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S6E8 – The Man They Hanged Thrice

March 2025March 2025 Alasdair

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The true story of a man who escaped the hangman’s noose, not once, not twice and not four times either.

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S5E10 – The Enigma of the Panelled Room

November 2023August 2024 Alasdair

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Alasdair takes James to Canterbury, and to a tea house which boasts its own (slightly dubious) ghost room. Folklore or fakelore? You decide.

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S5E7 – Halloween Live: Hereward the Wake

November 2023August 2024 Alasdair

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We meet Hereward the Saxon bad-boy, and ask – at what point does putting heads on spikes stop being a hobby and start being a job? 

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S4E31 – The Wold Rangers with Amy Gledhill

February 2023August 2024 Alasdair

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Amy Gledhill meets Snaffling Jock, Mushroom Charlie & Slapface Ned: the Wold Rangers of Yorkshire’s East Riding.

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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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