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30 BLASTSFROMTHE PAST

Machen and the Manikin of the MineTHEOPAIJMANS

48 STRANGE STATESMEN

If you’rehappyand youknowit, bombKorea SD TUCKER

56 BUILDINGAFORTEAN LIBRARY

100 Proofs ofaflat Earth THEHIEROPHANT’S APPRENTICE

02 EDITORIAL

59 REVIEWS

71 LETTERS

78 READER INFO

REGULARS

79 PHENOMENOMIX

80 STRANGE DEATHS

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CONTENTS FORTEANTIMES

STRANGE DAYS

Adigest of theworldwideweird, including:Occultcrimes,

advent owl, ancientfake news,life on Mars,and much more...

12 SCIENCE

14 ARCHÆOLOGY

18 GHOSTWATCH

23 MYTHCONCEPTIONS

24 ALIENZOO

28 THE UFO FILES

32 COVER STORY

THE TERRIFYING WORLD OFJACKCHICK

PETER LAWSexplores thework of the shycarto onist who

flooded theworldwith visions of Hell and theories of demonic

conspiracyinanattempt to scaresinnersinto seeing the light.

40 INTOTHEDARKLINGWOOD

DAVID HAMBLINGcatches up with legendarySFwriter

Brian Stablefordtotalk about his long career and the interplay

between science and strange phenomena.

42 BRIDES,BRIDGESANDSPACEMEN

ROBGANDYreturns with morereal-life stories, including

ghostlybrides falling from bridges andaspaceman onahigh-

techmotorcycle who mayhave beenaghost from the future...

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Occultcrime,PaganpolicemenandaTodmordenmystery

Christmas stowaways

Backfromthe dead: Fabrice Muambaand other modernLazaruses

Japan’sHappyScience

Everything you always wanted to

know aboutFortean Timesbut

were too paranoid to ask!

Whyfortean?

53 Thedigital triangle ULRICH MAGIN

54 Suspicious types NOELROONEY

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