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Loremen PodcastLoremen S6Ep10 - Witches of Essex with Joel MorrisThe Loremen welcome comedy writer and connoisseur of the supernatural Joel Morris (Philomena Cunk, A Touch of Cloth). Joel's hit podcast Broken Veil has seen him and Will Maclean venturing into the spookiest parts of his native Essex. And in this episode, the boys join Joel on a proverbial witch hunt. We find witches, wizards, a cat called Sathan and let's not forget... Old Picky.This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio EditorJoin the Lorefolk at patreon.com/loremenpod
2025-04-0347 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep43 - The Uffington White HorseHop aboard the hot air balloon of the mind! Join James and Alasdair as we float gently over the Vale of the White Horse. Quiet, peaceful, serene. That is, until you spot the enormous creature on the hill. What is that thing? A greyhound with a beak? A plesiosaurus in a sombrero? Or is it the Uffington White Horse?
It's the Uffington White Horse. But have a look at the graphic for this episode and ask yourself: has the artist actually seen a horse?
This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.
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2024-08-0131 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep42 - Mary King's Close with Eleanor MortonEleanor Morton returns, with the remarkable tale of an Edinburgh haunting - and a school trip to the site of the nightmare! These are the legends of Mary King's Close, an underground street with more supernatural activity than you can shake a disembodied arm at.
Eleanor has a new book out on August 15th, and an upcoming Edinburgh Festival Fringe show all about ghosts. Plus, we decide once and for all whether there are any good Scottish women.
This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.
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2024-07-251h 01
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep41 - Ghosts of GallipoliAlasdair takes James to Gallipoli (with layovers in Glasgow and the North East of England) for a brace of chilling First World War ghost stories. (Which are slightly undermined by James's bizarre donkey conspiracy theories.)
Our source is Raymond Lamont Brown's 1975 Casebook of Military Mystery. So hop aboard Loremen Airways and enjoy the authentic 70s air travel experience. Stow your inhibitions in the overhead lockers, and yes - smoking is mandatory.
This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.
Come see us LIVE Again!
https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/event-detail...
2024-07-1841 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep40 - Cornish TerrorsGet ready to cream your teas, because the boys are going to Cornwall. Join us, and meet West Country witches, the long-fingered ghost of Looe Island and a gritty reboot of Rumpelstiltskin. As James will tell you, Cornwall is such a mysterious county that no one really knows where it is.
These Cornish Terrors spring from the pages of The Folklore of Cornwall by Tony Deane & Tony Shaw. So this episode boasts more than double our usual Tony content.
This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.
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2024-07-1126 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep39 - The Many Ghosts of Sandford OrcasJames lures Alasdair to a bad mannered manor house in Dorset*. We're in Sandford Orcas - which is a village, not pod of Free Willies - and the place is simply brimming with ghosts!
From Ghosts in the South West by James Turner, Shakey tells a tale of troublesome monks, lunar assassins and one very macabre way of not getting blamed for farts. And you'll be pleased to know that this spooky/farty manor is currently on sale for less than five million quid - so get your offers in now!
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2024-07-0436 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep38 - Bedtime Stories at the Midnight LibraryThe Loremen have been transported back to the Midnight Library, and Miranda has a selection of bonecurdling bedtime stories to horrify and delight you. These are original tales from the shelves of the Midnight Library, and they get rather grisly. Younger listeners and the timid-of-ear be warned!
Content Warning: body horror and sound effects
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Join us for another Loremen Live at The Bill Murray in London
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2024-06-2742 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep37 - The High Peak BeastIf you manage to guess the nature of this episode's cryptid then please write in and claim your prize!
Inspired by Steve Cliffe's Moor Mysteries, James and Alasdair return to Derbyshire's Peak District. The Loremen are on the hunt for stones adorned with strange carvings. We're on the hunt for the truth about Parma Violets. And we are on the hunt for the most surprising beast in the podcast's history.
You are going to be stunned. Don't look at the episode graphic.
This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.
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2024-06-2037 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep36 - The Old Man of Monterey BayThe Loremen return to the good old U S of America.
Inspired by a gift from a listener, the boys head to Monterey Bay, CA, and tangle with a whole bunch of sea beasts. (Or should that be school? Pod? Flock? What is the collective noun for aquatic cryptids?) We meet the monkey-faced Old Man of Monterey (AKA Bobo) and some real-life red-haired sea serpents.
So join us, under the sea! It's enchanting!*
*Yes that is a veiled Back To The Future reference. Yes, James wrote this blurb.
This episode was edited...
2024-06-1345 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep35 - Oxford Mysteries LIVE Part 2 (with Bonus)The Loremen lived again - again! This is the second installment of the live show recorded in Oxford (famed birthplace of the comma) as part of the Saint Audio Podcast Festival. James guides our live audience around the spooky environs of Oxford, this time courtesy of John Richardson's Oxford & County Ghost Stories.
In Part 2, the boys encounter a pair of workmen's ghosts up the Woodstock Road, we witness a clay-tastrophe and James manages to squeeze in a bonus story that he had ran out of time to tell in the live.
The full Livestream is here:
2024-06-0630 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep34 - Oxford Mysteries LIVE Part 1The Loremen lived again! This episode was recorded in Oxford (the Cambridge of Oxfordshire) as part of the Saint Audio Podcast Festival. James takes Alasdair and a live lorefolk audience on a tour of the county, courtesy of Mike White's book The Ox-Files.
In Part 1, the boys encounter an apparition in Burford, a haunted cellar and a teeny-tiny crocodile (deceased).
Apologies in advance for James's American accent. Part 2 is coming next week, but if you can't wait then the full Livestream is here:
https://youtube.com/live/KUPu3MGUuUc
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2024-05-3030 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep33 - Bamburgh Castle and The Laidly WormWelcome to Bamburgh Castle! Make yourself at home, especially if you're name's Lancelot du Lac. Don't mind the enormous venom-spitting toad. There's a funny story behind that, actually. It's the Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh... The boys visit Bamburgh, possibly England's most dramatic castle, rising up from the waves on a volcanic dolerite outcrop. And the legends surrounding the ancient Northumbrian settlement are no less dramatic. We're talking phoney ballads, wicked stepmothers, loathsome dragons and the mountain bard Drunken Frasier. Sorry, Duncan Frasier. Plus, a cameo from legendary northern...
