Fortean Times
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The journal of strange phenomena
If you're looking for a Hallowe'en gift for the witch, warlock or furry familiar in your life, we can wholeheartedly recommend our latest Fortean Times special collection...
Available in shops or order online from:
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Available in shops or order online from:
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October 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
If you're looking for a Hallowe'en gift for the witch, warlock or furry familiar in your life, we can wholeheartedly recommend our latest Fortean Times special collection...
Available in shops or order online from:
shop.forteantimes.com/product/witc...
Available in shops or order online from:
shop.forteantimes.com/product/witc...
New issue on sale ! Colonel Fawcett's mystery beasts; lucid dreaming; Greek dream oracles; police vs panthers; Colin Wilson; Indian drone panic; haunted furniture; Etsy witches; flat-pack aliens; extreme fart horror; Nosher remembered and much more!
shop.forteantimes.com/current-issue
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October 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
New issue on sale ! Colonel Fawcett's mystery beasts; lucid dreaming; Greek dream oracles; police vs panthers; Colin Wilson; Indian drone panic; haunted furniture; Etsy witches; flat-pack aliens; extreme fart horror; Nosher remembered and much more!
shop.forteantimes.com/current-issue
shop.forteantimes.com/current-issue
Saturday 18 Oct, 6.30pm: The Woodwoses and Wildmen of Suffolk. FT regular Matt Salusbury investigates Suffolk's wildmen in an online event. Please email chronicles@dunwichmuseum.org.uk and get your free ticket at on our Eventbrite page!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-woodwo...
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The Woodwoses and Wildmen of Suffolk
An online talk by Matt Salusbury onSuffolk's strange woodwose figures.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Saturday 18 Oct, 6.30pm: The Woodwoses and Wildmen of Suffolk. FT regular Matt Salusbury investigates Suffolk's wildmen in an online event. Please email chronicles@dunwichmuseum.org.uk and get your free ticket at on our Eventbrite page!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-woodwo...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-woodwo...
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Halloween is a good time for promoting @forteantimes.bsky.social in the newsagents 🙂
October 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Halloween is a good time for promoting @forteantimes.bsky.social in the newsagents 🙂
On sale now!
Witches and Witchcraft: Stories of Sorcery, Spells and Superstition
A new special edition from the archives of Fortean Times, with an introduction and commentary by historian of witchcraft Malcolm Gaskill.
In shops now, or order direct from:
shop.forteantimes.com/product/witc...
Witches and Witchcraft: Stories of Sorcery, Spells and Superstition
A new special edition from the archives of Fortean Times, with an introduction and commentary by historian of witchcraft Malcolm Gaskill.
In shops now, or order direct from:
shop.forteantimes.com/product/witc...
October 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
On sale now!
Witches and Witchcraft: Stories of Sorcery, Spells and Superstition
A new special edition from the archives of Fortean Times, with an introduction and commentary by historian of witchcraft Malcolm Gaskill.
In shops now, or order direct from:
shop.forteantimes.com/product/witc...
Witches and Witchcraft: Stories of Sorcery, Spells and Superstition
A new special edition from the archives of Fortean Times, with an introduction and commentary by historian of witchcraft Malcolm Gaskill.
In shops now, or order direct from:
shop.forteantimes.com/product/witc...
New issue on sale!
Blackthorn Ritualistic Folk; Ghost Witches of Essex; Black Sabbath vs the Devil; Sam the Sandown Clown; Bernard Manning From Beyond the Grave; Midsomer Murders; Scotland’s ‘Lost Tribe’; Ripperston Farm Spaceman; tiny crocodile panic + much more! subscribe.forteantimes.com
Blackthorn Ritualistic Folk; Ghost Witches of Essex; Black Sabbath vs the Devil; Sam the Sandown Clown; Bernard Manning From Beyond the Grave; Midsomer Murders; Scotland’s ‘Lost Tribe’; Ripperston Farm Spaceman; tiny crocodile panic + much more! subscribe.forteantimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
New issue on sale!
