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The Mag: Issue 259

On sale from 4 Feb

Robin Hood and the Templars of Doom -
The forgotten history of England's most famous outlaw

A couple of Knights Templar features this month, as we ask whether the historical figure behind the Robin Hood legend might have been a Templar, and investigate some ancient graffiti that might be the missing link between the Templars and the Holy Grail. Plus we sink our teeth into werewolves, with a look at science's role in turning belief in lycanthropy into belief in Bigfoot, and with a piece on Paul Naschy, the Iberian horror icon who adapted the classic monster movie to explore the beast lurking within Franco's Spain.

Also in this issue we clamber over the ruins of a Byzantine ghost town, investigate tales of a Czech poltergeist, try to get directions from moss, are puzzled by a craze for fake petrified giants, and make our UFO correspondents confess to being MI5 agents.


	Robin Hood, the Last Templar Was Britain's most famous man in tights actually a warrior monk?

	Lost Graffiti of the Templars Investigating the origins and meanings of the graffiti left by the Knights Templar in southwestern France

	Where have all the werewolves gone? Did the arrival of Darwin's theory of evolution put paid to a widespread belief in half-human creatures?

	Straight from the horse's mane Considering whether fairies might be behind the horse mane plaiting mystery

	The Spanish Werewolf The cinematic legacy of the late Paul Naschy