Loremen S6Ep24 - The Figure on the Stairs

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Loremen

Society & Culture, Comedy, History, Places & Travel

4.9 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Welcome to Sydenham, but be warned — 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. At least, according to the ghosthunter Elliot O'Donnell. From dreamland visions to the horrors of the London rental market, this episode should give you a shiver, even in the midst of a heatwave. This episode was edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the LoreFolk at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/loremenpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/loremen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check the sweet, sweet merch here... ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.teepublic.com/stores/loremen-podcast?ref_id=24631⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @loremenpod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/loremenpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/loremenpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/loremenpod⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Lawmen, a podcast about local legends and obscure curiosities from Days of York.
0:13.8	I'm James Shakeshaft. And I'm Alastair Beckett King. And Alistair, we are in the throes of a heat wave right now.
0:19.5	So thank goodness, I've got another chilling tale for you.
0:22.4	Few!
0:23.1	It is the tale of the figure on the stairs by Elliot O'Donnell.
0:27.4	Ooh, sounds fictionalised.
0:30.3	Hmm.
0:31.9	Maybe.
0:33.1	Why not listen and find out?
1:01.5	Yeah. listen and find out it. Alistair. James, I'm a little bit concerned.
1:02.4	About what?
1:06.8	Well, we're recording this during a heat wave, and my fear is that the audience might listen to it during a heat wave and come off with the impression that it's very short
1:11.0	and we're really tired and hot when actually the episode is probably of a very high quality
1:15.7	and it's them, it's their hot ears not being able to hear it properly. Their ears might be too
1:22.4	hot is my concern. Well, I'm also concerned because we tend to do some of the most odd episodes when it's the heat on.
1:31.1	It does seem to happen that way.
1:32.3	I think that's when I think in a previous episode we posited that in the Second World War, American GIs were coming over here and defiling our long barrows.
1:45.5	British skeletons, yeah.
1:46.7	I think they seduced our skeletons, didn't they?
1:51.6	They did.
1:52.5	I think they did.
1:53.4	With their silk stockings.
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