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The Spectral Bridegroom
A ghoulish groom attempts to drag his lover to Hell, like some kind of reverse-Meatloaf. This is the classic Cornish tale of Nancy Trenoweth, featuring a quick-thinking blacksmith, a humble servant and an exploding horse. But will the boys get through the story without any derailments?
No.
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Credits:
The Loremen are Alasdair Beckett-King & James Shakeshaft.
This episode was edited by Laurence Hisee.
Featured image from Bridal pair, from the Dance of Death, an engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar after Hans Holbein the Younger, 1651.
Music from La Lettre De Manon Valse played by Megone’s Orchestra, 1905.