THE TRIAL OF THE CORPSE POPE!

[@aurea.]

Imagine being at that trial, with some madman yelling at a dressed-up corpse and a popetriloquist questioning all of his life choices. What a world.

[@teresadalessio1]

ANY world that promotes the word: popetriloquist is a world i wanna be in

[@sofiacapella]

Honestly, I would probably be trying not to LMAO!

[@HMFan2010]

"Popetriloquist!" LMAO!

[@williammitchell1864]

Popetriloquist, I love it😁😂

[@JosephM]

If I where to time travel randomly at any time and place and then appear there at the exact moment of the trial, I'd deadass think that's a damn theater show LMAO

[@paulbundy9061]

‘He died of a stroke. Or poison.’ ‘And he died of gout. Or poison.’ ‘And when the poison didn’t work fast enough, he was bludgeoned with a hammer.’

[@kalajel]

...or more poison. Hard to say for certain...

[@Hessed3712]

Isma vibes.

[@lejubird6538]

Bit of a Michael Malloy moment

[@dylanhernandez1886]

It was gout

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Reminds me of an Episode of Black Adder the Third, where the political opponents ended up dying in ways like "Accidentally cut his own head off while shaving".

[@wanderinghistorian]

Pope Stephan: "We're going to put Formosis on trial." Cardinal: "Ah, so since he's dead and buried we're trying him in abscentia then." Pope Stephan: *Digging up Formosis* "What?"

[@betmo]

😂

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

🎶 The Middle Ages were magic! 🎶

[@Butterflier00]

how can people not like history when weird shit like this happened....

[@kohljackal]

LMAO! Every time someone doesn't want to watch the newest documentary I'm into, I ask myself the same thing!

[@pisces2569]

TehMomo when they don't teach weird shit in schools

[@brittneybrisbin744]

They should've shown us cool stuff like this in school😂

[@Sorrelpaw]

yea we aren't taught interesting stuff like this, also they seem to have to find the most boring way to tell things so even exciting things in history seems dull and taxing to learn about

[@victoriawhitcomb6475]

TehMomo cause I swear they never teach things like this

[@kewchiemonster]

I frequently ask my cat “why did you usurp the papacy?” when he does something annoying and it’s oddly comforting

[@waxwinged_hound]

Thank you for giving me a new ridiculous thing to exclaim at my cat when she's up on the dresser.

[@severinjones6426]

I may start doing this...😹

[@mmmamamamysharona]

Well, my cat is God, and he knows it, and he acts accordingly.

[@rachelmaksy]

Binge-watching all of your videos!!! Your little sound effects are amazing 😂😂

[@sanjhbatimunshi6485]

you both should colab😀

[@errinwellman1960]

And here is a cross over event I didn't know I needed

[@citrus7229]

Nice to see her here😂

[@sorestedhebytheTumtumtree]

Why am I so late to this comment??

[@yellowflowerorangeflower5706]

It's funny to see this comment bcuz I was just thinking some of her mannerisms remind me of you.

[@davidschimpf2062]

Tim Burton's next project: THE CORPSE POPE.

[@ladyredl3210]

Yaaas Make it happen Tim Burton

[@r.fomalhaut7786]

The fact that you crafted a tiny Papal tiara for your ermine. That's true dedication.

[@simpleminded1uk]

Rose Evelin would an ermine need a human-skin trim on its cloak?

[@jnuval]

You can actually buy a small bishop's hat for cats in Rome.

[@morganm5370]

Technically not a Papal Tiara, those are triple layer "crowns" only used for the enthronment of a Pope, now no longer in use, here its a Mitre, which Bishops (and the Pope, he's also technically a Bishop) wears.

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

She got it from Used Papal Supplies; they offer a 30% discount and a free Indulgence....

[@Bryson24500]

I died at “EVERYONE GOT TO SIT IN THE BIG CHAIR!”

