Loremen Podcast

S4 Ep14: Loremen S4 Ep 14 - The Simonside Duergar

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Beware traveller! For Northumberland's Simonside Hills are the setting for this week's tale. Those rugged crags are thick with evil, evil creatures wh...

S4 Ep13: Loremen S4 Ep13 - The Mystery of Cromwell's Head

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

James introduces Alasdair to the original prankster himself, Oliver Cromwell! Legendarily one of history's great monsters, Cromwell was actually very ...

S4 Ep12: Loremen S4 Ep12 - The Ghosts of Spokane

08 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Having come into the possession of certain manuscripts on North American lore, James Shakeshaft whisks you off to Spokane in Washington State. Suppose...

Featherstone Corrections Minisode

01 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alasdair is back! But literally only just so we are not back up to full speed yet. Hence the minisode. Plus we have some unfinished business to take ...

Edinburgh Postcard Minisode

25 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alasdair Beckett-King sends an audio postcard from Scotland's own Edinburgh. What does he get up to between shows? Find out here! Learn more about...

S4 Ep11: Loremen S4 Ep11 - The Cerne Abbas Giant

18 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A VERY SPECIAL GUEST HOST THIS WEEK Who you might recognise.... Yeah you know him, off YouTube and Mock the Week and podcasts and what nots. And we ...

S4 Ep10: Loremen S4 Ep10 - Jenny Collier - Maxen Wledig 2

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jenny Collier steps into the co-host chair and we have a Loremen FIRST - a sequel! What happened to Maxen Wledig after he travelled to Wales to find t...

S4 Ep9: Loremen S4 Ep9 - Chris Cantrill - The Ghosts of Featherstone Hall

03 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A special guest CO-HOST this week! Fan favourite Chris Cantrill (The Delightful Sausage) is BACK and he has a great story all about an ill-fated Cumb...

S4 Ep8: Loremen S4 Ep8 - Rushton Triangular Lodge, Northamptonshire

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the smoking room of the Loregentleman’s Club, Mr James Shakeshaft puffed on his pipe with a look of consternation. He found the silence intolerab...

S4 Ep7: Loremen S4 Ep7 - The Ghost Coach of Burford

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hop in James's childhood car (a Mazda 323) and take a trip to Burford, jewel of the Cotswolds. Home of the Burford Garden Centre, Cotswold Wildlife Pa...

S4 Ep6: Loremen S4 Ep 6 - Scratching Fanny of Cock Lane

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Is this our rudest episode title yet? Cock Lane is a small street in the City of London, infamous for not having a ghost in it. Alasdair introduces Ja...

S4 Ep5: Loremen S4 Ep5 - Major Andre and Benedict Arnold

07 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Loremen lived again! James tells our live studio audience a tale stretching all the way from the Peak District to the good ol' US of America. This...

Shakeover Minisode

30 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Due to an administrative error - this is a solely Shakeshaft minisode. But he gets through a LOT of admin. In the end. Stone Stakeout Quantum Mechani...

S4 Ep4: Loremen S4 Ep4 - The Legend of Ticonderoga

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alasdair brings out the big Scottish guns: Ranald McDanald AND Donald McRonald and shares the tales of two Scotsmen who fought on opposing sides at th...

S4 Ep3: Loremen S4 Ep3 - Lower Swell

16 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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S4 Ep2: Loremen S4 Ep 2 - The Stone of Destiny

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Stone of Destiny, AKA the Stone of Scone, has been stolen more times than Alasdair has had cold Scottish dinners. In this episode we uncover a dar...

S4 Ep1: Loremen S4 Ep 1 - William Adams, The First Englishman in Japan Part 2

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's season four of Loremen! It's 4oremen. 4men? Either way, we're one man short of opening a profitable burger chain. And it's time for William Adams...

S3 Ep107: Loremen S3 Ep 107 - William Adams, The First Englishman in Japan Part 1

19 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Content warning - we say "willy" a LOT In 1600, William Adams was the first Englishman to visit Japan. Little was known about Japan at that time, apa...

S3 Ep106: Loremen S3 Ep106 - The Witches of Wallsend

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Seaton Delaval Hall was once home to Sir Francis Blake Delaval - the man who puts the "pranks" in "I am sick of this guy's terrible pranks". But, alth...

S3 Ep105: Loremen S3 Ep105 - The Public Universal Friend and the Fresno Nightcrawlers

05 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Loreboys share two legends from the other side of the extremely big pond (the Atlantic). Shakeshaft goes west to Yosemite National Park and encoun...

