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You'll need a sense of adventure, curiosity, natural scepticism and a good sense of humour. Every month, Fortean Times takes you on an incredible ride where you'll enjoy learning about the most fantastic phenomena on earth.
NOT-SO-MYSTIC ROSE This month, we celebrate the career of Rose Mackenberg – hardly a household name, unlike her mentor, Harry Houdini, but nonetheless a key member of Houdini’s team of ‘ghostbusters’. Houdini’s war on fake psychics and...
In February, villagers in Mariguda, in the state of Odisha, India, were in a state of panic after five locals died in quick succession, all under mysterious circumstances. Shortly afterwards, the villagers started experiencing...
FT’S FAVOURITE HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD WORLD’S HEAVIEST CUCUMBER IN BARRY – PICTURE Barry & District News, 5 October 2023. Crocodileinfested river chosen as Olympic rowing venue D. Telegraph, 17 Sept 2026. FARMER APPEALS SEVERITY OF...
New research suggests that accumulating DNA damage limits possible human lifespan to 150-190 years. Whether anyone, or any community of people, has ever enjoyed anything approaching that sort of longevity is the subject of fierce...
Remagen Bridge at Unkel, and a car at Königswinter. France and Romania switched off nuclear power plants because the rivers held insufficient water to cool them. Reservoirs in Germany ran dry. In Prahovo, Serbia, ships from WWII emerged from...
RAMBLE ON Walkers in the Lake District have been reporting regular sightings of a naked walker on the fells, most notably around an area called (ahem) Willygrass Gill. Carl Winstanley, visiting from Wigan with his girlfriend Jenny, came...