[@murrin-]

And the dig at trump at 6:15 lmao

[@gerardcollins80]

Ughh you beat me to it! 😂😂😂

[@alaskacosplay]

3:45 EVERYBODY GOT TO SIT IN THE BIG CHAIR

[@LeTushie]

Sometimes when I can’t sleep, I listen to these videos like a bedtime story. Then I wake up mad because I missed an ending and watch them again awake lol

[@ashleykames4877]

Pope Stephen VII was a bad b who wouldn't let nobody, even death, get in the way of him dragging a crusty dusty musty rival. Will there ever be another feud at this level of petty? :'(

[@SkyyHigh101]

Ashley Kames tune in next week to find out🙃

[@vizunip8773]

lets see

[@shinobusora]

Dwight Dutton That seems to be incorrect. The source for that is the Liutprand of Cremona, who mistakenly cited Pope Sergius the III (904-911) as the one responsible for the trial rather than Stephen VII. Sergius III did seem to be present for the original trial as he was a supporter of Stephen VII and did uphold the original verdict. No other historians or theologians that I have found have corroborated Luitprand's version. It's all exclusively that there was one trial.

[@freeleonardpeltier4148]

Trump VS CNN.... Media in general Women Homeless guy on the corner Mexicans Guatemalans Tom Arnold Native Americans ECT....

[@KM-ld9ln]

Free Leonard Peltier is that petty or just straight oppression

[@KarunaSatoriASMR]

*You are so incredible, over the years you've made death less frightening to me. I suffer from severe panic and anxiety, especially the thought of not breathing.. all of your videos are so real and to the point, yet full of humor and care. Much love. You deserve all good things x*

[@WindsWhisperASMR]

Karuna Satori ASMR I looove your videos Karuna! ❤ really surprised to see you here!

[@candocancer]

Holy crap! One of my favorite asmrtists is a deathling!?? Never thought I'd see the day

[@michael3263]

Karuna Satori ASMR It's really helped me to understand and accept mortality for what it is. Still unbelievably scary but a scary I can face now with knowing and acceptance when continuing to rage against the dying of the light no longer works.

[@AskAMortician]

I love ASMR! I've watched so much (like, SO much) over the years.Thanks for this lovely comment, I'm going to subscribe and watch some of your videos tonight. x

[@shylockwesker5530]

Believe it or not I evolved from ASMR to your stories as my lullabies.

[@MichiruEll]

I don't know if you've done this before, but I'd love a "That's not how death works" episode, where you point out common mistakes made in crime shows/medical shows. As a scientist, I notice a lot of ridiculous things when it comes to science (like the speed at which they run DNA tests), but I'm sure you notice way more things that make no sense.

[@simpleminded1uk]

MichiruEll I remember a show called Donovan where the forensic investigator had a USB DNA analyser that he plugged into his laptop and would examine hair and so forth in his office. When I first saw it, tea came out of my nose.

[@winnifredforbes8712]

Hey! Is that cat ok?

[@euansmith3699]

@@simpleminded1uk Were you drinking tea at the time, or was this a sort of English miracle sort of thing? :)

[@simpleminded1uk]

@@euansmith3699 I'm always drinking tea. I've even been known to drink tea while I'm swimming.

[@davidbostock6089]

My favorite bit of TV nonsense was Miami Vice Crocket & Tubbs crouched behind a desk whispering to each other during an indoor gun battle. I walked into an indoor range I thought was empty without ear protection on. No one does that twice.

[@marandaward1663]

And now I have to make a shirt that says “Thus, he who was Pope had the most dragons.”

[@robertnett9793]

Sounds legit. I get all my history education from HBO....

[@ladyredl3210]

I would buy that and I don't even watch GOT

[@oilersridersbluejays]

I want a t-shirt that says: “Everyone got to sit in the big chair” with hand clapping.

[@EclecticallyEccentric]

​@@robertnett9793Snoop Dogg? 🤣

[@OlaftheFlashy]

4:50 - 5:20 "Because I was EVIIIIIIILLL!!!" I like to imagine the deacon was mimicking Skeletor as he was saying that.

[@Litafaerie]

This is what happens when your plumbing is done with lead pipes.

[@mortusdominus]

Lead pipes? Might have been the least of their worries. I'm not sure if they stopped using lead acetate to sweeten their wine by that time....

[@Litafaerie]

You are quite right! They were probably still practicing that as well. Nothing like helping insanity along by double fisting your lead consumption.

[@slbarbieri1725]

Litafaerie and eating on plates made with arsenic paints.

[@CassandraPantaristi]

No, this is what happens when you have a lead faucet and you drink lead water. :D

[@Litafaerie]

The Antiquity Goth that lead faucet would be considered part of the lead plumbing system.

