Are the lanes of Wiltshire stalked by a pagan deity in disguise? Meet the Peaked Red One.
09.10.2025 04:30 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@loremen.bsky.social
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Are the lanes of Wiltshire stalked by a pagan deity in disguise? Meet the Peaked Red One.
09.10.2025 04:30 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Are the lanes of Wiltshire stalked by a pagan deity in disguise? Meet the Peaked Red One.
09.10.2025 04:30 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0"I've had it up to HERE with ruffs"
02.10.2025 15:12 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Comedian Amy Matthewsโ takes the Loreboys on a spooky tour of Leigh-on-Sea. But what's the truth behind the legend of the witch who sold the wind?
02.10.2025 04:30 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Crack open the Usborne Book of Ghost: it's Britain's most haunted village.
25.09.2025 04:30 โ ๐ 21 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1The Loremen meet the Map Men. Yes, it's the crossover we can only assume people have been clamouring for! Jay and Mark joined us to share the secrets of the mythical island / clerical error known as Hy-Brasil.
18.09.2025 04:30 โ ๐ 17 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0dating apps should just make men list their top 5 podcasts
17.09.2025 04:18 โ ๐ 4659 ๐ 405 ๐ฌ 329 ๐ 941Storm's comin', and it is quite literally "mucky out". Alasdair forecasts peculiar precipitation with spells of weird science.
11.09.2025 04:30 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Matt Stewart joins James (Alasdair having lost his voice) and James gives him a stern warning about the city of Cambridge.
04.09.2025 04:30 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Buff the buckles on your shoes and ready your bodices for ripping. James has plucked a tale of betrayal and romance from the annals of Yorkshire legend.
28.08.2025 04:34 โ ๐ 19 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Polterguys are back! After a wee August break, the Loreboys return with some noisy sprits from a disputed corner of Oxfordshire.
21.08.2025 04:31 โ ๐ 24 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0The boys are on holiday, so this episode is pure "bants". Enjoy a selection of bonus bits from our recent episodes and take care out there, kids.
14.08.2025 04:30 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Improve your Thursday by listening to this๐๐
07.08.2025 11:35 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Meet a hornรฉd hunter and a two-faced Edward: legends who left the pages of literature and entered the realm of lore.
07.08.2025 04:34 โ ๐ 28 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1James takes Alasdair back to the Croydon of the Cotswolds - Banbury! - home of the "famous" nursery rhyme. You know, the one with the rude horse and the lady with peculiarly positioned bells?
31.07.2025 04:30 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0James is joined by Dave Warneke of the podcasts Do Go On and Book Cheat to hear about one of the UK's breaking (and bounciest) cryptids.
24.07.2025 16:39 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Looking for a tale to warm you knockles? If so, you've come to the wrong place! Alasdair's North Country legend will make your knockles chillier than ever. You're gonna wish you'd invested in 8 tiny beanies to keep 'em warm. This is the sanguinary story of Stephen Hollin's ghost...
17.07.2025 04:30 โ ๐ 24 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Welcome to Sydenham, but be warned โ this ain't your grandma's Sydenham. It's more likely to be your great-great grandma's Sydenham. James takes Alasdair to a tumbledown cottage on a moonlit night, where an unwary rambler had a terrific fright...
10.07.2025 04:35 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0James takes Alasdair on a whistle-stop tour of Britain's mobile stones. These standing stones were made for walking, and that's just what they'll do. Except when they're spinning around on the spot. Or not moving at all.
03.07.2025 04:30 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Apparently 50 Berkeley Square is a part of Scotland.
From, The Mercury 7 August 1908.
James brings the temperature down with the chilling tale of Bloody Bones and the most notorious haunted house in London.
26.06.2025 04:32 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0A sepia toned illustration showing a smiling mother and son who are both potatoes.
Me and Eleanor against green book cover with the title The Secret Garden.
It's double podcast Thursday, with a new @loremen.bsky.social episode about the monsters of Prince Edward Island (we don't talk about Prince Andrew Island, so relax). And a new episode of Eleanor & Alasdair Read That all about The Secret Garden: linktr.ee/readthat
19.06.2025 08:56 โ ๐ 163 ๐ 21 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 2Do you struggle to tell the difference between Prince Edward Island, the Canadian province, and Prince Edward the Duke of Edinburgh (15th in line to the throne AT TIME OF RECORDING)? If nothing else, this episode will teach you which of the two produces 25% of Canada's potatoes.
19.06.2025 04:31 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0The remote islands of Scotland are known to be home to folk with the second sight. Alasdair tells James the story of three gifted seers, each of whom came to a sticky end. (In one case, literally. Barrel of tar, innit?)
12.06.2025 04:31 โ ๐ 46 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0Sorry and you're welcome?
05.06.2025 17:12 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The unintentionally saucy tale of a man who took his pinnace to London. A โ pinnaceโ is a kind of small boat and James didn't realise how rude was going to sound when spoken aloud. How would you pronounce it? Try it, say "pinnace" out loud. Say it on the bus.
05.06.2025 04:31 โ ๐ 19 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A walk in the park turns out to be no walk in the park. The loreboys encounter some Kentish legends and the meaty ghost of Colonel Meates.
29.05.2025 04:31 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Edy Hurst joins the Loreboys with the tale of a penny dreadful phantom who not only affrighted the women of London, but also the uncles of Warrington.
22.05.2025 04:30 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0No one was...
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