Ride Along Minisode

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It is a twofer this week! Not only an advert for tonight's live stream BUT ALSO a preview of the new Patreon exclusive ep.. Ride Along 2: Carlectric C...

San Francisco Minisode

21 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A Loreman Abroad! James sends back a podcast from America, as The Proclaimers never sang. Naturally, the Loremaster has tracked down a couple of loca...

S3 Ep104: Loremen S3 Ep104 - The Legend of Maud's Elm, Cheltenham

14 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alasdair brings James the "pathetic" legend of Maud's (or Maude's) Elm, a story as thrilling as it is obviously made up. You've got your heroines: tra...

S3 Ep103: Loremen S3 Ep103 - Dame Creswyke's Spectre, Moreton-in-Marsh

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Loremen Guesthouse! Join us in the lounge for the bite-sized tale of Dame Creswyke: a restless spirit who has more than outstayed her w...

S3 Ep102: Loremen S3 Ep102 - The Wells of St Walstan, Norfolk

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

James brings Alasdair a piece of Norfolklore... It's the story of St Walstan, a monk who was mates with a pair of oxen who had magic wee wee. Can you...

Breaking the Lore 02

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Two BIG bits of Lore Breaking this week. Return to Yorkshire Atlantis and actual BREAKING lore news from Japan But it is all a ruse to advertise the ...

S3 Ep101: Loremen S3 Ep101 - Seán Burke - St Columba and the Monster

17 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Happy St Patrick's Day! To celebrate, we tell the monster-packed tale of Ireland's rival patron, St Colmcille (aka St Columba). Joining us is the fran...

S3 Ep100: Loremen S3 Ep100 - Danny Robins - The Cauld Lad of Hylton

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Loremen are joined by supernatural pod king* Danny Robins! Danny is the voice behind Haunted, The Battersea Poltergeist and Uncanny, as well as be...

S3 Ep99: Loremen S3 Ep99 - Talking Heads

03 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Since the dawn of time, humanity has dreamed of one thing: making a little robot head that talks in a funny voice. Alasdair and James chart the histor...

Breaking the Lore 01

24 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ahead of tonight's Livestream (Update this has happened now... https://youtu.be/qlnDKuUR43Y) The LoreBois round up all the breaking Lore in a new seg...

S3 Ep98: Loremen S3 Ep98 - The Curse of the Silk Shoes

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The boys hit the road (and rail replacement bus service) and made their way to the East Midlands, for the Leicester Comedy Festival. Whereupon, James ...

S3 Ep97: Loremen S3 Ep97 - Jenny Collier - The Dream of Maxen Wledig, Valentine's Special

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Why, it's Valentine's times again! (Valentimes.) The Loremen welcome Welsh Romance correspondent Jenny Collier back to the show, with tales of kings, ...

St Wistan | Leicester 22 Live Preview

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As an amuse bouche for the Leicester Live gig on 6th February here is an icky tale of Prince murder and the ever so odd repercussions... Watch live i...

S3 Ep96: Loremen S3 Ep95 - Yorkshire Dragons

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Loremen go dragon-spotting in Yorkshire! From the Worm of Sexhow to the Dragon of Filey Brigg, Alasdair uncovers a simple traybake recipe that *yo...

S3 Ep95: Loremen S3 Ep95 - The Pedlar of Swaffham

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

James delivers a triptych of tales, originating in the land of dreams. Chief among them is the Pedlar of Swaffham - the story of a country bumpkin who...

S3 Ep94: Loremen S3 Ep94 - The Well of Seven Heads

13 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A grisly tale of revenge from the Scottish Highlands. In the shadow of Glengarry Castle, one bald man with nothing to lose seeks justice for the infam...

S3 Ep93: Loremen S3 Ep93 - 2021 Almanac

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a celebratory Lore-nanny, showcasing some of the listeners' favourite moments from 2021*. Recorded on Dec 31st, the Loremen accurately pre...

S3 Ep92: Loremen S3 Ep92 - The Midnight Library - Marsden Grotto

27 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's a festive crossover! Alasdair and James have been spirited away by the Midnight Library’s Miranda Merrick. Where better to spend the festive i...

S3 Ep91: Loremen S3 Ep91 - Christmas Pig!

23 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's the time of year when strangers passing on a wintry lane, warm of heart and pink of cheek, stop to wish each other, "Christmas Pig!" Join two me...

Christmas 2021 - Minisode

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A few traditions to mull over... We are doing another livestream! For Christmas 2021! At 830pm GMT on the 16th December 2021 (2021) It will be on Yo...

