Mike Dash (born 1963) is a Welsh writer, historian and researcher. Born in London, he attended the University of Cambridge and King's College London, 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, which specialises in the study and research of strange and anomalous phenomena.

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  • Mike Dash (born 1963) is a Welsh writer, historian and researcher. Born in London, he attended the University of Cambridge and King's College London, 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, 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 debunkers (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 hoaxes; time and again people have perpetrated elaborate pranks or hoaxes with little motive other than to fool others. Dash has published seven 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. His most recent title, The First Family, is a new history of Giuseppe Morello and the establishment of the Mafia in the United States.
  • Mike Dash ist ein walisischer Historiker, Journalist, Forscher und Buchautor. Dash studierte Geschichte an der Universität Cambridge und dem King’s College London und promovierte über Britische U-Boot-Politik 1853–1918. Über 20 Jahre gab Dash die Zeitschrift Fortean Times heraus, die sich auf die Erforschung parawissenschaftlicher Phänomene spezialisiert hat und in der Nachfolge Charles Forts steht. In Deutschland sind von Dash u.a. Bücher über den Untergang der Batavia und den holländischen Tulpenwahn im 17. Jahrhundert erschienen.
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  • Mike Dash (born 1963) is a Welsh writer, historian and researcher. Born in London, he attended the University of Cambridge and King's College London, 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, which specialises in the study and research of strange and anomalous phenomena.
  • Mike Dash ist ein walisischer Historiker, Journalist, Forscher und Buchautor. Dash studierte Geschichte an der Universität Cambridge und dem King’s College London und promovierte über Britische U-Boot-Politik 1853–1918. Über 20 Jahre gab Dash die Zeitschrift Fortean Times heraus, die sich auf die Erforschung parawissenschaftlicher Phänomene spezialisiert hat und in der Nachfolge Charles Forts steht. In Deutschland sind von Dash u.a.
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  • Mike Dash
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