Roast Mortem Cast

270 - Richard Wagner (pt.2): The Ultimate Annoying Drama Kid

February 23rd, 2023  |  1 hr 38 mins

19th century, comedy, composer, germany, history, idiot, music, music history, philosophy

We finish up the life of probably one of the most pretentious artist to ever exist. As Wagner moves over the hill, his mind is stuck in that of a pre-teen drama kid. This stinky boy, talks his way into Germany's elite, creating avant-garde compositions that you totally wouldn't understand... Cause you aren't smart enough.

269 - Richard Wagner (pt.1): The 'voice' of a generation

February 16th, 2023  |  1 hr 32 mins

19th century, comedy, composer, crazy, germany, history, music, music history, podcast

We begin a deep dive into the 'voice' of a generation, Richard Wagner. This 19th century composer has a lot more in common with Kanye than you might think.

250 - Klaus Kinski (pt.1): He does have sex

September 22nd, 2022  |  1 hr 34 mins

acting, berlin, comedy, depravity, film, film history, german film, germany, history, post war, sex

Welcome back! We take a deep dive into the depraved life of German actor Klaus Kinski. Consisting of hard boiled eggs, cocaine and dirty snatch this man banged his way through post-war Berlin.

222 - Gustav Krupp (pt2): Spicy Germany and the Big Boom Booms

March 3rd, 2022  |  1 hr 59 mins

arms dealers, comedy, evil, germany, history, modern warfare, podcast, tanks, true crime, war, warfare, weapons, world war, wwii

We close out the Krupp Dynasty with a bang... cause we are talking about cannons... and WWII... Yeaaaaaaah.

The Krupps firm works with the Austrian 'Guttersnipe' and starts pumping out overly complicated Panzer tanks, amongst other weapons of death. But will the evil Krupps get their comeuppance when the war is over. Tune in to find out!

221 - Gustav Krupp (pt1): A Match Made in Germany

February 24th, 2022  |  1 hr 54 mins

19th century, arms dealer, comedy, drinking, freak, german history, germany, history, inventor, manufacturing, podcast, poop, poop smeller, steel, warfare, weapons, world war, wwi

We return to the long twisted lineage of the Krupp family and their arms dealin empire. The Family has a shuffle up and a neurotic outsider becomes the Cannon King, just in time for The War to End All Wars!

219 - Alfred Krupp (pt2): We Build This City on Steel & Horse Shit

February 10th, 2022  |  1 hr 35 mins

19th century, comedy, crazy, genius, germany, history, manufacturing, podcast, steel, warfare

We continue the strange tale of the steel-forging, horse poop-smelling, genius boy, Alfred Krupp, Connor takes us on the strangest episode of MTV Cribs through Al's 'Villa Hügel', his influential role in the formation of Germany and his Steel empire!

218 - Alfred Krupp (pt.1): The Smell of Success

February 3rd, 2022  |  1 hr 53 mins

19th century, arms dealer, comedy, drinking, freak, german history, germany, history, inventor, manufacturing, podcast, poop, poop smeller, steel, warfare, weapons

Alfred Krupp was a lot of things. A businessman. A genius inventor. An arms dealer. When it came to steel, especially steel cannons, there was no other.
But behind the accolades lays a very strange and curious man. A man who smelled horse poop for it restorative powers. A man that was afraid of breathing his own breath. A man that was afraid of fire, yet owned a foundry.
Join us as we explore the 19th century freak, Alfred Krupp!

172 - Frederick Duquesne: Spy Ringleader

March 11th, 2021  |  1 hr 58 mins

britain, epionage, germany, hippo, hippopotamus, hunter, lake bacon, poacher, sabateur, sabotage, saboteur, spy, torpedo

The British Crown destroyed his family. He sabotaged 22 British merchant ships, spied on British forces, and established an espionage ring to get even. Along the way he engineered multiple jailbreaks and added a few animals to the endangered species list.

171 - Ludwig II of Bavaria: The Spoiled Wagner Groupie

March 3rd, 2021  |  1 hr 41 mins

19th century, castles, classical music, comedy, disney, drinking, german unification, germany, history, king, monarchy, music, nobility, podcast, sausage boy, wagner

Ludwig II was a fancy boy Bavarian king that that enjoyed pining over his favorite pop-star composer Richard Wagner and building fairly tale castles in the Alps. But when it came to actually governing, Ludwig was no where to be seen.

118 - Fritz Lang: Maniacal Monocled German Film Director

February 20th, 2020  |  2 hrs 15 mins

bdsm, comedy, director, film, film history, germany, history, hollywood, podcast, silent films

This German Expressionist Filmmaker was said to only be able to orgasm if he tasted blood. Directing over 40 films in Berlin, Paris and Hollywood he beat down and beat off on countless cast and crew. The result was some of history's most iconic, groundbreaking films, such as Metropolis, M and Big Heat