Loremen S6Ep34 - Pluckley, the Hauntedest Village

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Loremen

Society & Culture, Comedy, History, Places & Travel

4.9 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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It's Britain's most haunted village, according to the Guinness Book of Records. Pluckley in Kent is replete with legends and thick wi' ghosts. James leads Alasdair through your basic Pluckley hauntings, and uncovers a couple of stories that haven't had mainstream media coverage*. Plus... has James been Mandela-effected? * I.e. they're not in the Usborne Book of Ghosts.** ** Plus a BIG*** reveal about that book. *** Not that big. See the ⁠Loremen LIVE in London on Oct 15th⁠. 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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0:43.9	Welcome to Lawmen, a podcast about local legends and obscure curiosities from Days of Yore.
0:45.4	I'm James Shakeshaft.
0:46.7	I'm Alistair.
0:51.1	And today, Alistair, we are going to hit the big time.
0:51.9	Oh, yeah.
0:56.4	Yes, it's for us, this is way too famous.
0:59.3	We're no longer law boys, we are law men.
1:00.0	Oh, yeah.
1:04.4	We're going to go to the most haunted village in Britain.
1:05.7	Not my words.
1:08.0	The village of Pluckley and Kent.
1:09.3	Certainly not my words. Hello there, Alistair.
1:30.2	Hello, James.
1:31.3	Hi.
1:32.0	Listen.
1:32.6	Okay.
1:33.2	I expect you're wondering why I've brought you here to this.
1:37.8	I am now, yeah.
1:38.9	On internet telephone call.
1:40.7	That's probably the clearest way of explaining what this is, an internet telephone call.
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