[@tyrannosaurusrhett]

This is one of my favorite history stories to tell people! I have a history degree, and people always ask me why I'd want to study that. I tell people that it's great because history is full of so many bonkers stories that you'd never believe if they were in a fictional story. Inevitably they ask me to tell them one, and this is usually the story I go for.

[@sailorarwen6101]

CorioMalleum history is the more interesting and useful of the liberal arts degrees to be sure. Why wouldn't anyone want to study just history?

[@tyrannosaurusrhett]

Allison Holly I have had people look at me like I was insane and ask why I would want to study history. Some people don't see the value of it at all.

[@NimhLabs]

I have literally been told "that is unrealistic and would never happen" when during world building exercises I flat out plagurise history books. The best part was when I was writing a fiction story on website which the starting catalyst for events was an obvious ripoff of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand... I think I named "Marquis Hanz Helsinki" or something ridiculous like that. It was during a world building exercise--and I barely made an effort to file off the serial numbers and EVERYBODY was getting upset and down voting it, due to the sheer unrealism of such a story. I'm fully aware that history is filled with many more strange tales of nonsense that makes the assassination of Franz Ferdinand seem logical and just a normal set of events. Oh... and that is not the only historical event I plagurised and barely filled off the serial numbers--and had people telling me my story was super unrealistic xD

[@TheRisskee]

I LOVE history. Truth is often FAR stranger than fiction.

[@maunster3414]

TheRisskee, yes, and if anyone doubts this, tell them to take a look at what's going on today will be history.

[@RainyCraze]

Sounds like a Monty Python skit, but I guess Monty Python was informed by real life.

[@kevinrosing-clapp2881]

RainyCraze - "NO ONE expects the Spanish Inquisition!"

[@theblackbaron4119]

Did a treadle go out of skew at the old mill? I *WAS* expecting the Spanish inquisition. How about them apples >:3

[@brianherrmann2227]

Look it's the dead prince. Well he's not quite dead.

[@teemusid]

@@theblackbaron4119 The owners of the mill didn't pay the Piranha Brothers their 'protection' money that week, so an 'accident' was arranged.

[@rcknbob1]

@@theblackbaron4119 Put him in... The COMFY chair!

[@Desert_Rose_]

“The pope who started all of Formoses’s woes” Don’t you mean Formoses’s woemosesses?

[@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967]

Lol

[@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967]

Lol

[@kalajel]

@@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967 The joke's so nice, you laughed at it twice.

[@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967]

@@kalajel Yep lol

[@gpwerner]

Stephen: "Formoses, you knowses your toeses are roses but supposes erroneously!"

[@morepower1415]

When you already died but that embarrassing moments you did in your entire life still haunts you.

[@absol1001]

Hey Caitlin, you should do a video on the Inca Children Sacrifices. It's amazing how well their corpses are preserved.

[@honjabee]

Micki I'd like to see that

[@phoobie3613]

Micki yes! I've heard a few stories about them. Inca history is amazing!

[@taylornezovich7552]

Ooooo YUSSS

[@6sam6lol63]

Yes !!!!!!!from a young age I have been very fascinated in that case!!!!!

[@RivLoveshine]

Micki or the sacrifices of the Mayans or Aztecs. I prefer learning about them.

[@tattedbaddie5676]

"Every👏🏻body👏🏻got👏🏻to👏🏻sit👏🏻in👏🏻the👏🏻big👏🏻chair👏🏻" 😂😂😂😂

[@katherinecorbett7580]

LivingLifeAsMom __ yeeessssss

[@CassandraPantaristi]

That's the Gods, all day everyday :D

[@hespenworst]

Oh no you beat me at it😩😂

[@melissametivier4]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[@ecasey91]

hahahaha my favorite part

[@marlo.candeea]

As an Italian I can say... our country hasn't changed much.

[@ΈρεβοςΞ]

Definitely, you can feel it.

[@robertnett9793]

Don't worry - other countries had also their fair share of crazies... Greetings from north of the alps :D

[@stevetreloar6602]

But now you just change governments every 20 days...

[@bluetruckwindshield]

hello fellow celeste

[@mimisezlol]

I am so sorry

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

Imagine if he'd going to all that trouble just to find him innocent. Like "Nvm, the corpse makes a good point!"

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

So innocent, the corpse gets to be Pope again

[@ghedebaronsamedi]

But he was eeebil! He said so himself!

