S3E55 – The Tale of Meg Merrilies with Chris Cantrill January 2021January 2021 Alasdair Podcast: Download (Duration: 26:55 — 24.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | MoreMeg Merrilies was a highwaywoman who was ruthless in her pursuit of riches, a hobby which some say has continued beyond the grave… Read More
S3E54 – The Madness of Crowds January 2021January 2021 Alasdair Podcast: Download (Duration: 35:24 — 32.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | MoreA remarkable compendium of mass hysterias from the Scottish curmudgeon Charles Mackay. Read More
S3E53 – The Mystery of Lucy Lightfoot January 2021January 2021 Alasdair Podcast: Download (Duration: 33:27 — 30.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | MoreMedieval romance, time travel and a solar eclipse: all the excitement of a parish newsletter. Read More
S3E52 – Return of the Gabriel Hounds January 2021January 2021 Alasdair Podcast: Download (Duration: 27:22 — 25.1MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | MoreThe Gabriel Hounds are invisible flying dogs that presage death. We track them down to the rudest village in England. Read More
S3E51 – Xmas Special: Joseph of Arimathea in Glastonbury December 2020December 2020 Alasdair Podcast: Download (Duration: 32:45 — 30.0MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | MoreDid Jesus’s uncle Joseph (presumably on his mum’s side) retire to England with the Holy Grail? Probably not. Read More
S3E50 – The Ghosts of Warwick Castle with Stuart Goldsmith December 2020December 2020 Alasdair Podcast: Download (Duration: 35:28 — 32.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | MoreStuart Goldsmith joins the Lorebois for some spooky tales from Warwick Castle, where he used to be the jester. Read More
S3E49 – The Legend of Sawney Bean December 2020December 2020 Alasdair Podcast: Download (Duration: 26:57 — 24.8MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | MoreThe Loremen are on the hunt for British werewolves, but it turns out the scariest thing of all… is the truth. Read More
S3E48 – The Sea Beasts of Shetland December 2020December 2020 Alasdair Podcast: Download (Duration: 34:08 — 32.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | MoreAlasdair leads us across the sea to the Shetland Islands, for a veritable ‘Who’s Who’ of sea monsters. Read More
S3E47 – Weird Milton Keynes November 2020December 2020 Alasdair Podcast: Download (Duration: 37:55 — 34.8MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | MoreAndrew O’Neill brings the Loremen a cursed elm tree, a diabolical neighbour and a time-travelling windmill. Read More
S3E46 – Crystal Palace November 2020December 2020 Alasdair Podcast: Download (Duration: 35:08 — 32.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | MorePlummet! Into a ghost train full of Victorian skeletons. Dine! Inside an historically inaccurate dinosaur. Read More