Girl Talk with the Dead!

[@spaceracer23]

A story for you: About 10 years ago I was working with the high school debate club. We had a bus driver named Bob. Bob was a retired gentleman whom I had known from church for 20 years. At a tournament a freshman gets on the bus struggling with his tie. He asks: "bus driver Bob, can you pleas help me with my tie?" Bob: "Sure, but you'll have to lay down." The kid is confused and I dying laughing. Bob is Bob Burns of Burns funeral home. I explained to the kid that Bob has put ties on hundreds of people, none were standing up talking to him. He was a great guy. A couple of years later Mrs Burns helped him with his tie. He is missed.

[@TheRidiculousRescue]

I love this story 😂

[@shelbyb9965]

@@TheRidiculousRescue it's an ooooold joke, it's not a real story lol

[@TheRidiculousRescue]

@@shelbyb9965 BOOOoOOooo don’t ruin the imagery for me 😂

[@TheRidiculousRescue]

@@shelbyb9965 I wanna believe in the power of frightened freshmen 😂

[@vickinoeske1711]

What a wonderful story.😄

[@laura-wagner]

Imagine your friend texting you "hey can you come over and dress up like a grieving widow for my spiritualism youtube video? we can get pizza."

[@kithraholmes6088]

Laura Don’t dox myself I was wondering who else had that thought 😂😂😂

[@bacchaed2430]

Why, yes I can, actually. Totally down. Extra cheese please, pepperoni, pineapple, and jalapenos .. 😂

[@marymohr2799]

Tbh with the friends I have... yes, yes I can

[@johanvajse8410]

would love to know who that is as the grieving widow

[@246kisses]

I can see my friends asking me that and they know I’ll say yes lol

[@lady_k5588]

My favorite thing about Houdini - When he died he told his wife a code that would prove that it was him being summoned from the great beyond. No "medium" could ever guess the code, ergo, no ghosts or spirits.

[@theharshtruthoutthere]

Know it all yourself and warn others also: Leviticus 19:31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. 2 Kings 21:6 And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. Leviticus 20:6 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. ouija board = seeking a connection with demons, who are neither living nor dead. ouija board has nothing to do, what we, humans, think of, reconnecting with our dead loved ones. the dead of our loved ones go: Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. know and understand BIBLE, and stop welcoming demons into your households. + who ever owns all clown toys and dolls, get rid of these(burn these), never own ones again. come to CHRIST, repent and born again start having power over the demons and watch them flee instead of you. Use all of this BIBLE advises: Matthew 16:23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. Luke 4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. lets go over it again. human body, when it fears, produces adrenochrome, a candy for demons. FEAR NOT. as the bible says: Isaiah 41:10 - Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Psalms 23:4 - Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. all of you who deal with demons in the households, try bible advise out, saying these words to satan which CHRIST did said: GET BEHIND ME SATAN! for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. + tv screen = black mirror. if you dare to search, you`ll find reasons to get rid of TVs. The red light on the off turned TV = TV on spying mode.

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

Or he just didn't want to talk to his wife anymore LOL J/k

[@FaeQueenCory]

The invention I remember Edison for is: intellectual property theft. Also: public elephant murder.

[@healinggrounds19]

Yes! I see another fae of truth here.

[@clownfromclowntown]

And promising to pay a certain Serbian American inventor $50,000 to improve his inventions and, upon completion of this task, told him “you do not understand American humor” and firing him :)

[@KatheHanna]

i tell everyone about topsy

[@joanmayer304]

Anyone else heard about ‘Topsy’ from Bob’s Burgers?

[@FLHerbologistLaura]

Same

[@myragroenewegen5426]

It absolutely makes sense that Houdini would be a critic of the spiritualists. He was extremely versed in the kind of methods used, and was always open about the fact that what he did was entertainment magic and not connected to real supernatural phenomena. He always struck me as a good guy with a strong moral compass and didn't want to see grieving people mislead and defrauded.

[@aazhie]

yes I read a few stories about how it was the greed of the spiritualists that incensed him. An entertainer is different than the spiritualists, and some of those people would string mourners on and take so much of their money! They still do it today which is sad. Houdini didn't give away his secrets, but he wasn't preying off grief, he did his tricks to amaze and entertain

[@babablacksheepdog]

I was just about to write the same thing. He clearly knew what was happening "behind the scenes," since he used sleight of hand and misdirection in his own acts, and could understand that these were tricks and not supernatural phenomena.

[@justsomenuts]

And he had really wanted it to be real. I bet it was really painful that he couldn’t speak with his own loved ones and instead just saw it was bullshit.

[@robertnett9793]

It's interesting enough, that many stage magicians today also strongly oppose this kind of fraudulent stuff. Penn & Teller or James Randi spring to mind. All of them insist on every occasion, that all this talking with spirits or faith healing is fraudulent nonsense.

[@myragroenewegen5426]

@@robertnett9793Maybe because they know that at some point in their lives the door to such serious moral trickery closed to them, or they consciously closed it. Hard not to react and reflect on the weight of the issues involved, when it's a life path you could easily have chosen or been led into. The knowledge they have, as with scientists and doctors, gives them a key role to play in those politics not available to most people, so it may be a way of using ones (non magical) powers for good.

[@Richard44077]

Ghost hunter shows crack me up. My favorite was when I watched one host try to get a 14 century Italian ghost to respond by yelling at him in 20th century America English.

[@pxxxbxxx1981]

Canadian show Knock Knock Ghost is a hoot - the host is a comedian

[@tabbynakamura]

My favorites are when they here a “woman scream” or something and anyone who has ever been anywhere but a city goes, “dude, you need to leave before you become a ghost.” Not cause it IS a ghost but because THAT is the telltale sound of a mountain lion.

[@kolgibson89]

I definitely heard “Great Corpses Plus” and not “Great Courses Plus”

[@MattPhonee]

Same!

[@blue8ify]

same

[@reihitchens1202]

Same :')

[@lorriemiller6750]

Same totally

[@roguerebel2947]

You need to put a time stamp in your comment to take us to the spot that she says that. It’d be easier than having to listen to the whole video again if you didn’t hear it. ✌🏼

[@heliosfromacrossastar878]

Honestly, if I could speak to the ghosts I’d love to talk with my ancestors, and by ancestors I mean the 20 generations of potato farmers and weavers before me. They might not be able to advice me on my love life, but can tell me when my potatoes are decently cooked and that’s solid knowledge.

[@TheRidiculousRescue]

Man I need them to tell my why the hell my potato plants keep dying 😂 lemme know what they say!

[@heliosfromacrossastar878]

Crissie If I get a sign, I’ll let you know 😂 considering all my plants keep dying, I fear I might be a poor medium for this kind of advice though 😂😂

[@TheRidiculousRescue]

@@heliosfromacrossastar878 lmao! You and me both 😂 Guess I’ll have to keep resorting to Curtis Stone/Urban Farmer for answers hahahaha! If only our ancestors knew just how badly we need their farming advice right now lol

[@andromedaspark2241]

Why am I imagining a ghost like Bubba in Forest Gump?? "There's boiled taters, baked taters, scalloped taters, fried taters, twice baked taters, mashed taters, tater pancakes, potatoes rosti, tater soup, roasted taters, taters dauphine..."

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

The only 'Spirts' I've ever encountered have been in a bottle. 👻 🥃🍹🍸

[@sarahmeek530]

"Spirits, do you have a message for us?" Spirits: "Drink more Ovaltine"

[@Thomasnmi]

A crummy commercial? Son of a b....

