Loremen S7Ep18 - Kwairyo and the Headless Yokai

Loremen Podcast

Loremen

Society & Culture, Comedy, History, Places & Travel

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🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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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	with me, James Shakeshaft. And me, Alistair Beckett King. And Alistair, we're going all the way to
0:20.1	Japan again. All the way? Well, figurativelyistair, we're going all the way to Japan again.
0:21.3	All the way?
0:22.2	Well, figuratively by words, I'm going to tell you a story from Japan, from the work of Lafcadio Hearn. Lafcadio Hearn in the house? Yeah. Again, figuratively, he's dead. He's not actually in the house. No. I hope you're not afraid of hairy things. I'm definitely not afraid of hairy things James
0:38.9	Well there aren't any in this one
0:40.8	Oh
0:41.2	Uh No. I hope you're not afraid of hairy things. I'm definitely not afraid of hairy things, James. Well, there aren't any in this one. Oh. Because this is the tale of Quirio and the headless yokai. I'm a minute. Do-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-
1:01.7	Breaking Ghost News?
1:04.2	Not Ghost.
1:05.3	Oh, New Over Britain?
1:07.0	Breaking Water.
1:07.7	Oh, no, breaking water news is, that's someone's going to have a baby, isn't it?
1:12.2	So was that the Breaking News bulletin you were doing, not the Ghost Server Britain bulletin? Oh yeah, no, it is the same. Quite similar noise. It's the same Morse code, isn't it? It's more of an
1:22.4	e-e-e-e-e-e for Ghosts Over Britain,
1:25.0	whereas that was more of a
1:25.7	D-D-D-D-D-D-D.
1:27.3	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:27.9	You can hear the difference.
1:30.5	Breaking Waterways for Ghosts Over Britain, whereas that was more of a dirt-da-da-da-da-da-d-d... Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can hear the difference.
1:30.5	Breaking Waterways News, UK.
1:33.0	Do you remember a while ago I went to Hayfield looking for the Mermaid's Pool?
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