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The people, organisations, programmes and places that keep turning up. Each page gathers every case that mentions them.

  • Mike Dash 14 stories

    A Fortean historian and writer, Mike Dash turns up across the archive as the careful voice in the debate.

  • Andy Roberts 12 stories

    A writer and researcher who returns again and again as a sceptical voice, most often working alongside David Clarke.

  • Blake Smith 10 stories

    A sceptic and co-host of the MonsterTalk podcast, Blake Smith has spent years taking apart famous photographs and monster reports.

  • Richard Freeman 8 stories

    A zoologist with the Centre for Fortean Zoology, Richard Freeman turns up wherever the archive's strange animals lead.

  • Ulrich Magin 6 stories

    A writer on Fortean subjects, Ulrich Magin turns up wherever old wonders need a second look.

  • Michael Newton 5 stories

    A cryptozoology author whose books turn up again and again in the sea serpent files.

  • Peter Haining 5 stories

    An author whose books sit behind many retellings of the Spring-heeled Jack legend.

  • Ron Schaffner 5 stories

    A Fortean investigator from Ohio, Ron Schaffner turns up across decades of creature cases.

  • Dash 3 stories

    Mike Dash is a researcher and writer whose work runs through the archive's Spring-heeled Jack cases.

  • Jon Downes 3 stories

    Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology, Jon Downes turns up again and again where Britain's strange animals are hunted.

  • Vincent Gaddis 3 stories

    A Crawfordsville reporter and member of the Fortean Society.