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Hahaha! _A Christmas Story_ 🤣🤣🤣

[@stevealharris6669]

Yes - get me some clean Trousers.

[@VEttariPEPC]

Great!!!!!

[@lukeeade6226]

Three out of four spirits recommend Ovaltine. It's divine!

[@ImmortalChaos]

The bell rings: Caitlin: Do you have a message for us? Ghost: Dinner's ready.

[@TheRidiculousRescue]

Ghost 2: I SAID I’M GOING TO DEBBIE’S TONIGHT OH MY GAWD MAHM! REALLY?!

[@3katfox]

I cackled out loud at that one

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

ROTFLMAO! 🤣 The only 'Spirts' I've ever encountered have been in a bottle. 👻 🥃🍹🍸

[@sinlobo84]

Diner's ready, duh!

[@annvictor9627]

Could be worse. See this bit from "Monty Python's Meaning of Life": kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6ClhaaDf5mdhM0

[@Snooznoo]

I'm never embarrassed to tell people that I heard my cat walk into the living room the day after she passed away - the little paws on the wood, the quiet, raspy breathing. My brain knew to expect the little "mew!" but of course it never came. It was a very bittersweet moment and she's still very missed! I enjoyed this video a lot. You're uniquely good at holding my attention while there's a lot of new information to process.

[@pollyrg97]

After my much-loved Topsy died I would sometimes feel her jump up onto my bed in the night. I knew it wasn't real, and it hurt every time It's been nearly 20 years and I'm welling up just talking about it.

[@Snooznoo]

@@pollyrg97 They "leave pawprints on our hearts", as people like to say!

[@HalfShelli]

L L - I’m approaching one year without my little feline soulmate, and I know just what you’re describing! It never matters how long it’s been, for they truly do leave paw prints on our hearts. It’s not really that their spirits are trying to find their way back to us, but rather their spirits never ever leave us.

[@Snooznoo]

@@HalfShelli just over 2 years without my Bo and I still talk about her funny little ways all the time ☺ I can mostly be happy when I think of her now. My special old lady!

[@caitlinmacintyre6984]

When my kitty used to come home through the window it would make a very specific noise. Five months since she passed away and we still hear the window. I always greet her when I hear the noise❤

[@mime7509]

I lost it at “FOR GIRLS!” Never change, Caitlin!

[@d14551]

I had a bereavement experience/hallucination after my father died 14 years ago. It doesn't matter to me if it came from a part of my subconscious or not. It gave me a sense of comfort and love. Thanks, Caitlin, for the information about early spiritualists being Black and White women who were fierce feminists and abolitionists.

[@clownfromclowntown]

I saw the spirit of my recently passed grandmother when I was 3. I did not understand the concept that she was even gone and really had no mourning for her because I was too young. That’s really what had me believing in spirits, even to this day.

[@vilanyas.1808]

I had numerous experiences as a little kid too, including a near death experience, and I had NO CLUE this stuff even existed, and didn’t until YEARS later when I opened up some old books in storage that I had found and actually saw PICTURES and numerous descriptions of exactly what I had experienced as a little girl many years before, from people all around the world. I also had a very profound experience as a teenager. So ya, I’m not convinced it’s all a hoax, but neither am I convinced that everyone who claims to have had “dealings” with ghosts know what the HELL they are talking about..... and the mystery goes on....🤷🏽‍♀️

[@aleksandram6845]

@@clownfromclowntown Remember although we all love Caitlin, she is also human, and humans only know what we have studied or experienced. We may think that working in a funeral home or cemetery would make a person more likely to experience such things, if they existed, yet think about it; where would a spirit want to be, in a funeral home or with loved ones?

[@e32b61]

Blair the cat It’s not hallucinations that trick us as much as the narratives we build around memories. Once I studied up on how memories work and especially selective memories, I realized how easy it is for us to fall into these sorts of traps. Every time you’ve told yourself this story or related it to someone else, you cemented it’s narrative just a little more like in the Cask of Amontillado, walling yourself off against counter-narratives and differing explanations. You build a mountain out of a grain of sand.

[@bridgetthewench]

One of my bereavement experiences involved a button violently popping off of a sweater and flying across the room. I was just sitting at the computer and the sweater was not snug, so it's a bit puzzling finding an explanation that isn't "ghost?"

[@andriaknobel5241]

I talk to my dead friend everyday. She doesn't answer me back of course, but it really does help with healing my grief.

[@nikoplangger]

You mean of "courpse" aha

[@andriaknobel5241]

@@nikoplangger This made me laugh. 💕

[@nikoplangger]

@@andriaknobel5241 O thats so sweet, you just to. And I ve realised now that it was really a dark joke sry.

[@MjauDuuude]

I used to write letters to my mum, it really helped too

[@andriaknobel5241]

@@MjauDuuude I like that idea. ☺

[@mbrsart]

I can't think of Ouija boards without thinking of that vine where some people ask, "What is your name?" and the board moves to "YES," and they all freak out.

[@jewelzzz4455]

😂

[@LacieWhy]

Lol. 🤣

[@LB-gz3ke]

Clearly they had contacted the spirit of Bud Abbott. He was doing a variation of the famous "Who's on First" routine.

[@Swan-rb4yg]

I don't understand. What vine, please?

[@mbrsart]

@@Swan-rb4yg kzbin.info/www/bejne/iavZh4RurdN5mrs

[@kamilaferens682]

Caitlin is the only youtuber that makes me sit through her full "sponsor time" part X'D

[@pan_jzm]

I would say her and Internet Historian have the best "sponsor time."

[@conorgibson7301]

Can’t forget Lindybeige.

[@landypandy2012]

Sooooooo true 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@perrydiddle3698]

Kamila Ferens Good luck to you tonight in the debates. I’ll be voting for you & Biden next month!

[@rosestrife1498]

I knew a boy at school who passed away from cancer. I was so sad when he died and a few days after his funeral I had a dream. In the dream I was staring down at him and he was staring up at me while he laid in his coffin. He said, "I'm Okay Rose, I'm okay." and I woke up. " It was really comforting tbh.

[@clownfromclowntown]

Hey, another person name Rose! I’ve never met anyone else with my name before, only a Rosemary :O

[@rosestrife1498]

@@clownfromclowntown my name is Rosemary lol

[@chirpchirpmamalong9911]

My daughter is named rosalie, after my grandmother rose lee. Call her rose

[@rosestrife1498]

@@chirpchirpmamalong9911 Yeah they call me Rose too.

[@KissyKat]

I'm glad you had that experience Rose. This happened to me, and it's true. I cared for my elderly mother and we lived together. When she died I was devastated. I went to highly-regarded medium about a week after mom passed. I sat quiet letting her do all the talking. She was very accurate, but one specific thing she said blew me completely away. When Mom was in the hospital before she passed, a pipe in the bathroom next to her bedroom sprung a leak, water seeping into her bedroom wetting some of the carpet. I turned the water off under the sink and closed the door to her bedroom, figuring I'd deal with it later, then drove back to the hospital to be with her. I told no one about this leak, no family no friends, and nothing to my mother who was in and out of consciousness dying of end-stage COPD. Back to the medium, she said, and I quote, "your mother wants you to open the door to her bedroom, the water won't dry if you don't". Let me reiterate, only one human on this planet knew about that leak, me. The psychic didn't know, my mother didn't even know while she was alive. And I'd forgotten about it until the psychic said that. Had I told mom before she died, it would still be an amazing validation, but the fact that Mom didn't know while she was alive as an extra dimension to this revelation, she could have only found out about this after she died.