Blackthorn Ritualistic Folk; Ghost Witches of Essex; Black Sabbath vs the Devil; Sam the Sandown Clown; Bernard Manning From Beyond the Grave; Midsomer Murders; Scotland’s ‘Lost Tribe’; Ripperston Farm Spaceman; tiny crocodile panic + much more! subscribe.forteantimes.com
Blackthorn Ritualistic Folk; Ghost Witches of Essex; Black Sabbath vs the Devil; Sam the Sandown Clown; Bernard Manning From Beyond the Grave; Midsomer Murders; Scotland’s ‘Lost Tribe’; Ripperston Farm Spaceman; tiny crocodile panic + much more! subscribe.forteantimes.com
Our intrepid news editor encountered Brian Blessed in his natural habitat at last weekend's Strange Days Festival. We hear that Bigfoot was also spotted at the event and even caught on camera...
September 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Our intrepid news editor encountered Brian Blessed in his natural habitat at last weekend's Strange Days Festival. We hear that Bigfoot was also spotted at the event and even caught on camera...
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"The Sea Serpent Killer's sceptical scrapbook" - my illustrated article on probably one of the first cryptozoological clippings libraries, kept by Sir Richard Owen, a Natural History Museum co-founder who coined the term "dinosaur". In this month's @forteantimes.bsky.social (FT 462. October 2025).
September 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"The Sea Serpent Killer's sceptical scrapbook" - my illustrated article on probably one of the first cryptozoological clippings libraries, kept by Sir Richard Owen, a Natural History Museum co-founder who coined the term "dinosaur". In this month's @forteantimes.bsky.social (FT 462. October 2025).
New issue on sale now!
Uri Geller: shaman or showman?; angelic UFO encounters; aristocrats on acid; sea serpent scrapbook; Father Lionel Fanthorpe; top crop circles; Cthulhu's rabbits; cockroach shoots man; robot rebellion; rogue dentists; vibrator myths and more! shop.forteantimes.com/current-issue
Uri Geller: shaman or showman?; angelic UFO encounters; aristocrats on acid; sea serpent scrapbook; Father Lionel Fanthorpe; top crop circles; Cthulhu's rabbits; cockroach shoots man; robot rebellion; rogue dentists; vibrator myths and more! shop.forteantimes.com/current-issue
September 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
New issue on sale now!
Uri Geller: shaman or showman?; angelic UFO encounters; aristocrats on acid; sea serpent scrapbook; Father Lionel Fanthorpe; top crop circles; Cthulhu's rabbits; cockroach shoots man; robot rebellion; rogue dentists; vibrator myths and more! shop.forteantimes.com/current-issue
Uri Geller: shaman or showman?; angelic UFO encounters; aristocrats on acid; sea serpent scrapbook; Father Lionel Fanthorpe; top crop circles; Cthulhu's rabbits; cockroach shoots man; robot rebellion; rogue dentists; vibrator myths and more! shop.forteantimes.com/current-issue
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Pleased to see Pluckley on the cover of @forteantimes.bsky.social - a lifetime ago, we used to visit the Black Horse on a Saturday night and then go ghost hunting in the churchyard or the Screaming Woods. Happy memories!
August 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Pleased to see Pluckley on the cover of @forteantimes.bsky.social - a lifetime ago, we used to visit the Black Horse on a Saturday night and then go ghost hunting in the churchyard or the Screaming Woods. Happy memories!
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It’s very hard to describe how comforting I find reading The @forteantimes.bsky.social
It still carries a tongue in cheek sense of the 1990s paranormal revival without the 2020’s full commitment to conspiracy theory.
If only the world was as crazy as the FT presented, it would make more sense.
It still carries a tongue in cheek sense of the 1990s paranormal revival without the 2020’s full commitment to conspiracy theory.
If only the world was as crazy as the FT presented, it would make more sense.
August 7, 2025 at 7:41 AM
It’s very hard to describe how comforting I find reading The @forteantimes.bsky.social
It still carries a tongue in cheek sense of the 1990s paranormal revival without the 2020’s full commitment to conspiracy theory.
If only the world was as crazy as the FT presented, it would make more sense.
It still carries a tongue in cheek sense of the 1990s paranormal revival without the 2020’s full commitment to conspiracy theory.
If only the world was as crazy as the FT presented, it would make more sense.
