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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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