Roast Mortem Cast
Dead men tell no tales. So we do it for them.
We found 5 episodes of Roast Mortem Cast with the tag “frontier”.
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155 - George Washington (1732-1759): Failing Upwards
November 5th, 2020 | 1 hr 47 mins
18th century, adventurer, america, america history, britain, colonial america, comedy, drinking, founding father, french and indian war, frontier, george washington, history, iroquois, land, military, military history, ohio, podcast, privilege, red coats, seven years war, slavery, virginia, war, warfare
Part 1 of America's Thicc thighed founding father, George Washington. From the second GW was born, he pretty much failed at everything. In this episode, we cover Lil' George clawing his way up the Virginia social ladder, his 'fortunate' entry into military life, and how he started a world war thanks to his under stupidity.
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152 - Cattle Kate: Wyoming Cattle Wrangler
October 15th, 2020 | 1 hr 12 mins
cattle, dispute, frontier, land, law, lawless, wyoming
Ella Watson aka Cattle Kate was a rough and tumble Wyoming cattle wrangler that braved the frontier and grappled with corrupt lawmen over land and cattle disputes.
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97 - Jack Slade: Western Bad Boy with an Ear Fetish
September 19th, 2019 | 1 hr 46 mins
1800s, 19th century, americana, colorado, comedy, cowboy, frontier, great plains, guns, gunslinger, history, montana, podcast, pony express, western, wild west, wyoming
Jack Slade was the Western gunslinger that you've never heard of. The fastest gun in the West he kept the long distance freight wagons in Colorado, Wyoming & Montana safe...if he like you.
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56 - Edward Drinker Cope: History's Most Bone-Headed Paleontologist
November 29th, 2018 | 1 hr 34 mins
19th century, america, bone, bone wars, brontosaurus, comedy, dig, dinosaurs, discovery, drinking, excavation, explosives, feud, fossils, frontier, history, jurassic park, mining, moron, natural history, naturalist, nerd, paleontologist, paleontology, podcast, race, research, rivalry, science, scientific discovery, scientist, skeletons, tnt, wild west
Seen the documentary Jurassic Park? Think you know dinosaurs? Well, Edward Drink Cope sure doesn't... Even though he discovered a whole bunch of 'em. This dangus started a Bone War that shook the field of paleontology for centuries.
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34 - Wyatt Earp: Shoddy Lawman & Wild West Wuss
June 28th, 2018 | 1 hr 28 mins
19th century, america, american legend, american wast, americana, arizona, bounty, bounty hunters, brothel, cowboy, crook, drinking, fraud, frontier, gambling, gun, high noon, history, horses, lawman, pimp, podcast, quickdraw, revolver, sheriff, shootout, wild west
We break down the myths and legends behind one of the most notorious gunslingers in the Wild West, Wyatt Earp. And what we find out... is he's an extra-soft ice cream boy. There's something fishy at the O.K. Corral and it's not one of Wyatt's numerous prostitutes.