Did Flying Corpses Spread the Plague?

[@Pheobus3309]

It's hard to find a man that's emotionally available, not filled with bees, and won't fling corpses over my walls. *SIGH*

[@Dizzy8203]

Hear me out… if you eat meat that’s technically a corpse. Just not of a human. I would love someone to fling some chicken nuggets over my walls! (… that sounds really weird and I never thought I would type that)

[@renworksfornow]

bold of you to assume that Candyman would fling a corpse over the wall and is emotionally unavailable

[@roseweed1468]

I'll take the bees over emotional unavailability. Fling that fella over!! 👌

[@TheSpectreV]

A very Unhhhh reference here? Amazing

[@Daisy30y03]

😅😅

[@joncampos5551]

“It’s raining plague-infested men” 🎶🎼

[@Ja-uu9ep]

Hallelujah

[@DarkbutNotsinister]

Let The Bodies Hit The Floor. It’s about the same event as “It’s Raining Men” from a different perspective.

[@whoathatsanicememe3093]

🎶tall Blonde and slightly bloated🎶🎶🎶

[@victoriawilliams2786]

@@DarkbutNotsinister 👍🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

Is it a bird? 🐦 Is it a plane? ✈ No it's a flying plauge ridden corpse! 💀🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️

[@Jivolt]

“Fling out your dead.” “But I’m not dead yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”

[@AmandaHugandKiss411]

Python has spoken

[@mistyize]

People on the other side: JAAEEESSSSUSSS CHRIST!! 🤣😂🤣

[@scloftin8861]

Dying of laughter here ... not plague.

[@emdove]

Yeeeeet ✨

[@nataliestavrum4451]

"I feel fiiiine"

[@1andonlyzara]

Caitlin: It was less “biological warfare” than it was “horror show”. Me: … So, psychological warfare.

[@ghost_anna_reads787]

A two for one deal.

[@allisonfitzmaurice6948]

“You may be asking, why is Caitlin relaxing?” Maybe because she’s a funeral home director who just weathered a year and a half long pandemic in a major metropolitan area? YOU TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU NEED BOO

[@thebookwyrmslair6757]

Seriously!! If research is fun and relaxing, then do it!! If you need to spend 5 days at a spa in Big Sur or Tucson, do it!!! You and your whole team deserve all the rest and peace you can find.

[@helenl3193]

Exactly!

[@princeapoopoo5787]

I've found that a good chunk of channels I follow have been going on hiatuses. Definitely not a problem if it means that they're energized and twice as engaging when they return. Caitlin especially!

[@acmejia]

YES!

[@belyear]

@@thebookwyrmslair6757 I vote Big Sur…… I get tired thinking about hanging out there.

[@mirriedancer]

Honestly, if the title were “It’s Probably Rats Again”, I’d still watch. 😊

[@TheMeloettaful]

Me too lol 😂!

[@adde9506]

I definitely would. Have to find out what those darn rats did, they do so many things.

[@helengazzara8725]

Not rats actually. Supposedly a combination of gerbils and human lice

[@jackieclark620]

Yup!!!

[@stephjovi]

It's Caitlyn, I don't even read the title I see Caitlyn I watch

[@Zxgrhexbj]

The crossover we need is Ask a Mortician and Puppet History

[@elizebethbruce2803]

Yeesssss. This comment made me want something I didn't realize I wanted.

[@sleepingsalad]

Yes!! That would be so awesome 😭

[@kitlee172]

I officially love you, no name. 😍

[@DarkbutNotsinister]

Puppet history is a thing?? Thanks for my next rabbit hole!

[@kitlee172]

@@DarkbutNotsinister Shane and Ryan of Watcher. You will not be disappointed.

[@frantichrist]

men will see a plague infected corpse and go "is anyone going to catapult that over the walls of a sieged city" and then not wait for an answer

[@Seawitch555]

frances i’m gonna level with you right now this is the best comment i’ve ever read in my lifetime thank you

[@helenl3193]

Boys will be boys!

[@SpookiePossum]

@@helenl3193 this is what they meant when they say “Boys will be boys”

[@JayShermanFJC]

Damn straight.