[@corteynicole2]

Even as a believer in some paranormal experiences, I love watching videos like this. It's good to have a healthy amount of skepticism, even if it goes against what you originally believed.

[@sleepless_and_lonely]

Same here i definitely believe that the paranormal is real. I also like to listen and understand what other believe too. A lot has happened to make me believe that the paranormal exists

[@sydneyorcutt8327]

Same! And I’m a medium myself haha! I have a gift but I keep myself educated and my ego in check lol

[@IamJacksSTD]

The second time that "knock three times" was chanted, I started singing the song too.

[@ZestyAqua]

Did2. Even tapped my feet.

[@Danica.Margarit]

Same 😂💖

[@IamwhoIam333]

Thanks for the heads up. I was going to watch it however if it got just one person chanting it back well that is all I needed to hear.

[@Idontcaremuch1000]

So did I, I just knew where that was going!!!

[@MissBee13]

Same!

[@elizabunnyaf403]

My greatest accomplishment in 2020 so far has been getting other people into Ask A Mortician.

[@TheRidiculousRescue]

My Polish bf isn’t super happy with my exposing him to classic Americana such as The Donner Party 😂 I think he would have been much happier had he never been aware of some of our history lmfao

[@jabbermocky4520]

Great! I'm making occasional, subtle suggestions to chatters on the channel I moderate because I really believe that Caitlyn demystifies death for us. She's wicked funny, too, and who can't use a good chuckle these days?

[@anna_m4521]

How you said “for girls” 😂😂 omg

[@valeriegrey8328]

I want to do the same!

[@TheRidiculousRescue]

@@valeriegrey8328 you will 😊

[@krissym4011]

Every time she said "raps" I just imagined some ghosts spitting bars

[@nocturnal_gaming2293]

*Del intensifies*

[@linabasilisk1955]

Just because they're dead doesn't mean they have to act like it.

[@fledermaus8694]

Always reminds me of Poe's "The Raven", imagine a raven just. RAPPING

[@linabasilisk1955]

@@fledermaus8694 LOL! I can just imagine what a raven might rap about.

[@helenamirian908]

I live right downtown and am occasionally awakened by rappings.

[@solayange]

Makes perfect sense to me that Houdini would see right through Spiritualism tbh... he knew all the tricks and how to use them, it would probably look like a bad amateur performance to him haha

[@sadielappin8862]

He was almost convinced by one at Arthur Conan Doyle’s house until the “spirit of his mother” spoke through the medium to say she was in heaven with Jesus. He knew immediately that it wasn’t his late, very Jewish mother contacting them. If I recall correctly, that’s what made him go from believing most were frauds to actively trying to take them down.

[@humandoodad]

He even used to do spiritualism as part of his own act! But once he came to realize how it was just profiting on desperate grief, he did a total 180 on it.

[@Manchessollte421]

right? like a real surgeon going and listening to the quacks shilling cocaine drinks

[@benmoore1097]

@@sadielappin8862 correct! Also what threw him, "his mother" called him Harry. Never! She ALWAYS called him by his real name, Eric

[@courtneymartinello7725]

Lemonpledge10 when did Jesus say that.. asking for a friend..

[@Zillah82]

Two years ago, I went to Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore and visited the grave of the guy that patented ouija boards, Elijah Bond. The back of his gravestone is a ouija board. It's pretty cool. It's also a very beautiful cemetery.

[@peeweepixie3655]

You have got to be one of the coolest people ever.

[@Jason.cbr1000rr]

@showbizonastick maming money iff us... using her talent and work with the dead... she should be working and doing the above not make videos. Its like me making videos and telling secrets of my warehouse secrets on youtube to everyone 😄😑

[@Jason.cbr1000rr]

Hey chick, how old are you? I ask cos i like to guess ppls ages but i cant figure yours out 😠🤔🙂

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

@@Jason.cbr1000rr she is doing good work, connecting people with good resources, and even with groups and institutions that need donations to help people. That's not "making money off of people." That's being a good person. 🤨

[@C.S.99]

Cooler than the trolls trying to troll! I LOVE her, I laugh, I learn, I laugh some more. She's cool 😎

[@mystified1429]

@@C.S.99 And attractive too

[@MadHatterDJ-]

One of my best friends died last year. I talk to him sometimes.. I mean I don't actually believe I'm talking to him, I know he isn't there. But it helps me to say out loud the things I didn't take the chance to say to him when he was around. It's self soothing and helps with the grief. Still it's better to be real with people while they are alive to hear you, talk while you can.

[@naturallyroyalsoaps]

Sorry for your loss xx

[@MadHatterDJ-]

Debbie Royal Thank you x

[@Radio_Jingles_55]

Well said d!

[@shieh.4743]

Sorry for your loss and I am glad that talking aloud bring you solace.

[@TheRidiculousRescue]

Truly sorry for your loss. My bf of five years and my son both passed away twelve years ago. I still talk to them both at times. Self-soothing this way is how I got through the worst of the grief, so I completely understand. I even wrote an entire journal to him right after his death to get all of my unsaid things out of my head and onto something tangible. It helped so much.

[@angelmiller3331]

Thomas Edison would have had that dead-a-phone machine, too. Y'know, if Tesla had invented it first.

[@aliliving7774]

Facts.

[@celestialskye1]

😂😂😂👏👏👏

[@stellarcheetah]

On bereavement hallucinations: My dog died a few years ago from internal bleeding caused by tumours. In the few short months between first learning he had cancer and his actual death, I had been having terrible nightmares about the tumours bursting and there being blood everywhere. But for a few months after he died, I regularly had dreams about him running around and playing and just being his normal, happy self. People might tell me that it's purely psychological, that those dreams are products of my subconscious, but I choose to believe it was his spirit coming to tell me that he was okay now and in a happy, safe place because that is what brings me comfort.

[@ciel9112]

Why is it that every time I'm like "huh Caitlin hasn't uploaded in a while" and look at your channel, the very next day, you upload something??? Am I psychic?

[@shelbyb9965]

That must be it, it's the only explanation 😋

[@sporkybutterz]

Now if you can win the lottery you can make an appearance on the James Randi show

Definitely. You should become a medium.

[@harveyabel1354]

Last night, I actually thought she would have something for us today!

[@LivingEncyclopedia]

Maybe Caitlin is the psychic? She knows when we want death stuff and gives it to us

[@hdwarrior8830]

How lame hubby and I are. You said "knock three times" and we instantly start singing "on the ceiling if you want me" then you start singing it and we ended up on the living room floor laughing through the first half of your video. Yeah, we had to start over.

[@kylabella05]

Oooh twice on the pipe! *ding ding* means you ain’t gonna shooooow ❤️❤️❤️ My grandma and grandpas favourite song!

[@Ladyisavamp22]

Same here!!! Lol

[@urspendy]

same

[@5owlsinacoat]

Same!

[@icreatedanaccountforthis1852]

I saw my dead friend twice. It was a really calming and peaceful experience. Thank you for mentioning bereavement hallucinations, as it helps with what I experienced.

[@wolfcat1998]

Last time I clicked on a video this fast, it was the 1800's and I was still alive. OooooHooooWoooo...

