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 “new york”.
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226 - Melvil Dewey: The Double D Dewey Decimal System
March 31st, 2022 | 1 hr 53 mins
america history, comedy, drinking, education, history, idiot, lake placid, librarian, library, new york, podcast, research, sex
Professional Librarian and resident host Connor takes us through the life of horn dog Melvil Dewey. You know, the Dewey Decimal System! Dewey was a very particular man with very particular tastes... Especially when it came to his female students & colleagues. In addition to organizing libraries as we know it, Dewey also tried to shorten the English language and set up his own little racist, sexual assault vacation resort, Lake Placid, New York!
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208 - Dan Sickles (pt1): F*ck the Star-Spangled Banner, Kid!
November 18th, 2021 | 2 hrs 17 mins
19th century, america, america history, civil war, comedy, corruption, drinking, history, international, murder, new york, podcast, political scandal, politics, scandal, sex, sex work, true crime, washington
The first leg of our journey through the magnificent American, Dan Sickle. This man boned his way around the 19th century world, from the seedy streets of Manhattan, to cut-throat halls of Congress, even the royal courts of Europe. Join us as we see where his 'rockets red glare' takes him.
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207 - John Barrymore: Drew's Drunk Hung Grandad
November 11th, 2021 | 1 hr 31 mins
acting, america history, comedy, drinking, entertainment, gossip, history, hollywood, la, movies, new york, podcast, tabloid, theater
This Hollywood heavy-hitter was born into the theater royalty. The thing was he never wanted to act. All he wanted was to shit on his liver and flop his massive schlong on minors.
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181 - Arnold Rothstein: Word Series Fixer
May 13th, 2021 | 1 hr 45 mins
1919 world series, betting, bookie, corupt, fixer, gambler, gangster, mafia, mob, new york, rich, scam, wager
Arnold Rothstein was the go-to gambler and fixer of organized crime. He fixed the 1919 World Series by bribing the Black Sox into throwing games. He brought alcohol and heroine into America during prohibition. He was the kingpin of dirty money, contraband, and dubious wagers.
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142 - Louis Armstrong: Tootin' Doody
August 6th, 2020 | 2 hrs 16 mins
america history, bebop, black culture, chicago, comedy, drinking, harlem, harlem renaissance, history, jazz, louis armstrong, mafia, mob, music, music history, new orleans, new york, podcast, rag time, satchmo, trumpet
The life of this extraordinary trumpet player takes us through the evolution of Jazz itself. From razor wielding prostitutes, to Chi-town mafioso, the cultural explosion of the Harlem Renaissance and abroad; Louis lived a fast life! But his bowels were even faster.
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140 - Victor Lustig: Smooth Talk meets Smooth Brain
July 23rd, 2020 | 2 hrs 20 mins
art of the deal, betting, comedy, con man, drinking, france, gangster, history, mob, money, new york, otb, podcast, scam, scar, swindler, wealth
Victor Lustig could talk his way out of a fleshy hairy bag. This infamous cat burglar con many a man out of their fortunes including syphilitic sausage mobster Al Capone. This man was such a smooth talker he even 'sold' France's most iconic landmark, The Eiffel Tower, for scrap to some greasy baguette slurpin' mook.
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101 - Frank Sinatra (pt1): The Lady is a Tramp... Let me get in it tho!
October 17th, 2019 | 1 hr 41 mins
big band, brat, comedy, crooner, frank sinatra, history, italian mafia, mob, music, music legends, new jersey, new york, nightmare, podcast, rat pack, singers, spoiled, swooning
Swooning and crooning didn't come easy for Frank Sinatra, in fact he had the voice of a hoary marmot in heat and the temper of a spoiled baby meatball. While his mother was off performing basement abortions, Frankie was off slipping it in whatever he could get his fat marinara fingers on.
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70 - Al Capone: Creamy, Syphilitic Italian Penne
March 14th, 2019 | 1 hr 28 mins
1930s, 20th century, bootlegging, boss, brooklyn, chicago, chitown, comedy, crime, drunk, embezzlement, gang, gangster, golf, gun violence, history, italian, italian american, killer, mafia, mobster, murder, murderer, new york, organised crime, pasta, pizza, podcast, prostitution, robbery, sbarros, scarface, std, syphilis, tommy gun, underworld
He stole from the rich... and he stole from the poor. Syphilitic gangster Al Capone couldn't keep his dong out of trouble. Whether it was staring down the barrel or slamming a prostitute, his unstoppable scarfaced penne oozed thick, creamy Italian machismo sauce.
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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.
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67 - Tallulah Bankhead: The Flapper that Flops Out All the Two-Handers
February 21st, 2019 | 1 hr 52 mins
acting, actress, addict, bisexual, bourbon, broadway, celebrity, cocaine, codeine, coke, comedy, drinking, drunk, flappers, free love, group sex, history, hollywood, london, movies, new york, orgy, party, personality, podcast, sex, sex addict, singer, stage performer, std, tabloid, thespian, weed, west end, wwi, wwii
With over 500 affairs and a daily consumption of 2 liters of bourbon, 150 cigarettes, an 8-ball of coke, weed and codeine, Tallulah Bankhead knew how to party. As queen of the 1920's flapper movement, every night was a yakked up orgy with a 2pm curtain call. But when you're constantly messed up. You constantly mess up.