Latest Mortem Podcast Episodes
289 - Sterling Hayden (pt3): RED, white & Blue
Roast Mortem Cast - August 31, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsWe 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
Roast Mortem Cast - August 03, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsWe 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
Roast Mortem Cast - July 20, 2023 10:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsCome 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.
Roast Mortem Cast - June 28, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsWe 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
Roast Mortem Cast - June 22, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsNot 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
Roast Mortem Cast - June 15, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsWalt 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
Roast Mortem Cast - June 08, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsWalter 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.
Roast Mortem Cast - June 01, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsWalter 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
Roast Mortem Cast - May 25, 2023 10:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsWe 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
Roast Mortem Cast - May 18, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsJim 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'
Roast Mortem Cast - May 11, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsBrian 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 blunder...
279 - William Penn (pt.1): The Mid Oatmeal Boy
Roast Mortem Cast - May 04, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsBrian & 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 versio...
278 - Crappy Colonies: Santa Maria de Ochuse
Roast Mortem Cast - April 27, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsWelcome 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 leath...
277 - Evel Knievel (pt3): Slow Decline into Boner Pills and Booze
Roast Mortem Cast - April 20, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsJay 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
Roast Mortem Cast - April 13, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsJay 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
Roast Mortem Cast - April 06, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsJay 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
Roast Mortem Cast - March 23, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsSadly, 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
Roast Mortem Cast - March 16, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsWe 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
Roast Mortem Cast - March 09, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsThere 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
Roast Mortem Cast - March 02, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsWe 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
Roast Mortem Cast - February 23, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsWe 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... Caus...
269 - Richard Wagner (pt.1): The 'voice' of a generation
Roast Mortem Cast - February 16, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsWe 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
Roast Mortem Cast - February 09, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsRichie 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
Roast Mortem Cast - February 02, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsRichy 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
Roast Mortem Cast - January 26, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsWe 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
Roast Mortem Cast - January 19, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsWe 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.
Roast Mortem Cast - January 05, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsWe 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
Roast Mortem Cast - December 29, 2022 11:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsWe 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
Roast Mortem Cast - December 22, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsWe 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
Roast Mortem Cast - December 15, 2022 11:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsCullen from Cauldron Podcast joins us for as we take a deep dive into the infamous battle of Passchendaele
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