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Fortean Times #359 (Nov 2017)

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Contents

  • 18 Claudia Schiffer's ghosts
  • 26 The Virgin of the Snakes
  • 44 In search of the Bell Witch
  • 48 How the Golem conquered the world

Features

32 In Search of Witch Bottles (cover story)
Many ghost stories are based around the discovery of an item associated with supernatural beliefs. One group of finds with such links are Bellarmine witch bottles, 17th century jugs prepared to repel witchcraft. Robert Halliday investigates...

38 Twilight of the Witches
The medical and legal professions transformed the way accusations of witchcraft were treated in the 19th century, but the old beliefs lingered on - sometimes with fatal consequences. Dr Jacob Middleton explores the last days of the English witch.

44 The Bell Witch, Part One
If there's one piece of supernatural lore that everyone in the US has heard of, then it's probably Tennessee's celebrated 'Bell Witch' Roger Clarke goes in search of the spook-stalked pioneer home and its very American haunting...

Reports

50 Building a Fortean Library - Suspicious Minds The Hierophant's Apprentice

76 Fortean Traveller - Northern Souling Rob Gandy

Forum

53 Hinzelmann: The German Gef? by SD Tucker

54 The Golem walks among us! by Michael Barron

Strange Days

A digest of the worldwide weird, including: Lucifer's letter, Thai spirits, levitating dog, mystery mist, molasses flood and more...

  • 05 The Conspirasphere
  • 14 Science
  • 16 Archæology
  • 18 Ghostwatch
  • 23 Alien Zoo
  • 25 Mythconceptions
  • 29 Folklore and Fairies
  • 30 The UFO Files

Regulars

  • 02 Editorial
  • 57 Reviews
  • 71 Letters
  • 78 Reader Info
  • 79 Phenomenomix
  • 80 Strange Deaths



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