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

ROTFLMAO!🤣 The only 'Spirts' I've ever encountered have been in a bottle. 👻 🥃🍹🍸

[@icouldjustscream]

Go towards the light......

[@reprobus7986]

4 years ago, on the day my beloved collie passed away I saw her lying at the end of the bed, just as she always used to . It only lasted for a few seconds and she looked directly at me. I guess this must have been a bereavement hallucination, whatever it was was it was very comforting and left me feeling like she was always going to be around.

[@ursulabach566]

The same happened to me with my dog when he died 5 years ago. I was super confused, but it was wonderful

[@danithefiend6167]

When my favorite cat died as a kid, I felt her CLEARLY jump up on my bed and curl up next to me.

[@littleowl22778]

No you didn't hallucinate it was your good girl saying goodbye and that she's okay and that she loves you. I had my Guinea pig millie moo leave physical pictures taken on my phone and they are really exposed brightness and there was 4 and each on got blurrier and blurrier as each one was taken. I checked the time stamp and they were taken when i swear on her sweet soul was taken at the same that i was on the bus, stuck in traffic with her lifeless body and i checked the location and it was taken a street away from where i live. She was standing up right and eyes open and in her enclosure in hay. I didn't edit the time stamp or location there, i don't even have photo shop, its to expensive. Plus i don't know how i would even use a editing software let alone lie and edit it. As suddenly as they appeared a few days later she deleted them. And even very recently i had to re download them as she deleted them again. I don't know why but i know I didn't do it, why would i. I loved her so much. I have had other paranormal experiences too. I've seen things move on their own as well. I know their is something after death but i also am a man of science as well.

[@Chubbyfrog125]

Years after my familys beloved childhood cat died i was slwwping on my floor (had a guest staying over). My door was shut so i knew it wasn't our current felines. I saw my old cat Buster by my feet laying down. He used to take turns sleeping at everyones feet. It was very calming.

[@birchtree_6]

Reprobus i had something just like that with my cat! the only weird thing was sister came in and saw the same thing

[@marguaritetherese3156]

I'll share my "bereavement hallucination." Shortly after my grandma passed away, I was at home and was suddenly struck with the aroma of brandy, her signature drink of choice (like when I told my cousins, they immediately said it was grandma). It lasted briefly, maybe half a minute, then dissipated and I've never noticed anything like it again. I'll add that I live alone and don't have any brandy--or anything that smells remotely like it--in my house.

[@cathyhunnemeder3064]

Are you sure it was a hallucination?

[@PoetryBumblebee]

I had a similar one: the day my mom died, I smelled my mom's perfume in my friend's basement as I was getting ready for bed and having a bit of a cry (I didn't want to be alone at my place so I stayed with friends), and felt the sensation of someone petting my hair - which my mom used to do when I cried as a kid.

[@otohikoamv]

Fun fact: in the story about the "witch" that revealed the sinking of the Royal Navy ship, the footage of the exploding battleship (~17:26) isn't just stock ship-exploding footage - but a film of THAT actual battleship's actual demise. 861 of HMS Barham's crew were killed in that explosion, and the event was indeed kept secret - despite being one of only two battleship sinkings on the high seas ever caught on film (the other being an Austro-Hungarian ship in World War I, which sank much less violently than this one). The film clip often appears in movies and documentaries, totally out of context - but it's very in-context in this case!

[@JCoopsters]

wow. that clip is wicked

[@We_Are_All_Vultures]

That's why we love this channel

[@flowerfaerie8931]

Holy shit that’s so fucking cool. BRB, going down a ship rabbit hole (again).

[@ZerokillerOppel1]

Guess you're referring to the KuK KM "SMS Szent István" which indeed was "less dramatic" but just as terrible ofcourse with the hull flipping over in a matter of seconds while watching literally hundreds of sailors disappear into the deep...kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIrGi2h7n7-gY9k the clip of the HMS Barham wasn't shown to the general public until WW2 had long gone passed, certainly hushed by the Royal Navy at the time perhaps in fear of public anti war sentiment but most likely because of state secrets. But on topic: I guess Miss Doughty does her research really thorough for her uploads and found the ship involved in the disaster online or some database.

[@alexan2821]

"The photos were..not very convincing" Me: * is still thoroughly creeped out by the pictures*

[@WaferNegresco]

Relatable. Here coping in the comments.

[@CyreneDuVent]

I watched this in the middle of the night. That was a bad plan

[@e-tone312]

"Real or not, maybe what matters most here..." me: ...is the (dead) friends we made along the way?

[@ArguAngels]

The power of friendship it truly supernatural

[@liulfrmcshane]

The Queen of Death Positivity continues to deliver the fantastic content. Seriously, every time Caitlin uploads, life seems a little brighter.

[@BlondeVolDoll]

Exactly!!!

[@elliottlupin]

It's the bangs. They really improve the mood.

[@valeriegrey8328]

Life seems brighter and death seems less dark! :P

[@Maryfelderschriftsteller]

As a German I'm just gonna say: That Auf Wiedersehen pronunciation was on point 🍃🌾

[@sialabrown7789]

JaDa hast du recht. Ich hab schon viel schlimmeres gehört.

[@queerulantin6431]

Ich stimme zu 🌈

[@quietone748]

Richtig.

[@yesbitchimgay5696]

Ja xD

[@rneustel388]

When we lived in Germany, I was told that my southern US accent was not compatible with speaking German. Every time I tried to speak German, my German friends would roll with laughter.

[@karleymurphy]

After my dad and grandpa died when I was around 16, 17 it hit me pretty hard and I found going to their graves and writing them letters and burning them and talking out loud to both of them actually did help my grieving process. It's been about 5 years now and I still struggle but when I do I go back to those strategies and it helps me feel better and closer to them.

[@lilycornell1941]

Hi Ms. Doughty! So I’m a freshman in college and you inspired me so much to obtain a degree in Mortuary science! So one of my first research papers has to be related to funeral service and so I’m going to pick *drum roll* GREEN BURIAL!! It’s honestly so much better and more eco friendly then caskets and cremations and embalmings. So in a way, thank you for helping me pick out my topic! ❤️

[@gunslingingbird74]

You're a college freshman, but don't know the difference between then and than. This country is screwed. 🙄

[@lilycornell1941]

Gunslinging Bird what are you....college dropout lmao? Like out of all the things I mentioned, you care to correct me on my grammar Mr PhD 🤡

[@haleypowell3975]

That is wonderful, Lily. I wish you the best of luck. I'm going to law school next year and can't wait to see what you're going to do with your degree!

[@lilycornell1941]

Haley Powell thank you, I very much appreciate those kinds words! Good luck to you too Haley, you’ll do amazing things 💫

[@전정국-s1u]

Good luck lily ✨🌷

[@itsourtubenow9729]

Sometimes I talk to my dead relatives, they never respond tho... I guess they were...... ghosting me!

[@gHOSTbITCHES]

bahahaa

[@Pushi_97]

Heeeyyyy

[@james_baker]

Funny. Now get out.

[@theblackbaron4119]

Mine usually yell at me that they aren't dead and that I should let them out of the family crypt. Must be the air escaping their corpse...

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

Ba - Dum - Tiss! 🥁 🤣 The only 'Spirts' I've ever encountered have been in a bottle. 👻 🥃🍹🍸

[@jmdmcarr]

I'm a relative of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. My mother is a Cady! Thank you for mentioning her, as she doesn't get the credit she deserves due to issues concerning Patriarchal culture at the time.

