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We've all been taught to venerate the dead. Where's the fun in that?! No one can take all their rotten secrets to the grave. Humans are just trash monsters that make mistakes, rub together and make more humans. So, let's grab some beers, bury inhibitions and dig up some dirt on history's most iconic…

Roast Mortem Cast


    • Aug 31, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 41m AVG DURATION
    • 297 EPISODES

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    289 - Sterling Hayden (pt3): RED, white & Blue

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 79:49


    We continue our journey with Sterling Hayden as he joins the communist partisans in Yugoslavia! Sterling is getting more and more RED as the days go on. Will this pretty face join the class struggle or will he just jerk it to a boat or something.

    288 - Crappy Colonies: Charlesfort, Fort Caroline & St. Augustine

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2023 96:11


    We are coming at you with a new Crappy Colonies episode. This week, the Spanish and French go head-to-head over the Bath Salts capital of the world, Florida

    You Can Have Better Memory (1959) - Reading

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 35:10


    Come listen to Travis learn to read, with a reading of an interesting piece of 1950s ephemera, You Can Have Better Memory 1959

    287 - Sterling Hayden (pt2): A very cool, hot headed man who is very hot.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 74:39


    We continue the story of pretty boy sailor, Sterling Hayden. The world goes to war and Sterling joins the fight.

    286 - Sterling Hayden (pt.1): Hard Wandering

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 80:24


    Not only was this man handsome, he smelled like old fish. Sterling Hayden had a bit of a rough start, but his real passion was sailing the seas, that is until Hollywood got a look at him.

    285 Lord Minimus (Jeffrey Hudson) pt.3: A loss and gain of stature

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 91:09


    Walt from Not For Human Consumption joins us for the conclusion of Lord Minimus. After a life of luxury in the Royal court of Queen Henrietta Maria, Jeffrey's life takes a serious turn for the worse.

    284 - Lord Minimus (Jeffrey Hudson) pt.2 - Pint-size Pandemonium

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 82:51


    Walter from Not for Human Consumption continues are journey through the larger than life dwarf Jeffrey Hudson.

    283 - Lord Minimus (Jeffrey Hudson) pt.1 - Pickle-chokingly small boy.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 93:06


    Walter from Not for Human Consumption joins us as we travel back to the early 17th century, to look into the interesting life of the world's smallest man, Jeffrey Hudson.

    282 - Crappy Colonies: St. Croix, Charlesbourg-Royal & France-Roy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023 96:02


    We are back with another Crappy Colony. This time we are hitting the seas with the French, at there first attempt to settle the New World. Will the land of the Iroquois proof to be their land of gold or will they just find frozen death?

    281 - William Penn (pt.3): Always Crumby in Philadelphia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 53:01


    Jim and Brian from Drink a Beer Play a Game joins us as we wrap up the confusion that was William Penn's life.

    280 - William Penn (pt.2): The City of Brotherly Lovin'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 74:15


    Brian and Jim from Drink a Beer Play a Game join us again as we continue our look into the life of William Penn and the birth of Pennsylvania. William dives into the deep end and acquires a royal charter for Penn's Forest Land. His new 'holy experiment' quickly devolves into madness as he blunders way though governing his new charter, setting up his 'modern city' of Philadelphia

    279 - William Penn (pt.1): The Mid Oatmeal Boy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2023 83:21


    Brian & Jim from Drink a Beer Play a Game joins us for a deep dive into the founder of their state of Pennsylvania, William Penn. As a stinky little rich kid, William Penn bumbles through life, from one old changing event to the next. All until he finds his true calling in the 17th century version of the hippies, Quakers.

    278 - Crappy Colonies: Santa Maria de Ochuse

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2023 71:46


    Welcome to Pensacola, Florida. Home to a giant neon fish sign, a military base and the site of the second attempt to establish a Spanish Colony on mainland America. If you thought theirfirst attempt was a mess, this time the Spanish learn all about hurricanes and the benefits of eating shoe leather.

    277 - Evel Knievel (pt3): Slow Decline into Boner Pills and Booze

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 60:07


    Jay from Not For Human Consumption joins us on our last ride into the slow decline into Evel Knievel.

    276 - Evel Knievel (pt.2): The Human Skidmark

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 72:27


    Jay from Not For Human Consumption joins us again as we take a look at the birth of Evel Knievel as his career launches sky high.

    275 - Evel Knievel (pt1): The Butte Boy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 83:36


    Jay from Not for Human Consumption joins us for a roast of a rowdy little boy from Butte, Montana, Bobby Knievel. Long before Bobby would don the name Evel Knievel, he was off kidnapping, robbing pharmacies, starting hockey teams, hunting on federal land and of course jumping over things.

