Loremen Podcast

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December 21, 2023 Xmas Pig 2023 (2023) Pre Livestream Minisode
Get excited! We will be Livestreaming at 830pm GMT (330pm ET) an Xmas Pig Porktacular! at youtube.com/loremenpodcast subscribe and ding the bell for updates!

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13 min
December 14, 2023 S5 Ep13: Loremen S5Ep13 - The Spitting Ghost of Haddon Hall
Ewww! A low stakes, gross ghost! James tells ABK about some well-documented (but not encouraged) ghosts from Derbyshire.

Something about the formerly-ruined building of Haddon Hall has stirred the poetic side of James. He even reads out a bit of what some would consider poetry, or indeed poesie*. This episode also features the stunning debut of brand new character "Geordie Samuel L Jackson".

*If you're from the past, before the invention of the letter T.

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29 min
December 07, 2023 S5 Ep12: Loremen S5Ep12 - The Hollow of the Seckyban
If you’re walking home late one night, and you hear something rolling along beside you – beware! You might have encountered the Sac Bàn - AKA the Seckyban or the White Sack. Alasdair chills James to his marrow with the legend of a creature who rolls around the byways of Scotland like an angry pudding. You see, a sighting of the White Sack means death!

From the Hollow of the White Sack to the Creagan Change House, this episode features several dodgy pronunciations, sixteen old men, two noms de plume, and the longest trip to the off license in folklore history.

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39 min
November 30, 2023 S5 Ep11: Loremen S5 Ep11 - The Bakewell Witches
James mutters an incantation and whisks Alasdair off to Bakewell in the Peak District, a town famous for its variety of puddings. There, the Loreboys meet a pair of ALLEGED witches. Hear how they use their devilish powers to... make and sell women's hats.

Oh, the horror! It's the legend of the Bakewell Witches*.

*Story may contain innocent women and one lying Scotsman.

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38 min
November 23, 2023 S5 Ep10: Loremen S5 Ep10 - The Enigma of the Panelled Room
Alasdair takes James to Canterbury, in Kent*, a city positively brimming with ghosts. The boys skip from the Roman streets to a tea house, which boasts its own unique ghost room. But! What begins as a grisly interior design show ends up as a hard hitting exposé. Folklore or FAKElore? You decide.

We also come up with some Chaucer-themed business ideas. If you open a Canterbury grocers that sells only parsnips called "The Parsonips Tale" you have to pay us royalties.

There's a lot to get your teeth into here. And a lot of panels to hide your teeth behind, if that's what you're into. Incidentally**, why not pop into Tiny Tim's Tea Rooms and book yourself on a Canterbury a ghost tour?

* Actual Kent, this time.
** Tooth pun!

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45 min
November 16, 2023 S5 Ep9: Loremen 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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34 min
November 09, 2023 S5 Ep8: Loremen S5 Ep8 - The Witch of Berkeley
Halloween 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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31 min
November 02, 2023 S5 Ep7: Loremen S5Ep7 - Halloween Live: Hereward the Wake
As part of the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival, James and Alasdair take to the stage on the spookiest night of the year. We meet the Saxon bad-boy Hereward the Wake, and ask - at what point does putting heads on spikes stop being a hobby and start being a job?

Accompanied by a fine bunch of Lorefolk (hand-picked like the spookiest of Scottish kale) James tells a story featuring way too many Mission Impossible rubber masks and more Normans than you can shake a spike at. (The French kind of Normans, not the Hale or Pace type).

You can watch the entire stream in glorious 'technically-colour' on our YouTube channel:
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49 min
October 26, 2023 S5 Ep6: Loremen S5Ep6 - The Evil Jester of Muncaster Castle
Hark, 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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42 min
October 19, 2023 S5 Ep5: Loremen S5Ep5 - Kelpies of Kintyre
Kintyre 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.

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42 min