2024-05-2344 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep32 - Cheddar Gorge with Richard HerringRichard Herring, a comedian who straddles England's North/South divide like a podcasting colossus, joins the boys for a deep dive into one of Somerset's deepest dives.
It's Cheddar Gorge! Somerset's answer to the question, "Which Somerset attraction is almost as good as Wookey Hole?" Prepare to meet the Witches of Pocklington, the Devil (himself), grumpy gravediggers and what might be the birth of a new cryptid...
You can catch Richard on his Can I Have My Ball Back? UK Tour. And please give generously to his Movember fundraiser: www.justgiving.com/page/ballback
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2024-05-1653 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep31 - Gregor MacGregor, The Prince of NowhereThe Loreboys meet the audacious Scottish con man "Sir" Gregor MacGregor. Calling himself the Cazique of Poyais, this charismatic ex-soldier is the mastermind behind a debacle that will make Fyre Island look like Centre Parcs.
He's selling land and government bonds belonging to the Central American kingdom of Poyais. The big problem being: Poyais doesn't exist. The year is 1823, and this South Sea bubble is going to pop. Around 170 victims of the scam will die. But will Scotland's biggest hoaxter get off Scot free?
(Yes.)
Join us for another Loremen Live in Oxford on 25...
2024-05-0936 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep30 - Hunting the Werewolf on Cannock ChaseWhere wolves? James attempts to answer that question with a midnight excursion to Cannock Chase. This Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is home to a range of distinctly unnatural creatures. We're talking lycanthropes, black eyed children, numerous UFOs and at least one pigman.
In fact, there are many reports of uncanny incidents in Cannock Chase, James went all the way to Staffordshire to investigate. Alas, our intrepid loreboy encountered a much more human phenomenon.
SAUCINESS WARNING: This episode contains references to a grown up activity. One that takes place at night, in car parks. Pay and...
2024-05-0246 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep29 - The Japanese Tree With A Human Face with Uncanny JapanThersa Matsuura of Uncanny Japan joins the Loreboys for a tale with more human faces than you've had hot dinners with human faces*. We look at a bunch of Yōkai that can take a look right back at us. From fish with a face to a blister with a kisser, these jinmen will give you the jitters. Especially the fish, because they're real. (No seriously... there are videos.)
* Unless you dine exclusively on McCain's Smiles.
Join us for another Loremen Live in Oxford on 25th May:
https://oldfirestation.org.uk/whats-on/loremen-podccast/
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2024-04-2541 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep29 - The Clutching Hands of Blakemere Pool, Peak DistrictJames lures Alasdair back down to the water's edge for an Important Mermaid Update! The Hayfield Mermaid first appeared in Series 2 (get up to speed here). Somehow, the Loreboys managed to overlook yet another freshwater mermaid in a nearby bottomless pool. And the grasping creature that dwells in the waters of Blakemere has a heck of a backstory.
It's Hayfield Mermaids 2: Mere-lectric Mere-galoo!
Disclaimer: some of this episode's "breaking news" is at least 40 years old.
Join us for another Loremen Live in Oxford on 25th May:
https://oldfirestation.org.uk/whats-on/loremen-podccast/
2024-04-1836 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep27 - Leicester Fairies, Nuns, Ghosts and a Big Stone LIVEThis year's live show at the Leicester Comedy festival was a delight. The lorefolk were in fine form and James rustled up a folkloric feast, including 'facts' from Geoffrey Hodson's 1925 book Fairies at Work and at Play.
Sadly, fairy mischief meant that our recorder batteries died towards the end of the show, so the final portion of this episode has been reconstructed from a low-quality backup. You'll hardly notice! Unless you listen to the episode, in which case you'll definitely notice.
Why not defy the fairy curse and join us for another live show? The Loreboys...
2024-04-1145 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep26 - Huntigowk Day and the Loch Ness HoaxApril is the time for fooling, especially in Scotland where the first of the month is Huntigowk Day: a day for tartan paint, long stands and other bootless errands. James and Alasdair (a pair of anti-prank killjoys) spent this April Fool's investigating Loch Ness, a body of water which has seen more than its share of hoaxes. But one monster prank from April 1st 1972 really takes the cake.
Is that cake? Or is it an enormous, half-defrosted elephant seal? Find out when the Loreboys meet an English zoologist up to no good on the banks of Loch Ness.
2024-04-0445 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep25 - The Beast of Belper and the Surrey Puma with Long Cat MediaThe cats from Long Cat Media came back! Lindsay Sharman and Laurence Owen (who are so award-nominated they seem to have gained another nomination since last week) return. And they bring with them a first-hand sighting of a cryptid. That's right, Laurence saw Derbyshire's elusive Beast of Belper.
Meanwhile, James Shakeshaft has not been shake-shirking his research duties. He's on the trail of the Surrey Puma, and he's found photographic evidence that will blow you away (if you've never seen a picture of a normal cat before).
Join us for another Loremen Live in Oxford on 25...
2024-03-2847 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep24 - Black Shuck with Long Cat MediaThe cats from Long Cat Media lure the Loreboys to the wild, wild east. Lindsay Sharman and Laurence Owen (the excessively award-nominated podcasters behind Mockey Manor and Magenta Presents) are on the trail of a hound with a thunderous bark and eyes like saucers. It's a terrifying beast that can turn even the bravest churchgoer into a quivering, crumpled crisp packet of a man...
Yes, this episode brings the Loremen face-to-snout with East Anglia's infamous Black Shuck! And we welcome back Old Shuck's alter ego: the man-scrumpling dog of Bungay.
Join us for another Loremen Live...
2024-03-2145 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep23 - The Black Dog of Devon and Dorset
[RECORD SCRATCH] I suppose you're wondering how we got here? Well, it all started when James told Alasdair the story of a spectral hound that dwells on the border of Devon and Dorset. (AKA In-Dorset and Next-Dorset.)
A sighting of the black dog could be a bad omen, but it might just make you rich. (There is actually a third option, but that involves helium and a peculiarly shaped nozzle...)
No dogs were inflated during the recording of this episode.