[@cynthiaevery2801]

Thank for the amazing contribution of your relative!

[@Kosh_Naranek.]

During these difficult times, corpse lady brings me much comfort.

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

Corpse Lady? Catlin's not a Corpse Lady she's our Death Momma. 💀🤱🏻💀

[@KuroshitsujiFan513]

[medium snaps out of her trance] "the spirits say trans rights"

[@sholem_bond]

@S. G. So the spirits say trans rights then

[@ClayDress]

Your mother sent me a message, Harry: “Dear Harry, I love you. ✝️ -Mother” “My mother didn’t speak English, never called me Harry and was Jewish.” 🥲

[@GemCityHippie]

The one thing I've taken from this is that I now have "Knock Three Times" stuck in my head.

[@Lisa_the_Cottage_Witch]

🤣 same here!

[@maryannmarino865]

Same...

[@barbaralindhjem1582]

Awful isn't it?

[@MFO6]

First time she said "Knock three times" it popped into my head!

[@Prelude13]

Same

[@Pinkiechan123]

When my childhood siamese cat passed away when i was 13 i was so devastated the only thing i could think to do was clean my room to get my mind off of it. I had a little bobblehead on my bookshelf that looked just like her sitting still. An hour later my mom came to check on me and we noticed the bobble head was bobbing up and down. I swear it was a sign from her from beyond, an assurance that she was alright and loved us. For months i still sometimes would feel her jump onto my bed (even tho obviously she wasnt there)and see her and hear her meows in my dreams. I miss her so bad to this day but its been about 7 years since and we have 2 beautiful loving cats today. I always thought it was all in my head but im glad to know theres an actual name for the phenomenon. Rip meow cat, i will always love you 💞💗

[@susangoodman4925]

I felt my kitty on the bed, sofa, and so much in my chest.....

[@lazyhomebody1356]

My dumb dog 100% listens to a ghost cat or dog. She is always staring at the same spot with her ears pricked, and taking her toys over to the spot, like she wants to play with it

[@julietteangeli]

My Siamese kitty died three years ago and I miss her every day. But I try to frame it as, I was lucky to have her in my life for so many years.

[@kierstensuglio1810]

When my cat died in February, I would walk into the room and see him from the corner of my eye sleeping on the pillow where he always laid. When I looked he was gone but his imprint remained. I don't really see him much anymore but I sense that he's still around. I got a new kitten and he plays with the necklace urn I have. I see it as shadow checking in on us.

[@bonesandhearts5683]

My sweet boy is getting to that time now. I’ve had him since I was 5 and I’m almost 25 now. His brother passed a couple years ago. I’m kind of a skeptic but it was nice to read about your experience. It kind of helps me prepare myself. Much love to your sweet kitties, both living and non-living ❤️😽

[@TheMaikoFan]

I actually had a dream about my grandma shortly after she passed. She and I were sitting in this bare, bright white room in white robes/clothes, and we just sat there and talked for hours. I don't even remember what we talked about. I just remember how wonderful it felt to be sitting and talking with her, to be with her again. I'll probably never forget that feeling.

[@tarmaque]

Note that many of those photographs from the Civil War were, to some extent, staged. Many of the photographers who went out to take pictures of the battlefields post-battle would collect corpses and pose them in dramatic ways. This is very different from what we understand reporting photographs today. To them, imparting the proper "feel" to the scene was more important that actual accuracy. This is much the same as the whole idea of photographs in the mid to late 1800's. It was an outgrowth of painted portraiture that preceded it. The idea was to portray what you wanted to be true rather than to record the history of the situation. It's a fascinating subject.

[@kellypbr7742]

Not entirely true.

[@Lucius1958]

Well, Alexander Gardner's famous "Devil's Den" photograph was certainly staged: he took the body of a Confederate soldier, and posed it as though it had been a sniper...

[@billhardy7870]

@Lemonpledge10 The "Jesus Movement" was probably one of the first Spiritualist Fads in history, and continues bilking people of millions of their dollars to this day. If not one of the first fads, definitely the longest lasting. lol!

[@billhardy7870]

I'm sure photographers today do the same thing. Maybe not reposing bodies for a better effect, but, in the case of storm disasters, moving household items, toys and personal belongings to better transmit the message of what a terrible thing has occured.

[@simonethevvitch]

I'm very much a skeptic, but my sister died of an overdose two days ago and I'm very much in a place where I wish I could believe in spiritualism. I keep feeling her presence, as if she's beside me, screaming, trying to get me to hear her, but I just can't. It's all very strange and surreal. Today at 2:30 I get to go see her one last time before her cremation. I'm hoping that talking to her gives me some form of closure.

[@talosheeg]

Oh God I'm so so sorry!!!

[@simonethevvitch]

@@talosheeg thank you

[@geminisabah]

Ask her out loud to contact you in your dreams if she needs to talk! Put it out there so she knows.... they cant read your mind :)

[@novembertopaz8578]

I'm so sorry for your loss

[@savanaerie]

I'm so sorry. That's awful.

[@pinkcatgxrl]

I know this video is older now, but I’ve seen a resurgence in spiritualism online, especially on TikTok. A lot of people are like, “Anyone else going through their spiritual awakening right now?” and Caitlin pointing out that this is what happens after disasters makes me realize how normal it is.

[@ballisticcoefficientdepend9811]

I'm sorry if this is a little long, but if it can help brighten someone's day, it's worth it. I've only used a Ouija board once, when I was in middle school, but it was one of the funniest things I've ever experienced. My buddy had one, and I was spending the night at his house once, when we decided to try it out. I went to make a pot of coffee, as we had decided to stay up all night, and coffee was already in the basket: I naturally assumed that he put it there, and the water was also in the tank. So I turned it on, and he opened up the "great spirit board", and we began asking questions. As we awaited an answer, the coffee pot began making the normal sounds one tends to make, my friend's eyes suddenly looked like saucers, they were huge as he stared at the coffee pot. So when he said "it's working", I naturally thought he meant the coffee pot, and I said "of course it is, that's what it's meant to do". He was becoming very pale, and I asked "what's wrong?", that's when he cleared things up, saying "the spirits turned on the coffee pot, my mother has it preset to turn on when she wakes up". I had to have a good time with this, so I asked another question, at which point he urinated in his pants with enough force that I heard it all too clearly, and then fell over laughing with tears streaming down my face. I couldn't scare the poor kid anymore than that, and I hadn't meant to scare him as much as I did; just by asking another question lol. He never believed that I turned that pot on, he swore I was never in that kitchen. The best part is, he was the only true genius I've ever known, and his scientific mind is the reason he believed I could never have been in the kitchen!

[@merc5333]

Nov 22, 2020 You're right, this did brighten up my mood. 😂😂 Poor fellow, thank you for sharing the story. Hope you're doing well, your friend and all your important peeps during this virus craze.

[@ballisticcoefficientdepend9811]

@@merc5333 Glad that it helped! We're all hanging in there pretty well; I hope that you, and yours, are doing the same!

[@MrWalksindarkness]

when you were talking about the ghost hunters show, i thought you were going to talk about cold reading. remember that John Edwards guy who had that show where people would come on and he would be all "I'm feeling someone died of drowning" and someone from the audience would be "OMG! My uncle died in a boat accident" and the host would be "and he had kids and there were problems with money" and the person could interpret this as someone was poor, or they fought over the will, or anything, and people would be convinced he was speaking to the spirit by saying vague general things that could apply to almost anyone or anything.

