S4 Ep55: Loremen S4Ep55 - The Snail Telegraph (feat. Susie's Dying)

<div>Alasdair bundles James into a red telephone box and dials S for snail. There are ghosts in the wire. There are signals from the other side. The Wichita lineman is still on the LIIIIINE.<br> <br> The year 1850 saw the bizarre tale of the "snail telegraph" play out in Paris: an eccentric inventor, a gullible journalist and forty-eight alphabetic-sympathetic snails. Magical molluscs? Or simply the work of a French fruitcake? You decide.<br> <br> Alasdair shares the story, plus what might be the creepiest post script in the history of the pod: Lancashire's own "Susie's Dying" legend.<br> <br> LoreBoys nether say die!<br> <br> Support the Loremen here (and get stuff):<br> <br> <a href="http://patreon.com/loremenpod">patreon.com/loremenpod</a><br> <br> <a href="http://ko-fi.com/loremen">ko-fi.com/loremen</a><br> <br> Check the sweet, sweet merch here...<br> <br> <a href="https://www.teepublic.com/stores/loremen-podcast?ref_id=24631">https://www.teepublic.com/stores/loremen-podcast?ref_id=24631</a><br> <br> @loremenpod<br> <br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/loremenpodcast">youtube.com/loremenpodcast</a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.instagram.com/loremenpod">www.instagram.com/loremenpod</a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/loremenpod">www.facebook.com/loremenpod</a> </div>