Join us for another Loremen Live in Oxford on 25th May:
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2024-03-1439 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep22 - Mr Stead and the Coal House GhostWhat does it sound like when a spooky story has James Shakeshaft quaking in his (big giant's) boots? You'll find out in this episode, because Alasdair has torn two hair-raising mysteries from the pages of W. T. Stead's book of Real Ghost Stories.
Meet a hard-as-nails northern ghost in a train station cellar, and swim frantically away from the eyeless lady of Willington Mill. Grab your gilets and slankets, and prepare for your spine to be tingled and/or chilled.
Content Warning: References to self harm / suicide and some imagery that might be unsuitable for younger...
2024-03-0747 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep21 - The Panther, The Partridge and The Whale with Amy JeffsThis episode is a veritable bestiary! Meet an egg-thieving bird, an aquatic prankster and a big cat that's just a bit much. Amy Jeffs returns to the podcast, with a raft of early medieval legends and (frankly) way more research than the guests normally bring.
These are the legends of the panther, the partridge and Iasconius ... the whale who pretended to be an island.
Join us for another Loremen Live in Oxford on 25th May:
https://oldfirestation.org.uk/whats-on/loremen-podccast/
This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.
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2024-02-2948 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5 Ep9 - The Hereford Revenant (AKA The Welsh Zombie Vampire Wizard)The Loremen meet a quadruple threat. This kid is no mere zombie vampire wizard. He's Welsh too. James brings in the story of a Hereford revenant who had simply too much going on.
This tale is taken from Witchcraft in Britain by "Christ in a hole", it's Christina Hole. And from the writings of 12th century historians/liars William of Newburgh and Walter Map. (Do check out Wally's pic on Wikipedia. So cheeky!)
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2023-11-1633 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5 Ep8 - The Witch of BerkeleyHalloween may be over, but it is always spooky season on Loremen. With that in mind, James brings in a tale of a Berkeley Witch whose last request is as elaborate as it is ineffectual. Poor wee James is under the weather this week, so his deep bass baritone is even bassier than usual. And yes, Alasdair does dole out a couple of pity points.
There's a chance James has touched on this tale before, but never in such detail, or at such a low octave. Get it down your ears!
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2023-11-0930 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep6 - The Evil Jester of Muncaster CastleHark, the jingling of bells! 'Tis two fools come to make merry. What luck! Alasdair and James recorded a live episode at the Bill Murray in London's London. The Evil Jester of Muncaster Castle features all the Loremen classics. We're talking bowls. We're talking Cumbrian superstitions. We're talking trombones and a comedian who kills (literally).
And that's not the last live show the lads have in them. Join... us... at the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival for our Halloween Special - 31st October:
https://www.designmynight.com/london/pubs/balham/the-bedford/cheerful-earful-podcast-festival-day-1
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2023-10-2641 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep5 - Kelpies of KintyreKintyre is the name of a mysterious (and objectively NOT sexy) peninsula in the western highlands of Scotland. Alasdair plumbs its depths, skips along its beaches and gazes at its glinting surface, hypnotised by his own reflection. Oh yeah, and he also told James a bundle of tales from the collection of Cuthbert Bede. We're talking tartan pirates, shapeshifting kelpies and one very lucky ship's cat.
Will Daft Wattie the piper be there? You betcha.
And join... us... at the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival - 31st October
https://www.designmynight.com/london/pubs/balham/the-bedford...
2023-10-1941 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep4 - Stonehenge with Amy JeffsArtist, author and excellent podcast guest Amy Jeffs guides the Lorebois through the lesser known mythic origins of STONEHENGE! We meet a load of giants having an Irish spa day. We encounter the treacherous (and definitively real) King Vortigern. And we attempt to turn "Wallace and Grommitting" into a verb.
Don't forget to join... us... at the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival - 31st October
https://www.designmynight.com/london/pubs/balham/the-bedford/cheerful-earful-podcast-festival-day-1
Featured image by Amy Jeffs, from Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain, 2021.
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2023-10-1238 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep3 - The Legend of Edric the WildThe Loreboys are back to doing what they do best - making mistakes via a podcast medium. Fortunately, James's snafu this week is quickly corrected. Listen, as he tells a thrilling tale, racked by self-doubt and undermining himself at every turn.
Edric the Wild's adventure begins with the Norman invasion, and takes us from flooded Roman garrisons to burnt Shrewsburys (not a euphemism). Be sure to listen before your next trip to the town of Battle, near Hastings. Hint: it's not in Kent.
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2023-10-0537 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep2 - Spiritualism Down Under with Bec Hill - Part 2New York, London, Bendigo (it's a place in Australia). These are the three equally famous cities visited by celebrity apparition Katie King. Apart from being the daughter of the legendary pirate/drink Captain Morgan, Ms King was a world-wide spiritualist sensation in the 19th century. This is the story of her other-worldly jaunt to Victorian-era Victoria.
This is the concluding part of Spiritualism Down Under, with guest loresheila Bec Hill, so check out part 1 first. If you'd like to see James and Bec come face-to-face with genuine spirit photographs... let us Ask Jeeves that for you: Spirit Photography...
2023-09-2839 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S5Ep1 - Spiritualism Down Under with Bec Hill - Part 1James and Alasdair are joined by the hilarious (and crafty) comedian Bec Hill.
Series 5 (series 5) begins with tales of Australian apparitions, antipodean seances and the scariest monster of all... Scotsmen. With cameos from Arthur Conan Doyle, the pseudonymous Demonax and the Wizard Bombardier of Ballarat.
And this is only part 1! Join us next week for the levitating Mrs Guppy, the unsettlingly buxom Katie King and (inevitably) the scores.
Check out Bec's YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/BecHillComedian
And her podcast A Problem Squared:
https://aproblemsquared.libsyn.com
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2023-09-2136 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen - August Minisode 2023 James is on holiday, but before he left we recorded a little minisode. So enjoy this tale of a ghostly premonition, and join us for our upcoming London live shows:
At the Bill Murray - 17th September
https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/event-detail/loremen-live-again-17th-sep-the-bill-murray-london-tickets-202309171830/
At Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival - 31st October
https://www.designmynight.com/london/pubs/balham/the-bedford/cheerful-earful-podcast-festival-day-1
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2023-08-3109 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4Ep57 - The Flaming Head of Norton MillThe Loremen return to the North East of England, for a stroll through Nicky-Nack Woods. We meet a Teeside Miller with a skeleton in his closet (literally), and solve the murder of the Lumley Mill ghost.
It's a spectre-packed episode, with flaming face-holes, a green lady (plus mouse) and a floating hand holding the ghost of a dead knife.
In the words of Gossack's ghost... GOODNIGHT!
Content Warning: Historic references to murder and domestic violence.
Join us for upcoming London live shows:
At the Bill Murray - 17th September
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2023-08-2441 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4Ep56 - The Pie Man of DatchworthA little Loreman met a Pie Man, going to the fair. Said little Loreman to the Pie Man, "Is Datchworth Green near Ware?" And the Pie Man said, "Yeah, but it's closer to Knebworth."
James takes Alasdair to the many-spectred village of Datchworth in Hertfordshire - a hamlet terrorised by both spirits of the dead and a flesh-and-blood highwayman. From poor farmer Pennyfather, to Oakenvalley Bottom and the vigilantes of Queen Hoo Hall, this episode is replete with classic Loreboy gibberish.
The boys meet the Pie Man of Datchworth fair, and learn why you can't solve...
2023-08-1733 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4Ep53 - The Great Bed of WareThis four poster bed was built for royalty, but take our word for it - it's a lot more than king-sized. This bed is big. You might ask, how many butchers (plus partners) can you fit in it? The answers will surprise you!
James gives Alasdair the old 'come to bed' podcast tale. About a big bed. The biggest bed. Bigger than you're thinking of.
Oh, and bad news: it's haunted.
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2023-07-2735 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4Ep52 - The Queen Rat with Tom MayhewThe Loremen are joined by Tom Mayhew (from Radio 4's Tom Mayhew Is Benefit Scum) for one of our stinkiest, sexiest episodes to date.
Following in the footsteps of Victorian journo Henry Mayhew (no relation), the boys meet the Battersea rat-charmer Jack Black: mole destroyer by royal appointment. We gawp at the Original Happy Family™, we follow "toshers" into the sewers of Bermondsey and we wince at young man's hairy encounter with...
The Queen Rat!
Deputy Loreperson Tom Mayhew can be found at the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, performing his new show This Time Next Ye...
2023-07-2044 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4Ep48 - Cornwall's Loneliest VicarJames takes Alasdair way out west; as far west as you can go in the UK without getting wet. We're talking about the wall of corn itself: Cornwall, and the tale of a peculiar vicar who managed to alienate his entire community.
Basically, this episode is like Wild Wild West, but with two Kevin Klines and no Will Smiths. Guest starring: a pack of dogs; a 14th Century heretic and some lovely, lovely apples!
Plus, eagle-eared listeners will spot some classic Loremen Mispronunciations™.
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2023-06-2234 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4Ep47 - Scams in Old Time JapanJames dazzles Alasdair with a selection of grifts, scams and swindles from Edo period Japan. Marvel at the adventures of the legendary Hikoichi, featuring a bucket of fish-guts, a red-faced demon (literally and figuratively) and pub-based nudity.
This marks the Loremen's long-awaited return to the shed / garret livestream format. If you want to witness it all with moving images (and an hour of extra "content"), head over to https://youtube.com/live/9rVYXOTMrKQ.
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2023-06-1540 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4Ep46 - More Moreton-in-MarshIn April 2022, the Loremen recorded their shortest episode ever: Dame Creswyke’s Spectre. Did you think one haunted hotel was all Moreton-in-Marsh had to offer? Well, you were wrong!
That sleepy Cotswold town on the Fosse Way is a veritable horn of plenty. Plenty of ghosts, that is. Expect spectres, mists, coughs, sensations and a bevy of airborne phenomena.
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2023-05-2540 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4Ep44 - King Charles: The PrequelCould this be our most respectful episode yet? Inspired by the crowning of Charles 3: Return of the King, the Loremen recap the entire King Chuck franchise. James recounts Charles I's ghostly premonitions and the much more boring Charles II is briefly mentioned as well.
In devastating news, James discovers that he was mispronouncing the word "chrism" throughout the entire coronation. Like the history of Britain's monarchy, the reality is much, much worse than you can imagine.
This episode also features respectful cameos from King Cnut, a serial killer turned mayor and little Jimmy Shakes himself.
2023-05-1138 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4Ep40 - The Justice Room GhostIn an old Tudor house near Marlborough there is a chamber that legends call the justice room. Evil-doers beware! The spirit that lingers in that old "Oaken Place" is determined to wring the life out of any villain that spends a night there alone.
That is, if we are to believe the tale of a long-dead actor, an elderly maid and a still-living podcaster who went to mime school. (The last one is James "I'm acting like it's windy" Shakeshaft.)
Join the Loremen as we follow the trail of an exceptionally unpleasant ghost-hunter, haunted by spectral...
2023-04-1335 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep35 - Nick Mason - The Miracle of the GeeseThe Loremen are joined by loveable Australian podman Nick "Maso" Mason of The Weekly Planet. Naturally, they take their new deputy straight to Northampton, home of comic book legend Alan "Alan" Moore. There, the loreboys attempt to dazzle Maso with two tales. One is a little bit too stare-y and the other is a very naughty goose. AND THATS JUST ALASDAIR AND JAMES hahahaha!
Well, that just happened...
Expect a cutting dissection of Joss Whedonic humour, and more. And check out Nick @wikipediabrown on The Weekly Planet Podcast and that YouTube.
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2023-03-0951 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep34 - Three Ghouls of Rutland - LIVE!The Loremen return to the Leicester Comedy Festival, and James has brought a triptych of spine-tingling tales from the neighbouring county of Rutland. (Do look for it, it is there.) James's tales boast a credulous chemist, a spectral mist and an old man who liked sitting TOO much. Many thanks to the Lorefolk who turned out and giggled appreciatively.
The whole affair was (incompetently) livestreamed by the Lorebois themselves: the PJ and Duncan of folklore. So you can see Alasdair and almost none of James's face here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Tql8ADsPw
2023-03-0241 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep33 - Jenny Collier - The Flower MaidenIt's (just gone) Valentine's day, and the Loremen were planning to stop off at a petrol station to buy you a box of chocolates.
