Loremen S6Ep38 - Vicky's Ticker

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Loremen

Society & Culture, Comedy, History, Places & Travel

4.9 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Queen Victoria, the second longest Queen of England (at the time of recording), escaped death on numerous occasions. But did she ever explore the spirit world? Alasdair recounts an series of (attempted) murder mysteries and relates the strange tale of a stolen timepiece. While James attempts to answer that age old question: who watches the watch, man? Find out more about Vicky's Ticker in Roger Clarke's article on the Spitalfields Life blog here. 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.
0:13.5	With me, Alastair Beckett King.
0:15.0	And me, James Shakeshap.
0:16.2	And James, I have got a tale of mystery and attempted murder for you from the reign of Long Queen Victoria,
0:23.8	as everyone who's now calling her. Yes, they are. We did this one live. We did it live in Ballam.
0:29.0	I don't know if you would call them an audience. Would you say two handfuls of people? Yes,
0:34.1	depending on the size of your hands. And the people? One handful for James of people at the cheerful, earful podcast festival.
0:41.4	But we had a lot of fun.
0:42.4	And we hope you will too.
0:43.9	It's the mystery of Vicky's Ticker.
0:46.2	Vicky Ticker.
0:47.6	Vicky Ticker.
0:48.7	Vicky Ticker. James. Yes. I've got a murder mystery for you.
1:02.1	Oh. Well, actually, it's not exactly a murder mystery. It's a murder and a mystery.
1:07.3	Uh-oh.
1:08.2	It's a murder and a mystery. Or, to be more honest, an attempted murder and an unsolved mystery.
1:14.6	Are we going to solve that mystery?
1:16.9	Well, no, probably, probably not.
1:21.9	We had better make some friends along the way.
1:25.5	The real treasure were the attempted murders.
1:29.3	There's one thing you can say about the English, and that is, we love a long queen, don't we?
1:34.6	Oh, yes, that's very true.
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