S3 Ep90: Loremen S3 Ep90 - Marek Larwood - Sam the Sandown Clown

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

An otherworldly clown from the Isle of Wight encounters two wide-eyed human children. And, in other news, Marek Larwood meets James and Alasdair. Mare...

S3 Ep89: Loremen S3 Ep89 - The Wittenham Clumps

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Big clumps ahoy! The Loremen encounter two large hills, each with beech trees atop. They're easily the top beech-tree-topped hills covered by this pod...

S3 Ep88: Loremen S3 Ep88 - The Tale of Crazywell Pool

25 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In one corner of Dartmoor, things just ain’t right. Could it be James shouting into a different cupboard? Perhaps lockdown madness is returning? Or…...

S3 Ep87: Loremen S3 Ep87 - Marjolein Robertson - Shetland Tales

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alasdair and James return to the furthermost reaches of (what we jokingly call) the United Kingdom. It’s Shetland! This time we’ve found ourselves...

S3 Ep86: Loremen S3 Ep86 - Smoo Cave, Scotland

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join us in the the atmospheric Smoo Cave, hidden in the furthest reaches of the Scottish Highlands. Alasdair Beckett-King sits wee Jamie Shakeshaft do...

S3 Ep85: Loremen S3 Ep85 - The Blue Girl of Nettlestone Priory

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Pop on your spine warmers, because you're gonna need 'em! James Shakeshaft takes Alasdair Beckett-King on a school trip to the Isle of Wight. Will Lit...

Hallowstream 2021 - Minisode

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A short chiller about why not to look too closely at the floor... It is the Livestream tonight! Unless you're from the future? In which case all the ...

S3 Ep84: Loremen S3 Ep84 - Bethany Black - Grace Darling

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

James and Alasdair are joined by comedian and actor Bethany Black (Doctor Who, Cucumber), telling the tale of Bethany's own ancestor, the lighthouse-d...

S3 Ep83: Loremen S3 Ep83 - The Bleeding House

14 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A quiet English home is disturbed by the sounds of piano music... but the Forster family do not own a piano. Pretty spooky, huh? So begins one of the ...

S3 Ep82: Loremen S3 Ep 82 - The Ghost and Mr Chicken

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A dead husband returns with a dreadful warning... Yes, it's another spoopy episode! This tale of tragedy and terror comes from the North East of Engl...

S3 Ep81: Loremen S3 Ep81 - The Stow Poltergeist

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Loremen visit a famously chilly Cotswolds town and meet a quintessentially British poltergeist. In 1963, an ordinary Stow-On-The-Wold family exper...

S3 Ep80: Loremen S3 Ep80 - 100th Episode (Pt. 2) The Margate Shell Grotto and the Ornamental Hermits

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What is the Margate Shell Grotto? A Roman temple? A cubbyhole of the Knights Templar? The lair of a very odd Batman villain? Getting to the bottom of ...

S3 Ep79: Loremen S3 Ep79 - 100th Episode (Pt. 1) London, Underground

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A trilogy of bone-chilling subterranean tales are unearthed by James, in Part 1 of our 100th episode “spectacular.” Marvel, as the Loremen encount...

Garlick Hill, London Minisode

09 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A lil' Wayne ahead of the big 💯 (100) show this weekend. If you're reading this before the 12th September (2021) then there must surely be tickets ...

S3 Ep78: Loremen S3 Ep 78 - Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

From the depths of Wales's Brecon Beacons, at the Green Man Festival, two plucky Loreboys attempted a pod-first: recording a podcast in a tent. Sadly,...

S3 Ep77: Loremen S3 Ep77 - The Penryn Tragedy

26 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

James returns from a minibreak in Cornwall with a swashbuckling tale of piracy, mistaken identity and being very annoying. Don't worry - all those thi...

Mock Mayor Minisode

19 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A brief side-bar of a side-bar, covering Mock Mayors, the etymology of "nuts" and the legacy of Ron Seal (RIP). It's all in aid of tonight's livestrea...

S3 Ep76: Loremen S3 Ep76 - Odd Robin

12 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

James Shakeshaft takes Alasdair Beckett-King back to Chipping Campden via Chipping Sodbury, County Louth and North London. The Lorelads are on tour [A...

S3 Ep75: Loremen S3 Ep75 - Forrest Burgess - The Soap Woman

04 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Soap Woman of Lake Crescent The Loremen visit Twin Peaks country, and in damn fine company. The year is 1940 and Forrest Burgess (off of Astonishi...

S3 Ep74: Loremen S3 Ep74 - The Ghosts in the Window

29 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You know the feeling. It's night-time and you're all alone. You get the strangest feeling that if you look into the glass of a darkened window, you mi...