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Just over a year since my archaeology themed horror collection, Dirt Upon My Skin came out from @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social, and what a ride, with reviews in @forteantimes.bsky.social, @archaeologyuk.bsky.social's British Archaeology, and culminating with a nomination for a British Fantasy Award!
July 30, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Just over a year since my archaeology themed horror collection, Dirt Upon My Skin came out from @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social, and what a ride, with reviews in @forteantimes.bsky.social, @archaeologyuk.bsky.social's British Archaeology, and culminating with a nomination for a British Fantasy Award!
New issue on sale! Pluckley uncovered; world's weirdest riots; seagull revenge; Edwardian automaton; stone ghost girl; Wallasey catman; curlews vs posties; Satanic gangs; hot dog homicide; Joe Nickell remembered; terrorist numerology; Macron's penis-stealing plot + more! shop.forteantimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
New issue on sale! Pluckley uncovered; world's weirdest riots; seagull revenge; Edwardian automaton; stone ghost girl; Wallasey catman; curlews vs posties; Satanic gangs; hot dog homicide; Joe Nickell remembered; terrorist numerology; Macron's penis-stealing plot + more! shop.forteantimes.com
What is the truth about the Calvine UFO photo? To mark the 35th anniversary of the incident, FT regular David Clarke will be giving a public talk at Blair Atholl Village Hall on Saturday 2 August from 4-6 PM. Get your free tickets at: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-calvin...
July 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
What is the truth about the Calvine UFO photo? To mark the 35th anniversary of the incident, FT regular David Clarke will be giving a public talk at Blair Atholl Village Hall on Saturday 2 August from 4-6 PM. Get your free tickets at: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-calvin...
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Lovely @bobfischer.bsky.social on his Broken Veil feature in this month's @forteantimes.bsky.social
The new @forteantimes.bsky.social has me chatting with the charming @gralefrit.bsky.social & @willmac23.bsky.social about their ace 'Broken Veil' podcast. Essex witch trails, the "backrooms" meme, the Mandela Effect, floating two-dimensional bowler hat shapes in fields... it's all covered. Out now!
July 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Lovely @bobfischer.bsky.social on his Broken Veil feature in this month's @forteantimes.bsky.social
New issue now on sale!
Spontaneous Human Combustion, Colombia's alien artefact , Liverpool leprechaun hunt, Ithell Colquhoun, Broken Veil, Reform's Most Haunted chairman, half-bodied ghosts, epic pet treks, geo-engineering protests, Holyhead Sea Devils, lunar brewery, bronze boob battle & more!
Spontaneous Human Combustion, Colombia's alien artefact , Liverpool leprechaun hunt, Ithell Colquhoun, Broken Veil, Reform's Most Haunted chairman, half-bodied ghosts, epic pet treks, geo-engineering protests, Holyhead Sea Devils, lunar brewery, bronze boob battle & more!
July 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
New issue now on sale!
Spontaneous Human Combustion, Colombia's alien artefact , Liverpool leprechaun hunt, Ithell Colquhoun, Broken Veil, Reform's Most Haunted chairman, half-bodied ghosts, epic pet treks, geo-engineering protests, Holyhead Sea Devils, lunar brewery, bronze boob battle & more!
Spontaneous Human Combustion, Colombia's alien artefact , Liverpool leprechaun hunt, Ithell Colquhoun, Broken Veil, Reform's Most Haunted chairman, half-bodied ghosts, epic pet treks, geo-engineering protests, Holyhead Sea Devils, lunar brewery, bronze boob battle & more!
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Thanks again to Facebook memories for reminding of the day the designer at Ford, who loved Roland Rat, got his own way
June 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
New issue on sale! Japanese toilet ghosts; Arthur Conan Doyle’s other fairy photos; St Albans' ghostly monks; Antikythera Mechanism; ape sandwich stories; dire wolves; Aztec death whistles; very late library books; hedgehog myths; watery Welsh ghosts; Silicon Valley eschatology and much more!
