We got questions about decomposition! We got questions about pre-paid funerals! We got questions about mortician self-care!
All from the mouths (and keyboards) of you, my beloved patrons.
I'll be in England for a conference this week, b...
2017-07-18 17:01:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Have we talked before about how much I love the dead bodies on Everest? I LOVE THE DEAD BODIES ON EVEREST. I'm not happy that people have died, of course, but every person who comes anywhere near Everest has to know that their untimely death is...
2017-07-14 18:56:48 +0000 UTC View Post
A new video on our most requested ICONIC CORPSE– the sweet, young, and (possibly haunted) Rosalia Lombardo. You wanted to learn about her, and we got you, deathlings! Any requests for our next Iconic Corpse?
Also: I'm still thinking I...
2017-07-07 21:30:28 +0000 UTC View Post
First of all, a new Ask a Mortician! Corpses on a plane (and how to travel while dead). Has anyone ever died on a plane you were on? Almost died? Came back to life and drunk a complimentary wine cooler?
Also, Patreon has sel...
2017-06-30 17:40:21 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been SIX YEARS since my first YouTube video, and I decided to resurrect the dead by going back and watching my initial offering to the world. It's not as bad– and just as bad– as you might think.
In all sincerity, I would put my channel on...
2017-06-23 19:14:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we dive into all the more modern uses for human skin (postmortem and otherwise).
We're not talking books bound in skin, oh no, we're talking high tech skin grafts and the future of human leather production.
In other news: did you ...
2017-06-17 00:18:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Long running is our obsession with Mormon Funeral Potatoes here on Patreon. I've received not one, but TWO, Salt Lake City Olympics funeral potato pins in the mail. And now, the time has come. The time for me to make the famed potat...
2017-06-13 20:55:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Ah mausoleums– those endless walls of marble, stained glass, and corpses. Wait, walls of corpses? Why doesn't that smell of decay? Well STAY TUNED to find out.
This question comes from your fellow patron, Jennifer. Anyone can as...
2017-06-09 19:34:59 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a slightly different video than I normally do, but I was so excited to tell this story. A deathling, just like you, standing up to the largest funeral corporation in Canada for their deceptive practices and (spoiler) winning!
I hope h...
2017-06-02 21:33:50 +0000 UTC View Post
What's that? You want a nine minute video on the mega bizarre postmortem journey of Eva Perón? Plus singing?
Thank you for 1000 of you patrons (which is what triggered this Iconic Corpse series!).
Do you have any favorites you'd ...
2017-05-26 18:49:04 +0000 UTC View Post
#BehindTheVideo
This was a strange episode to film deathlings. For some reason I was in SUCH a bad mood, I couldn't get anything right to save my life, there was a stray hair (you'll see it), the list goes on and on.
I understand the most...
2017-05-19 17:53:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Why can't I do my thing? Stay in my lane? Promote my little natural burial project?
WHY CAN'T I DO ALL THAT WITHOUT BEING MEAN TO EMBALMING?
I answer that question in today's video. Warning: sometimes your mortician gets a ...
2017-05-12 18:13:05 +0000 UTC View Post
You're a blushing bride to be, trying on dresses for the most special day of your life. Suddenly, you feel as if you're being watched. Eyes seem to follow you as you move across the room. But the only other "person" there is a window mann...
2017-05-05 20:47:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Allo Patrons,
All you new patrons get to experience the wonder that is me awkwardly chatting to the camera. It's like we're having coffee together, where I would be just as awkward. THIS IS THE REAL ME.
Thank you for ...
2017-05-02 22:47:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Ah, deathlings. In this episode we must ask ourselves that age old question: would my cat eat me the second I dropped dead?
I just posted this to YouTube and one of the first comments was something like "as for the single lady gets eaten by h...
2017-04-28 17:18:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathlings,
First of all, hello, hi, new video today (honestly this is one of my favorites in awhile).
Second, welcome new patrons! We are so happy to have you in the patreon DEATH family and I'm proud to report that we have reach...
2017-04-21 19:56:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello mein deathy-poos!
As you may know, I did a TED Talk this past December– here's a link if you haven't seen it: http://ow.ly/pq5i30aRCv1
Year of Content!
In this vid...
2017-04-14 18:07:39 +0000 UTC View Post
I bet you woke up this morning thinking, "today is special, by damn.... but why.... WHY?" Well my friends, it's Tomb Sweeping Day in China!
I love a good death engaged national holiday. Especially when there is a juicy (poor choice of w...
2017-04-04 17:39:10 +0000 UTC View Post
As I said in this video, I *knew* what happened at TriState Crematory in Georgia, but as opposed to exaggerating this disaster of the past in my mind, I had downplayed how bad it really was.
Let's dig through the facts, and try to discover how such...
2017-03-31 17:39:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Here we go, my deathlings!
Why the picture here is so fuzzy, I do not know. It adds to that lo-fi intimate feel of our Patreon convos, I guess?
Keep sending in your questions!
xx
Caitlin
2017-03-28 21:31:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello deathlings!
This video has been a long time coming. I know you like a good mix between fun videos (like last week's lead makeup tutorial) and denser, info-heavy videos. This video is dense, but each bit of info is more "oh shit, r...
2017-03-24 16:30:24 +0000 UTC View Post
I'll admit it, I love a good YouTube makeup tutorial. I don't USE any of the tips (as my sticking to one basic makeup look can attest) but I like them all the same.
So when my video researcher Louise suggested we look into the use of t...
2017-03-16 17:50:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello deathlings,
If you haven't heard, someone (it's me) has a NEW BOOK coming out this year. I told you it was the year of content! You were thinking "maaayybbeee she'll keep this up though February..." NO! A YEAR. W...
2017-03-09 22:08:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Allo deathly dumplings!
It is I, the conductor of the Year of Content train.
I've been thinking about this question for awhile- how do you face down you death fears if they seem overwhelming and scary? This video is about that ve...
2017-03-02 17:40:46 +0000 UTC View Post
No, it's not a metal album we're talking about here– it's a new Morbid Minute. Today we're discussing the ways we once used corpses as medicine, for everything from epilepsy to the plague. I even do a little cooking portion (for ...
2017-02-23 18:44:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all! I hope you enjoy this chit chat video (it sounds like I said shit chat in the video.... I didn't.... but sort of?)– just for you guys.
If you enjoyed it, leave some questions for the next video in the comments below (in Patreon, no...
2017-02-20 20:13:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Deathy-poos!
The Year of Content continues with animal death and grief. Do the winged harbingers of DEATH (crows) have funerals for their fallen bretheren? Click to find out more.
Let me just say, the photoshop is off the hook in this e...
2017-02-16 23:11:39 +0000 UTC View Post
🔥 NEW ASK A MORTICIAN! 🔥
As tradtional as an Ask a Mortician gets- except now I'm responding to comments at the end of the video. Three more minutes of my bizarre self.
Do you like the comments at the end?
As for y...
2017-02-09 18:54:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons! My dear loves!
My first video offering in February is one for the funeral home enthusiasts and geeks out there.
My friend Jeff spent the weekend helping me whip my funeral home into shape, and we reali...
2017-02-02 19:00:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Allo deathlings,
"What an interesting, complex, well researched video," you say. (Well, hopefully you say that.)
That's because we've just brought on the brilliant writer Louise Hung to help me research and write on these type of...
2017-01-26 23:09:40 +0000 UTC View Post