Loremen S6Ep41 - The Disappearing Diplomat

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4.9 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Prussia, 1809. An Englishman named Benjamin Bathurst vanishes without leaving a trace. Apart from his trousers. And his cloak. And possibly his skull. Who is behind this baffling disappearance? A local hoodlum, a French comte, or Napoleon Bonaparte himself? This cold case has remained unsolved for over two centuries. Until now! Because James has a theory NO ONE has considered before. (Maybe a horse ate him.) ⁠See Alasdair On Tour in 2026!⁠ Edited by ⁠⁠Laurence Hisee⁠⁠ 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	Oh, hi there, listener. It's Alistair from Lawmen. I just wanted to let you know that tickets are on sale now for my 2026, 2026 tour of the UK.
0:08.4	It's called King of Crumbs, and I'm bringing it to a town near you.
0:11.5	If you live in Shrewsbury or Shrewsbury, Lester, Brighton, Portsmouth, Frum, Oxford, Cardiff, Exeter, Taunton, Plymouth, Bristol, Coventry, Glasgow, Belfastle, Liverpool, Barnard, Newcastle, Canterbury, Sheffield, Chelmsford, Birmingham, Maidstone, Norwich, Leeds,
0:17.6	Manchester, Manchester,mouth, Bristol, Coventry, Glasgow, Belfast, Liverpool, Barnard, Newcastle, Canterbury, Sheffield, Chelmsford, Birmingham, Maidstone, Maidstain, Norwich, Leeds, Manchester, Cambridge, Swindon, Salisbury, Old London,
0:23.6	search for King of Crumbs, or go to Abeckettking.com forward slash gigs. Gigs.
0:29.4	Welcome to Lawmen, a podcast about local legends and obscure curiosities from Days of Yore.
0:47.2	With me, Alastair Beckett King.
0:48.1	And me, James Shakeshaft.
0:49.6	And James, I hope you are wearing your investigating pantaloons.
0:51.1	Yeah?
0:55.2	Well, pull them up.
0:55.9	Well...
0:57.2	I don't know why I assumed they'd be around your ankles.
0:57.7	Pull them up and get them buckled because I have a mysterious tale of 19th century mystery foyer.
1:01.0	Ooh.
1:08.3	It's the strange case of the disappearing
1:09.1	diplomat.
1:11.3	Oh! James, are you sitting comfortably?
1:35.1	I'm standing shouting into a cupboard, so yes.
1:38.7	Are you crouching in a in a wardrobe comfortably?
1:42.8	I'm at the standing cupboard this time.
1:44.9	The gentleman standing cupboard rather than the crouching podcasters niche.
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