S3E58 – Black Annis: Live at the Leicester Comedy Festival February 2021February 2021 Alasdair Podcast: Download () | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | MoreMeet Leicester’s blue-hued, metal-clawed, child-eating ogress. It’s Black Annis. Read More
Leicester Comedy Festival Announcement Minisode February 2021February 2021 Alasdair Podcast: Download () | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | MoreWe are appearing online as part of Leicester Comedy Festival on Saturday 20th Feb 2021. Read More
S3E57 – The Lady of the Lake with Jenny Collier February 2021February 2021 Alasdair Podcast: Download () | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | MoreJenny Collier makes her annual Valentine’s pilgrimage to tell the Loreboys about the Lady in the Lake – but not the one you’re thinking of. Read More
S3E56 – Hang Me Low: The Mary Blandy Story February 2021February 2021 Alasdair 1 Comment Podcast: Download (Duration: 32:00 — 29.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | MoreA time-hopping ghost story from Oxfordshire, this episode boasts a “magic” potion, trials, castles, clumsy legs and Henley-on-Thames. Read More
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
