Comments on: A New Edition of “Jadoo”! http://www.johnkeel.com/?p=1522 NOT AN AUTHORITY ON ANYTHING Fri, 17 May 2013 18:03:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Doug http://www.johnkeel.com/?p=1522&cpage=1#comment-105704 Doug Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:47:13 +0000 http://www.johnkeel.com/?p=1522#comment-105704 Thanks, Bill! I think you’ll enjoy the extra material…

]]> By: Doug http://www.johnkeel.com/?p=1522&cpage=1#comment-105699 Doug Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:42:27 +0000 http://www.johnkeel.com/?p=1522#comment-105699 No, John never did revisit his old Jadoo haunts. I guess he didn’t have the time or money.

The prolific John Macklin is a bit of a mystery. Researchers have tried tracking him down from time to time, but come up with nothing. He was, as you suggest, probably a house name. But he wasn’t Keel, as far as I know; whoever was behind the Macklin mask probably just swiped the witch story.

]]> By: Paul Thompson http://www.johnkeel.com/?p=1522&cpage=1#comment-105662 Paul Thompson Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:42:12 +0000 http://www.johnkeel.com/?p=1522#comment-105662 Hello! Seeing this entry inspired me to re-read my copy of JADOO (I have the British hardcover). I had two questions occur to me after I finished. Did Keel ever return to Egypt, India, or Sikkim? He seems to have made some friends there. My other question is more obscure. Near the end of JADOO Keel describes a run-in with a “witch” in the village of Dikchu. This incident, rewritten and not using Keel’s name, appears as a ‘strange but true’ story in a quickie paranormal paperback by one John Macklin. I’ve always thought Macklin was a house name. Is it possible Keel wrote the Macklin book, or did Macklin just borrow the witch of Dikchu story without so much as a by-your-leave?

I don’t own the book any more, but this might be it: http://www.amazon.com/Enigma-John-Macklin/dp/B000GP57CU/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357925897&sr=1-5.

Paul B. Thompson

]]> By: William ("Bill") J. Grabowski http://www.johnkeel.com/?p=1522&cpage=1#comment-104075 William ("Bill") J. Grabowski Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:17:59 +0000 http://www.johnkeel.com/?p=1522#comment-104075 Doug: I have a first-edition (in pretty rough shape) of JADOO, but this one I must have. As ever, thanks, my friend!

Best,

Bill Grabowski

]]> By: Doug http://www.johnkeel.com/?p=1522&cpage=1#comment-103396 Doug Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:48:37 +0000 http://www.johnkeel.com/?p=1522#comment-103396 I’m particularly happy to see the cut chapter in print. It concerns John’s relationship with Lite (called Ingrid in the book); the publishers wanted a release from her, and John couldn’t get one. He preserved it in a folder, however, and now it’s back with the rest of the book. He wrote the travel notes on board ship, as he sailed to India; they’re charming and spontaneous.

]]> By: John Lacey http://www.johnkeel.com/?p=1522&cpage=1#comment-103137 John Lacey Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:31:51 +0000 http://www.johnkeel.com/?p=1522#comment-103137 The new content sounds intriguing.

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