web02.fireside.fm Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:24:52 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://roastmortem.fireside.fm/tags/english%20history Thu, 05 Jan 2023 06:00:00 -0500 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. en-us episodic Dead men tell no tales. So we do it for them. Roast Mortem Cast 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. yes History, Drinking, Roast, Roast Mortem, satire, Comedy, Dirty, Biography, Biographical, Roast Mortem Cast RoastMortemCast@gmail.com https://roastmortem.fireside.fm/haig6 480f3914-5e0c-44d7-b6f2-8133207736fe Thu, 05 Jan 2023 06:00:00 -0500 Roast Mortem Cast full Roast Mortem Cast 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. 1:30:24 yes 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. History, Comedy, England, WWI, WWII, World War, Scandal, Great Britain, military history, Churchill, UK, English history, tabloid 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.

]]> 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.

]]> https://roastmortem.fireside.fm/burton1 09dede8c-9db2-49e9-be13-b6918c7519cf Thu, 07 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400 Roast Mortem Cast full Roast Mortem Cast We begin a journey into one of the most eccentric adventures of all time, Sir Richard Burton. Looking into his life as a child hellraiser 1:16:49 yes We begin a journey into one of the most eccentric adventures of all time, Sir Richard Burton. Looking into his life as a child hellraiser Podcast, Comedy, History, Drinking, English history, explorer, adventure, childhood, hell raiser We begin a journey into one of the most eccentric adventures of all time, Sir Richard Burton. Looking into his life as a child hellraiser

]]> We begin a journey into one of the most eccentric adventures of all time, Sir Richard Burton. Looking into his life as a child hellraiser

]]> https://roastmortem.fireside.fm/kingjohn da07fba4-b924-49f7-b38c-b05ad55372f5 Thu, 28 Oct 2021 06:00:00 -0400 Roast Mortem Cast full Roast Mortem Cast King John is regarded as one of England's WORST Kings. This nail-biting weenie boy lost most of the Angevin territory, murdered his nephew, had an 8 year old wife and was so bad that the English barrons' had to draft Magna Carta. 1:37:21 yes King John is regarded as one of England's WORST Kings. This nail-biting weenie boy lost most of the Angevin territory, murdered his nephew, had an 8 year old wife and was so bad that the English barrons' had to draft Magna Carta. Podcast, Comedy, History, Drinking, English History, british, True Crime, France, medieval, medieval warfare, game of thrones, monarchy, warfare, military history, King, battle, rebellion, Magna Carta, robin hood, legend, King John is regarded as one of England's WORST Kings. This nail-biting weenie boy lost most of the Angevin territory, murdered his nephew, had an 8 year old wife and was so bad that the English barrons' had to draft Magna Carta.

]]> King John is regarded as one of England's WORST Kings. This nail-biting weenie boy lost most of the Angevin territory, murdered his nephew, had an 8 year old wife and was so bad that the English barrons' had to draft Magna Carta.

]]> https://roastmortem.fireside.fm/henryiiengland 941cdd03-9b3d-49b2-8f31-512f34bf149b Thu, 14 Oct 2021 06:00:00 -0400 Roast Mortem Cast full Roast Mortem Cast The first of the Plantagenet English monarchy, Herny II was a furious king. So furious that it is said that he ate his straw mattress in a fit of rage. We are taking a trip through the trailer park that is the fight for the English throne, the Angevin Empire and Henry’s treacherous sons. 2:04:20 yes The first of the Plantagenet English monarchy, Herny II was a furious king. So furious that it is said that he ate his straw mattress in a fit of rage. We are taking a trip through the trailer park that is the fight for the English throne, the Angevin Empire and Henry’s treacherous sons. Podcast, Comedy, History, Drinking, English History, british, France, medieval, medieval warfare, game of thrones, monarchy, warfare, military history, King, battle, rebellion The first of the Plantagenet English monarchy, Herny II was a furious king. So furious that it is said that he ate his straw mattress in a fit of rage. We are taking a trip through the trailer park that is the fight for the English throne, the Angevin Empire and Henry’s treacherous sons.

]]> The first of the Plantagenet English monarchy, Herny II was a furious king. So furious that it is said that he ate his straw mattress in a fit of rage. We are taking a trip through the trailer park that is the fight for the English throne, the Angevin Empire and Henry’s treacherous sons.