[@rydergw]

Hercules Rockefeller I think most ‘psychics’ are phony. However, some seem to have a second knowledge of some kind. I think if they are out to make money, it’s a fair chance they are just scammers.

[@spooky2toes83]

South Park did an episode on him!

[@AbbieH5]

I've never used my cold reading skills for profit because sadly I have scruples, but I learned sooo much from John Edwards. Unfortunately when I apply those skills to try to convince folks it's all nonsense, and "show the person behind the curtain", literally walking folks through all the tricks there are still folks who think I'm actually psychic and I just don't know it. But John Edwards was an excellent showman.

[@CH1M4R4]

@@spooky2toes83 that South Park episode did an amazing job of explaining in an approachable way how cold reading works

[@tisa6193]

@@rydergw exactly

[@stereophonicsmom]

I’m a forensic anthropologist and new to your channel. I’ve seen it before but in our line of work look for a bit of escape. You, Caitlin, are everything I need to decompress ❤😂 And your history is bang on; education presentation A++ Thank you!

[@yunikage]

OMG she's learned to make clickbait titles and thumbnails theres no stopping her now run

[@barvdw]

Probably learned in one of those Great Courses Plus :)

[@melanieshearman4678]

At least we can trust her to use it with responsibility

[@DominiqueKg]

Lol its not THAT click-baity

[@Mostlymolly13]

Ur

[@Alex04blue868]

Dom Katyana I mean she did talk about girls talking to the dead.

[@thedoneeye]

If you want to try the micro-movement thing take a needle and thread. Hold the thread and let the needle dangle. If you think about a straight line the needle will swing in a straight line. If you think about a circle the needle will swing in a circle!

[@KatherineHugs]

Yes!!! And people use this trick to see if a pregnant woman is having a boy or girl, but it's all about what the woman "wants".

[@gracehaven5459]

Yeah I've done that before with friends they showed us that trick in high school, you put it over a pregnant woman's belly and it's supposed to say what gender the baby is supposed to be even though you can get the needle to go anyway you want lmao

[@lazyhomebody1356]

@@KatherineHugs But if it doesn't work, they wouldn't keep doing it

[@lazyhomebody1356]

@@KatherineHugs If the person holding the thread is thinking it, then yes, the thread would move. That in no way explains how the pregnant woman, who is not touching the string, influences it to move

[@mamaray8903]

I read both of your books right before my grandmother died last year. You helped my family grieve in our way and prevent from being deviated from her wishes. Can't thank you enough

[@SundayMourningLove]

Yay for Houdini! Standing up for the bereaved in hopes they wdnt get suckered out of what little money they had, etc..

[@sterlingfink2810]

Right? He really wanted to talk to his dead mother but with his training he could see through every scammer trick and we was PISSED on behalf of everyone they were taking advantage of. I'm a huge fan of this chapter of his work.

[@spooky2toes83]

He even wrote a book debunking them and laying out all the tricks to help ppl see through them

[@benjaminclifton9317]

@@sterlingfink2810 If I remember correctly, he asked to contact his mom and the medium drew a cross and wrote something in English on a piece of paper, saying that it was from her. Houdini's mom was Jewish and didn't speak English. It wasn't just the scamming that pissed him off, it was the fact that even if a spirit was there, it wasn't his mom.

[@SeptemberDay]

MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL!!! I've been waiting for the dead Marley Brothers death song FOREVER on this channel! OMG guys, you have NO idea!!!

[@talosheeg]

That song is a classic!!

[@BennyLlama39]

🎵 We're Marley and Marley, our hearts were painted black... 😀

[@SpEdMice]

Love me some Statler & Waldorf! Totally with you.

[@maggie4640]

Ghost Adventures was my childhood. Watching Zach “Bagels” (as me and my brother called him) yell at ghosts or “become possessed” and yell at Nick and Aron (Arron?) or break a camera is a fond memory of mine.

[@talemwillis7947]

“Don’t worry I’m still an abject nihilist.” A woman after my own heart 🖤

[@danithefiend6167]

Mine too.

[@thundertea]

@Runs with Dogs for shit and giggles.

[@mariaquiet6211]

@Runs with Dogs to make irreverent asides that people take way too seriously

[@queerulantin6431]

🧡

[@claritystarthorne4159]

I find ghost hunters funny, like "OMG THIS ENTITY KILLS PEOPLE. LET'S POKE IT WITH A STICK AND SCREAM AT IT!"

[@queenannsrevenge100]

Clarity Starthorne - The Crocodile Hunters of Spiritualism... 😃

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

@@queenannsrevenge100 ROTFLMAO! 🤣 Thank for that Mate! Now I'll never get the image of a ghost Steve Irwin messin about with a croc outta my head! Ta from Australia. 🦘🐨🇦🇺🐨🦘

[@Ericatheinspirer]

😹😹😹

[@LannasMissingLink]

This is why i love Shane Madej from buzzfeed unsolved. He gives the idea of ghosts as much "respect" as it deserves

[@Iceechibi]

Ghost Hunters actually did go in a lot of places with skepticism, and tried to show what proof they got so people weren’t afraid of living in their homes. Ghost Adventures is the over-the-top screaming at everything show

[@savagegardenrox]

A big giveaway for Houdini that mediums were frauds, was that they constantly told him his mother had contacted them, saying "Harry, I'm so proud of you." His actual name was Erik.

[@SsnakeBite]

1:31 - Wait, they're 11 and 14 on that picture? Man, I thought modern teenagers tended to look way more mature than we did at their age, but was everyone in the XIXth century born looking 28 years-old or something?

[@Ryan-xj5et]

It’s the malnutrition 💖

[@nadnobody3584]

They aren’t 11 and 14 in the picture. They were 11 and 14 when they first communicated with the ghosts. They probably were much older when the picture was taken.

[@Nunyo-Bizznez]

Life was hard back then, ok?

[@emily_8687]

I once read an article on a reported rise of ghost sitings after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, and the author made the point that "ghost stories are for the living not the dead". I think that was one of the best explanations for cultural fasinations with ghosts that I've read

[@gregoryhoover5875]

Wrong. There is something going on with this phenomenon at a quantum level we are simply unable to scientifically demonstrate and work with at this time. Like radio waves traveling through the air, unless you have a radio receiver, the music traveling in our atmosphere from radio stations cannot be picked up and heard, but they are not non-existent any more than should we leave the phenomenon of ghosts just "for the living." Something about the physical realm of our material brain allows the electrical impulses to carry thoughts and preserve memories and enable even ESP beyond the physical brain, and evidently that ability to extend it outside of the material brain continues to exist after the physical brain shuts down. This is an area of study meant to be better understood "by the living, so thay possibly we may one day actually commincate with what my remain in existence about ourselves after we have lost the initial physical vessel.

[@ActuallyNotMyName]

"...and pick a fight with it." "DUDE, RUN" I am DECEASED. 😂😂😂

[@nancymontgomery8897]

The Fox sisters later admitted that they themselves produced the raps/knocks by cracking their big toes.

[@dabullzfan25]

I'd believe they could talk to the dead before I would believe they were 11 and 14 years old.

[@davidhanson4909]

@@dabullzfan25 No Instagram filters.

[@skyllalafey]

I could see the 'Knock Three Times' joke coming a mile away and still loved every second of it.