    274 - Rube Waddell (pt.3): Stepping off the mound

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 79:03


    Sadly, all great things come to an end. We close up the amazing pitch Rube Waddell. His fall from the top of the mound is not pretty

    273 - Rube Waddell (pt.2): Drunken Baseball Master

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2023 101:07


    We get to second base with Rube Waddell. His drunken antics and showmanship on the diamond are knocking it out of the park, as he goes squares up with rival pitcher Cy Young. Problem is you just have to get him to stay on the field.

    272 - Rube Waddell (pt.1): Part Time Pitcher, Full Time Master Baiter

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2023 112:34


    There are some athletes that simply excel in one thing. Their sport. There are other athletes, like Rube WaddeLl, that not only were top of their profession but was an impromptu firefighter, easily distracted by puppies and taught geese how to hopscotch.

    271 - Crappy Colonies: San Miguel de Gualdape

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2023 80:27


    We take a look at the first European colony in North America. This disaster of a Spanish colony was lead by a ex-lawyer turned slaver Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón. And lets just say the pasty european settlers don't have the best time in the swamps of Georgia.

    270 - Richard Wagner (pt.2): The Ultimate Annoying Drama Kid

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 98:10


    We finish up the life of probably one of the most pretentious artist to ever exist. As Wagner moves over the hill, his mind is stuck in that of a pre-teen drama kid. This stinky boy, talks his way into Germany's elite, creating avant-garde compositions that you totally wouldn't understand... Cause you aren't smart enough.

    269 - Richard Wagner (pt.1): The 'voice' of a generation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2023 92:43


    We begin a deep dive into the 'voice' of a generation, Richard Wagner. This 19th century composer has a lot more in common with Kanye than you might think.

    268 - Diego Maradona (pt2): Past the Paella Prime

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2023 106:13


    Richie takes us through the highs and lows of football legend Diego Maradona. If you thought this man could kick balls you should've seen him take all those lines

    267 - Diego Maradona (pt1): Football boy wonder

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2023 103:31


    Richy from Match Weekly jumps on the show with a deep dive into Argentinian Soccer Superstar Diego MaradonaMaradona

    266 - Ermine de Reims (pt2): 14th Century Jackass

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 91:33


    We finally tackle some hard hitting history, we are talking Demons!!! Following a full year of demonic assaults on our 14th century woman, Ermine de Reims, we see that Satan and his horde are not that far off from Steve-O and Bam Margera

    265 - Ermine de Reims (pt1): Gaping Catholicism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 83:42


    We take a deep dive into the life of a peasant woman named Ermine de Reims and look at the gaping divide of the Great Western Schism. We got so many Popes we don't know what to do with them. Plus a gruesome look into the practice of Catholic asceticism.

    264 - Douglas Haig (pt6) - A legacy shaped by smooth brains.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 90:24


    We wrap up our series on Earl Douglas Haig and dive into how his legacy was born post-mortem. From a man-sized baby Winston Churchill, to an Adolf-loving PM David Lloyd George, to a crazy widow obsessed with deifying her lumpy late-husband.

    Roast Mortem 2022 Countdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2022 139:17


    We take a break from Haig, to give you the annul 2022 RMC countdown! Top 10 of the most 'important' people that died on the 22nd of their century!

    263 - Douglas Haig (pt5): Par 22 Million

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2022 78:35


    We wrap up the end of The Great War while Haig works on his handicap! Winner winner Chicken Dinner! And only 22 million dead!

    262 - Douglas Haig (pt4): The Passchen of Haig

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 137:31


    Cullen from Cauldron Podcast joins us for as we take a deep dive into the infamous battle of Passchendaele

    261 - Douglas Haig (pt3): The Butcher of the Somme

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022 76:01


    Today we dissect one of history's bloodiest battles, The Battle of the Somme and the failings of the Allies Field Marshall Douglas Haig. Did Haig deserve the gruesome title of The Butcher of the Somme, or was this massive loss of life inevitable? And more importantly, is Haig a bitch?

    260 - Douglas 'Horsegirl' Haig (pt2): Prancing into WWI

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 105:00


    That is right! We are going into WWI with nothing but horses and 19th century concepts of warfare. Let's see how Douglas and the Doughboys stack up against the Maxim gun!

    259 - Douglas Haig (pt1): Brogue, Boers and Brown Noses

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2022 98:32


    We begin a deep dive into WWI's most controversial figures Field Marshall Douglas Haig a.k.a. The Butcher of the Somme. But before we get to the War to End All Wars. We take a look into his scottish, whiskey-distilling family, his money assisted climb up the social later and his time with the British Army in Africa.

    258 - The Fox Sisters (pt3): Not this time... It's fiction!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 69:59


    The conclusion of the originators of Modern Spiritualism. The sisters sink further and further into drugs and alcohol as their charade begins to unravel.

    257 - The Fox Sisters (pt.2): Ice Cold Mediums

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 91:25


    We continue with the Spooooooky ladies, The Fox Sisters and their meteoric rise to international paranormal celebrities. And we take a trip to the Arctic in a hunt for the lost HMS Terror.

