"Fortean Times: The Journal of Strange Phenomena" purpose is to continue the documentary work of an American writer and researcher who specialized in what?
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Bob Rickard Robert "Bob" J M Rickard is the founder and editor of the UK magazine "Fortean Times: The Journal of Strange Phenomena", which debuted in 1973 under its original title "The News". The magazine's express purpose is to continue the documentary work of Charles Fort on the strange, anomalous and unexplained. In addition to his editorial role, Rickard has written several books and hundreds of articles on a wide range of Fortean topics. In 1981, he was a founding member of ASSAP and is also the founder of the Charles Fort Institute.
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Charles Fort Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 – May 3, 1932) was an American writer and researcher who specialized in anomalous phenomena. The terms "Fortean" and "Forteana" are sometimes used to characterize various such phenomena. Fort's books sold well and are still in print. His work continues to inspire admirers, who refer to themselves as "Forteans", and has influenced some aspects of science fiction.
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Ed Yong Edmund Soon-Weng Yong (born 1981), commonly known as Ed Yong, is a British science journalist. His blog "Not Exactly Rocket Science" is published as part of the National Geographic "Phenomena" blog network. Previously his work has been published by "Nature", "Scientific American", the BBC, "Slate", "The Guardian", "The Times", "New Scientist", "Wired", "The New York Times" and "The New Yorker". He has been a permanent staff member of "The Atlantic" since 2015.
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Cari Beauchamp Cari Beauchamp (born 1951, Berkeley, California) is an American author, historian, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. She authored the biography "Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood" which was subsequently made into a documentary film. She is currently the resident scholar of the "Mary Pickford Foundation".
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Ted Newsom Ted Newsom (born December 3, 1952) is an American writer, director, producer and actor. Newsom has worked primarily as a documentary filmmaker, specializing in documentaries on the history of the horror and science fiction film.
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Near-death studies Near-death studies is a field of psychology and psychiatry that studies the physiology, phenomenology and after-effects of the near-death experience (NDE). The field was originally associated with a distinct group of North American researchers that followed up on the initial work of Raymond Moody, and who later established the International Association for Near-death Studies (IANDS) and the "Journal of Near-Death Studies". Since then the field has expanded, and now includes contributions from a wide range of researchers and commentators worldwide.
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Jim Graczyk Jim Graczyk (born 1969) is an American researcher and author on the subject of ghosts. He is the research assistant for the Ghost Research Society. He is an American non-fiction writer of a series of books in the "Haunted Field Guide" series. He is a member of the Society of Midland Authors.
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Frederic Raphael Frederic Michael Raphael (born 14 August 1931) is an American-born, British-educated, screenwriter, biographer, nonfiction writer, novelist and journalist.
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Haunting Evidence Haunting Evidence is an American documentary television series following the travels of a psychic profiler, a medium, and a paranormal investigator. The trio travels the United States investigating "cold case" homicide and missing persons cases. The premise of the series was that this "team of unconventional investigators" could shed new light on unsolved crimes.
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Robert Baer Robert Booker "Bob" Baer (born July 1, 1952) is an American author and a former CIA case officer who was primarily assigned to the Middle East. He is "Time"'s intelligence columnist and has contributed to "Vanity Fair", "The Wall Street Journal", and "The Washington Post". Baer is a frequent commentator and author about issues related to international relations, espionage and U.S. foreign policy. Currently he is a reality television host on the History Channel's program "Hunting Hitler." He is an Intelligence and Security Analyst for CNN.
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Michael Specter Michael Specter (born 1955) is an American journalist who has been a staff writer, focusing on science and technology, and global public health at "The New Yorker" since September 1998. He has also written for "The Washington Post" and "The New York Times".
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Fred Eggan Frederick Russell Eggan (September 12, 1906 in Seattle, Washington – May 7, 1991) was an American anthropologist best known for his innovative application of the principles of British social anthropology to the study of Native American tribes. He was the favorite student of the British social anthropologist A. R. Radcliffe-Brown during Radcliffe-Brown's years at the University of Chicago. His fieldwork was among Pueblo peoples in the southwestern U.S. Eggan later taught at Chicago himself. His students there included Sol Tax.
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Rick Sloane Rick Sloane (born August 22, 1961, in Los Angeles) is an American cult film maker. He is credited as writer, director, producer, Film editor and cinematographer of much of his own work. He is perhaps best known for his B-movie-grade, camp horror film "Hobgoblins," which was revived during its television airing on "Mystery Science Theater 3000", where the hosts were as critical of Sloane as a director as they were of the film itself.
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Barrie Zwicker Barrie Wallace Zwicker (born November 5, 1934) is a Canadian alternative media journalist, documentary producer, and political activist. He is best known for his documentary work, which has dealt primarily with 9/11 conspiracy theories.
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Forensic Files (season 9) "Forensic Files" is an American documentary-style series which reveals how forensic science is used to solve violent crimes, mysterious accidents, and even outbreaks of illness. The show is broadcast on truTV, narrated by Peter Thomas, and produced by Medstar Television, in association with truTV Original Productions. It has broadcast 400 episodes since its debut on TLC in 1996 as "Medical Detectives". The Show Ran From 1996 To 2011
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Forensic Files Forensic Files is an American documentary-style series that reveals how forensic science is used to solve violent crimes, mysterious accidents, and even outbreaks of illness. The show was originally broadcast on TLC, narrated by Peter Thomas, and produced by Medstar Television, distributed by FilmRise, in association with truTV Original Productions. It broadcast 404 episodes from its debut on TLC in 1996 as "Medical Detectives" until 2011. Reruns shown on HLN were initially retitled "Mystery Detectives" before settling with the main title of the show in 2014.
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Stephen Budiansky Stephen Budiansky is an American author who writes primarily about history and science. He is a former national security correspondent, foreign editor, and deputy editor of "U.S. News & World Report" and former Washington editor of the scientific journal "Nature." He was also for many years a correspondent for "The Atlantic Monthly".
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James B. Norman James Burton Norman Jr. (born 1952) is an American photographer, author, and cultural historian.
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Rebecca D. Costa Rebecca Dazai Costa (born April 11, 1955) is an American sociobiologist, author, and radio host She is best known for her controversial book, "The Watchman's Rattle", which offers an evolutionary explanation for modern problems such as government gridlock, terrorism, obesity, the decline in education, violence, etc. National Public Radio's "EarthSky" said, "Rebecca Costa is a sociobiologist who spots and explains emerging trends in relationship to human evolution, global markets, and new technologies." Costa is an authority on biological imperatives which frequently drive economic, political and social agendas. She has been featured in "The New York Times", "USA Today", "Washington Post", "Larry King Live", etc.
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Allen Spraggett Allen Spraggett (born 1932) is a Canadian writer and broadcaster, known for his works concerning the paranormal.
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Kathy Reichs Kathleen Joan Toelle Reichs ( ; born July 7, 1948) is an American crime writer, forensic anthropologist and academic. She is an adjunct professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte; as of 2016 she is on indefinite leave. She is also affiliated with the "Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale" for the province of Quebec. She is one of 100 anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and is on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Her schedule also involves a number of speaking engagements around the world. Reichs has been a producer for the TV series "Bones", which is loosely based on her novels, which in turn, are inspired by her life. She has two daughters, Kerry and Courtney, and one son, Brendan.
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John Daniel Rogers John Daniel Rogers, Ph.D. (born October 30, 1954) is a Curator of Archaeology in the Department of Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. He is well known for his archaeological work with the Spiro Mounds in Oklahoma and other sites in the southeastern United States, and has studied the rise of chiefdoms and empires across the world.