[@gabi-yi1we]

"What must it be like to wake up every morning to learn of yet another tasteless, self-serving act that your leader has committed?" hits real different as am american in 2020

[@whiteraven562]

IKR? when I saw the time stamp on the video all I could think was "Oh, my sweet summer child."

[@StoneOfMoon]

I took a snap video of that clip to share with friends LOL WHO KNOWS HOW THAT MUST BE LIKE 😂😂

[@mimisezlol]

We just have to wait until inauguration day and we'll be free

[@Hromovlad1]

I em under the impression that this just applies to Americans regardless of what time period they live in

[@ladyredl3210]

@@Hromovlad1 I mean you're not wrong.

[@taylor5113]

Caitlin is the reason I'm starting college in October for mortuary science

[@tyrroo]

Wow, that is fantastic! Good luck!

[@StoicVeR]

yo, good luck. And do invest in a good mask

[@Hadra568]

Taylor Anne she is the reason im trying to do the same

[@icedragon12]

You sick fucks

[@Hadra568]

raj kumar why are we "sick fucks"?

[@missshellybeach]

What a great name for a thrash metal band " please welcome to the stage DEAD POPE TRIAL!!!!"

[@satetmorrigan3115]

missshellybeach damn, this is so good 😂

[@TehSkullKrusher]

I was actually only familiar with the term "cadaver synod" because there's a metal song by that name lol kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXbaaqmAbJKBZqs

[@cldcollector]

I think Ghost pretty much has a monopoly on the whole dead pope shtick.

[@jessicaydelgado]

missshellybeach You're so pretty!!! 😍😍😍💓💋🌹

[@maggers2580]

Oh honey, oh honey. Dead pope trial? Sounds like my Sunday night honey. 💁‍♀️

[@onemercilessming1342]

A bit of macabre trivia here: Pope Paulus Sextus, 262nd in line, died in 1978, followed by Ioannes Paulus Primus, number 263, who sat in St. Peter's chair for a mere 33 days. I remember watching the televised proceedings and thinking, "Didn't we just do this?" Of course, NOTHING matched the ghoulish thrill of seeing people walking up to kiss the ring on the blackening hands of a decomposing and UN-embalmed pontiff. Or two. In late summer. In Rome.

[@bromptondevice7685]

I was at school at the time and someone turned up saying the pope had died and we all laughed at the "old news". Must be difficult to pick a pope young enough to make the process worthwhile, but old enough that if he does anything embarrassing you're not stuck with him forever.

[@KasumiRINA]

@@bromptondevice7685 Pope Benedict XVI actually resigned by himself... admitting lack of strength of mind and body... so the old enough part is not needed, it's not like Papacy is like being Chancellor of Germany, who keeps going long past going senile and physically shaking.

[@bromptondevice7685]

@@KasumiRINA I don't know a lot a out popes but I know it was really unusual when Benny resigned.

[@joywebster2678]

@@bromptondevice7685 I believe it was said Benny was the first ever. The whisperings were that he had alzheimers and would be alive but incompetent for too long to remain in power

[@wppb50]

@@joywebster2678 Not the first Pope to ever resign. Just the first in... six hundred-ish years.

[@leimiralles8126]

How about Oliver Cromwell's posthumous trial and execution. So weird. History has really some weird shit.

[@Lukkaboc]

Wait, a POSThumous execution? Well thank you for my next google search!

[@jamesbrereton]

I think you’ll like her newest video lol

[@spazzyshortgirl23]

“Basically Game of Thrones with more popes and less dragons.” The number of incest popes checks out

[@tho2ea]

It was frankly shocking when little ferret Pope Formosus was rudely ransacked and laid bare of his papal garb and tiara thanks to pope Caitlin! The "magic" ages weren't so magical that day for him! I loved this story!

[@noemichavez5991]

My only wish is that if you ever get tired of being a mortician, you should be a professor. I would take your class! 😂

[@sellmoon]

this trial reminded me of Ines de Castro's coronation. It was a very romantic story, until she was murdered... but when her lover, the prince Pedro I (Peter the first in english) rose to the throne, he decided that she should be crowned queen of Portugal, so, years after her death they dug her up and dressed her in a royal dress and jewelry and had an official coronation, where the nobles had to pay the due respects to her by kissing her cadaver hand...