[@WindsofChange]

falls over laughing with the truth of it...

[@PaulMcElligott]

“Manhandled Mangled Mongols” - Finally, a title for my debut Death Metal album!

[@eefneleman9564]

Be sure to make it illegible!

[@PaulMcElligott]

@@eefneleman9564 Thanks for the tip!😉

[@lazyhomebody1356]

How about the album "Mangled Mongols" by the band Manhandle? You've got your necessary sexual pun too!

[@PaulMcElligott]

@@lazyhomebody1356 I like where your head is at.

[@danigadaleta5092]

Here, Sir. Have My like .

[@elle-says]

The Middle Ages Were Magic is my jam.

[@thelilbrans]

Manhandling Middle age Magic Mangled Mongols does not sound like my jam....

[@davidmolina3520]

Rats and auto tune 🎶🐀

[@savannahjones4195]

SAMEEEEE

[@clogs4956]

We need the Rat Rap, because... yeah... my bad...

[@AlanaArtDream]

I giggle every time I see it

[@matterinthehatter]

I am a new deathling and two major things have surprised me: 1) I have become WAY more interested in the topics of your channel than I could have ever guessed in the past. 2) I have learned I may not be as comfortable with death as I once thought, but I still want to be. Keep the videos coming because this guy is so grateful that you make them so he can watch!

[@GarrettWatts]

This thumbnail Caitlin I am dying.

[@Morguedance13]

I have to say, nothing (and I mean nothing) makes me so happy right now as to know that you are a deathling lol

[@eudaemonia_]

NAH BRO IT TOOK ME TF OUT

[@pyrosymphonyfireworksdesig5690]

You? Dying? MAN THE CATAPULTS!

[@StonerOfGotham]

👀👀 Puppet History Ask A Mortician cross-over. You have the power.

[@poopiekaka]

gARRET WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE YOU DELIGHTFUL SOUL

[@ct3131]

"If it sneezes, it's not a corpse!" I want that on a t-shirt now.

[@TheMeloettaful]

That, and the "Middle Ages were Magic!" on a t-shirt 😁!

[@brettbaxter7882]

I believe that's how Kill Bill begins.

[@mylovesongs2429]

i want "The middle ages were magic" on the front of a t-shirt! On the back, i want "If it sneezes, it's not a corpse"

[@Blade51]

I too want both "if it sneezes, it's not a corpse!" And "the middle ages were magic!" On a shirt 🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️

[@lordofpestilence-688]

oh my god me too

[@composing-chaos]

We need another, “Everybody’s asking, nobody’s asking.”, soon, please.

[@Ilsezwarts]

Yessss love those!!

[@bearo8]

Yes please

[@tertain4795]

I LOVE every single time she uses “the Middle Ages were magic” thing. It’s the best.

[@lauverr3808]

😂😂😂

[@anouksurmenian4257]

I want “If it sneezes, it’s not a corpse” on a t-shirt 😂

[@whisperonascream]

I 2nd that ... it needs to happen

[@Grimm1695]

Lol, that line made me cackle.

[@missy3240]

yes!

[@oliviajeanette1065]

Yes!

[@native5891]

@@Grimm1695 lol i can make it! if it’s not copyrighted 😅

[@augustjsb]

I want "It was Rats" on my tombstone with no explanation.

[@Noahyw-.]

stop- youre giving me great ideas

[@its_me_jen_jen9204]

Underrated comment, right here⬆️⬆️⬆️

[@Fruityflootloops]

I am a pet rat owner so that makes it extra ominous haha.

[@Scott__C]

Or if you like 80s music: It was RATT.

[@MissBee13]

Oooh, fleas on rats.

[@ma_alva]

"If it sneezes... it's not a corpse!" Doughty, Caitlin. 2021

[@artemisvoltaire4743]

Anyone else use Caitlin's videos as relaxing background noise after watching them the first time? I've rewatched this so many times I've lost count. Fantastic content as always. Sending strong Pisces energy to you and the pupfish

[@tracyhardyjohnson1315]

Absolutely I do; and not only Caitlin's, but Sam Denby's Wendover Productions and Half As Interesting channels, all on well-researched, interesting topics with pleasant-sounding voice overs suitable not only for entertainment during dinner but for the nap afterward as well. :)

[@artemisvoltaire4743]

@@tracyhardyjohnson1315 Thanks for the suggestions, I'll have to check them out : )

[@Burning_Dwarf]

Definitly do that, also use count dankulas madlads for that.