But instead, we bring you Jenny Collier! And a fresh story from the Mabignogion. This year's Welsh valentale is especially romantic. If you think an entire person made out of flowers is romantic.
The lorebois (and lore-gal) brave a challenging combination of dodgy microphones and Welsh names, and come out smelling like a person made out of roses. Also, if you were dating a person made entirely out of flowers, would giving...
2023-02-1638 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen - S4 Ep32 - Denizens of Another WorldA manuscript found in a secret drawer sends the Loremen down an especially curious rabbit hole; James relates a close encounter between a Victorian carpenter and multifaceted entities from outer space. (One of which turns out to be a total bore.)
It's the kind of outlandish tale that a cynic might call "obviously fake," but once a legend gets started, it's harder to stop than an armoured fox.
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2023-02-0944 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep25 - The Dragon of Norton Fitzwarren with Lexx EducationNot one but TWO guests this week! The boys are joined by comedian Laura Lexx and her normal brother Ron (aka the Lexx Education podcast). Brother Ron brings in a local legend that's really quite unique. Really. In fact, the "Meat Dragon" of Norton Fitzwarren may not exist at all outside of Ron's fevered imagination.
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2022-12-1544 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep 24 - The Ghost of Dudley's CastleWhat connects Queen Elizabeth I with a pond in Oxfordshire that just won't freeze? The answer is the ghost of Dudley's Castle. And we're not talking about Dudley Castle in the West Midlands. We're talking about Cumnor Hall, home to Robert Dudley and his ill-fated wife Amy Robsart.
Prepare thyself for a Tudor tale of betrayal and death by misadventure. And look out for a triptych of Loremen staples - a poem, an accent and a blowing of something wide open!
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2022-12-0830 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep23 - Ghosts Over IlmingtonThe Cotswold village of Ilmington is home to a surprising number of spectres. True, several of them might be the same horse seen from different angles, but when have little things like "proof" or "reason" stood in the way of an episode of Loremen?
This outing also includes a couple of lessons in old-timey film-making and the fundamentals of time travel. (Just basic stuff like whether driving into a cart full of manure is good or bad.)
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2022-12-0135 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep19 - The Coach GhostAnother Halloween spooker! This week, Alasdair unfolds a tale from the Great North Road, or thereabouts. This yarn has everything: highwaymen, road ghosts, the director Peter Jackson and accents. At least two accents.
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2022-10-2738 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep 18 - The Exmouth Summoning"The boatman awaits..."
As 90s soul sensation Gabrielle once sang, dreams CAN come true. She also sang, "look at me babe I'm with you," but that is less relevant to this story.
This episode's legend comes from James's Spooky Book Of The Month, Haunted England by Christina Hole. It's a tale of premonition and a kind of spooky justice...
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2022-10-2033 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep17 - The Comical Tragedy of Mr Punch - LIVE!You're listening to Loreboys Investigate: When Glove Puppets Kill. Alasdair helps James get better acquainted with one Mr Punch: the nastiest little man in England. And that is a very competitive field indeed.
In this episode, the Loreboys take on a true folk antihero. Mr Punch is malevolent, puckish and proud. And just like Super Mario, he's lost his Italian accent. Find out why you should never touch your neighbour's sausages, and learn how the Punch and Judy show influenced the writing of ghostmaster-general, M. R. James.
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2022-10-1340 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep16 - The River RibbleThis week the Loreboys are armed with reviews! Not for themselves, but for Lancashire / Yorkshire's glorious River Ribble. Some folks say it was David Bowie's favourite river. (It's us, we say that.) But do make sure you appease the ghost of Peg O' Nell - or a one star review will be the least of your worries...
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2022-10-0626 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep15 - Robin Allender - Bristol's Sky ShipsRobin Allender of the Moon Under Water podcast and Your Own Personal Beatles is a fine Bristol lad with a tale or two to tell. How many ships sail in the ocean above the stars? None, you might think - but sheriff Shakeshaft and deputy Allender have identified more than one historic UFO in the West Country region. (And one in Kent, but you can’t have everything.) ABK is there too, sitting in judgement like an ageless god, older than time itself.
Prepare yourself for a lot of impressions that end up being Ringo.
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2022-09-2944 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep 14 - The Simonside DuergarBeware traveller! For Northumberland's Simonside Hills are the setting for this week's tale. Those rugged crags are thick with evil, evil creatures who want nothing more than to lure you to your doom. Fear not! Alasdair Beckett-King is here to warn of of their tricksy ways, while James Shakeshaft looks on, scornfully.
Hear how a Shakeshaft-type spent a miserable night in a horrible little cottage, while an ABK-esque sceptic came a cropper in a bog. It's all the work of the nastiest faerie-folk in the Unseelie Court.
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2022-09-2241 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep13 - The Mystery of Cromwell's HeadJames introduces Alasdair to the original prankster himself, Oliver Cromwell! Legendarily one of history's great monsters, Cromwell was actually very annoying on an interpersonal level too. Let the Loremen fill you in on some of Olly Crom's lesser-known legends - his (terrible) sense of humour, the town he definitely didn't destroy and whatever became of his disembodied head.
Prepare yourself for an uncommonly respectful episode, with a lengthy sidebar discovering the difference between seasoning and a condiment.
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2022-09-1540 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep12 - The Ghosts of SpokaneHaving come into the possession of certain manuscripts on North American lore, James Shakeshaft whisks you off to Spokane in Washington State. Supposedly the healthiest city in the world, Spokane has so many serial killers they need their own subcategories.
This episode welcomes Alasdair back from Edinburgh for a whistle-stop tour of a city that will tickle your funny bones while simultaneously tingling your spine. Meet a candy poisoner, a faith healer, the oldest ghost EVER and the Loreboy's annoying alien sidekick Spokey-doke.
(His catchphrase is "Spokey-dokey!" and we hate him.)
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2022-09-0841 minLoremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep11 - The Cerne Abbas GiantA VERY SPECIAL GUEST HOST THIS WEEK
Who you might recognise....
Yeah you know him, off YouTube and Mock the Week and podcasts and what nots.
And we talk all about the big lad in Dorset... (of course you would - you bloody love the place) The Cerne Abbas Giant!
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2022-08-1838 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep10 - Jenny Collier - Maxen Wledig 2Jenny Collier steps into the co-host chair and we have a Loremen FIRST - a sequel! What happened to Maxen Wledig after he travelled to Wales to find the woman of his dreams...
Alasdair will return! (After his Edinburgh run and probably a couple of days of recovery)
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2022-08-1134 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep9 - Chris Cantrill - The Ghosts of Featherstone HallA special guest CO-HOST this week!
Fan favourite Chris Cantrill (The Delightful Sausage) is BACK and he has a great story all about an ill-fated Cumbrian wedding. He also has a bunch of stories that had to be either bleeped or edited out wholesale due to their incendiary nature. Do check out patreon.com/loremenpod for those sweet sweet bonuses.
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2022-08-0433 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep8 - Rushton Triangular Lodge, Northamptonshire
In the smoking room of the Loregentleman’s Club, Mr James Shakeshaft puffed on his pipe with a look of consternation. He found the silence intolerable.
“D— it, man,” he said at last, “what the devil did you mean by your message? ‘I saw a house that wasn’t quite right,’ what a load of old rot.”
Mr Alasdair Beckett-King, seated in the chair opposite, peered at Shakeshaft through a yellowish haze and his drooping eyes sparkled in the firelight...
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2022-07-2831 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep7 - The Ghost Coach of BurfordHop in James's childhood car (a Mazda 323) and take a trip to Burford, jewel of the Cotswolds. Home of the Burford Garden Centre, Cotswold Wildlife Park and, naturally, ghosts.
Recorded on one of the hottest days in England's history, the Loremen face drought, a flaming coach, and the dusty vengeance of bad old Lady Tanfield. (And Lord Tanfield is hardly better.)
The Bois squeeze a bit of genuine history into this episode. Meanwhile, Alasdair gets on his hobby horse about the enclosure of public lands, and James launches into a bizarre rant about colanders.
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2022-07-2133 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep 6 - Scratching Fanny of Cock LaneIs this our rudest episode title yet? Cock Lane is a small street in the City of London, infamous for not having a ghost in it. Alasdair introduces James to the "Scratching Fanny" behind the Cock Lane haunting, and the Lorebois go on to encounter a plethora of poltergeists (ahem... polterguys). This episode features celebrity cameos from Anne Robinson and Roger Moore, plus a pair of graveyard ghosts having a truly royal rumble.
We also tiptoe around the gruesome legend of King Edward II's horrible end's horrible end.
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2022-07-1429 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep5 - Major Andre and Benedict ArnoldThe Loremen lived again! James tells our live studio audience a tale stretching all the way from the Peak District to the good ol' US of America. This episode was recorded at The Bill Murray in London, and streamed on NextUp. Expect:
- Poets!
- Dreams!
- Benedict Arnold! (Whoever that is)
But above all, expect the joyous bonhomie of a gathering of loyal lorefolk. (The collective noun is a "pedantry" of lorefolk.)
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2022-07-0736 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep4 - The Legend of TiconderogaAlasdair brings out the big Scottish guns: Ranald McDanald AND Donald McRonald and shares the tales of two Scotsmen who fought on opposing sides at the Battle of Cullodden.
Donald Ban of the Bogan wound up haunted by a ghostly Sid James, while Duncan Campbell of Inverawe was cursed to live in fear of a mysterious place - "Ticonderoga".
For further reading, look up Speculoos biscuits and the back catalogue of David Bowie (the hydroelectric power station manager).
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2022-06-2338 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep3 - Lower SwellJoin. Us...
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James leads you by the hand to Lower Swell, surely one of the rudest regions in the Cotswolds. If you were worried season (series) 4 had become too historically accurate - worry no more!
This episode will tickle not only your ribs, but your spine. (That's a 2 for 1 offer on torso stimulation.) Lower Swell offers ghosts that will make you go "ooh" as well as double entendres that will make you go "oo-er missus." Plus an immovable stone that...
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2022-06-1626 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep 2 - The Stone of DestinyThe Stone of Destiny, AKA the Stone of Scone, has been stolen more times than Alasdair has had cold Scottish dinners. In this episode we uncover a daring Scottish heist and a Scotsman's unexplained demise.
That's right, unable to compete with James's recent two-parter, ABK has frantically squeezed a couple of tales into a single episode. Learn how to pronounce Scone correctly(ish) and how to pronounce a lot of other words incorrectly.
Hear Ian Hamilton's account of the theft of the Stone of Destiny in his own words here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
2022-06-0935 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S4 Ep 1 - William Adams, The First Englishman in Japan Part 2It's season four of Loremen! It's 4oremen. 4men? Either way, we're one man short of opening a profitable burger chain. And it's time for William Adams 2: The Secret of the Ooze.
The first Englishman in Japan is starting to get comfortable in his new home/prison, but he is about to run into Jesuits, the East India Company and a particularly unpleasant maritime pornographer. Prepare yourself for a tale of hubris, smooth-talkers and a very rude misreading of 'Three Mile Island'.
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2022-06-0240 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep 107 - William Adams, The First Englishman in Japan Part 1Content warning - we say "willy" a LOT
In 1600, William Adams was the first Englishman to visit Japan. Little was known about Japan at that time, apart from IN Japan where they knew pretty much all about it. In this, Part One of Adams's tale, we follow what must be one of history's most meandering, misbegotten and (probably) malodorous sea voyages.
They really did not plan it well.
The Loreboys are also exploring unknown territory with this, our first 2-part episode. The full story of William Adams was simply too long and revolting for...
2022-05-1952 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep106 - The Witches of WallsendSeaton Delaval Hall was once home to Sir Francis Blake Delaval - the man who puts the "pranks" in "I am sick of this guy's terrible pranks". But, although living with Sir Francis must have been a nightmare, it doesn't compare to the gruesome tale he told of the Wallsend Witches.
At the stroke of midnight, the Loreboys meet a gaggle of hags in the old church. We learn why Hadrian's Wall is so jumpable, and how to spot Jeremy Beadle in disguise.
Meanwhile, James Shakeshaft's run of bad luck... continues.
