Roast Mortem Cast

264 - Douglas Haig (pt6) - A legacy shaped by smooth brains.

January 5th, 2023  |  1 hr 30 mins

churchill, comedy, england, english history, great britain, history, military history, scandal, tabloid, uk, world war, wwi, wwii

We wrap up our series on Earl Douglas Haig and dive into how his legacy was born post-mortem. From a man-sized baby Winston Churchill, to an Adolf-loving PM David Lloyd George, to a crazy widow obsessed with deifying her lumpy late-husband.

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.

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!

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.

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!

50 - Helen Duncan: The Last Goopy Witch of Britain

October 18th, 2018  |  1 hr 42 mins

britain, clairvoyant, classified information, comedy, crime, debunk, drinking, ectoplasm, fraud, ghost, ghost hunters, ghosts, history, mi5, podcast, psychic, scotland, seance, spirit, talking to the dead, uk, war, witch, witchcraft, world war, ww1, ww2, wwi, wwii

Witchcraft! Clairvoyance! Shoving cheese cloth up your vagina! We're taking an 'in-depth' look at Britain's last witch, Hellish Nell and her stinky, slimy ectoplasmic discharge.