[@dorothypettijohn6228]

I sang the whole song!

[@steel8231]

Fun fact: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle also believed in fairies, he collected pictures of them and paid a fortune. (They look like someone took pictures of cardboard cutouts but apparently they were good enough to fool Sherlock).

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Proves Conan Doyle was only Watson

[@WinLindsay_CushingContent]

The Cottingley Fairies

[@thelonleyUchiha1]

One of the sadder things about that is even when the girls would go on to admit it was all a lie they didn’t have the heart to tell Doyle before he died. Doyle was obsessed with Spiritualism to the point it strained a lot of his relationships. Most believe it started after the deaths of multiple different family memebers of his including his brother. He clung to the fairy story because he thought it was the proof her needed that the supernatural was real. It’s really sad actually

[@SG-zp4fz]

@@lazyhomebody1356 "only" lmao

[@LeopardprintBet]

He opened / founded my local spiritualist church!

[@retroxvampire]

"Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had long been established as the world’s best-known and most outspoken proponent of Spiritualism, the belief that the dead are able to communicate with the living through an earthly conduit, or medium." He was even willing to ruin his reputation as a writer in his feelings about Spiritualism. There are even examples of him in "spirit photos." On the other hand, Spiritualism divided the friendship between Doyle and Houdini. Before Houdini was famous he and his wife would actually hold seances to make sure they had bread to eat that night, as the whole thing was theatrics something they were familiar with. Houdini wanted to speak with his mother, but knew it was fakery and when Conan's wife attempted to summon his mother using automatic writing, that is when their relationship broke down (the automatic writing had good english, and Houdini's mother had poor english!) Houdini denounced all spiritualists.

[@johanvajse8410]

Houdini's mother didn't speak any English, and she would have called him Erik, his real name. Pretty good indictions that it was fake

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Yeah, that fairy thing (sigh)

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

It is so odd that Doyle, of all people, would be so very credulous. I mean, he created the ultra logical super detective Sherlock Holmes. He was even take in by two little girls who claimed that they saw “fairies” and their proof was super cheesy cut out illustrations of fairy’s from books. On hat pins. Dumbest crap ever

[@lazyhomebody1356]

@@gloriamontgomery6900 He never said Sherlock Holmes was based on him! He wanted to believe in supernatural things after his son was killed in the war. Also, it was the UK, where people do half believe all that

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

@@gloriamontgomery6900 Men who are "logical" usually like the idea of being right more than they like actually finding out what is right. Sherlock is a bit of a Mary Sue in a world explicitly designed to make him look infallible- If you believe you must be right all the time because you think of yourself as "logical", instead of admitting that you don't know everything and merely using logic as a tool to figure out more of what's actually true when needed, then that can actually make you much more gullible. Sherlock's famous infallibility probably exposes an inability to cope with the doubt and uncertainty that's needed for real skepticism and investigation. "There's no need for questions, because I Am Very Logical(TM), and I think this is right, therefore it must be right," basically. Same for modern dudebros and ideologues.

[@remiplays545]

As a practicing Pagan Witch who practices Spirit work on a regular basis, I was so impressed with Caitlin's ability to cover a topic like this without coming off as judgmental and holier-than-thou.

[@Obsidianwitch]

It's unfortunately too often that people do that. You don't have to believe that we can work with spirit, just uh don't be a dick to us about it

[@DarkwaveMistress]

Same

[@suzi_mai]

Damn straight, girl! Too many people put us down and don't even bother to look for the truth at all.

[@vaderladyl]

Thank you! I am an African Mayombe practitioner (similar to Pagan in several ways) and really like the way she talks about things in an objective manner, very few are like her and pisses me off big time, how disrespectful and antagonizingly ignorant many could be.

[@ParanormalEncyclopedia]

As a ghost hunter I partly agree with you but I think there's deservedly harsher things that can be said of the spiritualist movement particularly its more outspoken representatives. Edward, Browne and Van Praagh are all out right con artists getting rich by telling people something they know to be false, the Fox sisters let a prank on their mom grow into a huge money making scheme, Margery was full of herself. There are people out there that honestly believe what they do and aren't getting rich bullshitting others but I have no respect or patience for con artists.

[@natashasauve9318]

I love that you’re sponsored by The Great Courses Plus. I’ve been using the site for over a year and find it better than most of the many college courses I’ve taken in Canada.

[@sterlingfink2810]

9:18 *blows a kiss to my ginormous framed Houdini poster on the other side of the room*

[@katharinew4218]

I love how you used the LotR clip as a joke, but I bet JRR Tolkien was inspired by these army of the dead stories out of WW1

[@crowfoot1199]

I was just going to point that out. He served, and would of course known about 'the angel of Mons.' One can see a lot of WW1 in his books - like the Dead Marshes anyone for example.

[@barvdw]

@@crowfoot1199 wasn't it his son who served in WWI?

[@crowfoot1199]

@@barvdw Nope! Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien) says he trained to be a codebreaker though! For WW1 he joined just in time to fight in the Battle of the Somme, poor bastard. His son Christopher served in WW2. The extended dvds for the movies have a great documentary talking about how you can see elements of the Great War throughout his books. Cheers.

[@barvdw]

@@crowfoot1199 might have conflated him, his son and Kipling. Thanks, anyway for looking into it.

[@crowfoot1199]

@@barvdw Ooh Kipling. Yes Kipling's son was killed in WW1. The Harry Potter kid played him in a movie. And no prob - fav set of subject this, so always happy to chat about it :)

[@MountainPearls]

“Girl!,” as soon as you said “Outgunned” I started singing...also the slight at toxic positivity was...appropriate...here.

[@wendynordstrom3487]

Seems like you had a lot of fun with this one, Caitlin. And a burial ground underneath the bus station? How sad is that?!?

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

Unfortunately alot of the occupants of minority, poor immigrant, asylum , orphanages, poor house ect cemeteries. Were never given headstones to mark their graves. (If they were lucky enough to have a grave to themselves. & not end up in a communal grave.) So when the land was 'reclaimed' it was that much. Easier for people to ignore the fact that people were buried there. Outta sight outta mind as the saying goes.

[@alex0589]

All burial grounds are forgotten, deep below or dredge’d out. The rest, we call “cemeteries” and most have an overground bits in the back, where no one visits anymore because they are in the younger parts with the granite monuments-that you pass to go to your relative’s stone. Right?

[@BritneyHIAM]

@Lemonpledge10 hope this is a troll comment because cringe

[@childofcascadia]

Theyve been spamming it in every thread in the comments. And here I am interested in discussing historical practices associated with death. Kind of amused wondering what "lifestyle" they think they are ranting against. Being a mortician? Being accepting of the fact that we all die?

[@tribeofdog]

@Lemonpledge10 Hey, why don't you watch this video and educate yourself a little?

[@EtainMcCloud]

I recently found Cheyney through the costube community. I'm so happy to see y'all supporting her. She does incredible work.

[@cormbreb]

You can think of the ideomotor effect as when you're driving and you look to the left, you may unknowingly steer the car to the left (such is the case with non-sober people). Same thing perhaps with the Ouija board! You're looking away from where your hands are and unknowingly move your hands over to where you're looking.

[@kurotsuki7427]

The "Séance" has me laughing because every time I've talked to ghosts its to yell at them for knocking stuff down again. "i have to clean that up you know!"

[@lanna.banana.]