[@IkaraPentiki]

We need that on a shirt: "If it sneezes, it's not a corpse"

[@denisemcdougal6445]

I want one too

[@carmenmcalister7338]

I'd buy that.

[@StarrClaws]

Yes please.

[@slytheringingerwitch]

With the 'Middle Ages Were Magic' on the back!

[@oreocookies7831]

Oh yes I want one with both sayings!!! 🐀🐁🐁🐀🏰👑🗡️🛡️🏹🔮

[@avi8r66]

man here. not offended by the accusatin of corpse flinging. its a great way to get rid of your dead and demoralize your enemy at the same time. can be messy though.

[@tavdy79]

IMO infected corpse flinging isn't even the most unpleasant method of biological warfare invented by men. That would be arrowtips smeared with human excrement, creating a neat little package of really nasty infectious agents that could be delivered direct to your enemy's bloodstream.

[@avi8r66]

@@tavdy79 But you have to hit your target with that small arrow head. And just seeing it on the ground isn't going to have much impact. But seeing human corpses shredded all over your roofs, gardens, walking paths, barrels of food stuffs, smashing through windows into the living spaces, not only do the people under siege need to see it and smell it, they need to clean it up and dispose of them, usually burning them which smells awful as well, while more corpses are being thrown at them. So while medically the arrow is going to be more effective the waste material, corpses and carcasses will just wreck the people on the receiving end by sheer proximity. And if they know the people being thrown at them this adds hopelessness to their effects. Warrior goes out, head comes flying back.

[@Nightsong001]

I'm not a man, but I agree. Also ragdoll physics are popular for a reason. Launching a dead cow is funny for the launchers, not so much the people dealing with exploded cow

[@avi8r66]

@iron tansy Depends on the launcher really. If it's a cloth sling contraption vs a wooden platform or bucket. And the acceleration of the sling is slow, but the impact on the other end is sudden. So yeah, still messy, but that's what slaves and captives were for, handling messy stuff.

[@The4books]

Yes I think it’s undeniable most if not all of us men do at least think of catapulting rotting corpses at our enemies at one time or another.

[@tbwkn]

I'm guessing that the people who down voted this have had bad experiences with flying corpses

[@oregonoutback7779]

Or, have possibly been one ??

[@karentucker2161]

Lol 😆

[@anne-droid7739]

Maybe they were just hoping for a new episode of "Coffin Flop."

[@tbwkn]

@@anne-droid7739 can't say I've heard of that. Sounds like it should be on the diy network. I had to edit because every time I type like it turns to lime

[@anne-droid7739]

@@tbwkn It's a sketch on "I Think You Should Leave," about a guy losing his sh*t over the removal from Spectrum of a show comprised entirely of footage of bodies dropping out of the bottom of coffins. Apparently, one out of every five of them are nude. =)

[@TheMarkCraig]

Caitlin rocks! Back in April, I was getting another tattoo from my artist and asked her how she got started and she said she was supposed to be a mortician! So we spent 8 hours talking about death and I mentioned Caitlin and she was "I love her". Even a young waitress at a diner by me told me she wanted to be a mortician because of Caitlin and I told her she was doing a book signing at The Mutter Museum in Philadelphia (during Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs...) and told the young waitress the details needed. She was so happy. Apparently, I've become Caitlin's PR person in South Jersey and I am more than ok with that.

[@petradegroot3578]

That’s so wholesome 😄

[@LisaDiazAppleLisa]

You’re doing the Lord’s work

[@MichaelButchin]

So-- During Monty Python and the Holy Grail, it was completely historically accurate when the French started launching cows at the silly English knights...?

[@cocacola4blood365]

Certainly puts the phrase "don't have a cow" in a new light.

[@beth8775]

A surprising amount of that movie is historically accurate lol

[@IntrovertedOreo]

That, and History of the World Part One 😂

[@The4books]

Yup!

