London Fortean Society

Tuesday 25 November 2025 The Tomb of the Mili Mongga   While exploring and discovering an entire recently extinct mammal fauna on an Indonesian island, Prof Samuel Turvey heard stories of a mysterious wildman called the mili mongga, a giant yeti-like beast supposedly living in the island's remote forests.  Professor of Conservation Biology at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Sam Turvey draws together scientific exploration, anthropology, cryptozoology, folklore and more in this fascinating talk, which explores the many reasons why we might believe in stories about wildmen. The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street E1 7EX  (Tubes: Liverpool Street, Aldgate, Aldgate East) Tuesday 25 November 2025 8pm (Doors 7.30) Tickets £5/£3 https://wegottickets.com/event/681091/  

Whose claws are scratching at the church door? What’s that ghost tumbling over the moor? Who’s that figure cut into the earth? What can I do to lift this curse?  Join us for a legendary trip through the seventh Haunted Landscape, our day of expert talks on British ghosts, magic, and folklore. Photo by Henrik L. on Unsplash The Haunted Landscape: Ghosts, Magic and Lore 22 November 2025 10 am - 5 pm  In advance: Standard £25 / Living Support £17 / Student £21 (inc. £2 venue levy) Advance Tickets Online: £12   (inc. £2 venue levy)  Advance Tickets Conway Hall , 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL Tube: Holborn London Fortean Email List Age Recommendation: All ages. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. Photo by AJO JOSE on Unsplash E. Jay Gilbert – Ghost Stories and Their Afterlives Mark Norman – The Folklore of Churches and Churchyards Jeremy Harte – The Devil in Church Rachel Poulton – Unseen: In Search of the Sublime and Spirit of Place in the Haunted La...

Tuesday 28 October 2025 Fifty-plus Years of Fortean Television   Since the late 1960s, there has been a largely unbroken strand of television programmes concerning the weird, the rum and the downright uncanny. From the days of three channels to today's several hundred, there have been fortean-themed shows from the famous (and notorious) to the deeply – and often rightfully – obscure and from the sublime to the ridiculous.  One half of the Fortean Times “resident couch potatoes”, Stu Neville , takes a not entirely reverent ramble through the last five decades of weirdness-themed telly. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street E1 7EX (Tubes: Liverpool Street, Aldgate, Aldgate East) Date: Tuesday 28 October 2025 Time: 8pm (Doors 7.30) Tickets £5/£3: https://wegottickets.com/event/678167/  

SORRY -- This event is now sold out   EXTRA! Book Launch:  An Opinionated Guide to Haunted London NOTE: This is an extra meeting at the Bell -- not the usual day! SOLD OUT    London is probably the most haunted city on earth, and in the latest addition to Hoxton Mini Press’s “Opinionated Guide” series, Fortean Times ’s news editor Ian Simmons takes you on a tour around some of the city's spookiest sites. Ian will be talking about some of the best stories from the book, as well as a few that didn't make it.  Copies will be available for purchase and signing. There will be wine... This event is free but please "buy" a ticket as usual because of room capacity. SOLD OUT Date: Thursday 16 October 2025 Time: 8pm (Doors 7.30) Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street E1 7EX Tubes: Liverpool Street, Aldgate, Aldgate East Tickets: Free --  https://wegottickets.com/event/676242/   SOLD OUT  

9th October 2025  7 pm (Doors 6.30 pm) Conway Hall , 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL Whether a sceptic or paranormal enthusiast, we all know a haunted house when we see one. From Medieval Scotland to Enlightenment-era London, Victorian suburbs to pre-Civil War Louisiana, Caitlin Blackwell-Baines will explore the particular features, contexts and histories that lend a building the dreaded identity of a haunted house. How to Build A Haunted House 9th October 2025  7 pm (Doors 6.30 pm) £10 standard / £6 Living Support / £7 Students /  £7 Online /  Advance Booking Conway Hall , 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL Tube: Holborn London Fortean Email List   What makes a house haunted? Why do some buildings conjure up a reputation for being particularly creepy, while others leave us unmoved? Barring the possibility of a looming afterlife, what are the particular features, contexts and histories that lend a building the dreaded identity of haunted house? Caitlin B...

Tuesday 30 September 2025 Posthumous Indignities of the Famous   This illustrated presentation tells the shameful tale of the posthumous ignominy inflicted on some notable corpses over the last thousand years. City of London guide and cemetery supremo Rob Stephenson tells how defilement has been visited upon the sacred remains of kings and queens as well as the honoured dead like Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin.  (The image here is of Oliver Cromwell.)  Tuesday 30 September 2025 8pm (Doors 7.30) The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street E1 7EX (Tubes: Liverpool Street, Aldgate, Aldgate East) Tickets £5/£3  https://wegottickets.com/event/674558/