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2022-05-1230 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep105 - The Public Universal Friend and the Fresno NightcrawlersThe Loreboys share two legends from the other side of the extremely big pond (the Atlantic). Shakeshaft goes west to Yosemite National Park and encounters the Fresno Nightcrawlers. Meanwhile, ABK meets Rhode Island's Public Universal Friend.
This episode was originally a livestream/shambles, beset by jetlag and the untimely demise of the Loremen laptop/loretop. But it came out surprisingly OK!
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2022-05-0526 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep104 - The Legend of Maud's Elm, CheltenhamAlasdair brings James the "pathetic" legend of Maud's (or Maude's) Elm, a story as thrilling as it is obviously made up. You've got your heroines: tragic. Your lords: wicked. Your uncles: damnable!
Plus, someone's dear old mum will be cast out into the street. And we're talking olden days streets here, so that's 80% poo. Listeners will also discover who really killed Tsar Nicholas I, and what size of potato was considered noteworthy in the mid-19th century.
(Spoiler alert: it wasn't that big.)
Content warning: references to murder and suicide.
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2022-04-1436 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep103 - Dame Creswyke's Spectre, Moreton-in-MarshWelcome to the Loremen Guesthouse! Join us in the lounge for the bite-sized tale of Dame Creswyke: a restless spirit who has more than outstayed her welcome at one Moreton-in-Marsh hotel.
We do hope you enjoy your room. A traybake breakfast is served 7-9, all our ghosts are en suite, and if you require a wake-up call, someone will yell "QUOZ!"
Now settle down on that denim pillow... and relax.
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2022-04-0722 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep102 - The Wells of St Walstan, NorfolkJames brings Alasdair a piece of Norfolklore... It's the story of St Walstan, a monk who was mates with a pair of oxen who had magic wee wee.
Can you come down with lockdown fever outside of a lockdown? Have Alasdair and James drunk from St Walstan's well? Are you sure that's water?!
This episode was livestreamed, so check out youtube.com/loremenpodcast
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2022-03-3126 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep101 - Seán Burke - St Columba and the MonsterHappy St Patrick's Day! To celebrate, we tell the monster-packed tale of Ireland's rival patron, St Colmcille (aka St Columba). Joining us is the frankly hilarious Seán Burke, an actual Irish comedian, who is remarkably forgiving about the Lorebois Irish-ish accents.
Pronunciation fans will be overjoyed to learn we say "rhododendron" no less than 4 different ways during the episode.
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2022-03-1740 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep100 - Danny Robins - The Cauld Lad of HyltonThe Loremen are joined by supernatural pod king* Danny Robins! Danny is the voice behind Haunted, The Battersea Poltergeist and Uncanny, as well as being an award-winning playwright. And he brings James and Alasdair a little-known North-Eastern legend: The Cauld Lad of Hylton. Was the Cauld Lad a ghost? A sprite? A murder victim? Or just an annoying guy who didn’t know how ducks work?
Darting between Newcastle and Sunderland, we also encounter a somewhat smutty version of the Fish and the Ring, and a carefully censored account of Pollard’s Boar.
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2022-03-1049 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep99 - Talking HeadsSince the dawn of time, humanity has dreamed of one thing: making a little robot head that talks in a funny voice. Alasdair and James chart the history of that dream, from Friar Bacon's diabolical brazen head to Professor Faber's ill-fated "Euphonia". With more body-horror than you would normally expect in an audio-based medium, it's the story of some of the strangest head-cases England has ever seen.
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2022-03-0337 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep98 - The Curse of the Silk ShoesThe boys hit the road (and rail replacement bus service) and made their way to the East Midlands, for the Leicester Comedy Festival. Whereupon, James regaled Alasdair and a live audience with a local tale. It's the story of a devilishly handsome gentleman and a pair of silk shoes that are very much house shoes. As in, if you take them out of the house... you die.
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2022-02-1733 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep97 - Jenny Collier - The Dream of Maxen Wledig, Valentine's SpecialWhy, it's Valentine's times again! (Valentimes.) The Loremen welcome Welsh Romance correspondent Jenny Collier back to the show, with tales of kings, prophetic dreams and gold. Gold. GOLD!
Too much gold? Maaaybe, yeah. This episode will also furnish you with a brand new euphemism for the downstairs area, and tell you where to buy the best horse bum leather.
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2022-02-1036 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep95 - Yorkshire DragonsThe Loremen go dragon-spotting in Yorkshire! From the Worm of Sexhow to the Dragon of Filey Brigg, Alasdair uncovers a simple traybake recipe that *you* can use to defeat a fiery serpent. Meanwhile, James dredges up a terrible childhood memory and irrevocably damages the dynamic of the podcast. So, a normal episode really.
Listen out for fishy folklorist Ruth L. Tongue. and frenemy of the show Chris L. Cantrill.
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2022-01-2735 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep95 - The Pedlar of SwaffhamJames delivers a triptych of tales, originating in the land of dreams. Chief among them is the Pedlar of Swaffham - the story of a country bumpkin who goes to That London and stands on a bridge. For ages. Are the locals friendly? What do you reckon, geeza?
This episode is brought to by those titans of the fruit industry, Big Pear. (This will make more sense after you've listened.)
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2022-01-2031 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep94 - The Well of Seven HeadsA grisly tale of revenge from the Scottish Highlands. In the shadow of Glengarry Castle, one bald man with nothing to lose seeks justice for the infamous Keppoch Murders. That’s right, the Lorebois are back! And everything you love is still here:
-Wilful misunderstandings
-Disturbing mascots from the 90s
-Excellent Scottish accents
-Also James also does his Scottish accent
Plus, arbitrary scoring and beheadings. Bring on 2022*!
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2022-01-1334 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep92 - The Midnight Library - Marsden GrottoIt's a festive crossover! Alasdair and James have been spirited away by the Midnight Library’s Miranda Merrick.
Where better to spend the festive interregnum twixt Christmas and New Year than nipping down the pub for a cheeky ale and a packet of beef clippings? Who cares if the pub in question is Miranda’s creepy local, The Broom and Fang? This time, the boys have to sing for their supper, with dynamite tales of smuggling, treachery and… revenge. Marsden Grotto in South Shields, a drinking establishment located in a hollowed-out cliff, is a cave-based boozer. A speleological hostel...
