution's Maze<br />During the 1920s, eugenicist William McDougall began a series of experiments with rats in mazes that he believed provided evidence of 'soft inheritance' - the idea that "intelligent or purposive effort could produce and appreciable change in the consitution of the human race." '''[[Toni Melechi]]''' uncovers a fascinating chapter in the history of pseudo-science.
 
==Forum==
55 Dark matter and dinosaurs by [[Andrew May]]
 
56 Scandals in the Secret Garden by [[Michael Barron]]
 
==Strange Days==
Mystery lake appears in Tunisia, Hulk puppies and two-nosed Sniffules, dream lottery win, Bolicia flips the clock, dead men standing, Costa Rican spheres, old cats and ancient yews, naked cannibal attacks - and much more.
 
* 14 Ghostwatch: A Dangerous Game? by [[Alan Murdie]]
* 16 Archaeology by [[Paul Devereux]]
** Mystery Amazonian Circles
** Olde England (Very Olde)
** Another Timber Circle
** Meteorite Shower
** Writings on the Wall
* 17 Classical Corner - 179: 'E-Gypt-Me!' (title in the spirit of Carry On, Cleo) by [[Barry Baldwin]]
* 20 Fortean Follow-Ups
** Defonseca Must Pay [[FT235]]:11
** Cannibal Rampage [[FT290]]:26-27, [[FT291]]:10-11
** Haunted Hospitals [[FT311]]:16-17
** The Bristol Crocodile [[FT313]]:10
** Life Savers [[FT316]]:6-7
* 21 Alien Zoo by [[Karl Shuker]]
** Searching for the Tooth - or Tusk!
** Hare Today, Found Tomorrow?
** For Crowing Out Loud - Again!
* 23 Mythconceptions - 179: Butterfly Dust by [[Mat Coward]]
* 24 Necrolog
** Duncan McDonell - [[Mike Dash]]
** George Armelagos
** Fred Phelps
* 25 Fairies and Folklore: Cauls for Sale by [[Simon Young]]
* 26 The UFO Files
** Flyingsaucery by [[Andy Roberts]] and Dr [[David Clarke]]
*** UFOs? That Was Us!
*** Wild in the Country
** UFO Casebook: Beam Me Up... by [[Jenny Randles]]
* 80 Strange Deaths
 
==Regulars==
 
===Editorial===
* 02 Where the wild things are
* From Iconoclasm to Isis
 
===Reviews===
* 59 BOOKS
** ''How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee'' by Bart D Ehrman - ISBN 9780061778186 - [[David V Barrett]]
** ''How God Became Jesus: The Real Origins of Belief in Jesus' Divine Nature - a Response to Bart Ehrman'' by Michael F Bird et al - ISBN 9780310519591 - [[David V Barrett]]
** ''Why People Believe in Spirits, God and Magic (The Paranormal)'' by Jack Hunter - ASIN B00B03HSDI - [[Paul Little]]
** ''Cumbrian Alchemy'' by Robert Williams and Bryan McGovern Wilson - ISBN 9781869979386 - [[Steve Toase]]
** ''The King Who Refused to Die: The Anunnaki and the Search for Immortality'' by Zecharia Sitchin - ISBN 9781591431770 - [[Bob Rickard]]
** ''Sensation: The New Science of Physical Intelligence'' by Thalma Lobel - ISBN 9781848316591 - [[Ian Simmons]]
** ''The Northern Isles: Mystery Animals of the British Isles Series'' by Glen Vaudrey - ISBN 9781905723744 - [[Karl Shuker]]
** ''Sea Serpent Carcasses: Scotland - from the Stronsa Monster to Loch Ness'' by Glen Vaudrey - ISBN 9781905723935 - [[Karl Shuker]]
** ''The Mythical Zoo: Animals in Myth, Legend, and Literature'' by Boria Sax - ISBN 9780715647325 - [[Paul Sieveking]]
** '''Also Received'''
** ''The EU: The Truth about the Fourth Reich, How Hitler won the Second World War'' by Bruce G Hallenbeck - ISBN 9780953506125
** ''Alchemy and Mysticism'' by Alexander Roob - ISBN 9783836549363
** ''Unconventional Flying Objects'' by Paul R Hill - ISBN 9781571747136
** ''The Bank Holiday Murders'' by Tom Westcott - ISBN 9780615932934
** '''Fortean Fiction'''
** ''Elmer Crowley, A Katabasic Nekyia'' by Tom Bradley, illustrated by David Aronson and Nick Patterson - ISBN 1906958-55-6 - [[John-Ivan Palmer]]
* FILM & DVD
** ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' - Director James Gunn, US 2014 - [[David Sutton]]
** ''The Congress'' - Director Ari Folman, Israel/Germany/Poland/Luxembourg 2013 - [[Fohnjang Ghebdinga]]
** ''Frau im Mond'' - Director Fritz Lang, Germany 1929 - [[Brian J Robb]]
** ''Raze'' - Director Josh C Waller, US 2014 - [[Nick Cirkovic]]
** ''Zombie Hunter'' - Director Kevin King, US 2013 - [[Brian J Robb]]
** '''Shorts'''
** ''The Cat'' - Matchbox Films - [[Brian J Robb|BJR]]
** ''Viking: The Darkest Day'' - Signature Entertainment - [[Brian J Robb|BJR]]
** ''Haunter'' - Studiocanal - [[Nick Cirkovic|NC]]
 
