Roast Mortem Cast

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.

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

March 9th, 2023  |  1 hr 52 mins

19th century., 20th century, baseball, baseball history, comedy, drinking, firefighting, history, pitching, sports, sports history

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.

263 - Douglas Haig (pt5): Par 22 Million

December 22nd, 2022  |  1 hr 18 mins

20th century, battlefield, comedy, england, history, military, military history, military leaders, scotland, scottish, warfare, wwi

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

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

December 8th, 2022  |  1 hr 16 mins

20th century, battlefield, comedy, england, history, military, military history, military leaders, scotland, scottish, the somme, warfare, wwi

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?

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

October 27th, 2022  |  1 hr 44 mins

20th century, british empire, comedy, england, epstein, great britain, history, king, king charles, prince andrew, queen, queen elizabeth, royal life, royals, scandal, world war, wwii

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.

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

October 13th, 2022  |  2 hrs 5 mins

20th century, british empire, comedy, edward viii, england, great britain, history, king, queen, queen elizabeth, royal life, royals, scandal, the simpsons, world war, wwii

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

October 6th, 2022  |  2 hrs 1 min

20th century, british empire, comedy, edward viii, england, great britain, history, king, queen, queen elizabeth, royal life, royals, scandal, the simpsons, world war, wwii

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.

220 - Hergé: The Misadventures of Tintin

February 17th, 2022  |  1 hr 29 mins

20th century, animation, artist, belgian, belgium, cartoon, comedy, comic strip, comics, drinking, france, french, herge, history, iconic, occupation, podcast, reporter, tintin, world war 2, wwii

George Remi, a.k.a. Hergé, created one of the most influential and popular comics of the 20th Century... Tintin is such a favorite of Travis' that he has Captain Haddock tattooed on his leg!

But behind the exciting adventures of Tintin, lays a personal story of a struggling artist, German occupation, and a series of not-so-secret affairs.
Was Hergé a Nazi mouthpiece as depicted by the Belgian Resistance? Or was he just a whiney oblivious idiot trying to make ends meet.

135 - John R. Brinkley: Hot & Heavy Goat Balls for Everyone!

June 18th, 2020  |  2 hrs 40 mins

20th century, american history, comedy, con artist, con man, drinking, fad craze, fraud, goat, history, medical history, medicine, millionaires, nuts, podcast, quackery, sex, sex drive, sex modification, snake oil, wealth

If there was one thing John Rom was good at, it was slicing open a man's nut sack and chucking in some XL goat nads to give him that sexual prowess he always deserved. Doesn't that sound hot?! Well it was all the craze during early 20th Century! This could be the strangest 'doctor' we've taken a look at on RMC!

92 - Charlie Chaplin: Silent Film Sex Addict

August 15th, 2019  |  1 hr 58 mins

1920s, 1930s, 20th century, actor, comedian, comedy, communist, drinking, drugs, film, history, hollywood, megalomaniac, movie history, movies, orgies, podcast, sex, sex addict, silent film, slapstick, underage

Chapin was arguably the world's greatest physical comedians. On the silver screen he was the lovable Tramp, behind the scenes he was a sex-crazed megalomaniac on the prowl for underage ass.