Fortean Times - General Content

General Content

The identification of correct original sources by contributors is a defining feature of the magazine, as it was for Charles Fort himself. However, the "objective reality" of these reports is not as important. The magazine "maintains a position of benevolent scepticism towards both the orthodox and the unorthodox" and "toes no party line". The range of subject matter is extremely broad, including but not limited to the following:

  • General Forteana
  • Anomalous phenomena
  • Apparitions
  • Bizarre deaths
  • Conspiracy theories
  • Crop circles
  • Cryptozoology
  • Cults and would-be Messiahs and prophets.
  • Fringe science
  • Hoaxes
  • Millennialism, eschatology, and cases of mass hysteria.
  • Mutants (human and animal)
  • Parapsychology
  • Religious phenomena (stigmata, appearances and simulacra and miracles, etc.)
  • Natural simulacra
  • UFOs
  • Urban legends

Fortean Times also frequently covers the Ig Nobel Prizes, as well as unusual aspects of mainstream science and research.

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