Fortean Times – September 2019

FEATURES

REPOR TS

24 THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING

CelebratingJack Kirby PAUL GRAVETT

52 STRANGE STATESMEN

BorisJohnson and the Euro-Mythconception SD TUCKER

02 EDITORIAL

63 REVIEWS

73 LETTERS

78 READER INFO

REGULARS

79 PHENOMENOMIX

80 STRANGE DEATHS

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CONTENTS FORTEANTIMES

STRANGE DAYS

A digest of theworldw ide weird, including: frozen stowaways,

aural hallucinations, miraculous dove, super-oldies and more...

14 ARCHÆOLOGY

16 GHOSTWATCH

20 ALIENZOO

23 MYTHCONCEPTIONS

26 MEDICALBAG

32 THE UFO FILES

34 COVER STORY

THE DEVIL’S BUSINESS

On the 50th anniversary of theTate/LaBiancamurders,JAMES

RILEYlooks back at Charles Manson and his ‘Family’, the ‘cult

of the occult’ and the end of the Sixties.

42 INSIDETHESATANICTEMPLE

With therelease of the filmHail Satan?we despatched FT’s

resident vicar,PETER LAWS, to talk to the co-founder and

spokesperson of the SatanicTemple, Lucien Greaves.

44 REDRIVERDAVE

DAVID THRUSSELexplores theforg otten songbook of Dave

McEnery, whosefortean subjects – including the MansonFamily

murders – were ripped straight from the headlines of the day.

48 GAMBLINGONTHEUNBELIEVABLE

Retired bookmakerGRAHAM SHARPEshares thewackiest

wagers of his long career, from bets on Nessie to odds on UFOs.

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Dead around the world: the art of the post-mortem selfie

The genius of Jack Kirby

‘Chicho’ Ibáñez Serrador: the man whokept Spainawake

The singing human headline

Everythingyou alwayswanted to

know aboutFortean Timesbut

were too paranoid to ask!

Why fortean?

57 The Flypaper Murder ROB GANDY

58 The man whokept Spainawake MARIA J PÉREZ CUERVO

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