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ArticleIN SEARCH OF THE TATZELWURM: DIVERSE CRYPTID OF THE ALPS

ULRICH MAGIN has scoured the archives and collected the reports. Now he crunches the data in an attempt to make sense of the wildly varying descriptions of the weirdest cryptid of the Alps, the aggressive and poisonous Tatzelwurm with its...

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ArticleSTEPHEN WARD: BLACK MAGIC OSTEOPATH

The 1963 Profumo scandal has generated more than its fair share of books and articles over the years, but what do we really know about the role of society doctor Stephen Ward in the case? CHRISTOPHER JOSIFFE and DAVID SOUTHWELL explore the...

✒ CHRISTOPHER JOSIFFE is the author of Gef! The Strange Tale of an Extra-Special Talking Mongoose (2017). His biography of Eric Dingwall is due to be published later this year.

ArticleTRADING POPE LEO FOR POPLIO: THE HERETICAL CULT OF POKÉMON EVANGELISM

✑ SD TUCKER is a regular contributor to FT and the author of the ‘Strange Statesmen’ column. He is the author of Forgotten Science (2016) Blithe Spirits (2020) and The Saucer and the Swastika (2022).

ArticleSTRANGE DAYS

A digest of the worldwide weird, including: ghostly letters, First Contact guidelines, animals go shopping, teleporting troubles...

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ArticleTreasures on Earth JEREMY HARTE

It could be you. There are millions of pounds’ worth of ancient gold and silver still out there in the countryside, waiting for the light of day to fall once again on jewelled cups, shining torques, ancient crowns and chests of coin. From Roman...

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ArticlePECULIAR POSTCARDS

63. DARE DEVIL PEGGY AND SON Frank Calladine Gadsby was born in Basford, a suburb to the north of Nottingham, in early 1882. As a young boy he dislocated his hip and had to have one leg amputated, but this did nothing to slow him down. He...