Fortean Times UK: Strange Days - Misc http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/ The latest Misc from Fortean Times UK en-GB Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:20:29 +0000 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:20:29 +0000 webmaster.bizarre@dennis.co.uk webmaster.bizarre@dennis.co.uk Albino Muti Murders http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/3043/albino_muti_murders.html The albinos killed for their 'magical' body parts Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:31:08 +0000 In Brief http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/2743/in_brief.html News nuggets of high strangeness Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:33:33 +0000 In Brief http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/2854/in_brief.html News nuggets of high strangeness Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:33:25 +0000 Walk like a zombie! http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/2722/walk_like_a_zombie.html A postmodern version of the medieval dance of death Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:20:17 +0000 Rama's Bridge http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/2479/ramas_bridge.html Religion, science and politics don't mix, as the Indian government are finding out... Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:00:55 +0000 Graveyard fiddling - The strange history of the funerary violin http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/19/the_strange_history_of_the_funerary_violin.html Publisher falls for made-up musical history Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 The two-headed giant http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/74/the_twoheaded_giant.html Fairground exhibit has not been displayed for seven years Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 Vultures over Britain http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/77/vultures_over_britain.html More unexplained sightings of predatory birds in our skies Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 Tinfoil Helmets http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/437/tinfoil_helmets.html The idea that we can avoid mind-controlling rays from government or outer space has a long history, discovers Jen Ogilvie Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 Dead Monk Walking http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/457/dead_monk_walking.html Tom Vater attends a most unusual Buddhist ceremony to meet the 101-year-old abbot of Wat Krang Chu Si Charoensuk. Photographs by Aroon Thaewchatturat Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 Museum of Curiosities Recreated in Blackpool http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/561/museum_of_curiosities_recreated_in_blackpool.html A headless lady, a girl in a goldfish bowl and the world’s oldest magician combine this weekend to kick off a series of events that celebrate Blackpool's funfair and circus history. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 Vote for the Seven Fortean Wonders of the World! http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/578/vote_for_the_seven_fortean_wonders_of_the_world.html Naming history's über-mysteries Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 Save Salimbeni's 'Sputnik' http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/579/save_salimbenis_sputnik.html Italian church needs your help in restoring this wonderful oddity Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 Sutton Wild Man http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/707/sutton_wild_man.html The mysterious Bark Foot Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 Where the Great Old Ones Are http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/717/where_the_great_old_ones_are.html Artist Toren Atkinson has spliced his favourite characters from H.P. Lovecraft and Maurice Sendak (creator of Where the Wild Things Are) to great effect here.  It's also available as a t-shirt.  Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 Little Savages take over the Natural History Museum http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/754/little_savages_take_over_the_natural_history_museum.html New exhibition uses sculpture, drawings and video to show tiny, vicious fairies invading the museum Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 Voice-altering Dalek Mask http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/781/voicealtering_dalek_mask.html This year's must-have grotesquerie Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 Tsantsas on Resonance FM http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/918/tsantsas_on_resonance_fm.html Discussion of the ancient art of head shrinking Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 Fortean Nights http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/939/fortean_nights.html FT presents award for most fortean short film Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 Alan Moore http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/945/alan_moore.html Talk and reading Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 Seeing is Believing http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/misc/942/seeing_is_believing.html Exhibition of Harry Price pictures and contemporary photographs suggesting the strange or paranormal Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100