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S3E104 – The Legend of Maud’s Elm

April 2022May 2022 Alasdair

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The “pathetic” legend of Maud’s Elm, a story as thrilling as it is obviously made up.

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S3E99 – Talking Heads – LIVE!

March 2022March 2022 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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S3E86 – Smoo Cave

November 2021December 2021 Alasdair

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A quartet of tales from Smoo Cave, hidden in the furthest reaches of the Scottish Highlands.

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S3E84 – Grace Darling with Bethany Black

October 2021October 2021 Alasdair

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James and Alasdair are joined by Bethany Black (Doctor Who, Cucumber), telling the tale of her own ancestor: lighthouse-dwelling heroine Grace Darling.

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S3E59 – The Edinburgh Castle Mystery

March 2021May 2021 Alasdair 1 Comment

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King Jimmy VI & I had quite a rough ride, from “witnessing” an assassination in utero to being attacked by the world’s rudest cat…

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S3E43 – The Green Children of Woolpit

October 2020December 2020 Alasdair

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The Green Children of Woolpit raise more questions than they answer. Do aliens exist? Do Australians?

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S3E36 – Major Weir with Eleanor Morton – LIVE!

September 2020December 2020 Alasdair

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Edinburgh’s roll-call of villains is long, crooked and rotten. Like the worst banana. And “Angelic Thomas” Weir is one of the nastiest…

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S3E25 – The Gump with Rachel Fairburn

June 2020December 2020 Alasdair

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Joined by Rachel Fairburn (off of the All Killa No Filla podcast), the Loremen return to the Wild West Country for a poke around ‘The Gump’.

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S3E14 – King Bladud of Bath with Sunil Patel

March 2020December 2020 Alasdair

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Bath comedian Sunil Patel (BBC Asian Network) shares the legend of King Bladud, in this Covid-19 Lockdown Special.

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S3E11 – The Devil and Jeremiah Stone

March 2020December 2020 Alasdair

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James brings in an extraordinary tale of betrayal, backstabbing and the Devil himself.

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