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  • S7E8 – The North Aston Terror

    An unlucky Englishman gets caught in a shower of rocks - indoors!
  • S7E7 – Michelham Priory, Upper Dicker

    A new contender for Rudest Place Name has entered the ring! James provides a run-down of Upper Dicker's top monks.
  • S7E6 – The Ghosts of Chilham Castle

    James takes Alasdair round the manor house of Chilham Castle, in Kent. You want skeletons? We got skeletons mate, don't you worry!
  • S7E5 – A Romantic Welsh Buffet with Jenny Collier

    Roses are red, daffodils are jollier, it's Valentine's time, so we're joined by Jenny Collier!

S3E99 – Talking Heads – LIVE!

March 2022August 2024 Alasdair

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Alasdair and James chart the history of talking automata, from Friar Bacon’s diabolical brazen head to Professor Faber’s ill-fated “Euphonia”.

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S3E98 – The Curse of the Silk Shoes: Live at the Leicester Comedy Festival 2022

February 2022August 2024 Alasdair

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The story of a devilish gentleman and a pair of silk shoes that are very much house shoes. As in, if you take them out of the house… you die.

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S3E97 – The Dream of Maxen Wledig with Jenny Collier

February 2022August 2024 Alasdair

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It’s Valentine’s times again! (Valentimes.) The Loremen welcome Welsh Romance correspondent Jenny Collier back to the show, with tales of Kings, prophetic dreams and GOLD.

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S3E96 – Yorkshire Dragons

January 2022August 2024 Alasdair

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The Loremen go dragon-spotting in Yorkshire! From the Dragon of Filey Brigg to the Worm of Sexhow.

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S3E95 – The Pedlar of Swaffham

January 2022August 2024 Alasdair

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Three tales from the land of dreams: chief among them, the story of a country bumpkin who goes to That London and stands on a bridge. For ages.

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Welcome to Loremen

Loremen is a podcast about local legends and obscure curiosities from days of yore.

Join James Shakeshaft, Alasdair Beckett-King plus guest comedians and experts as we "investigate" forgotten folklore.

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