Roast Mortem Cast
Dead men tell no tales. So we do it for them.
We found 10 episodes of Roast Mortem Cast with the tag “history”.
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260 - Douglas 'Horsegirl' Haig (pt2): Prancing into WWI
December 1st, 2022 | 1 hr 45 mins
19th century, comedy, england, history, military, military history, military leaders, scotland, scottish, warfare, wwi
That is right! We are going into WWI with nothing but horses and 19th century concepts of warfare. Let's see how Douglas and the Doughboys stack up against the Maxim gun!
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259 - Douglas Haig (pt1): Brogue, Boers and Brown Noses
November 24th, 2022 | 1 hr 38 mins
19th century, boer wars, comedy, england, history, military, military history, military leaders, scotland, scottish, south africa, sudan, warfare, wwi
We begin a deep dive into WWI's most controversial figures Field Marshall Douglas Haig a.k.a. The Butcher of the Somme. But before we get to the War to End All Wars. We take a look into his scottish, whiskey-distilling family, his money assisted climb up the social later and his time with the British Army in Africa.
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258 - The Fox Sisters (pt3): Not this time... It's fiction!
November 17th, 2022 | 1 hr 9 mins
19th century, america, comedy, ghost stories, ghosts, hauntings, history, mediums, paranormal, spooky, women's history
The conclusion of the originators of Modern Spiritualism. The sisters sink further and further into drugs and alcohol as their charade begins to unravel.
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257 - The Fox Sisters (pt.2): Ice Cold Mediums
November 10th, 2022 | 1 hr 31 mins
19th century, america, arctic, comedy, explorer, ghost stories, ghosts, hauntings, history, mediums, paranormal, spooky, women's history
We continue with the Spooooooky ladies, The Fox Sisters and their meteoric rise to international paranormal celebrities. And we take a trip to the Arctic in a hunt for the lost HMS Terror.
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256 - The Fox Sisters (pt.1): White rappers & spoopy ghosts
October 31st, 2022 | 1 hr 9 mins
comedy, ghost, ghost stories, halloween, hauntings, history, paranormal, podcast, psychic
Happy Halloween! We are kicking off our most spoopy episode ever diving into the originators of modern spiritualism , the Fox Sisters
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255 - Queen Elizabeth II (pt.4): Tales from the Walking Royal Crypt
October 27th, 2022 | 1 hr 44 mins
20th century, british empire, comedy, england, epstein, great britain, history, king, king charles, prince andrew, queen, queen elizabeth, royal life, royals, scandal, world war, wwii
We take a look at the Queen's twilight years. Just shambling around for about two decades running damage control for her dysfunctional children. Specifically Prince Andrew and his connection to his two friend Jeffery and Ghislaine and their island of child massage specialist.
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254 - Queen Elizabeth II (Pt.3): Used Beans and License to Kill
October 20th, 2022 | 2 hrs 17 mins
comedy, drinking, history, london, podcast, princess diana, queen, royal family, royals, scandal
We delve into some of Elizabeth II's most turbulent years. From the Falklands to the totally-was-an-accident Princess Diana getting smooshed.
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253 - Queen Elizabeth II (pt.2): Royal Doodies
October 13th, 2022 | 2 hrs 5 mins
20th century, british empire, comedy, edward viii, england, great britain, history, king, queen, queen elizabeth, royal life, royals, scandal, the simpsons, world war, wwii
We jump into the riveting life of being a Royal Monarch in the 20th century. And while Elizabeth may have been the Queen, her sister Margaret was the Queen Slag. Which is awesome!
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252 - Queen Elizabeth II (pt.1): The Country of Cousinly Love
October 6th, 2022 | 2 hrs 1 min
20th century, british empire, comedy, edward viii, england, great britain, history, king, queen, queen elizabeth, royal life, royals, scandal, the simpsons, world war, wwii
You probably haven't heard it but... Queen Elizabeth II is dead! Long live the Roast!
We take a look at the royal history leading up to this unexpected monarch and the rise of the Windsor family, or should we say the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Family. From her toothbrush mustache-loving Uncle Edward VIII, her time in the Auxiliary Territorial Service as a mechanic, to the romance of her distance cousin Philip, Elizabeth’s youth was one hell of a ride. -
251 - Klaus Kinski (pt. 2): Pissing semen in all the wrong places
September 29th, 2022 | 1 hr 11 mins
acting, actor, comedy, film history, german, german films, history, hollywood, insanity, mad man, podcast
We wrap up the life of probably one of the most vile actors of all time, Klaus Kinski. From riding 7ft tall himalayan women, a blood feud between him and Werner Herzog, to things much much worse