Roast Mortem Cast

Dead men tell no tales. So we do it for them.

About the show

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

    August 31st, 2023  |  1 hr 19 mins
    actor, comedy, communist, history, hollywood, leftist, socialist, war, wwii

    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

    August 3rd, 2023  |  1 hr 36 mins
    16th century, colonial america, colony, comedy, florida, france, history, spain, spanish, us history

    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

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    You Can Have Better Memory (1959) - Reading

    July 20th, 2023  |  35 mins 10 secs
    1950s, americana, audiobook, comedy, ephemera, history, memory

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

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

    June 28th, 2023  |  1 hr 14 mins
    actor, comedy, history, hollywood, italy, marines, navy, podcast, sailing, sailor, ships, ww2

    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

    June 22nd, 2023  |  1 hr 20 mins
    acting hollywood, actor, comedy, fishing, history, maine, podcast, sailing

    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

    June 15th, 2023  |  1 hr 31 mins
    17th century, comedy, duel, dwarf, england, english civil war, france, history, north africa, pirates, podcast, royalty, slavery

    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

    June 8th, 2023  |  1 hr 22 mins
    17th century, british empire, comedy, dwarf, england, kings, monarchy, queen

    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.

    June 1st, 2023  |  1 hr 33 mins
    17th century, british empire, comedy, dwarf, england, english civil war, great britain, history, king, queen, royal life, royals

    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

    May 25th, 2023  |  1 hr 36 mins
    16th century, american history, canada, canadian history, colony, comedy, explorer, french, french history, history, iroquois, quebec

    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

    May 18th, 2023  |  53 mins 1 sec
    american history, colonial america, comedy, england, history, podcast, quakers, revolution

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

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

    May 11th, 2023  |  1 hr 14 mins
    america, american history, colonial america, comedy, history, idiots, pennsylvania, quakers, religion, us history

    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

    May 4th, 2023  |  1 hr 23 mins
    british empire, colonial america, comedy, england, great britain, history, ireland, pa, pennsylvania, quaker, religion, rich idiots.

    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.

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    278 - Crappy Colonies: Santa Maria de Ochuse

    April 27th, 2023  |  1 hr 11 mins
    16th century, colonial america, colonization, comedy, exploration, florida, history, native american, pensacola, spanish, spanish colony

    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 their first attempt was a mess, this time the Spanish learn all about hurricanes and the benefits of eating shoe leather.

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

    April 20th, 2023  |  1 hr 7 secs
    booze, comedy, criminal, daredevil, drinking, extreme sports, history, jumps, motorcycles, sports, sports history, stunts

    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

    April 13th, 2023  |  1 hr 12 mins
    americana, comedy, history, motorcycle, podcast

    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

    April 6th, 2023  |  1 hr 23 mins
    20th century, 60s, comedy, daredevil, extreme sports, history, hockey, hunting, montana, motorcycle, sports, stunt jumps, stunts

    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.