London Fortean Society

The Derbyshire Mummified Fairy 8pm (doors 7.30pm) Thursday 30 April 2015 £3 / £2 concessions. Advanced tickets (10% booking fee) The Vaults Bar, Dirty Dicks , 202 Bishopsgate, City of London EC2M 4NR Bus / train / tube: Liverpool Street Facebook event page .  Up there with The Fiji Mermaid, the Area 51 Alien Autopsy film and The Cottingley Fairies, the Derbyshire Mummified Fairy is considered to be one of the greatest hoaxes of modern times. Still 'going viral' and stirring people's imaginations globally, the hoax creator Dan Baines gives a full account of what he did, why he did it and the strange repercussions that followed.  Those expecting a talk on the non-existence of fairies and how he fooled millions of believers think again. Dan's cautionary tale presents a modern account on what can happen when one unexpectedly opens a door to a long forgotten world and the secrets it can uncover. Each events begins with our fortmanteau of topical fortean sto

8pm (doors 7.30pm) Thursday 26 March 2015 £3 / £2 concessions. Sold out! Please contact us for door tickets.   The Vaults Bar, Dirty Dicks , 202 Bishopsgate, City of London EC2M 4NR Bus / train / tube: Liverpool Street Join us for a night of shrines and magic in London with three expert City explorers and magical practitioners. Caroline Wise: The Lost Goddess of London In the City there was once a great goddess. She resurfaces at various times. Who is she? Why is she here? Where can we find her and what Fortean phenomena has she generated? Peter Watts: London's Secret Shrine Exploring London's secret shrines, from spoons to skateboards and how the city commemorates the dead. Peter Watts is a writer and London nerd who has written about architecture, beer, buses, drugs, music, tunnels, boats, zoos and pretty much everything else in between. John Constable: Goose and Crow at Crossbones Graveyard John Constable aka John Crow is the author of The Southwark Myste