Loremen S6Ep32 - The Black Rains of Slains

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Loremen

Society & Culture, Comedy, History, Places & Travel

4.9 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Storm's comin', and it is quite literally "mucky out". Alasdair forecasts peculiar precipitation with spells of weird science. The black rains that fell on one small Scottish parish in the 1860s have a variety of explanations, ranging from the odd (squids) to the really odd (Italy). Plus, we have a doozy of a theory from the man himself: Charles Fort. 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 Yore.
0:14.7	I'm Alastair Beckett King. And I'm James Shakespeare. And James, I hope you've got a brolly there.
0:19.8	An umbrella. Yeah? Some kind of a brolly there. An umbrella.
0:21.1	Yeah.
0:39.2	Some kind of appropriate headgear. An umbrella hat? A little umbrella hat, which is a cap where it spins around. I'm not. I'm thinking of a propeller cap. Or a propeller. You're thinking of a propeller hat, which would the propeller cap repel the rain? We can only help James James, because I'm about to take you to Aberdeenshire.
0:40.1	Hmm?
0:43.7	For a story about the black rains of Slains.
0:46.5	Storm's coming. The... James Shakehaft.
1:00.5	I've got a warning for you, James.
1:03.6	Oh no.
1:04.8	I'm shirtless.
1:06.0	What?
1:06.9	Yeah, I'm sorry, it's very warm.
1:08.6	It's very warm in the flat.
1:09.6	I've got the windows closed for sound reasons. My neighbour who was learning the trombone, if you recall.
1:15.1	Yes, Jonathan Briggs. Has that guy gone out yet? The Johnny Briggs, the Johnny Briggs theme tune.
1:21.9	I don't know whether that made it into the podcast proper or if it was bonus only. Anyway, he's moved on to the trumpet. He, she or they have moved on to the trumpet.
1:29.7	They, and they in this sense is not only being trans-friendly, but also they could be...
1:37.6	It could be, yeah.
1:38.5	We're not just being non-binary inclusive.
1:40.9	It might be that it's like a hot five, but they're practicing the instruments
1:44.1	one at a time. Yeah, they're literally a, or they are the personification of a theme tune.
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