Loremen Podcast
Loremen Podcast
Join the Loremen (James Shakeshaft and Alasdair Beckett-King) as they "investigate" local legends and forgotten folklore.
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Feb 28, 2019 • 37min
S2 Ep11: Loremen S2 Ep11 - The Cheshire Prophet and Hayfield Mermaids
Two extraordinary tales from North West England. An ill-fated prophet predicts the wholesale destruction of Northwich. Meanwhile, a lost story from Series 1 re-emerges from the depths to drag you under (because it is about mermaids).
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Feb 21, 2019 • 44min
S2 Ep10: Loremen S2 Ep10 - The London Monster
A flesh and blood monster stalks the streets of London, causing bloodshed, outrage and mass hysteria. James and Alasdair meet innocent victims, scurrilous liars and the 18th Century’s greatest prankster.
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Featured image: “The monster disappointed of his afternoons luncheon-or porridge-potts preferable to cork-rumps.” etching by J. Gillray, 1790. Credit: British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
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Feb 14, 2019 • 41min
S2 Ep9: Loremen S2 Ep9 - Jenny Collier - Santes Dwynwen and Gelert
Jenny Collier joins the Loremen in a Valentine’s Day Special: tales of star-crossed lovers from Wales. Also featuring the world’s biggest lovespoon.
Content Warning: This episode isn’t very rude, but some of the subject matter is more adult than our usual family-friendly fare of ghosts, devils and murderers.
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Feb 7, 2019 • 42min
S2 Ep8: Loremen S2 Ep8 - Sindhu Vee - Everything Happens For The Best and The Pickled Parson
Guest LorePerson Sindhu Vee (Edinburgh Best Newcomer Nominee 2018) explains exactly why Everything Happens For The Best via the medium of Indian folklore that involves some mild torture. Alasdair recounts a Durham tale that is basically a religious Weekend At Bernies.
Find the show notes here: www.loremenpodcast.com/episode-8-s2
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Jan 31, 2019 • 47min
S2 Ep7: Loremen S2 Ep7 - The Witches of Caithness and Costwolds Dogs
Witches, Black Dogs, Crabs, Happy Whales and Toads. This pair of compendium stories has it ALL.
Also what passes for a piece of Folklore in Banbury and why you should make consistent fashion decisions when dealing with packs of hounds.
Find the show notes here: www.loremenpodcast.com/episode-7-s2
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Featured image from: A narwhal and large sperm whale. Engraving. Credit: Wellcome Collection. (CC BY 4.0)
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Jan 24, 2019 • 38min
S2 Ep6: Loremen S2 Ep6 - The Trials of Jan Tregeagle and The Hartlepool Monkey
Alasdair tells a tragic monkey's tale and James turns private dick, on the trail of a Cornish Bluebeard. Who fled the headless hounds? Who hung the monkey? Both these questions answered for the low price of zero pounds.
(Seriously, if you haven't visited Trago Mills - you should. It's quite the thing.)
Find the show notes here: www.loremenpodcast.com/episode-6-s2
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Jan 17, 2019 • 44min
S2 Ep5: Loremen S2 Ep5 - The Unfortunate Farmer's Daughter and The Spanish Chest
A knight errant lobs a baby in a stream and twins are struck deaf by a sinister wooden chest. Curious tales of the macabre and absurd from your friendly neighbourhood Loremen.
Alasdair relates what is potentially the most problematic rom-com premise ever. James tells us about a spooky storage solution. (Does feature guns).
Find the show notes here: www.loremenpodcast.com/episode-5-s2
(Includes THAT picture)
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Jan 10, 2019 • 35min
S2 Ep4: Loremen S2 Ep4 - The Campden Wonder and Scarborough Pier
A true crime in Restoration England? A bizarre ritual on Scarborough Pier? It's episode 4 of Loremen Series 2.
Find the show notes here: www.loremenpodcast.com/episode-4-s2
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Jan 3, 2019 • 45min
S2 Ep3: Loremen S2 Ep3 - Jon Long - The Lincoln Imp and The Red Book of Appin
The Loremen discover that Lincoln Green is people, and ride to windswept Argyll on an "entire" horse. In Episode 3, James and Alasdair are joined by another Deputy Loreman: award-having comedian and troubadour Jon Long.
Find the show notes here: www.loremenpodcast.com/episode-3-s2
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Here’s the Lincoln Echo video Jon tells us about. (We were clearly joking about this guy. Do not sue us, please.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12AEvoeNaJ0
A quick correction: It turns out St Mary’s unique porch in Chipping Norton is HEXagonal, not octagonal. And there are two other like it. Also, the Princess Di visit is not corroborated: https://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=5086
Finally, never let it be said that the Lincoln Echo can’t do clickbait titles: Do You Like Lincoln’s Big Metal Face? (Lincoln Echo)
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Dec 27, 2018 • 45min
S2 Ep2: Loremen S2 Ep2 - Shelley's Ghost and Malmesbury Abbey
Series 2 continues, as James and Alasdair unravel two tales of death and hubris: a romantic poet packing heat, and the Buzz Lightyear of the 11th century.
Find the show notes here: www.loremenpodcast.com/episode-2-s2
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