]]> https://roastmortem.fireside.fm/henry8 84fc8c46-91d6-412b-8d06-fa3f062411df Thu, 01 Oct 2020 06:00:00 -0400 Roast Mortem Cast full Roast Mortem Cast Once a dashing example of chivalric manhood, years of head trauma from jousting led Henry to devolve into a mad king with a soft boner and a pension for beheading, burning on the stake and hanging anyone that opposed him. That included two unlucky Queens that just couldn't stomach the King's cummies. 2:42:17 yes Once a dashing example of chivalric manhood, years of head trauma from jousting led Henry to devolve into a mad king with a soft boner and a pension for beheading, burning on the stake and hanging anyone that opposed him. That included two unlucky Queens that just couldn't stomach the King's cummies. Podcast, Comedy, History, Drinking, English History, Renaissance, 16th Century, royal, King, monarchy, beheading, execution, change, Queen, manhunt, insanity, murder, affair, scandal Once a dashing example of chivalric manhood, years of head trauma from jousting led Henry to devolve into a mad king with a soft boner and a pension for beheading, burning on the stake and hanging anyone that opposed him. That included two unlucky Queens that just couldn't stomach the King's cummies.

]]> Once a dashing example of chivalric manhood, years of head trauma from jousting led Henry to devolve into a mad king with a soft boner and a pension for beheading, burning on the stake and hanging anyone that opposed him. That included two unlucky Queens that just couldn't stomach the King's cummies.

]]> https://roastmortem.fireside.fm/arthurorton da3472cc-c9a8-45bc-9d44-a60f3332d524 Thu, 20 Aug 2020 06:00:00 -0400 Roast Mortem Cast full Roast Mortem Cast 400 lb Arthur Orton was a man that lived triple lives... pun intended. Was he cockney seaman Arthur Orton? Or maybe Austrailian, stinky butcher Thomas Castro? Or conveniently lost at sea English Aristocrat Barronett Rodger Tichborne? The secret to his true identity lay untouched, hidden away for decades between his THICC thighs. 2:20:33 yes 400 lb Arthur Orton was a man that lived triple lives... pun intended. Was he cockney seaman Arthur Orton? Or maybe Austrailian, stinky butcher Thomas Castro? Or conveniently lost at sea English Aristocrat Barronett Rodger Tichborne? The secret to his true identity lay untouched, hidden away for decades between his THICC thighs. Podcast, Comedy, History, Drinking, English History, manhunt, con man, english nobility, Australia, wealth 400 lb Arthur Orton was a man that lived triple lives... pun intended.
Was he cockney seaman Arthur Orton? Or maybe Austrailian, stinky butcher Thomas Castro? Or conveniently lost at sea English Aristocrat Barronett Rodger Tichborne?
The secret to his true identity lay untouched, hidden away for decades between his THICC thighs.

]]> 400 lb Arthur Orton was a man that lived triple lives... pun intended.
Was he cockney seaman Arthur Orton? Or maybe Austrailian, stinky butcher Thomas Castro? Or conveniently lost at sea English Aristocrat Barronett Rodger Tichborne?
The secret to his true identity lay untouched, hidden away for decades between his THICC thighs.

]]> https://roastmortem.fireside.fm/edwardii2 ea842a95-e1be-4ce0-bc4b-8d368f566bd7 Thu, 11 Jul 2019 06:00:00 -0400 Roast Mortem Cast full Roast Mortem Cast King Edward II gets in bed with the ruthless Hugh Despenser, Queen Isabella has had enough & the Kingdom of England goes back to war. Heads are about to roll! 1:15:57 yes King Edward II gets in bed with the ruthless Hugh Despenser, Queen Isabella has had enough & the Kingdom of England goes back to war. Heads are about to roll! Podcast, Comedy, History, Drinking, English History, Medieval, Dark Ages, Middle Ages, 14th Century, royal, King, monarchy, Civil war, beheading, execution, rebellion, change, Queen, manhunt King Edward II gets in bed with the ruthless Hugh Despenser, Queen Isabella has had enough & the Kingdom of England goes back to war. Heads are about to roll!

]]> King Edward II gets in bed with the ruthless Hugh Despenser, Queen Isabella has had enough & the Kingdom of England goes back to war. Heads are about to roll!

]]> https://roastmortem.fireside.fm/edwardii1 7c9c47c8-2f74-4683-af8f-b40470d6aac2 Wed, 03 Jul 2019 06:00:00 -0400 Roast Mortem Cast full Roast Mortem Cast King Edward II of England was not the epic monarch leading his troops into battle, like his Papa Edward Longshanks. He was more into noodling on his crwth, playing in the dirt and seeing how far he can deep throat a banana. 1:05:36 yes King Edward II of England was not the epic monarch leading his troops into battle, like his Papa Edward Longshanks. He was more into noodling on his crwth, playing in the dirt and seeing how far he can deep throat a banana. Podcast, Comedy, History, Drinking, English History, Medieval, Dark Ages, Middle Ages, 14th Century, royal, King, monarchy, Gay, King Edward II of England was not the epic monarch leading his troops into battle, like his Papa Edward Longshanks. He was more into noodling on his crwth, playing in the dirt and seeing how far he can deep throat a banana.

]]> King Edward II of England was not the epic monarch leading his troops into battle, like his Papa Edward Longshanks. He was more into noodling on his crwth, playing in the dirt and seeing how far he can deep throat a banana.

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