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Roast Mortem Cast

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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 departed.
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Episodes

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

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.

Aug 31, 20231 hr 20 min

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

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.

Jun 22, 20231 hr 20 min

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

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?

May 25, 20231 hr 36 min

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

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

May 11, 20231 hr 14 min

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

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.

May 04, 20231 hr 23 min

278 - Crappy Colonies: Santa Maria de Ochuse

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.

Apr 27, 20231 hr 12 min

275 - Evel Knievel (pt1): The Butte Boy

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.

Apr 06, 20231 hr 24 min

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

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.

Mar 16, 20231 hr 41 min

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

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.

Mar 09, 20231 hr 53 min

271 - Crappy Colonies: San Miguel de Gualdape

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.

Mar 02, 20231 hr 20 min

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

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.

Feb 23, 20231 hr 38 min

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

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

Jan 26, 20231 hr 32 min

265 - Ermine de Reims (pt1): Gaping Catholicism

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.

Jan 19, 20231 hr 24 min

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

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.

Jan 05, 20231 hr 30 min

Roast Mortem 2022 Countdown

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!

Dec 29, 20222 hr 19 min
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