Loremen July 22nd Live Minisode

22 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

James Shakeshaft has a big old ramble about all sorts of stuff, and Alasdair Beckett-King sends in a video postcard which you can find here: https://w...

S3 Ep73: Loremen S3 Ep73 - Poppy Hillstead - The Green Lady of Thorpe Hall, Louth

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Poppy Hillstead has entered the podcast! Award winning comic and podcaster (Poppy Hillstead Has Entered The Chat) joins the Loreboys with a tale of th...

S3 Ep72: Loremen S3 Ep72 - The Miner and the Ghost

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alasdair Beckett-King and James Shakeshaft head for the haunted heights of Derbyshire’s High Peak. Somewhere between Light Peak and Dark Peak, betwi...

High Peak Minisode

01 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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S3 Ep71: Loremen S3 Ep71 - The Curious Case of the Zetetic Astronomers

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alasdair takes us to the flat, flat Fenlands and tells tales of some proper old-school oddballs. The sort of people who like to question the mainstrea...

S3 Ep70: Loremen S3 Ep 70 - The Hoar Stone of Enstone

17 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

James takes Alasdair on a guided tour of the Cotswolds’ less famous standing stones. This episode is hot, hot, hot, in many senses of the word. Is ...

Grim's Ditch Minisode

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

James takes Alastair for a mini trip round Oxon in this minisode on Grim's Ditch. A little side story before tonight's livestream.  Loreboys nether ...

S3 Ep69: Loremen S3 Ep69 - The Midnight Library 2 - The Ghost of Harry Main

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is the Midnight Library 2: Electric Boogaloo AKA The Midnight Library Returns: Electric Boogalurns. Miranda Merrick and Mr Darling make their way...

S3 Ep68: Loremen S3 Ep68 - The Mystery of the Arthur's Seat Coffins

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Loreboys go rambling up Scotland's third most famous seat* and make a very spooky discovery: a Victorian mystery that remains unsolved. (Spoiler: ...

The Fairy Coffin Minisode

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Un petit amuse-bouche ahead of tonight's LIVESTREAM on twitch.tv/loremenpod Alasdair Beckett-King regales James Shakeshaft with a delightful wee Scot...

S3 Ep67: Loremen S3 Ep67 - Ben Van der Velde - The Dybbuk

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Van der Velde (Worst Foot Forward Podcast) treats the Loremen to a tour of Jewish mysticism, the dreaded dybbuk and (of course) the world's origin...

S3 Ep66: Loremen S3 Ep66 - Hand of Glory

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you've executed a criminal and are wondering what to do with their hands, why not get crafting and make yourself a Hand of Glory? This burglar's mu...

Hand of Glory Recipe Minisode

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Unlike a normal trailer this features all sorts of bits that won't be in the actual thing! Join us at http://www.twitch.tv/loremempod on 29 April at...

S3 Ep65: Loremen S3 Ep65 - The Isle of Thanet

22 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ah, the Isle of Thanet! A place of great antiquity. Some say its name comes from "Ynys Thanatos" - the Isle of the Dead - a folkloric curio which Jame...

S3 Ep64: Loremen S3 Ep64 - Robin Ince - Grim's Ditch

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Robin Ince (R4's Infinite Monkey Cage & The Cosmic Shambles Network) takes the Loremen for a meander along Grim's Ditch. On the way, they encounter ev...

S3 Ep63: Loremen S3 Ep63 - April Fools' LIVE

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Those mischievous Loremen celebrated April Fools' Day the only way they know how: a live stream! Listen in for tales of impossible frogs, the dangers ...

Fool Stream Trailer

31 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A wee one about the live stream tomorrow (April 1st) Includes the first part of a puzzle that will be solved within said live stream.  In the usual p...

S3 Ep62: Loremen S3 Ep62 - Pitcairn Island

25 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alasdair takes us to the most remote (inhabited) place on earth! Prepare yourself for mutineers, Neo-Pagans and a giant glass ball full of noisome gas...

S3 Ep61: Loremen S3 Ep61 - The Birdcage, Thame

18 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

James has dug up a genuinely spooky inn-based tale this week. The Birdcage is a 600+ year old public house with a fearsome ghost, a horrible history a...

S3 Ep60: Loremen S3 Ep60 - Amy Gledhill - Brother Jucundus

11 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Old York, Old York. So York they named it York. Amy Gledhill (Radio 2, The Delightful Sausage, A Lovely Time) joins the Loreboys to delve into the sto...

S3 Ep59: Loremen S3 Ep59 - The Edinburgh Castle Mystery

04 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

King Jimmy the 1st and/or 6th of England and/or Scotland had quite a rough ride, from “witnessing” a political assassination in utero to being att...