[@KasumiRINA]

Well, the Formosis trial sounded petty, this seems more of a fitting punishment for shady dynastic politicians who served the government before.

[@TheDramacist]

I dont see anything wrong with that. She earned it.

[@floridagal9542]

I’m lying here in bed laughing my a$$ off at your satire with the statement...”What must it be like to wake up every morning to another tasteless, self serving act your leader has committed? “. Keep ‘em coming!

[@rosaliegmaye8539]

Never been more relevant than today!!!!! Nothing says insane like leaving US Citizens and Military Personal in the hands of throat slashing creatures from the Pit🐍

[@TheDramacist]

But at least the pope didnt tweet about it back in 900AD

[@Miniver765]

June of 2023 would like a word with y'all.

[@sydneymomma11]

🎶 "The middle ages were magic!"🎶 brings me such joy and puts a smile on my face, every time.

[@reneeparent1596]

I love, love, love your " the middle ages were magic" videos. (My favorite time period) The only thing now I'll have that line stuck in my head all day, and everybody'll look at me like I have a screw loose as I sing to myself in the supermarket at the frozen food department. Oh well....

[@Wormwoodification]

I would totally wear a tee shirt that says "Death Enthusiast."

[@victrola2007]

Or 'From here to eternity' in the right font.

[@janelann5523]

She sells them now !!

[@ANite-vx1vk]

I am partially concerned someone would see this as a red flag. Still going to get one though.

[@BluInfinity]

I can just hear Formosus just saying "I'm already dead. Leave me alone!"

[@messyartdesk8141]

Omgosh! Yes!

[@littleredhen8205]

And he sounds like Mel Brooks, right?

[@averyravenseye2651]

"when the poisen didn't work, then he was bludgeoned to death". His last words "well that escalated quickly"

[@rmsholc]

I don’t know how this channel first got recommended to me, but the history buff in me is obsessed, and your personality is sparkling. Also, you theme song for the Middle Ages is absolute perfection.

[@tetsubo57]

The Holy Roman Empire was not holy, not Roman and not an empire. But that never let it stop them.

[@simpleminded1uk]

tetsubo57 a bit like the Christian Right then?

[@TheRisskee]

THIS comment! LOL!

[@elvellarambles9151]

but why let a few inaccuracies of terminology get in the way of a good crusade, amirite?

[@abbycross90210]

"What do you want to be when you grow up, honey?" "I want to be the Holy Roman Empire!" "Then you BE the Holy Roman Empire, sweetheart! You can be anything you want to be!"

[@AlucardPeach]

Mormon tabernacle choir LMFAO

[@kylaluv8453]

OMG I couldn't stop laughing... Imagining a guy screaming at a fancy dressed corps... lol

[@BlackWingFlight]

I'm so glad you finally did the Cadaver Synod! It's been one of my favorite weird historical things ever since I first learned about it a few years ago!

[@faithentries]

As a Catholic, this is the funniest & best video I've seen on youtube. I could not stop laughing. Entertaining & well researched! Yeah I don't really have an explanation for my religion's adolescent phase.... I promise it's gotten better. Thanks Ask A Mortician! Your content is unique & I enjoy it so much. Thank you!

[@patchoulicolt7093]

The ferret or maybe weasel will always always always be the most amazing part of this! This is one of the best videos Caitlin is ever made

[@Spellfork]

Weekend at Bernie's pope edition

[@alexiatr]

Joakim Rannikko 🤣🤣🤣🤣😋

[@Zeldarw104]

Hahahahha!!😂😂

[@kendrastrange18]

Weekend at the Vatican

[@GaliadelaRosa]

Caitin, money is scarce in my life but if you put cool 'the middle ages were magic' merch out there im gonna trow my money at you.

[@beatnikmary]

DITTO!!!

[@beggar1015]

19 supporters of Pope Steven VI/VII dislike this video.

[@1.21JJWatts]

I'd love to hear about the trial of Oliver Cromwell, and perhaps some theories about where his head ended up.

[@Steelgreyeyes]

One possible on the head's final wearabouts ..... Biltmore House in NC ...... Vanderbilt family purchased a desk from old England, claim one drawer was stuck ....... and when it was finally forced open a skull was found .... the guide then said the desk was traced back to ... you guessed it, the King who disposed of old Oliver.

