Loremen S6Ep43 - The Penzance Poisoner

Loremen Podcast

Loremen

Society & Culture, Comedy, History, Places & Travel

4.9 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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James dives back into the well of Cornish lore and surfaces with story of undying love - and a chilling counterpart to last week's tale. It's a case of Till Death Us Don't Part in the legend of Sarah Polgrain and Yorkshire Jack, whose marriage vows echoed beyond the grave. Plus, a lovely handful of teeth. ⁠⁠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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0:27.7	slash setup welcome to lawmen a podcast about local legends and obscure curiosities from Days of Yore.
0:44.2	I'm James Shankshaft.
0:45.4	I'm Alistair Beckett King.
0:46.9	And Alistair, we've got a rejoinder to last week's tale of the spectral bridegroom.
0:53.7	Are we going back to Cornwall for a little bit more?
0:56.2	Yeah, we're going back to Cornwall for an execution. Oh. And a wedding. Oh. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The Alistair Beckett King
1:31.6	Well, well, well, if it isn't James Shakeshaft
1:34.6	Well, if it isn't.
1:36.3	Well, is it?
1:37.5	If it isn't James Shakeshap, it's AI.
1:39.9	Oh no, AI James Shakeshaft.
1:42.4	AI got cocky.
1:43.9	Oh no, just providing a rough approximation of what James would have said. Yes. If proof be need be. Proof if proof be need be. Proof of proof be need be. Simply must be dust. All his catchphrases. All the classic lines. Don't look for it. It is not there. Come on. They're all there. I don't know if I even said that
2:02.6	correctly. Right. Alistair, I didn't bring you here just to rifle through some of my old
2:08.9	catchphrases. We're not just riffling the catchphrase roller decks tonight. Not tonight.
2:14.1	Good night, which is the catchphrase of a polter guy. Another catchphrase, yep.
2:18.8	I'm now bringing it into my everyday life, and I know for a fact my wife doesn't listen
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