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Join the Loremen (James Shakeshaft and Alasdair Beckett-King) as they "investigate" local legends and forgotten folklore.

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    • Comedy
    • 4.9 • 278 Ratings

Join the Loremen (James Shakeshaft and Alasdair Beckett-King) as they "investigate" local legends and forgotten folklore.

    Loremen S5Ep42 - Mary King's Close with Eleanor Morton

    Loremen S5Ep42 - Mary King's Close with Eleanor Morton

    Eleanor 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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    • 1 hr 1 min
    Loremen S5Ep41 - Ghosts of Gallipoli

    Loremen S5Ep41 - Ghosts of Gallipoli

    Alasdair 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.

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    • 41 min
    Loremen S5Ep40 - Cornish Terrors

    Loremen S5Ep40 - Cornish Terrors

    Get 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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    • 26 min
    Loremen S5Ep39 - The Many Ghosts of Sandford Orcas

    Loremen S5Ep39 - The Many Ghosts of Sandford Orcas

    James 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!

    Follow along here...
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    * You wouldn't endorse it.

    This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.

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    • 36 min
    Loremen S5Ep38 - Bedtime Stories at the Midnight Library

    Loremen S5Ep38 - Bedtime Stories at the Midnight Library

    The 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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    • 42 min
    Loremen S5Ep37 - The High Peak Beast

    Loremen S5Ep37 - The High Peak Beast

    If 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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    • 37 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
278 Ratings

278 Ratings

amoss96 ,

Great podcast!

☑️

Kneewax ,

Sublime

I mean. What can I say? This is the best folklore podcast, funny, clever, not always deeply researched with wild assumptions and inaccuracies. I love it. Only gets 4 stars though because they will insist on giving Chris Cantrell airtime.

Fluffytail296 ,

Like floating on a cloud

I love this podcast. Lots of nice gentle comedy with a folklore twist. I so want a pet raisin now!

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