I'm always saying, "Please don't spook me. You know I'm sensitive." 😂

[@PallidTrash]

When she said "Knock three times".. I knew it was coming! I literally said- "yaaaaaasss" (cue two snaps in the air).

[@PallidTrash]

@Lemonpledge10 umm. No. That is all.

[@tracycraft2546]

I never get tired of your sense of humor! You have a gift at presenting information like no one out there!! Keep up the great work!! ❤

[@kazune414]

Oh it's always a happy day when our dark mother of death uploads!!!!

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

If anyone can brighten up a dark day it's our Dear Death Momma Catlin. 💀🤱🏻💀

[@gregsettle9725]

Spiritualism sounds a lot like watching an episode of "Finding Bigfoot" were every creak, snap, and whistle in the forest is a "Squatch".

[@sethk1698]

The theory that makes sense is that sasquatch is a descendant of Gigantopithecus.

[@markcadieux3445]

Why no mention of "mediums" who allegedly talk to the dead?

[@gregsettle9725]

@Bigfoot "...Bigfoot doesn't exist." Nice try, Daryl, nice try!

[@stuartd9741]

It depends. Ghost hunting programmes I think belittles spirituality. Cheapens it.

[@AngelJuliet]

Mark Cadieux I was thinking the same thing!

[@ffkjmto5]

Learning about bereavement hallucinations was interesting! My dad passed a couple months ago, I hear him around the house almost once a week, and have extremely vivid dreams of him a few nights a week. Glad to know I'm not crazy

[@mandy9r]

Love that you're giving to Cheney from Not Your Mama's History. She does such good work. Love her!

[@KelseyDrummer]

She's awesome!

[@megmcc5969]

I went to college with her and she is an awesome person! So happy for her success!

[@shroomyk]

Both of my parents claimed to hear their parents' voices shortly after they had passed. It's quite interesting that it affected both of them in such a similar way. I also take great comfort in speaking out loud to those who have passed on. I don't know if they can hear me or not, I'm not sure what I believe as far as an afterlife, but it is nice just to tell them that I miss them and love them. Grief is love with no place to go, so I send it out into the universe anyway. I feel like NDEs can also be very spiritually significant for the people who go through them, even if they can be explained by biological processes. Just like dreams, there may not be anything magical about them, but they are symbolic interpretations of the things you can't bring yourself to think about in the waking world. I had an NDE and it really helped me later in life to find my path, even if it's my own brain just telling me what I already know but didn't want to acknowledge.

[@KnittingThroughTheTrauma]

Lol My cat is currently dying of Kidney Failure and I've been devastated because I just sent "the email" to the vet and have been crying about the process of putting her down, and the "Knock three times" bit at the beginning made me laugh after crying for hours lol Thank you!

[@mandipowell7797]

❤ Cheyney, She is only one of many amazing Historical Interpreters.

[@selene5100]

I got so excited when she mentioned her!

[@bridgetthewench]

I was so excited to see that Caitlin is donating to Cheyney.

[@jessi93422]

Agreed love her channel

[@lzal3583]

“Putting the bro in Hasbro!” I laughed a little too much at that. 🤣

[@ucitymetalhead]

Their inability to get certain very popular products into the one store they should have has me putting the bro in hasbro. 😂🙄

[@StaitlyNatters]

When my stepfather passed, my sister had just given birth to my nephew, she did not know her father passed but saw him in her hospital room talking to his grandson. In all the pursuing chaos, it was several hours after his passing that we got to inform her of this unexpected news. Yet she already knew, and informed us with what had happened, she also gave us a time, which corresponded with when he passed. So the question is, how did she know, when she was isolated in a hospital room, with no contact, and yet could give the time of his passing? And, his grandson was born exactly 8hrs before he collapsed and died!

[@browndiamond457]

Did he ever get to see his grandson via video chat or something before he passed? Rest in peace to him though.

[@StaitlyNatters]

@@browndiamond457 no. But as i said, how did my sister know of his passing and the time, before anybody told her. It is the one thing that she has regrets over. He had asked to go with her to the hospital, but she said no. He had just driven a long distance to see her, and she thought he might be tired and less of assistance over our mother. Woman’s thing, etc.. my nephew was born near to midnight and he passed away that morning. The only interesting thing we take out of it is he got what he wanted, in sorts. And that according to the paramedics and doctor, he died without any pain or suffering.

[@Monicalia]

That intro has the same energy as B99's Jake Peralta asking the suspects to sing I Want It That Way by Backstreet Boys and ending up singing with them and forgetting about the witness recognizing her brother's killer

[@froggyplatypus]

TELL ME WHY-EE

[@FlyingWonderGirl]

Noice

[@verdell]

The dead talk like the characters from Animal Crossing. Makes sense.

[@octochan]

Specifically, Timmy and Tommy Nook

[@verdell]

@@octochan I imagine Tom Nook charging 50,000 bells and 20 iron nuggets to make a crystal ball.

[@orleansartist6095]

I was visiting a friend a few miles from my home. I was laying on the bed taking a nap. I felt my cat jump onto me and snuggle down. I went to put my arms arms around him, but as I woke, I realized he wasn't there. It was a dream. Ten minutes later, my mom called to tell me he had been hit and killed by a car.

[@leannejohnston9729]

Id love to see Caitlyn in an acting role on like a netflix show. Or like ghost whisperer but instead of jennifer live hewitt it was caitlyn doughty

[@quietone748]

The Body Whisperer LOL

[@jacilynne5313]

I'm down

[@johasnolife5121]

YES

[@melodysymphonystar]

Or... A mix of sorts with Pushing Daisies. "-What do you mean, you can raise the dead? -A touch, and voilà. Another touch, and they're dead again. Forever. -Riiight. Don't you think that's a little insensitive to raise bodies willy-nilly to get their murderer's names or descriptions and just... Off them again?"

[@graceogara2164]

the hamilton reference caught me off guard in the best possible way

[@nilara93]

Same 😂😭💙💙💙

[@fiegenfiegen]

19:44: I once went with my cousin (who lives 300 miles away) to visit her father's (my uncle's) grave, and she talked to him: "Look who I brought along today! It's your nephew!" Clearly this helps her cope with grief.

[@jewelswhite5366]

I feel like this video pairs really nicely with Sabrina's 'Why Horoscopes Deserve More Credit'. Movements like spiritualism and astrology both gain popularity in times of great confusion, loss and strife. As a people, we want answers to our questions, order to our chaotic lives and meaning in our existence. As this video says, such beliefs (like talking to the dead, or reading fortune through the stars) help people cope through the dark times and there's something beautiful in that.

[@BartitsuSociety]

There is, and equally there's something really ugly about con-artists profiting by cynically tricking the bereaved into believing in ghosts.

[@vikthya1711]

@@BartitsuSociety The vast majority of people who believe in astrology, magic, spiritualism (and so on) aren't out to con anyone, and are equally if not more angered by those who are.

[@TheRidiculousRescue]

“The Medium of Planchette” would be an awesome band name

[@kylez8010]

I thought the ghost army stuff sounded like a great Iron Maiden song.

[@wmdkitty]

@@kylez8010 Dude. Brilliant.

[@BigDaddyMarkus]

Every human is HAUNTED by memories. Ghosts are just people. Nothing to be scared of just respected like any living human. Thanks for all the great death information!

[@danawhitehorn-umphres1410]

I was screeching at my dead mama last night, but I sure as hell didn't expect her to reply. No grief hallucinations here. Just grief processing.