Podcast Episodes

Bedfordshire Highwaymen with Weird in the Wade

Season 6 Episode 11

Nat Doig of Weird in the Wade (BBC Sounds) joins the Loreboys to (stand and) deliver the tales of some Bedfordshire highwaymen with absolutely superb names. Hold your ghost horses! The names are not …

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Loremen S6Ep10 - Witches of Essex with Joel Morris

The Loremen welcome comedy writer and connoisseur of the supernatural Joel Morris (Philomena Cunk, A Touch of Cloth). Joel's hit podcast Broken Veil has seen him and Will Maclean venturing into the s…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Dodge vs The Demon

Season 6 Episode 9

James spins another yarn from the moors of Devon. It's the tale of Reverend Dodge, a vicar so fearsome his name caused demons to turn and flee!

Let's be honest, this episode isn't the first time the b…

Published on 5 months ago

The Man They Hanged Thrice

Season 6 Episode 8

James tells the true story of a man who escaped the hangman's noose, not once, not twice and not four times either.

The life of John "Babbacombe" Lee was made into a silent film in 1912. Smash-cut to …

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

The Witch That Wasn't with Willow WInsham

Season 6 Episode 7

Author Willow Winsham joins the Loreboys with a tale of a woman more witched against than witching! The infamous Ann Wagg simply could not move without being accused of witchcraft. Ironically, locals…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Exorcist and The Idol

Season 6 Episode 6

Now this is a story all about how Donald Omand’s life got flipped turned upside down when he encountered a Chinese idol possessed by a murderous spirit. Alasdair introduces James to the so-called ‘Ci…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Cursed Fortune, Cornwall

Season 6 Episode 5

Listener beware! Loremen is not a financial advice podcast, BUT if you are offered untold riches by an aged ghost who departs with a devilish laugh — that's probably a bad sign. James tells Alasdair …

Published on 6 months ago

Scareships and the Headless Cyclist

Season 6 Episode 4

The LoreBoys lived again! Returning to the Leicester Comedy Festival, we treated an audience to tales of beasts of the water, beasts of the air and a beast of the land — a cyclist with no head at all…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Valentine's Special 2025 with Jenny Collier

Season 6 Episode 3

It is the Most Romantic Time of the Year™ and we have a tale steeped in romance... if your idea of romance is Arthurian toxic masculinity.

Welsh Valentine's Correspondent Jenny Collier joins us with w…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Curse of the Black Monk

Season 6 Episode 2

Alasdair introduces James to the inverted ghost of Lady Elizabeth Hoby. Prepare your ears for the tragic tale of Lady Hoby's (imaginary) son William. Are the legends true? Was the mistress of Bisham …

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago