We like to think and talk about strange and excluded things: from ghosts and UFOs to forgotten history and strange beliefs. See below for more details.
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Our meeting point is Blackfriars Station, north end of Blackfriars Bridge. 0795 201 2487 if you are lost! Saturday 31 October 2015 3pm-5pm £5 We've just taken the tickets off-sale for this as we've got to print the guest list off. There are still spaces to if you would like ot come along meet up at Blackfriars Station, Queen Victoria Street, Queen Victoria Street, EC4V 4D Meet at the north end of Queen Victoria Street, Queen Victoria Street, EC4V 4DY. Join London Fortean Society host Scott Wood on a walk across the haunted square mile. How much horror is there is the City of London? Join Scott Wood for a sunset ramble
through the Square Mile. Where the Devil met a coachman, where a mummified ghost walks, where the dead rose and where demons stare down on to the street. There will be haunted pubs, haunted stations, haunted churches, the ghost of Dick Whittington's Cat, an undead bank clerk and much more. Scott is writes irregularly for Londonist and is the author of Urban Legends of London: The Corpse on the Tube and Other Stories.
Bankside Ghosts and Monsters Walk Friday 30 October 2015 7-8.30pm (approx) £5 We've just taken the tickets off-sale for this as we've got to print the guest list off. There are still spaces to if you would like ot come along meet up at Southwark tube station, 68-70 Blackfriars Road, SE1 at 7pm Meet at the exit for Southwark Station, 68 - 70 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8JZ
The Bankside Ghost
A riverside and Borough back-street tour of Southwark’s ghostly and magical past and folklore. Hear legends of London Bridge, violent wives from beyond the grave, the fury of an undead baker, secret seances at the Globe and the foodie poltergeist of Skeleton Corner and much more. Your guide is London Fortean Society host Scott Wood. Scott is the irregular writer of Fortean London for Londonist and the author of London Urban Legends: The Corpse of the Tube.
Why should people who believe in ghosts have all the fun? Come walk the atmospheric and ancient streets of Smithfield and Farringdon hearing of the stories of screaming Anne, ghosts of inconveniently alive judges, carpet lifting pub spirits,the horrible secret of Bleeding Heart Yard and the ghost of Scratching Fanny on Cock Lane (to name but a few). This circular-ish walk will be funny, irreverent, and informative and will wonder what ghosts are what ghost stories say about who we are and how we think about the world. No ghosts were harmed in the making of this walk;
This is a walk for anyone interested in ghost stories and London be they sceptical or otherwise. All are welcome. Your guide is London Fortean Society host Scott Wood. Scott is the irregular writer for Londonist and the author of London Urban Legends: The Corpse of the Tube. Saturday 31 October 2013
7pm-8.30pm £5 Meet outside Farringdon station on Cowcross Street, EC1
7.45pm Thursday 29 October 2015 £4 / £2 concessions Advanced ticketsThis event has now sold out sorry! The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Train & Tube: Liverpool Street. Tube: Aldgate, Aldgate East Facebook page
Halloween is scratching at our door once more, whispering that it is time for our annual look into the intangible world of ghosts*. This year we wanted to hear from people who have encountered ghosts, ask them what happened and what the encounter meant to them.
Paul Turp
Chris French
Al Robertson is a writer and musician. He is the author of Crashing Heaven and many spooky short stories.
Professor Christopher French is a Professor of Psychology and Co-ordinator, Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit. His research areas include the psychology of paranormal belief and ostensibly paranormal experiences.
The Rev Paul Turp is the vicar of St Leonard's church, Shoreditch. He has been vicar of Shoreditch for 32 years. He has a doctorate in The Theology of Metaphysics and has regularly helps people who have had disturbing experiences.
Al Robertson
In the discussion following these short talks the audience will be invited to share their ghostly encounters while we all wonder what we really talk about when we talk about ghosts. *We do ghosts a lot, actually, but we do make sure we always do ghosts at the event nearest to Halloween.
7.45pm Monday 19 October 2015 £4 / £2 concessions The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Train & Tube: Liverpool Street. Tube: Aldgate, Aldgate East Facebook page Join Mark Pilkington, Micah Hanks and more for as we ask the question: “What do we really talk about when we talk about UFOs?”
Aliens and UFO’s glide through every part of popular culture and are one of the most popular fortean topics. But what do we really talk about when we talk about UFOs? Do we mean alien invasion, sky phantoms, military conspiracies, psychic and paranormal phenomena , mass delusions or something else entirely? The London Fortean Society has assembled a panel from some of the diverse edges of Ufology to discuss the state of UFOs, UFO thought and to ponder what the questions, as well as answers, we may need to work out the world of UFOs and UFO lore. Mark Pilkington has written two books, Mirage Men (2010) andFar Out: 101 Strange Tales from Science’s Outer Edge (2007).
His writing has been published in numerous magazines and anthologies, including The Anomalist, Celeste, FHM, Fortean Times, Frieze, Sight and Sound, The Wire, the Time Out Book of London Walks Vol.2 and London Noir. Mark runs Strange Attractor Press and edits its acclaimed anthologies, Strange Attractor Journal. Micah Hanks is a writer, researcher, podcaster, lecturer and radio personality whose work addresses a variety of areas, including history, politics, scientific theories and unexplained phenomena. He is author of several books, including his most recent work, The Ghost Rockets, as well as his 2011 release Magic, Mysticism and the Molecule: The Search for
Sentient Intelligence from Other Worlds. In 2012, his book The UFO Singularity explored themes that incorporated futurism and technology–and at times skeptically–into an analysis of UFO phenomenon. Hanks has served as a consulting editor and columnist for FATE Magazine, and he is a staff blogger for Mysterious Universe. He produces the weekly Gralien Report podcast in addition to a news and current events podcast, Middle Theory
Mike Clelland blogs at Hidden Experience . We are very keen to hear of his research in to 'owls and the UFO abductee' and more.
More panelists to be announced shortly. 7.45pm Monday 19 October 2015 £4 / £2 concessions The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Train & Tube: Liverpool Street. Tube: Aldgate, Aldgate East Facebook page
