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Loremen Podcast Loremen Podcast
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4.9 • 289 Ratings
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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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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
LoreBoys nether say die!
Join us for another Loremen Live at The Bill Murray in London
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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.
Come see us LIVE Again!
https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/event-detail/loremen-live-again-18th-aug-the-bill-murray-london-tickets-202408181730/
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Loremen S5Ep36 - The Old Man of Monterey Bay
The 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 by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.
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Loremen 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:
https://youtube.com/live/KUPu3MGUuUc
Loreboys nether say die!
Support the Loremen here (and get stuff):
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Loremen S5Ep34 - Oxford Mysteries LIVE Part 1
The 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
Loreboys nether say die!
Support the Loremen here (and get stuff):
patreon.com/loremenpod
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Check the sweet, sweet merch here...
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Loremen S5Ep33 - Bamburgh Castle and The Laidly Worm
Welcome 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 car dealership, Reg Vardy.
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.
LoreBoys nether say die!
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patreon.com/loremenpod
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Customer Reviews
So entertaining
Sorry it took me so long to find this pod. It’s very funny and you learn some lore while you’re at it.
Best life hack podcast out there
All my shelf hanging needs are met
Exceptional
My favourite podcast. James and Alasdair consistently offer fascinating obscure curiosities and local legends. Always good humour. Peerless. 5/5 in all categories.