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S3E58 – Black Annis: Live at the Leicester Comedy Festival

February 2021February 2021 Alasdair 1 Comment

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Meet Leicester’s blue-hued, metal-clawed, child-eating ogress. It’s Black Annis.

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S3E38 – The Witch of Wookey Hole with Rosie Holt

September 2020December 2020 Alasdair

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Deputy Loreperson Rosie Holt brings us Somerset’s 2nd best subterranean tourist attraction. Plus a timeless lesson on the dangers of pig sarcasm.

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S3E29 – The Rollright Stones -LIVE!

July 2020December 2020 Alasdair

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Our 50th episode tackles the Rollright Stones in a special livestream edition. Discover standing stones, a witch’s curse and the dreaded Dix Pit.

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S3E13 – Old Stinker with Amy Gledhill

March 2020December 2020 Alasdair

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The Loremen are joined by comedian and Hull-survivor Amy Gledhill. We chat about the Hull Werewolf, also known as “Old Stinker”.

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S3E4 – Mother Ludlam’s Cauldron

January 2020December 2020 Alasdair

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A triptych of stories about an actual thing in a church this week. Be it the work of human, faerie or (as usual) the devil?

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Loremen S2 Ep 4

January 2019December 2020 Alasdair

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The Campden Wonder & Scarborough Pier: A true crime in Restoration England? A bizarre ritual on Scarborough Pier? It’s episode 4 of Loremen Series 2.

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Loremen S1 Ep 8

February 2018December 2020 Alasdair

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In the final episode of Loremen Series 1, our intrepid hosts tackle the Lambton Worm and uncover murder on the mean streets… of Winchcombe.

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Loremen S1 Ep 3

January 2018December 2020 Alasdair

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James and Alasdair encounter the most dangerous animal of all, and discover how many witches it takes to pull a hay wagon.

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