Loremen Podcast

Do you remember Halloween? It wasn't ages ago! This year, James and Alasdair commemorated old Samhain with a super-spooky livestream. Sorry, liveSCREAM. James tells Alasdair the story of Dickie - the Screaming Skull of Tunsted Farm. It is a tale as old as time: a human skull that, if removed from a house, causes all sorts of trouble. But that's just the beginning of this Derbyshire legend. We also meet some of the largest nots you've ever heard of. You might even call them Hugenots. Field Report | Searching for the Screaming Skull in Chapel-en-le-Frith https://youtu.be/j2aPCfpciPk Also the full Livestream is here... https://youtu.be/8vP_OM5VFRs Loreboys nether say die! Check the sweet, sweet merch here... https://www.teepublic.com/stores/loremen-podcast?ref_id=24631 Support the Loremen here (and get stuff): patreon.com/loremenpod ko-fi.com/loremen @loremenpod www.instagram.com/loremenpod www.facebook.com/loremenpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, it's something a little different this week! Matt Stewart and Dave Warneke of Do Go On join James for a whistle stop tour of British folklore. These hilarious Australian podcasters are embarking on their own UK tour (dates are here: dogoonpod.com/live-shows) and James kindly shares the snippets of folklore, history and Telly Savalas trivia that every visitor simply must know. Our very own James is actually going to be joining Matt for a live recording of Who Knew It with Matt Stewart in Bristol on the 17th November. "Come along! It should be a real fun time." - James Shakeshaft, 2022. Loreboys nether say die! Check the sweet, sweet merch here... https://www.teepublic.com/stores/loremen-podcast?ref_id=24631 Support the Loremen here (and get stuff): patreon.com/loremenpod ko-fi.com/loremen @loremenpod www.youtube.com/loremenpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another Halloween spooker! This week, Alasdair unfolds a tale from the Great North Road, or thereabouts. This yarn has everything: highwaymen, road ghosts, the director Peter Jackson and accents. At least two accents. For the full A-to-Z (actually A-to-Y) of weird Yorkshire words, check out the Patreon. And to see the Loreboys' Halloween Special LIVE and in person, get tickets here: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/event-detail/loremen-halloween-spooktakular-31st-oct-the-bill-murray-london-tickets-202210311830/ Or join in online at YouTube.com/LoremenPodcast Loreboys nether say die! Check the sweet, sweet merch here... https://www.teepublic.com/stores/loremen-podcast?ref_id=24631 Support the Loremen here (and get stuff): patreon.com/loremenpod ko-fi.com/loremen @loremenpod www.youtube.com/loremenpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The boatman awaits..." As 90s soul sensation Gabrielle once sang, dreams CAN come true. She also sang, "look at me babe I'm with you," but that is less relevant to this story. This episode's legend comes from James's Spooky Book Of The Month, Haunted England by Christina Hole. It's a tale of premonition and a kind of spooky justice... Get yer tickets for the HALLOWEEN LIVE show here: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/event-detail/loremen-halloween-spooktakular-31st-oct-the-bill-murray-london-tickets-202210311830/ Loreboys nether say die! Check the sweet, sweet merch here... https://www.teepublic.com/stores/loremen-podcast?ref_id=24631 Support the Loremen here (and get stuff): patreon.com/loremenpod ko-fi.com/loremen @loremenpod www.youtube.com/loremenpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're listening to Loreboys Investigate: When Glove Puppets Kill. Alasdair helps James get better acquainted with one Mr Punch: the nastiest little man in England. And that is a very competitive field indeed. In this episode, the Loreboys take on a true folk antihero. Mr Punch is malevolent, puckish and proud. And just like Super Mario, he's lost his Italian accent. Find out why you should never touch your neighbour's sausages, and learn how the Punch and Judy show influenced the writing of ghostmaster-general, M. R. James. This episode was recorded in front of a very well-mannered live audience as part of the Cheerful Earful Podcast festival. Content Warning: Punch and Judy is a traditional form of children's entertainment, so expect bloody murder and domestic violence. Loreboys nether say die! Check the sweet, sweet merch here... https://www.teepublic.com/stores/loremen-podcast?ref_id=24631 Support the Loremen here (and get stuff): patreon.com/loremenpod ko-fi.com/loremen @loremenpod www.youtube.com/loremenpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week the Loreboys are armed with reviews! Not for themselves, but for Lancashire / Yorkshire's glorious River Ribble. Some folks say it was David Bowie's favourite river. (It's us, we say that.) But do make sure you appease the ghost of Peg O' Nell - or a one star review will be the least of your worries... Loreboys nether say die! Check the sweet, sweet merch here... https://www.teepublic.com/stores/loremen-podcast?ref_id=24631 Support the Loremen here (and get stuff): patreon.com/loremenpod ko-fi.com/loremen @loremenpod www.youtube.com/loremenpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

https://www.cheerfulearful.co.uk/ Come see us LIVE AGAIN! Friday 7th October at 7pm in London's Shepherds Bush region. Don't worry there'll still be a proper episode out tomorrow... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robin Allender of the Moon Under Water podcast and Your Own Personal Beatles is a fine Bristol lad with a tale or two to tell. How many ships sail in the ocean above the stars? None, you might think - but sheriff Shakeshaft and deputy Allender have identified more than one historic UFO in the West Country region. (And one in Kent, but you can’t have everything.) ABK is there too, sitting in judgement like an ageless god, older than time itself. Prepare yourself for a lot of impressions that end up being Ringo. Loreboys nether say die! Check the sweet, sweet merch here... https://www.teepublic.com/stores/loremen-podcast?ref_id=24631 Support the Loremen here (and get stuff): patreon.com/loremenpod ko-fi.com/loremen @loremenpod www.youtube.com/loremenpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beware traveller! For Northumberland's Simonside Hills are the setting for this week's tale. Those rugged crags are thick with evil, evil creatures who want nothing more than to lure you to your doom. Fear not! Alasdair Beckett-King is here to warn of of their tricksy ways, while James Shakeshaft looks on, scornfully. Hear how a Shakeshaft-type spent a miserable night in a horrible little cottage, while an ABK-esque sceptic came a cropper in a bog. It's all the work of the nastiest  faerie-folk in the Unseelie Court. Loreboys nether say die! Check the sweet, sweet merch here... https://www.teepublic.com/stores/loremen-podcast?ref_id=24631 Support the Loremen here (and get stuff): patreon.com/loremenpod ko-fi.com/loremen @loremenpod www.twitch.tv/loremenpod www.instagram.com/loremenpod www.facebook.com/loremenpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James introduces Alasdair to the original prankster himself, Oliver Cromwell! Legendarily one of history's great monsters, Cromwell was actually very annoying on an interpersonal level too. Let the Loremen fill you in on some of Olly Crom's lesser-known legends - his (terrible) sense of humour, the town he definitely didn't destroy and whatever became of his disembodied head. Prepare yourself for an uncommonly respectful episode, with a lengthy sidebar discovering the difference between seasoning and a condiment. Loreboys nether say die! Check the sweet, sweet merch here... https://www.teepublic.com/stores/loremen-podcast?ref_id=24631 Support the Loremen here (and get stuff): patreon.com/loremenpod ko-fi.com/loremen @loremenpod www.twitch.tv/loremenpod www.instagram.com/loremenpod www.facebook.com/loremenpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices