FT323
Fortean Times #323 (January 2015)
- Release date: 08 Jan 2015
- Cover price: £4.25
- Cover: Kim Thompson
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Contents
- 34 Ghosts of the American South - Superstition, slavery and social control
- 40 I Sing the Mind Electric - Electromagnetic near-death experiences
- 06 American Grotesque - The photographs of William Mortensen
- 56 Pulling the Cosmic Trigger - Bringing Discordian drama to the stage
- 05 The Real Alex Jones - Conspiracy theorist or dead comedian?
Features
34 Ghosts of the American South (cover story)
The Old South was filled with folk beliefs and superstitions but in a society formed by the institution of slavery, ghosts were just as often a means of repression and social control. Jacob Middleton explores a forgotten world of haunted plantation and terrifying Night Riders...
40 I Sing the Mind Electric
Marinus Anthony van der Sluijs investigates esoteric and electromagnetic explanations for near-death experiences.
44 The Naked Truth
When he stumbled upon a mysterious engraving of a hairless hyene that matched no living specied known to science, Karl Shuker was intrigued; but did it show a vanished species, a genetic freak or just a mangy specimen? And how might it relate to other weird hairless creatures in the cryptozoological annals?
Reports
16 The Town at the End of the World - Dabiq and Islamic eschatology by Ted Harrison
32 Blasts from the Past - No 55. The cities of lost children by Theo Paijmans
48 First Forteans - No 11. Ego rising: Arthur C Clarke by Bob Rickard
76 Stories from the Illustrated Police News - No 36. The sleeping Frenchman of Soho by Jan Bondeson
Forum
53 The myth of living fossils by Mark Greener
54 Nessie, Daughter of Kong? by Charles Paxton
56 Pulling the Cosmic Trigger by Ian 'Cat' Vincent
Strange Days
Mystery bangs from North Yorkshire to New York, London hypno-heist, Burma's giant bell, Islamic apocalypse, ghosts of WWI, two-trunked elephant, resurrections, Jordanian rock rings, Portuguese angel hair - and much more.
- 05 The Conspirasphere by Noel Rooney
- 14 Science: The Morgellons Mystery by David Hambling
- 18 Ghostwatch by Alan Murdie
- 22 Archaeology by Paul Devereux
- Big Circles...
- ...Little Circles
- Tribal Tripping
- Sounds Familiar
- 23 Classical Corner - 183: Mob-Handed by Barry Baldwin
- 24 Fortean Follow-Ups
- 25 Alien Zoo by Karl Shuker
- Two-Trunks Goes on Display
- A Bee-Line for the IOW
- Bursting for a Bustard
- Black and White and Rare All Over
- 27 Mythconceptions - 184: Hot Air by Mat Coward
- 28 Necrolog
- Peter Underwood - Alan Murdie
- 30 The UFO Files
- UFO Casebook: Superman vs Airbus by Jenny Randles
- 80 Strange Deaths
Regulars
Editorial
- 02 Recalibrating your weird meter
- FT Website Update
Reviews
- 59 BOOKS
- The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor - ISBN 9780691147208 - Barry Baldwin
- Quatermass and the Pit: Five Million Years to Earth (BFI Film Classics) by Kim Newman - ISBN 9781844577910 - Richard Thomas
- Mrs Wakeman vs the Antichrist: And Other Strange-but-True Tales from American History by Robert Schneck - ISBN 9781585429448 - Christopher Josiffe
- The Walking Whales: From Land to Water in Eight Million Years by JGM 'Hans' Thewissen - ISBN 9780520277069 - Mark Greener
- 75 Years of Marvel Comics: From the Golden Age to the Silver Screen by Roy Thomas and Josh Baker - ISBN 9783836548458 - David Sutton
- FILM & DVD
- Birdman - Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, US 2014 - Julie McNamee
- Painless - Director Juan Carlos Medina, Spain/France/Portugal 2012 - Daniel King
- Outer Space - various directors, UK 1956-1977 - David V Barrett
- The Reverend's Review by Revered Peter Laws
- The Incredible Melting Man - Director William Sachs, US 1977
- Shorts
- Unearthly Stranger - Network - Rev PL
- Bloodshot - Signature Entertainment - DK
- The Code - Arrow - Brian J Robb
Letters
- 71 Richard George, Geoff Clifton, Adam Bourne, Dana S Adler, Nils Erik Grande, Richard Porter, Julian Hadley, Rob Solomon, Janet Wilson
- Simulacra Corner: Duncan Kaiser
- Cartoon by Jorodo
It Happened to Me
Comix
- 79 Phenomenomix: Carl Jung Part 3 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, James Beckett, Peter Christie, Andy Conlon, Pat Corcoran, Graham Cordon, Charlotte Davies, Emily Davies, JD Evans, John H Evans, Paul Farthing, Alan Gardiner, Keith George, Alan Gibb, Benjamin Gleisser, Anne Hardwick, Tony Healy, Hugh Henry, Nigel Herwin, Kevin Hubbard, Colin Ings, Paul Jackson, Rosalind Johnson, Richard Lowke, Diana Lyons, Dave Malin, Bert Gray-Malkin, Betty Gray-Malkin, Nick Maloret, Tom Mason, Ida Maxwell, Greg May, Peter McCue, Andy Munro, Alan Murdie, John Palazzi, Martin Piechota, Jim Price, Tom Ruffles, Steve Scanlon, Paul Screeton, Amelia Shay, Martin Shough, Nidge Solly, Paul Street, Frank Thomas, Paul Thomas, Dave Trevor, Jebadiah Valentine, Karen Wade, Keith Warner, Nicholas Warren, Len Watson, Owen Whiteoak, 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