June 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
New issue on sale! Japanese toilet ghosts; Arthur Conan Doyle’s other fairy photos; St Albans' ghostly monks; Antikythera Mechanism; ape sandwich stories; dire wolves; Aztec death whistles; very late library books; hedgehog myths; watery Welsh ghosts; Silicon Valley eschatology and much more!
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For many years, I've wanted to track down Jeremy Beadle's library, legendary in certain quarters. I did so for @thefence.bsky.social for their brilliant 23rd issue (the significance of the number will not be lost on Ken Campbell fans) www.the-fence.com/the-beadlean... @forteantimes.bsky.social
The Beadlean Library
Strange to recall, but for 20 years from the early 1980s, a short, grinning, bearded mischief-maker dominated the ITV prime-time schedules. Jeremy Beadle developed, produced and co-presented Game for…
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June 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
For many years, I've wanted to track down Jeremy Beadle's library, legendary in certain quarters. I did so for @thefence.bsky.social for their brilliant 23rd issue (the significance of the number will not be lost on Ken Campbell fans) www.the-fence.com/the-beadlean... @forteantimes.bsky.social
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Hexham Heads anyone? Here's the @forteantimes.bsky.social feature I wrote about the unearthing of this notorious 1976 Nationwide report. It has Celtic mythology, poltergeists, werewolves and @bbcarchive.bsky.social's own @grzegster.bsky.social...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/05/23/t...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/05/23/t...
The Hexham Heads, Nationwide and Greg McKevitt
“The first I heard of the Hexham Heads was a couple of years ago, just through online chatter,” says Greg McKevitt, content producer for BBC Archive. “I saw mention of the footage existing in the a…
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May 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Hexham Heads anyone? Here's the @forteantimes.bsky.social feature I wrote about the unearthing of this notorious 1976 Nationwide report. It has Celtic mythology, poltergeists, werewolves and @bbcarchive.bsky.social's own @grzegster.bsky.social...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/05/23/t...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/05/23/t...
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Out now! Got mine from WHSmith - just in! Weird Crime: Murder, Madness and Mystery from @forteantimes.bsky.social
#WeirdCrime
#WeirdCrime
May 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Out now! Got mine from WHSmith - just in! Weird Crime: Murder, Madness and Mystery from @forteantimes.bsky.social
#WeirdCrime
#WeirdCrime
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As a Fortean, I have an interest (though not necessarily a belief) in a lot of subjects, one of those being auras (I grew up in the 70s and 80s with Kirlian photography in many Strange Phenomena books), so this is a fascinating article. @forteantimes.bsky.social
www.newscientist.com/article/2479...
www.newscientist.com/article/2479...
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May 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
As a Fortean, I have an interest (though not necessarily a belief) in a lot of subjects, one of those being auras (I grew up in the 70s and 80s with Kirlian photography in many Strange Phenomena books), so this is a fascinating article. @forteantimes.bsky.social
www.newscientist.com/article/2479...
www.newscientist.com/article/2479...
New issue on sale! The Last Sacrifice, Deerness Mermaid, Zizian mayhem,Tesla and time travel, Attenborough's Fabulous Animals, cryptozoological cosplay, Prophecies of Malachy, mystery hums, colossal squid, lucid dreams, Loch Ness rediscoveries, criminals against crime and more! shop.forteantimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
New issue on sale! The Last Sacrifice, Deerness Mermaid, Zizian mayhem,Tesla and time travel, Attenborough's Fabulous Animals, cryptozoological cosplay, Prophecies of Malachy, mystery hums, colossal squid, lucid dreams, Loch Ness rediscoveries, criminals against crime and more! shop.forteantimes.com
What better way to celebrate VE Day than to pick up a copy of FT and learn about the distinctly fortean approach to warfare of WWII's Ghost Army?
May 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
What better way to celebrate VE Day than to pick up a copy of FT and learn about the distinctly fortean approach to warfare of WWII's Ghost Army?
Can you help FT pal Urszula Wolski with her research? If you are a paranormal investigator past or present please take part by scanning the QR code, or if you prefer click on: forms.gle/C9rruSM6iesJ...
May 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Can you help FT pal Urszula Wolski with her research? If you are a paranormal investigator past or present please take part by scanning the QR code, or if you prefer click on: forms.gle/C9rruSM6iesJ...