Tricks of Memory. Peter Rogerson
This article was first published as ‘Peter Rogerson’s Northern Echoes’, in Magonia 65, November 1998....
View ArticleTruth, Tales and Catalogues. Peter Rogerson
This article first appeared as Peter Rogerson’s ‘Northern Echoes’ column in Magonia 62, February 19978 Truth, Tales and Catalogues In his 25 Years Ago column in the pages of the previous issue of our...
View ArticleShift of Emphasis: Comments Peter Rogerson
Following on from John Harney’s ‘Shift of Emphasis’ editorial in MUFOB 2, 2, we received the following letter. It was the first communication we received from Peter Rogerson, who is now a mainstay of...
View ArticleDiscussing New Directions. Ron Westrum and Peter Rogerson
In MUFOB volume 6, number 4, April 1974 (the last before the Great Hiatus) American ufologist Ronald Westrum responded to Peter Rogerson’s suggestions for ‘New Direction in UFO Research’ which appeared...
View ArticleThe Last Warrington Witch. Peter Rogerson
We associate the late survival of witchcraft beliefs into the Victorian age with remote rural settlements, so it comes as surprise to see them associated with a quintessential Northern industrial town....
View ArticleThe Butter Boggart of Old Lostock
In my review of Karl Bell’s The Magical Imagination, I mentioned that there was a story from my own area which I intended to look into, So here it is; the story of the mysterious appearance of butter...
View ArticleThe Pill-Maker’s Poltergeist. Peter Rogerson
The Pill Maker’s Poltergeist and Other Tales of Urban Ghosts. Peter Rogerson In his always fascinating ‘Ghostwatch’ column in Fortean Times 291, Alan Murdie draws our attention to the phenomena of...
View ArticlePeter Rogerson – The Manchester Ghosts of 1861
January 1861 saw two strange ghost stories from Manchester, the first is an early example of the “haunted inn”, which is now a staple of ghostlore. The mysterious ringing of bells has similarities to...
View ArticleThe Bristol Vortex, by Peter Rogerson
Peter Rogerson’s research into ghostly and Fortean happenings reported in nineteenth-century local newspapers continues with this court report of an extraordinary series of events that feature in...
View ArticleWhen Springheeled Jack Wore GaloshesPeter Rogerson
When Spring Heel Jack wore Galoshes. Flash mobs, phantoms and Men in Black in 1920s Warrington This is the full story of Spring Heeled Jack in Warrington in 1927 as told through the newspapers of the...
View ArticleOff Limits; Ufology and the Deconstruction of Reality. Peter Rogerson
From Magonia 30, August 1988 When I wrote my column ‘Northern Echoes’ to mark the 20th anniversary of MUFORG two years ago l practically wrote the obituary for ufology. Recent developments show that...
View ArticleFarewell to Monorail Dreaming. Peter Rogerson
The fall of Concorde and the end of the Twentieth Century From Magonia 72, ‘Northern Echoes’, October 2000 Every so often in 2000, the undead but prematurely buried twentieth century has given the odd...
View ArticleDeep Secrets: Reviewing the Conspiracy Literature. Peter Rogerson
From Magonia 60, August 1997 Shortly before his untimely death our colleague Roger Sandell had planned to write a major article on the growing influence of conspiracy theories and fusion paranoia. If...
View ArticleAnd the Dog Began to Howl. Peter Rogerson
From Magonia 27, September 1987 The other day a young man came into my office, seeking the history of his house: who had lived in it and especially who might have died. Was it just curiosity? No,...
View ArticleThe Sun Maiden. Peter Rogerson
An examination of some mythological traditions, with relevance to contemporary ufology From MUFOB volume 4, number 2, June 1971 Since the publication of Vallée’s Passport to Magonia there has been a...
View ArticleGhost Writers; A Brief Overview. Peter Rogerson
From Magonia 11, 1982 Ghosts are making a belated academic comeback, with officially sponsored volumes by the Folklore Society (1) and the Society for Psychical Research (3), and a detailed social...
View ArticleA Panorama of Ufological Visions Peter Rogerson
From MUFON, new series 3, Summer 1976 When the last article I wrote for MUFOB was being written in the Autumn of 1973 a great wave was about to break in the USA. That wave at a time of great … Continue...
View ArticlePsychological Theories of UFOs Peter Rogerson
Originally published in Merseyside UFO Bulletin, volume 4, number 4, September/October 1971 During the past 2-3 years there has been a growing interest in, and discussion of, possible psychological...
View ArticleFairies and Fireballs. Peter Rogerson
From MUFOB New Series 9, Winter 1977-78 A Moravian fairy-tale communicated to GEPA, the well-known French UFO group, by a Mr Chaloupek, relates how, one day in the mid seventeenth century in the...
View ArticleUFOs, Phantom Helicopters and Contemporary Panics. Peter Rogerson and John...
In Merseyside UFO Bulletin, volume 6, number 2, August 1973, Peter Rogerson wrote: UFOs AND CONTEMPORARY PANICS A few weeks ago, in a collection of clippings on UFO events, loaned to me by Nigel...
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