Question: "Fortean Times: The Journal of Strange Phenomena" purpose is to continue the documentary work of an American writer and researcher who specialized in what?
Context: Fortean TV was a British paranormal documentary television series that originally aired from 29   1997 (1997--) to 06   1998 (1998--) on Channel 4.  Produced by Rapido TV, the program features anomalous phenomena and the paranormal.  It was based upon the "Fortean Times" magazine and was presented by Reverend Lionel Fanthorpe.  "Fortean TV" ran for 3 series (the third was an adult version renamed "Fortean TV Uncut" with unseen material from the previous two series as well as new items).  The three seasons comprised: 22 half-hour episodes (the last of the first season was a compilation "Best Of"), plus a final hour-long family Christmas special. Robert "Bob" J M Rickard is the founder and editor of the UK magazine "Fortean Times: The Journal of Strange Phenomena", which debuted in 1973 under its original title "The News".  The magazine's express purpose is to continue the documentary work of Charles Fort on the strange, anomalous and unexplained.  In addition to his editorial role, Rickard has written several books and hundreds of articles on a wide range of Fortean topics.  In 1981, he was a founding member of ASSAP and is also the founder of the Charles Fort Institute. A. J. Morton is a writer and researcher specialising in the history of the west coast of Scotland.  He has been a consultant, contributor or writer for "The Sunday Times", "Irvine Times", "Fortean Times", "The Sunday Post", and "The Herald". Karl Shuker (born 9 December 1959) is a British zoologist, cryptozoologist and author.  He currently lives in the Midlands, England, where he works as a zoological consultant and writer.  A columnist in "Fortean Times" and contributor to various magazines, Shuker is also the editor-in-chief of the "Journal of Cryptozoology", which began in November 2012. The Fortean Society was started in the United States in 1931 during a meeting held in the New York flat of Charles Hoy Fort in order to promote the ideas of American writer Charles Fort.  The Fortean Society was primarily based in New York City.  Its first president was Theodore Dreiser, an old friend of Charles Fort, who had helped to get his work published.  Founding members of The Fortean Society included Tiffany Thayer, Booth Tarkington, Ben Hecht, Alexander Woollcott (and many of NYC's literati such as Dorothy Parker), and Baltimore writer H. L. Mencken.  Other members included Vincent Gaddis, Ivan T. Sanderson, A. Merritt, Frank Lloyd Wright and Buckminster Fuller.  The first 6 issues of the Fortean Society's newsletter "Doubt" were each edited by a different member, starting with Theodore Dreiser.  Tiffany Thayer thereafter took over editorship of subsequent issues.  Thayer began to assert extreme control over the society, largely filling the newsletter with articles written by himself, and excommunicating the entire San Francisco chapter, reportedly their most active, after disagreements over the society's direction, and forbidding them to use the name Fortean.  During World War II, for example, Thayer used every issue of "Doubt" to espouse his politics.  Particularly, he frequently expressed opposition to Civil Defense, going to such lengths as encouraging readers to turn on their lights in defiance to air raid sirens.  In contrast to the spirit of Charles Fort, he not only dismissed flying saucers as nonsense, but also dismissed the atomic bomb as a hoax. Fortean Times is a British monthly magazine devoted to the anomalous phenomena popularised by Charles Fort.  Previously published by John Brown Publishing (from 1991 to 2001) and then I Feel Good Publishing (2001 to 2005), it is now published by Dennis Publishing Ltd. Critical Eye is a Discovery science documentary series which looks into strange phenomena like aliens, crop circles, subliminal messages, bigfoot, fortune telling, and other paranormal activities. Richard Freeman (born 1970) is a cryptozoologist, author, zoological journalist, and WebTV Presenter.  He is also the zoological director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ), and co-edits both the journal, "Animals & Men" and several editions of the annual CFZ Yearbook.  Freeman has written, co-written, or edited a number of books, and has contributed widely to both Fortean and zoological magazines, as well as other newspapers and periodicals, including Fortean Times and Paranormal Magazine. Wm. Stage, also known as William Stage (born June 30, 1951) is an American journalist, author, and photographer, with a focus on the area and history of the American Midwest and St. Louis, Missouri.  From 1982–2004 he worked for the weekly newspaper "The Riverfront Times", producing three columns, with the best known being "Street Talk", where over the years he photographed and interviewed more than 8,500 random individuals about miscellaneous topics.  He is also known for his documentary work on a special kind of historical outdoor advertising: vintage brick wall signs.  As of 2016, he has authored 11 books, a combination of photography, non-fiction, and fiction, including "Ghost Signs: Brick Wall Signs in America" (1989), "Mound City Chronicles" (1991), and "Litchfield: A Strange and Twisted Saga of Murder in the Midwest" (1998).  His photographs have appeared in multiple works, including the cover photograph on the Oxford University Press book, "For the Common Good" (2002).  In 2001, Stage, who had been adopted as an infant, tracked down his biological family, a search which led to a Canadian television documentary and formed the basis for his 2009 memoir "Fool for Life".  In 2007, Stage was a guest commentator on the St. Louis NPR affiliate, KWMU-FM. Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 – May 3, 1932) was an American writer and researcher who specialized in anomalous phenomena.  The terms "Fortean" and "Forteana" are sometimes used to characterize various such phenomena.  Fort's books sold well and are still in print.  His work continues to inspire admirers, who refer to themselves as "Forteans", and has influenced some aspects of science fiction.
Answer: anomalous phenomena