[@jeanglendinning1860]

i think you mean Thomas Cromell, not Oliver

[@1.21JJWatts]

No, Oliver Cromwell. Lord Protector, founder of the Commonwealth. Indicted Charles I for tyranny. Died 1658, placed on trial for treason by Charles II 1660. Hanged at Charing Cross. His head disappeared from above the bridge, it's rumored by one of his followers. Current whereabouts unknown.

[@netajones2098]

Even God said "Hey Stephen, take a qualude!" 😄 I nearly spit my coffee out when you said that. 😂 THIS is why I love history so much and why it was my favorite and best subject in school. 😉

[@laurak5838]

"The Middle Ages Were Magic"! I want this as my ringtone.

[@GLGC688]

At first I thought you said Pope Phimosis and I felt bad for the guy named after tight foreskin.

[@simpleminded1uk]

Golden Carter nah, Formosus, because he was good-looking presumably... though probably not at that point.

[@marykampa2978]

I thought the same! Was laughing my butt off, then next time she said his name, I was kinda disappointed.

[@FransHattingh]

Samesies. 😂

[@jengoodwyn2715]

Didn't you know? He was a really uptight guy. 🤣

[@23Scadu]

Oh Middle Ages, you so crazy!

[@andrewgan557]

StraightOuttaJarhois just like the young earth creationist.

[@kathy-leew3989]

Whenever my friends tell me "how beautiful the middle ages were and everything was in order and look at their clothes! They behaved so respectful towards eachother " videos like these remind me how "magical" it actually was. I like this series a lot. This just goes to show: we think our generation is all bad but the ones before weren't better either. We could either change our perspective now for a better future or stay in our cozy little place of misery and conplain how "good thing used to be".

[@DanKaraJordan]

Perhaps you should tell your friend about the Peace and Truce of God in 989 AD. With that law in place, there were only certain days each week when nobles could legally rape and murder random commoners... And they convinced the nobles to obey this law by tricking them into appearing before a giant pile of relics and forcing them to swear an oath. The Middle Ages were magic!

[@lcolsen22]

No joke, I think 3:47 is my favorite Death Mother moment. Which is saying a lot, because I've watched all these videos at least 6 times each.

[@blueturtle3623]

Me too. To the point that when I watch this video I tend to look for your comment because it has the time stamp.

[@saccharinesilk]

IM FIGURATIVELY DYING OVER EMPEROR "GUY, THE THIRD"

[@bromptondevice7685]

Oh, thank you so much for saying "figuratively" instead of "literally"! One of my big pet hates of modern speech.

[@erinstamm5656]

I was just reading about this in "The birth of the West : Rome, Germany, France, and the creation of Europe in the tenth century". Great book, by the way. The author seemed just as amused about this particular moment in history as you are :)

[@irisanddaisy]

That sounds amazing. I'm gonna order that book.

[@daffodylie859]

Today I got to go to the Titanic graves in Halifax, Nova Scotia! It made me think of you:)

[@mar2d258]

I've heard about this before. I didnt remember the name, just how completely bonkers it was. I love history so much. you present it in such an engrossing way also. I can tell you're genuinely interested in what you're talking about, which always makes it more fun to learn about something. thanks!! I'm so happy I found you :]

[@imabelieber9621]

I have 13 videos in my queue, all of them yours, and this is the 8th. I'm in love. Binge watching them all!

[@katemaloney4296]

THIS dead pope trial was by far my favourite!!! Good grief, there is something to be said about the harmful effects of vitamin deficiencies, eh? No matter how crazy the world is today, you couldn't pay me to go back in time and live during those times. Those people were CRAZY!!! Once again, you have outdone yourself!!! Waiting with bated breath until your next video lesson!!! :)

[@AGothNamedWednessday]

"The Middle Ages were magic!" Are my favorite segments along with "Iconic Corpse". You're awesome!

[@Phoenixspade2030]

the first and only time there will ever be a popetriquilist.

[@silyknow]

I love this channel, the stories you tell are so gruesome and it’s hard to find other channels like that due to KZbin and demonization

[@amberthecutiepie]

I love it when she’s saying “and everyone got to sit in the big chair” sent me into orbit

[@icepixie99]

Great story! I think you'd like "Bockstensmannen". A Swedish man found in a bog, hundreds of years old, and a very well preserved corpse. He is to be found in a museum here in Sweden. He had been killed, but it's still quite unknown who he was, and why he was killed in a bog. Love from a Swedish 23 year old, no longer afraid of death, girl :)

[@gunslingingbird74]

"A Swedish man found in a bog, hundreds of years old, and a very well preserved corpse." Must've been been quite a cuzza if he's still on the bog hundreds of years later.