S3 Ep58: Loremen S3 Ep58 - Black Annis, Leicester

25 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Leicester is home to many things: the grave of King Lear, the Leicester Comedy Festival and the blue-hued, metal-clawed, child-eating ogress Black Ann...

S3: Leicester Comedy Festival Announcement Minisode

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Just a wee one to let you know we are appearing *online* as part of Leicester Comedy Festival on Saturday 20th Feb *2021*. James throws in a few bonus...

S3 Ep57: Loremen S3 Ep57 - Jenny Collier - The Lady of the Lake

11 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Award-winning comedian Jenny Collier makes her annual Valentine's pilgrimage to tell the Loreboys about another Welsh romance. As usual, the story in ...

S3 Ep56: Loremen S3 Ep56 - Hang Me Low: The Mary Blandy Story

04 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A time-hopping ghost story from Oxfordshire, this episode boasts not only a "magic" potion, but trials, castles, clumsy legs and Henley-on-Thames. Ess...

S3 Ep55: Loremen S3 Ep55 - Chris Cantrill - The Tale of Meg Merrilies

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Cantrill of The Delightful Sausage (BBC Radio 2) returns! And, having moved to Cumbria, he has a brand new story up his grubby little sleeve. M...

S3 Ep54: Loremen S3 Ep54 - The Madness of Crowds

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841) is a remarkable compendium of mass hysterias, written by the Scottish curmudgeon Char...

S3 Ep53: Loremen S3 Ep53 - The Mystery of Lucy Lightfoot

14 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you've ever thought, "they couldn't make it up," then you are about to be proven so very wrong. They DID make this one up! But don't let that put ...

S3 Ep52: Loremen S3 Ep52 - Return of the Gabriel Hounds

07 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ah, the Peak District: nestled snugly betwixt Lancashire and Yorkshire. Quiet, peaceful, serene... that is until the Loreboys rock up!  Long-time li...

S3 Ep51: Loremen S3 Ep51 - Joseph of Arimathea in Glastonbury

31 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Did Jesus’s uncle Joseph (presumably on his mum’s side) retire to England’s West Country? Did he bring the Holy Grail with him? Common sense and...

S3 Ep50: Loremen S3Ep50 - Stuart Goldsmith - Ghosts of Warwick Castle

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Stuart Goldsmith of the Comedian’s Comedian Podcast joins the Lorebois for some spooky tales from Stu’s old stomping ground of Warwick Castle* whe...

S3 Ep49: Loremen S3 Ep49 - The Legend of Sawney Bean

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Loremen are on the hunt for British werewolves, but it turns out the scariest thing of all… is the truth. James and Alasdair uncover grisly stor...

S3 Ep48: Loremen S3 Ep48 - The Sea Beasts of Shetland

03 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alasdair leads us off the beaten track and across the sea to the northernmost part of the UK: the Shetland Islands. Prepare yourself for a veritabl...

S3 Ep47: Loremen S3 Ep47 - Andrew O'Neill - Weird Milton Keynes

26 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode comes from the much derided and profoundly strange city of Milton Keynes. The Lorepokes are joined by comedy maverick, steampunk pioneer ...

S3 Ep46: Loremen S3 Ep46 - Crystal Palace

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alasdair and James return to the borough where the Loremen first saddled up. It may sound like a fairy tale, but South London was once home to a great...

S3 Ep45: Loremen S3 Ep45 - Grey Dolphin

12 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A thrilling Kentish episode this week! James recounts the legend of 14th century kick-machine Sir Robert de Shurland. He kicked cattle. He kicked com...

S3 Ep44: Loremen S3 Ep44 - The Wyck Rissington Maze

05 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Loremen came together for a special Halloween livestream, and here is the audio thereof! Featuring the much-anticipated reveal of great-grandaddy ...

S3 Ep43: Loremen S3 Ep43 - The Green Children of Woolpit

22 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alasdair takes us on a journey to the Otherworld. The tale begins at the Peak District's rudest tourist attraction, stops off at Yorkshire's sauciest ...

S3 Ep42: Loremen S3 Ep42 - Dana Alexander - Luna the Orca

15 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Comedian and genuine Canadian Dana Alexander takes us 'neath the waves of the legendary Pacific Northwest (or Pacific Southwest from Canada's point of...

S3 Ep41: Loremen S3 Ep41 - The Boscombe Whale

08 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We figured that every man and his podcast would be doing a spooky special in honour of Halloween month, so we've gone entirely ghost-free. James tells...