Loremen Podcast

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  • S5 Ep37: 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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    38 min
  • 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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    46 min
  • Loremen S5Ep35 - Oxford Mysteries LIVE Part 2 (with Bonus)

    The Loremen lived again - again! This is part two of the episode 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 Oxford, this time courtesy of John Richardson's Oxford & County Ghost Stories.


    In Part 2, the boys encounter a couple of workmen's ghosts up the Woodstock Road 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


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    32 min
  • S5 Ep34: 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

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    31 min
  • S5 Ep33: 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:

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    This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.


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    45 min
  • S5 Ep32: Loremen S5Ep32 - Cheddar Gorge with Richard Herring
    Richard 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

    And check out our YouTube Channel to watch and listen to this episode at the same time: https://youtu.be/voIwAgwLFLw

    Join us for another Loremen Live in Oxford on 25th May:
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    This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.

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    54 min
  • S5 Ep31: Loremen S5Ep31 - Gregor MacGregor, The Prince of Nowhere
    The 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 25th May:
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    This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.

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    37 min
  • S5 Ep30: Loremen S5Ep30 - Hunting the Werewolf on Cannock Chase
    Where 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 Display (without the pay) if you know what we mean...

    The Quantum Mechanics - Paranormal Podcast

    Rural Concerns

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    This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.

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    47 min
  • S5 Ep29: Loremen S5Ep29 - The Japanese Tree With A Human Face with Uncanny Japan
    Thersa 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:
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    This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.

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    42 min
  • S5 Ep28: Loremen S5Ep28 - The Clutching Hands of Blakemere Pool, Peak District
    James 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:
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    This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.

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    37 min

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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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