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Review Edinburgh Fringe Ian D Montfort and Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells for Two 20 Aug 2013 | 02:16 am
Tom Binns is Ian D Montfort: Psychic Fayre Tom Binns at the Pleasance Courtyard A crowded room, slightly darkened, a tense air of expectation and then out pops Ian D Montfort. Psychic. But for tho...
Review Edinburgh Fringe Dan Willis The Walking Dead and Paul Gannon Ain't Afraid of No Ghost 13 Aug 2013 | 12:42 am
Dan Willis: The Walking Dead Dan Willis at The City Cafe There have been of late many zombie themed shows at the Fringe, some are good, some excellent and some terrible. And we have here another on...
Review Edinburgh Fringe Deborah Hyde Interview With a Vampire Expert and Death Ship 666 12 Aug 2013 | 09:15 pm
Deborah Hyde Interview With a Vampire Expert Edinburgh Skeptics at the Banshee Labyrinth Most shows at the Edinburgh Fringe are repeated but, like the Richard Wiseman event in the previous review, t...
Review Edinburgh Fringe Richard Wiseman and Morgan and West 6 Aug 2013 | 02:50 pm
Richard Wiseman Psychobabble The Assembly Rooms, George Street Most shows at the Fringe are performed repeatedly so there are plenty of options to see them but there are a few one offs and this was ...
Coming Soon... 31 Jul 2013 | 03:09 pm
Every year for a long time I've reviewed shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Edinburgh International Book Festival with Fortean overtones for Fortean Times and more recently exclusively for thi...
Blue Plaque for Charles Fort 25 Jul 2013 | 02:38 pm
Good news - Charles Fort is getting the official recognition he deserves. After lobbying the relevant committes for a blue plaque for Fort at 39 Marchmont Street, London, and being turned down, Bob R...
Minnesota Ice Man Follow Up 11 Jul 2013 | 06:01 pm
I'd previously blogged that the Minnesota Ice Man was up for sale on ebay, well here's the follow up to what's happening to it. It's been bought by the Museum of the Weird. And it goes on display st...
The child murder that gave voodoo its bad name 4 Jun 2013 | 01:03 am
An engraving–probably made from a contemporary artist's sketch–shows the eight Haitian "voodoo" devotees found guilty in February 1864 of the murder and cannibalism of a 12-year-old child. From Har...
Minnesota Ice Man - For Sale! 21 Feb 2013 | 03:40 am
After a number of blog posts about Fortean property you need something to put in it. Well how about what is claimed to be Frank Hansen's original 1960's Minnesota Ice man sideshow exhibit? A snip at...
In the cave of the witches 20 Feb 2013 | 04:54 am
When the Sect needs a new Invunche, the Council of the Cave orders a Member to steal a boy child from six months to a year old. The Deformer, a permanent resident of the Cave, starts work at once. H...