[@allegrettopines7257]

This should be a movie

[@2snowgirl520]

Allegretto Pines , I agree!!!

[@melaniearter687]

I could imagine this being told in the style of a Monty Python sketch. Lol.

[@CreeketsCreek]

Allegretto Pines A comedy.

[@julietfischer5056]

Will the Pope be pining for the fjords?

[@shylockwesker5530]

Been a Catholic most of my life. Never heard this story. It's hilarious. Many thanks, Caitlin. (A bit like the story of Ines de Castro, only less romantic. ) I loved it.

[@simpleminded1uk]

Shylock Wesker pope hilarious was earlier; fifth century I think, but wasn't as funny.

[@joannazhang8809]

People are freaking out about this and saying this is the weirdest shit in history and I’m living for it. Also, the Roman Catholic Church got rid of a pope’s death certificate because the proceeding pope was a woman (found out because she had a miscarriage in the middle of the road). Her name is Pope Joan btw

[@queerbotanicalqueen]

I thought Pope Joan didn’t exist. I’ve always heard that she’s more of a legend and not a real person.

[@lourdeswhitener9713]

That ones just a myth

[@niknak8299]

Ummm no. Never has there ever been a female pope. Stop spreading lies.

[@erosetol]

This is the 3rd time I have heard this story, and each person tells it so differently, it's entertaining to hear all 3.

[@lilren2021]

Hahaha I love that God intervened with an earthquake

[@_epic_dyslexic_]

Lauren Peterson Yep, he was trying to shut that crazy shit down in no uncertain terms.. 😂

[@Hadra568]

"Hey Stephen, take a quaailude"

[@dayaautum6983]

Regrettably for the Romans who had to suffer through their leader's string of self aggrandizing acts, Stephen was unshaken by the event and did not resign in the face of his selfishness and stupidity being made known to all.

[@lynn-marieflechner5406]

Well the pope didn’t take his suggested Quaailude

[@ingridberlanga2977]

Could have really used that earthquake during the Spanish Inquisition.

[@SparkleWithCreativity]

You absolutely make my day every time you post. I just discovered you a few weeks ago and have been binging your channel ever since.

[@enzi4569]

and I thought I was petty.

[@THEmightyQUINN777]

Mystery-how does Caitlyn maintain those perfect bangs/fringe?

[@Shinji_Dai]

I actually just heard about this on an old Sam O'Nella Academy about crazy pope hijinks.

[@christinagay3354]

Thank you SO much for what you do. I found your page months ago with the idea that embalming and cremation were the only 2 options available and I was NOT ok with either option. Like at all. It scared me when I thought about it but what choice does one have? Enter you and my eyes have been opened! I didn't even know natural burial was a thing and I'm currently looking into places like Western Carolina University. I also plan on having a sit down with local funeral homes to learn more about the "process" of your typical funeral/burial. In other words, you helped turn a subject I feared and avoided into a budding obsession. Whoa... Didn't see that coming! ;)

[@kjaye2766]

Please do a video about your book collection! Much love!!!

[@livijean1]

Kjaye 27 Yes, yes, yes!

[@amandajohnson2795]

Kjaye 27 I was thinking the same thing! Not gonna lie, I was trying to figure out what was on the bookshelf!

[@kjaye2766]

Amanda Johnson my eyes can only squint so far 😂

[@lolabush2201]

I concur!

[@Until-When]

Especially the Faust book!

[@lalamyne]

In Italy we call it "Concilio Cadaverico", sounds super cool actually, lol.

[@fromnowon7311]

Good lord , you are a hoot to watch !! I am a 64 year old Canadian and remember a lot of your subjects . Having watched 7 or 8 vids so far , I find your way of telling the stories remind me of Rick Green, a Canadian writer , actor who wrote the" HISTORY BITES" episodes. History presented with humor on all sorts of events. (He also co-wrote " The Red Green Show") If you have 25 minutes , PLEASE check History Bites (several episodes were recently uploaded) You two would make a great team , I feel .