===Letters===
* 71 [[Ian Sneesby]], [[Joseph William Moloney]], [[John F Callahan]], [[Darren Rosenberg]], [[Lewis JW Hurst]], [[Graham Wheeldon]], [[Greg May]], [[Gail-Nina Anderson]], [[Bert Gray-Malkin]], [[Peter Costello]], [[Barry C Noonan]], [[Roger J Morgan]], [[Greg Maughan]], [[Martin Stubbs]], [[West Hogan]], [[Bobby Zodiac]], [[Jim Price]], [[Geoff Clifton]], [[Simon Robinson]], [[MC Welsh]]
* Simulacra Corner: [[Ian Cardy]]
* Cartoon by [[John Robert Docherty]]
 
===It Happened to Me===
* 75 [[Nils Erik Grande]], [[Anthony Lund]], [[Francis X Weyerich]]
 
===Comix===
* 79 [[Phenomenomix]]: Strindberg 2 by [[Hunt Emerson]] and [[Kevin Jackson]]
 
==Reader Info==
* 76 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]]
** 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)
** [[Phil Baker]], [[Rachel Carthy]], [[Mark Pilkington]], [[Bob Rickard]], [[Paul Sieveking]], [[Ian Simmons]]
* Clipping Credits
** [[Richard Alexander]], [[Jayne Amat]], [[Gerard Apps]], [[David V Barrett]], [[Louise Bath]], [[James Beckett]], [[Kevin Beer]], [[Janet & Colin Bord]], [[Peter Christie]], [[Andy Conlon]], [[Pat Corcoran]], [[Graham Cordon]], [[Emily Davies]], [[Vinesh Dhokia]], [[FB East]], [[Tom Easton]], [[Kate Eccles]], [[Alison Elizium]], [[JD Evans]], [[John H Evans]], [[Heather Fowler]], [[Paul Gallagher]], [[Alan Gardiner]], [[Keith George]], [[Alan Gibb]], [[Tim Greening-Jackson]], [[Anne Hardwick]], [[Tony Healy]], [[Hugh Henry]], [[Nigel Herwin]], [[Graeme Hirstwood]], [[Colin Ings]], [[Ernest Jackson]], [[Martyn P Jackson]], [[Rosalind Johnson]], [[Bill & Louise Kelly]], [[Richard Lowke]], [[Kevin Lynch]], [[Diana Lyons]], [[Dave Malin]], [[Bert & Betty Gray-Malkin]], [[Nick Maloret]], [[Greg May]], [[Josiah McCormack]], [[Steve Moore]], [[Liz Mordue]], [[Andy Munro]], [[John Palazzi]], [[Jim Price]], [[Matt Salusbury]], [[Jonathan Sibley]], [[Gary Stocker]], [[Roman Suchyj]], [[Frank Thomas]], [[Paul Thomas]], [[Joe Trainor]], [[Carole Tyrrell]], [[Nicholas Warren]], [[Len Watson]], [[Owen Whiteoak]], [[Paul Whyte]], [[Rosemary Williams]], [[Janet Wilson]], [[Bobby Zodiac]]
 
==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]]
 


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Fortean Times #318 (September 2014)

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Contents

  • 34 Strange Phenomena in Time and Space - 50 years of fortean themes in Doctor Who
  • 48 Evolution's Maze - Rats, eugenics and pseudo-science
  • 22 Dead Men (and Women) Standing - Mourners thinking outside the box
  • 06 Stranger Than Fiction - The photographs of Joan Fontcuberta
  • 40 The Murder Neighborhood - Ghastly deaths and ghostly doings

Features

28 In Search of the Woodwose (Cover Story)
Matt Salusbury gets on his bike and heads for the wilds of Suffolk in search of the woodwose - a mediaeval wildman carved on the fonts and porches of churches throughout the county. But what is this hairy man-beast, and do its ecclesiastical appearances commermorate a real British Bogfoot that once stalked the English countryside?

34 Doctor Who: Forteana in Time and Space
Cryptozoological creatures, ancient astronauts, conspiracy theories and UFOs: Doctor Who has tackled a wide range of fortean themes over the decades, reflecting as well as influencing the wider popular culture of which it is itself a part. Whovian scribe Paul Cornell surveys the series's treatment of such topics and asks whether it can really be considered a fortean programme...

