Roast Mortem Cast

208 - Dan Sickles (pt1): F*ck the Star-Spangled Banner, Kid!

November 18th, 2021  |  2 hrs 17 mins

19th century, america, america history, civil war, comedy, corruption, drinking, history, international, murder, new york, podcast, political scandal, politics, scandal, sex, sex work, true crime, washington

The first leg of our journey through the magnificent American, Dan Sickle. This man boned his way around the 19th century world, from the seedy streets of Manhattan, to cut-throat halls of Congress, even the royal courts of Europe. Join us as we see where his 'rockets red glare' takes him.

159 - Ned Kelly: Australia's Dirty Robin Hood

December 3rd, 2020  |  1 hr 58 mins

assault, australia, australian history, bootlegging, carbine, comedy, corruption, crime, down under, drinking, drunkard, felon, guns, history, jail, murder, outback steakhouse, podcast, rifle, robin hood, weapons

Garbage Andy throws some shrimp on the barbie and joins us in the Outback: The land of criminals, Mad Max, Steve Irwins and the majestic Bin Chicken. The character and spirit of this upside-down country is most embodied in the spirit of Ned Kelly. Ned lived fast and died young as a very distinctively Australian Robin Hood. Most of his mishaps involved accidental homoerotic scraps, nonchalant armed robbery and even a guns blazing shoot-out complete with iron body armor.

106 - Roy Cohn: The Ultimate 20th Century Lawyer Scumbag

November 21st, 2019  |  2 hrs 3 mins

attorney, comedy, communism, con artist, conservative, corruption, history, homosexuality, hypocrite, lavender scare, law, lawyer, nixon, podcast, reagan, red scare, rosenburg trial, trump, tuna

This homosexual attorney was responsible for almost everything terrible and corrupt that happened in the 20th Century. Roy had his fingers in the elections of Nixon, Reagan and was the role model and personal fixer to Donald Trump in the 80's. He was also responsible for ruining the lives of countless fellow gays by exposing them in a time where homosexuality meant losing your government job. He did this all while sucking down cans of tuna fish and waterskiing in the polluted waters of the Hudson.

103 - Master Series: Child Stars 'Alfalfa and the Gang'

October 31st, 2019  |  2 hrs 8 mins

actors, brats, child stars, comedy, corruption, diff'rent strokes, drug abuse, drugs, fame, history, hollywood, little rascals, murder, podcast, porn, sadism, scandal

We're not roasting one but three child star divas! Sadistic Alfalfa got joy from hurting fellow Little Rascals. Diff'rent Strokes, Dana Plato went from America's sweetheart to a drug-riddled pornstar. And Hollywood's Brad Renfro made it big and burned out quick.

Did Hollywood corrupt these little shitheads or were they just idiots with a spotlight?

99 - Anthony Wayne: American Revolutionary War General Blasting in your Wife

October 3rd, 2019  |  1 hr 45 mins

american history, american revolution, comedy, corruption, financial disaster, founding fathers, general, history, independence, ohio, pennsylvania, podcast, revolutionary war, war hero, warfare

Little known Anthony Wayne was one of the shining stars in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He singlehandedly secured the United States future and its expansion westward. He also banged almost all of his friend's wives and sisters, while completely ignoring his own wife, children and finances. You can only be so much of a hero...

93 - Rasputin: Magic Sex Sorcerer or Siberian Village Idiot?

August 22nd, 2019  |  1 hr 42 mins

catholic, comedy, conspiracy, corruption, cult, history, murder, podcast, rasputin, russia, sect, sex magic, siberia, sorcerer, tsar, wizard, wwi

Rasputin had one hand in a bucket of hardboiled eggs, the other up the babushka blouses of half the Russian aristocracy. With his creepy hypnotizing eyes, this man banged his way to the highest echelons of power and in the process shaped the modern world as we know it. Did he have supernatural powers or just a dangerous dong?

80 - Sam Hughes: WWI's Canadian Cry-Baby

May 23rd, 2019  |  1 hr 54 mins

army, battlefield, canada, comedy, corruption, enlistment, generals, history, lacrosse, militaria, military, nationalism, passchendaele, patronage, podcast, politics, prime minister, reserves, rifle, tactics, the great war, the somme, toronto, trench warfare, war, warfare, wwi

What happens when you take a warmongering sociopath and put him in charge of the military right before the outbreak of WWI? Sam Hughes happens! The man responsible for countless Canadian deaths, child like hissy fits and shameless slander.

68 - Boss Tweed: NYC's Obese Political Swindler

February 28th, 2019  |  1 hr 31 mins

1800s, 19th century, boss tweed, cheat, comedy, congress, corruption, democrats, drinking, fat, firefighting, gangs of new york, history, immigrants, lawyer, manhattan, new york, nyc, obese, phantom menace, podcast, politics, rich, wealth

The original New York City fat cat. Worked over the political system to swindled over poor immigrants so he could suck down dump trucks of oysters. He was a big boy with a big attitude and was definitely in the Phantom Menace.