2021-12-2731 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep91 - Christmas Pig!It's the time of year when strangers passing on a wintry lane, warm of heart and pink of cheek, stop to wish each other, "Christmas Pig!"
Join two merry gentlemen for a pair of porcine ghost stories for Christmas. James and Alasdair also stage an all-star rendition of the traditional Burford Mummers' Play, and witness the return of Jesus Christ... Cereal Killer.
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2021-12-2336 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep90 - Marek Larwood - Sam the Sandown ClownAn otherworldly clown from the Isle of Wight encounters two wide-eyed human children. And, in other news, Marek Larwood meets James and Alasdair. Marek, comedian (We Are Klang) and card game inventor (Pooman), dons the mantle of Deputy Loreperson and relates one of the strangest tales the Loreboys have ever heard. What exactly is Sam the Sandown Clown? A ghost? An extra terrestrial? A child's obvious lie? You decide.
Prepare yourself for tuneless birthday songs and the triumphant return of the category "It's IT from Steven King's IT".
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2021-12-0939 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep89 - The Wittenham ClumpsBig clumps ahoy! The Loremen encounter two large hills, each with beech trees atop. They're easily the top beech-tree-topped hills covered by this podcast since Chanctonbury Ring.
The clumps are steeped in history, drenched in sauce and, sadly for James, riddled with poetry. And, yes. Don't worry, we talk about that Beatles documentary that everyone is talking about at the moment.
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2021-12-0235 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep88 - The Tale of Crazywell PoolIn one corner of Dartmoor, things just ain’t right. Could it be James shouting into a different cupboard? Perhaps lockdown madness is returning? Or… is the the craziness of Crazywell Pool catching?
Prepare yourself for lads on tor, a misleading witch and a bottomless pool that does not live up to its name. Learn why James will NEVER EVER buy a copy of the newspaper from the day his child was born. And take care… if this pond calls your name, you’re for it!
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2021-11-2531 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep87 - Marjolein Robertson - Shetland TalesAlasdair and James return to the furthermost reaches of (what we jokingly call) the United Kingdom. It’s Shetland! This time we’ve found ourselves a local guide in the form of comedian, storyteller and improvisor – Marjolein Robertson. Learn why you should never mention a ‘beniman’ aboard a boat and why there’s no such thing as a free shirt.
Somehow, the loreboys manage to run afoul of an ancient sea god, oil riggers and – their mortal enemy – the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT).
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2021-11-1835 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep86 - Smoo Cave, ScotlandJoin us in the the atmospheric Smoo Cave, hidden in the furthest reaches of the Scottish Highlands. Alasdair Beckett-King sits wee Jamie Shakeshaft down on a suspicious wooden cask and treats him to a quartet of tales. Play the episode to learn about a sea cave that has played host to ghosts, devils, witches and stalags both mite and tite.
Or you can take Alasdair's dad's advice and look it up on Wikipedia.
All that, plus a big apology to Americans. Or at least one American.
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2021-11-1136 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep85 - The Blue Girl of Nettlestone PrioryPop on your spine warmers, because you're gonna need 'em! James Shakeshaft takes Alasdair Beckett-King on a school trip to the Isle of Wight. Will Little Jimmy Shakes win the approval of the bigger boys when he spends the night in a haunted hotel?
This episode began as our Halloween live-scream, viewable in full here:
https://youtu.be/O2RtVq6uKZc
James's costume has to be seen to be believed!
Oh ps that RPG with James playing (not for kids - it's sweary and gory) is based on Alien and can found thusly...
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2021-11-0433 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep84 - Bethany Black - Grace DarlingJames and Alasdair are joined by comedian and actor Bethany Black (Doctor Who, Cucumber), telling the tale of Bethany's own ancestor, the lighthouse-dwelling heroine Grace Darling. When storm winds cast a steamship onto the jagged rocks of the Farne Islands, nine people are left clinging onto the prow and - by extension - life.
This episode features goat-riding devils, an encounter with a Pontefract psychic, and one Mr. Sillyman. Plus, an opportunity to discover whether a leaking engine is a big deal on a steamship (HINT: it is).
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2021-10-2145 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S3 Ep83 - The Bleeding HouseA quiet English home is disturbed by the sounds of piano music... but the Forster family do not own a piano. Pretty spooky, huh? So begins one of the most inexplicable hauntings the Loremen have ever encountered.
Podcasting from their sickbeds, two brave little Loreboys share a ghost story featuring numerous unexplained apparitions and a guest appearance from disembodied cryptid, The Hairy Hands of Dartmoor. Plus, a timely reminder of the difference between a cat food magnate and a cat food magnet.
How do you like (bobbing for) them apples?
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2021-10-1437 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S1 Ep8 - The Lambton Worm and Saint KenelmIn the final episode of Loremen Series 1, our intrepid hosts tackle the Lambton Worm and uncover murder on the mean streets... of Winchcombe.
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2018-02-0854 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S1 Ep7 - Baa and The Wilnecker ParadoxThe Loremen "solve" a sheep-themed murder mystery and discover the greatest writer in Wessex (allegedly).
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2018-02-0142 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S1 Ep6 - Durham Cathedral and Yubberton YawniesThere's a range of "miracles" associated with Durham Cathedral and Alasdair and James really get to the bottom of them. Plus a bunch of idiots. And that's putting it nicely.
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2018-01-2540 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S1 Ep5 - Minster Lovell and SilkyOne tale definitely features dust, maybe skeletons, certainly dust - the other has silk and an awful, awful piggy bank...
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2018-01-1839 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S1 Ep4 - Bad Lord Soulis and Freeman's GangJames and Alasdair meet a 'Terrible William' and a band of Highwaymen burning the candle at both ends.
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2018-01-1139 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S1 Ep3 - Pelton Brag and Long ComptonJames and Alasdair encounter the most dangerous animal of all, and discover how many witches it takes to pull a hay wagon.
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2018-01-0439 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S1 Ep2 - Tom, Dick and Harry and Blue CapWe meet the original Tom, Dick and Harry (well, not exactly), and a gritty northern poltergeist.
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2017-12-2835 min
Loremen PodcastLoremen S1 Ep1 - Parcy Reed and Poppa BaylissIn this episode, Alasdair and James meet a band of border reivers and a dubious cotswolds ghost.
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2017-12-2140 min