[@oliviafairchild4092]

i like how pope formosus in the intro is a taxidermized Ferret/Wessel

[@willowwoodmanor9404]

When I saw your video this morning, I said YAY! New death video! I was not disappointed. Thank you for making them, I enjoy them immensely and look forward to each one.

[@Viktor21771]

You mentioned Bulgaria! Hello from Bulgaria!

[@petercushingsexcrementnigh7250]

Viktor21771 say hello to great uncle Bulgaria.

[@AskAMortician]

Zdravey!

[@sarahr1994]

Everybody 👏 got 👏 to 👏 sit 👏 in 👏 the 👏 big 👏 chair 😂

[@franloiacono9306]

Sarah Serenity i am finished.

[@cindylou6084]

As far as story suggestions go, you cover so much and I'm interested in everything! My favorite stories, I suppose, are when human remains are found by accident ... when they're dug up during construction, or in some random yard. Sometimes it's a murder, sometimes it's a common burial ground (inhabited by American Indians, usually). In the eastern Georgia countryside they have many abandoned family graveyards located on farmland. Eventually the residents move on. And the graveyards stay. Most are from early to mid 1800s. Many are babies and young children.😞

[@Sera-thiel]

I had to do a presentation about Church's history during medieval times, so my classmates (both of them were nuns) and I decided to do it about Papal crimes and excesses... you can imagine that this trial took half of our presentation lol Thanks for the inspo, Cait!

[@snatchedpickles]

"way to long..with all the popes and death... And Germans.." Jep, I see the connection. Germans make everything so complicated.. ;p

[@robertnett9793]

Wait? Just because we created a holy mess of splinter states pressed into an artificial construct based on a 1000 year old or so fraud, controlled by an even bigger mess of church and worldly leaders more on each others throats as you have in Crusader Kings... and so instabile it could explode any moment? Ah - that's totally straight forward...

[@mollymcdade4031]

@@robertnett9793 Germany 🤝 England 🤝 Italy / Rome 🤝 France Making things complicated for everyone

[@robertnett9793]

@@mollymcdade4031 Indeed. But think about it this way: History classes would be a boring snooze-party without them...

[@frangg23]

Kind of get the drift that Formosus did not sign an advance directive.

[@missshellybeach]

Ignore the man behind the green curtain...oops I mean the sitting corpse!

[@LisaMarieParadee]

I remember in my High School Theology/History class, my teacher talked about this and the whole class was laughing at how a pope managed to pull off this farce of a trial.

[@coyoteartist]

I know my Church history teacher in 10th grade didn't mention this because I sure as heck would have remembered. To bad actually, she would have told the story quite well.

[@trickswitch813]

Your glorious variety of rings gives me life. i am also loving learning all this quiet history through this lens of death. Thank you.

[@burnyhigurashi]

Aaaand, pretty please! Talk about Carl Tanzler and his Elena!

[@AskAMortician]

Was just talking to someone about them last night at a cocktail party. As you do.

[@Until-When]

Oo sounds cool, please do!

[@RavenousMedicine]

"ah ha, hmm, yes, that scamp, Tanzler and his antics. The only way to get him stiff was with another stiff!" *entire room of classy morticians laughs and then breaks out into a waltz at once*

[@rudylynn660]

her hair is so dark and beautiful i'm jealous

[@michael3263]

WOW!! 😀 Awesome video Caitlyn! I knew the history of the papacy was pretty cutthroat there for a while but damn. LOVE LOVE LOVE the Middle Ages topics! They truly were magic... and awful.

[@jamesupton4996]

What I like about this is the clever simplification, and that Caitlin in another video said that she studied mediaeval history at Uni. If anything is going to get you to read more, and look into it, it's little tasters like this.

[@carissashley]

This is still one of my favorite of Caitlin's videos. I've watched it so many times.

[@thehippiecatholic]

As I Catholic, Catholics can still be this extra to this day 😂❤️

[@hespenworst]

"Everybody.👏🏻 Got.👏🏻 To.👏🏻 Sit.👏🏻 In.👏🏻 The.👏🏻 Big.👏🏻Chair."

[@azuradawn5683]

"What must that be like?" hahahaha omg Caitlin.

[@r0tt3dfl3shh]

Your channel is one of the best things I’ve found on KZbin for sure

[@chanelm6146]

These videos are so interesting. I could never be a mortician but I love learning about all these things.