40 London's Haunted Murder Houses
London is full of properties that once witnessed bloody murders and subsequent hauntings. Some have vanished, some still stand, but their violent histories are largely forgotten. Jan Bondeson explores the once-norotious 'Murder Neighborhood' of old Bloomsbury.

48 Evolution's Maze
During the 1920s, eugenicist William McDougall began a series of experiments with rats in mazes that he believed provided evidence of 'soft inheritance' - the idea that "intelligent or purposive effort could produce and appreciable change in the consitution of the human race." Toni Melechi uncovers a fascinating chapter in the history of pseudo-science.

Forum

55 Dark matter and dinosaurs by Andrew May

56 Scandals in the Secret Garden by Michael Barron

Strange Days

Mystery lake appears in Tunisia, Hulk puppies and two-nosed Sniffules, dream lottery win, Bolicia flips the clock, dead men standing, Costa Rican spheres, old cats and ancient yews, naked cannibal attacks - and much more.

  • 14 Ghostwatch: A Dangerous Game? by Alan Murdie
  • 16 Archaeology by Paul Devereux
    • Mystery Amazonian Circles
    • Olde England (Very Olde)
    • Another Timber Circle
    • Meteorite Shower
    • Writings on the Wall
  • 17 Classical Corner - 179: 'E-Gypt-Me!' (title in the spirit of Carry On, Cleo) by Barry Baldwin
  • 20 Fortean Follow-Ups
    • Defonseca Must Pay FT235:11
    • Cannibal Rampage FT290:26-27, FT291:10-11
    • Haunted Hospitals FT311:16-17
    • The Bristol Crocodile FT313:10
    • Life Savers FT316:6-7
  • 21 Alien Zoo by Karl Shuker
    • Searching for the Tooth - or Tusk!
    • Hare Today, Found Tomorrow?
    • For Crowing Out Loud - Again!
  • 23 Mythconceptions - 179: Butterfly Dust by Mat Coward
  • 24 Necrolog
    • Duncan McDonell - Mike Dash
    • George Armelagos
    • Fred Phelps
  • 25 Fairies and Folklore: Cauls for Sale by Simon Young
  • 26 The UFO Files
  • 80 Strange Deaths

Regulars

Editorial

  • 02 Where the wild things are
  • From Iconoclasm to Isis

Reviews

  • 59 BOOKS
    • How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee by Bart D Ehrman - ISBN 9780061778186 - David V Barrett
    • How God Became Jesus: The Real Origins of Belief in Jesus' Divine Nature - a Response to Bart Ehrman by Michael F Bird et al - ISBN 9780310519591 - David V Barrett
    • Why People Believe in Spirits, God and Magic (The Paranormal) by Jack Hunter - ASIN B00B03HSDI - Paul Little
    • Cumbrian Alchemy by Robert Williams and Bryan McGovern Wilson - ISBN 9781869979386 - Steve Toase
    • The King Who Refused to Die: The Anunnaki and the Search for Immortality by Zecharia Sitchin - ISBN 9781591431770 - Bob Rickard
    • Sensation: The New Science of Physical Intelligence by Thalma Lobel - ISBN 9781848316591 - Ian Simmons
    • The Northern Isles: Mystery Animals of the British Isles Series by Glen Vaudrey - ISBN 9781905723744 - Karl Shuker
    • Sea Serpent Carcasses: Scotland - from the Stronsa Monster to Loch Ness by Glen Vaudrey - ISBN 9781905723935 - Karl Shuker
    • The Mythical Zoo: Animals in Myth, Legend, and Literature by Boria Sax - ISBN 9780715647325 - Paul Sieveking
    • Also Received
    • The EU: The Truth about the Fourth Reich, How Hitler won the Second World War by Bruce G Hallenbeck - ISBN 9780953506125
    • Alchemy and Mysticism by Alexander Roob - ISBN 9783836549363
    • Unconventional Flying Objects by Paul R Hill - ISBN 9781571747136
    • The Bank Holiday Murders by Tom Westcott - ISBN 9780615932934
    • Fortean Fiction
    • Elmer Crowley, A Katabasic Nekyia by Tom Bradley, illustrated by David Aronson and Nick Patterson - ISBN 1906958-55-6 - John-Ivan Palmer
  • FILM & DVD
    • Guardians of the Galaxy - Director James Gunn, US 2014 - David Sutton
    • The Congress - Director Ari Folman, Israel/Germany/Poland/Luxembourg 2013 - Fohnjang Ghebdinga
    • Frau im Mond - Director Fritz Lang, Germany 1929 - Brian J Robb
    • Raze - Director Josh C Waller, US 2014 - Nick Cirkovic
    • Zombie Hunter - Director Kevin King, US 2013 - Brian J Robb
    • Shorts
    • The Cat - Matchbox Films - BJR
    • Viking: The Darkest Day - Signature Entertainment - BJR
    • Haunter - Studiocanal - NC

Letters

It Happened to Me

Comix

Reader Info

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