Alasdair, Author at Loremen Podcast

S3E4 – Mother Ludlam’s Cauldron

January 2020September 2024 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?

S3E3 – The Quacks of London

January 2020September 2024 Alasdair

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In Victorian London phoney doctors (faux-sicians) sold cures for all known ills… and plenty of unknown ones too.

S3E2 – A Christmas Miscellany

December 2019September 2024 Alasdair

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A very special festive edition of Loremen featuring exclusively Xmas-themed lore.

S3E1 – Gef the Talking Mongoose with Pierre Novellie

December 2019September 2024 Alasdair

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Pierre Novellie brings the Loremen a tale from the Isle of Man – once home to Gef the Talking Mongoose.

S2E13 – The Hexham Heads & The Mickleton Hooter

March 2019December 2024 Alasdair 2 Comments

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In this final episode of series two we come bang up to date (to the 1970s) with a North Eastern tale of Celtic effigies. Then we narrowly avoid Royal slander to chat about the incomparably named “Mickleton Hooter”.