S4 Ep52: Loremen S4Ep52 - The Queen Rat with Tom Mayhew
The Loremen are joined by Tom Mayhew (from Radio 4's Tom Mayhew Is Benefit Scum) for one of our stinkiest, sexiest episodes to date. Following in the footsteps of Victorian journo Henry Mayhew (no re...
20 Jul 202344min
S4 Ep51: Loremen S4Ep51 - Guy of Warwick
Man vs Cow! The epic battle continues. James tells the romantic tale of the English knight Guy of Warwick, who (rather unromantically) killed a massive cow. The cow was very, very angry and bigger th...
13 Jul 202335min
S4 Ep50: Loremen S4Ep50 - Ghosts at The Dolphin, Penzance
The Loreboys are still in the county of Cornwall when they encounter a remarkably haunted inn named The Dolphin. And, steel yourself listener, because Alasdair not only visited the titular pub, he act...
6 Jul 202335min
S4 Ep49: Loremen S4Ep49 - The Ghostbusting Parsons of Penzance
Ghostbusters! In Cornwall! That's very much the premise. Alasdair returns from England's westernmost peninsula with a slew of tales about Cornish ghost-layers, spirit-quellers, exorcists and general ...
29 Jun 202347min
S4 Ep48: Loremen S4Ep48 - Cornwall's Loneliest Vicar
James takes Alasdair way out west; as far west as you can go in the UK without getting wet. We're talking about the wall of corn itself: Cornwall, and the tale of a peculiar vicar who managed to alien...
22 Jun 202334min
S4 Ep47: Loremen S4Ep47 - Scams in Old Time Japan
James dazzles Alasdair with a selection of grifts, scams and swindles from Edo period Japan. Marvel at the adventures of the legendary Hikoichi, featuring a bucket of fish-guts, a red-faced demon (lit...
15 Jun 202340min
Japan Livestream Minisode
This is a biscuit-heavy minisode, in service of our upcoming LIVESTREAM. Join... Us... on the 12th June 2023 (2023) at 8:30pm BST (bst) on youtube.com/loremenpodcast for tales from James Shakeshaft's ...
8 Jun 202313min
Minisode - Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan (and also Northern Ireland)
The Loreboys are off galivanting! Well, Alasdair is on tour in the UK and James is on a family holiday in Japan. (Friend of the podcast: Japan.) So, think of this episode as a horror anthology. If you...
1 Jun 202323min
