Roast Mortem Cast
Dead men tell no tales. So we do it for them.
Displaying all 2 Episode of Roast Mortem Cast with the tag “gangs of new york”.
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199 - Mock Duck: NY Chinatown Tong Wars
September 16th, 2021 | 2 hrs
america history, assassins, china, chinatown, chinese, chinese american, comedy, crime, drinking, drugs, gangs, gangs of new york, gangster, history, murder, new york city, podcast, tong, true crime, underground
Hey Martin Scorsese! There is a whole NY underworld that you have touched on. But don't worry, no asian hate from RMC. We take a deep dive into the birth of NY Chinatown and roast one of the most infamous gangsters of the Hip Sing Tong, Mock Duck. A chainmail wearing badass with Lo Pan size nails, who will blow pepper in your eyes and come after you with a hatchet.
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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.