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Mike Dash (born 1963) is a Welsh
Wales

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 writer, journalist and researcher. Born in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, he attended the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge

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 and King's College London
King's College London

King's College London is a United Kingdom higher education institution and co-founding constituent college of the University of London. Founded by George IV of the United Kingdom and the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in 1829, its royal charter is predated, in England, only by those of the Universities of University of Oxford and Un...
, and holds a PhD in naval history for the thesis British Submarine Policy 1853–1918.

Dash worked for 20 years as contributing editor and publisher of the journal Fortean Times
Fortean Times

Fortean Times - "The World of Strange Phenomena" - is a United Kingdom monthly magazine devoted to the Anomaly popularised by Charles Fort....
, which specialises in the study and research of strange and anomalous phenomena. He is regarded as one of the most serious modern investigators into such phenomena, preferring the use of first hand sources and other historically accurate information.






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Mike Dash (born 1963) is a Welsh
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
 writer, journalist and researcher. Born in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, he attended the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
 and King's College London
King's College London

King's College London is a United Kingdom higher education institution and co-founding constituent college of the University of London. Founded by George IV of the United Kingdom and the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in 1829, its royal charter is predated, in England, only by those of the Universities of University of Oxford and Un...
, and holds a PhD in naval history for the thesis British Submarine Policy 1853–1918.

Dash worked for 20 years as contributing editor and publisher of the journal Fortean Times
Fortean Times

Fortean Times - "The World of Strange Phenomena" - is a United Kingdom monthly magazine devoted to the Anomaly popularised by Charles Fort....
, which specialises in the study and research of strange and anomalous phenomena. He is regarded as one of the most serious modern investigators into such phenomena, preferring the use of first hand sources and other historically accurate information. His works investigate misconceptions and errors in the field of strange phenomena, typically finding a middle path between "believers" (who, in Dash's view, often accept extraordinary or unusual claims without investigation or on scant evidence) and skeptics and debunker
Debunker

A debunker is an individual who discredits and exposes claims as being false, exaggerated or pretentious. The term is closely associated with scientific skepticism of topics such as Unidentified flying objects, claimed paranormal phenomena, conspiracy theories, alternative medicine, religion, research outside mainstream science or pseudoscie...
s (who, in Dash's view, often overlook interesting or valuable evidence in their seeming desire to disprove alleged paranormal or anomalous phenomena). In Borderlands (1997), Dash repeatedly notes that researchers of unusual phenomena must always be wary of potential hoax
Hoax

A hoax is a deliberate attempt to dupe, deceive or deception an audience into believing, or accepting, that something is real, when in fact it is not; or that something is true, when in fact it is false....
es; time and again people have perpetrated elaborate pranks or hoaxes with little motive other than to fool others.

Dash has published six books, and a number of articles and papers in Fortean Times and later spin-off titles such as the academic annual Fortean Studies, published from 1994 through 2000.

Bibliography

  • The Limit: Engineering at the Boundaries of Science. BBC, 1995. ISBN 0-563-37117-X.
  • Borderlands: The Ultimate Exploration of the Unknown. Dell, 1997. ISBN 0-440-23656-8.
  • Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused. Crown, 2000. ISBN 0-609-60439-2.
  • Batavia's Graveyard
    Batavia's Graveyard

    Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny is a 2003 book by Mike Dash about the mutiny by survivors of the Netherlands ship Batavia , shipwrecked on the Western Australian coast in 1629....
    : The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny    . Three Rivers Press, 2003. ISBN 0-609-80716-1.
  • Thug: The True Story of India's Murderous Cult. Granta Books, 2005. ISBN 1-86207-604-9.
  • Satan's Circus: Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, and New York's Trial of the Century. Crown Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-0-307-39522-1.


External links

  • at the Charles Fort Institute