    256 - The Fox Sisters (pt.1): White rappers & spoopy ghosts

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 69:48


    Happy Halloween! We are kicking off our most spoopy episode ever diving into the originators of modern spiritualism , the Fox SistersSisters

    255 - Queen Elizabeth II (pt.4): Tales from the Walking Royal Crypt

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2022 104:10


    We take a look at the Queen's twilight years. Just shambling around for about two decades running damage control for her dysfunctional children. Specifically Prince Andrew and his connection to his two friend Jeffery and Ghislaine and their island of child massage specialist.

    254 - Queen Elizabeth II (Pt.3): Used Beans and License to Kill

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 137:21


    We delve into some of Elizabeth II's most turbulent years. From the Falklands to the totally-was-an-accident Princess Diana getting smooshed.

    253 - Queen Elizabeth II (pt.2): Royal Doodies

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022 125:06


    We jump into the riveting life of being a Royal Monarch in the 20th century. And while Elizabeth may have been the Queen, her sister Margaret was the Queen Slag. Which is awesome!

    252 - Queen Elizabeth II (pt.1): The Country of Cousinly Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 121:37


    You probably haven't heard it but... Queen Elizabeth II is dead! Long live the Roast! We take a look at the royal history leading up to this unexpected monarch and the rise of the Windsor family, or should we say the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Family. From her toothbrush mustache-loving Uncle Edward VIII, her time in the Auxiliary Territorial Service as a mechanic, to the romance of her distance cousin Philip, Elizabeth's youth was one hell of a ride.

    251 - Klaus Kinski (pt. 2): Pissing semen in all the wrong places

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 71:59


    We wrap up the life of probably one of the most vile actors of all time, Klaus Kinski. From riding 7ft tall himalayan women, a blood feud between him and Werner Herzog, to things much much worseworseworseworse

    250 - Klaus Kinski (pt.1): He does have sex

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 94:24


    Welcome back! We take a deep dive into the depraved life of German actor Klaus Kinski. Consisting of hard boiled eggs, cocaine and dirty snatch this man banged his way through post-war Berlin.

    249 - Sir Richard Burton: A Naughty Author's End

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 133:55


    All great things come to an end. We wrap up the fantastic life of the 19th century's most interesting man Sir Richard Burton by diving into his erotic literary works. Translating the Arabian Nights, Kama Sutra and many other X-rated works in this final chapter of his life.

    248 - Sir Richard Burton (pt.9): Damascus, Trieste & Bitter Tonics

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 101:54


    Burton is reassigned to Damascus, his dream consul position! But his over zealous wife, Isabel goes on a Catholic conversion spree, leaving him poor, defamed and bitter.

    247 - Sir Richard Burton (pt. 8): Burton in Brazil

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022 83:37


    Isabel joins Burton on her first adventure. This time Burton is heading across the Atlantic to Brazil, in hunt for sea serpents, rubies and gallons of cachaça!

    246 - Sir Richard Burton (pt. 7): Gorilla Hunting & the Cannibals

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2022 84:19


    Burton is back in Africa for his first consulship! We tag along for Burton's many explorations into West Africa as he hunts for the mysterious 19th century cryptid, the Gorilla. He also risks his skin to study tribes and kingdoms with some cannibalistic tendencies.

    245 - Sir Richard Burton (pt. 6): Burton Does America

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022 84:34


    Burton travels across the pond in search of the Mormon Mecca, Salt Lake City. This booze-fueled coast-to-coast tour is full of scalps, guns, and Polygamy!

    244 - Richard Burton (pt.5): Where the White Nile Grools

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2022 100:48


    We take a deep dive into the arduous and disgusting exploration of Richard Burton & John Hanning Speke's quest for the source of the Nile. Along the way we will encounter massive sex organs, ear burrowing beetles and betrayal.

    243 - Richard Burton (pt4): An Examination of the Gash.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2022 94:21


    Burton sets out for an expedition of the unexplored city of Harar in modern day Ethiopia, he documents extreme female circumcision, fights in the Crimean War and had a decisive scuffle with the Somali's and his stalker back in London. The quest for the source of the Nile has begun!

    242: Sir Richard Burton (pt3): Undercover Hajj to Mecca

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2022 116:35


    Richard Burton meets his stalker fan girl then sets off on a exploration of Islam's most venerated cities, Medina & Mecca, disguised as Mizra Abdullah.

    241: Sir Richard Burton (pt.2): A Soldier's* Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022 86:57


    *Not actively deployed to combat. Just spent his time documenting breasts, exposing homosexual activity, drinking weed, living amongst monkeys; calling one of them his wife. In fact, there is very little soldiering happening in this episode... It mainly consists of imperialistic debauchery in India and the raving of a madman.

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