[@tonyarichards5430]

That’s all I could think of during this.

[@onehouse_crowley4597]

"Sire, it's not the corpses. It's the fleas we carry." "... . . WITCH!! Fling him over the wall!"

[@kareno8634]

OH NO! You're Right-ish, but Not the "Witch" Now i have to Recreate. =\ (see above post) *>~-===US^x(({ º '.'.',',',' >~=rat{{,"c º `* Stay out of the Food Death Chain ______'{/` '},.^., ← Dead Rat uh . . Fleas too. Drown a FLEA --> Fill the Swamp with RATS *°^°./;{ ,}}_**____** .... ,/{flea]r °-°;/ ,;}_**___** . °j[, ! ,}]\,* lol ugh i tried

[@mollymcdade4031]

[@JaneAustenAteMyCat]

"If it sneezes, it's not a corpse." This is the content I need. Thank you.

[@lauverr3808]

Lmaooo

[@laurachapple6795]

"Why is Caitlin relaxing?" Honestly, because we all needed some peaceful woods after the flying plague corpses.

[@Scavenger82]

That was my thought exactly.

[@ellaeadig263]

One of my favourite taken-from-history moments in The Lord Of The Rings is when the Gondorian soldiers attempt to retake Osgiliath and fail, then later the orcs catapult their heads back into Minas Tirith. Tolkien knew his stuff. :)

[@rbisme113]

Yes! I was hoping The Middle Ages Were Magic would come back. I love them.

[@DarkbutNotsinister]

And we got TWO of them!! EDIT: THREE. EDIT 2: So many. We got so, so many.

[@AxxLAfriku]

OH NOOOOOO!!! Most people agree that my vids are the worst on KZbin. I agree to disagree. Please agree to disagree with the haters, dear ren

[@inkadinkadoodle]

Better than than the 90s! :D

[@jordanharkins97]

No thanks I kinda don’t feel like getting a splinter then dying from infection after using unsanitized tweezers to get it out

[@AlanaArtDream]

I giggled in glee I was so happy to see the Middle Ages were magic again

[@ToolsAreToys]

Mortician question: How can I legally arrange for my corpse to be trebuched into my enemy's holdfast? Is having it written in my will with a witness sufficient, or do I need some extra permits?

[@101spacemonkey]

I suspect permits and if you have a faux enemy who agrees sure because its private property otherwise

[@jessicadoban2564]

May want to contact a notary.

[@MsBrooklyn62]

Ask your estate attorney

[@bailey9947]

IS IT LEGAL REVIVAL TOUR LETS DO IT

[@misslawless6021]

These are the real questions

[@bnhietala]

So Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail may be more historically accurate than we realized...

[@tinad8561]

So much of MP turns out to be true in the end…

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

Terry Jones, python and co writer/director of the film was quite a significant medieval scholar. His documentaries on the Crusades and The Barbarians are oood watch, a dash of humor is used to make things relatable and understandable.

[@anneroy4560]

they were visionaries ...

[@anne-mariemcandrew9893]

Please come visit the Highlands of Scotland, we live on the Dunphail Estate where we have castle ruins and apparently 5 headless ghosts. The castle was surrounded and the people being starved, so five men went beyond the castle walls to steal some grain, unfortunately they were caught and their heads threw over the wall whilst apparently shouting “here is your meat to go with the grain” xx

[@Rachel-ds6gy]

"Why did you go into the field of art history?" *gestures vaguely at paintings of decapitated soldier heads being catapulted over city walls*

[@jennya9838]

"In case you thought good Christians would never fight this way!". I straight up cackled.

[@maryjoyspohrer256]

Have you not read the Old Testament?

[@jennya9838]

@@maryjoyspohrer256 I have no idea why you're responding to me. This is a direct quote that made me laugh a month ago. I've already moved on and you're response is not only out of context, but I don't even know what you're talking about. Have a blessed day, love!

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

@@jennya9838 Point is the Old Testament is largely a compilation of atrocities, ethnic cleansing, murders, excuses for it, and so on, I think.

[@jennya9838]

@@neolexiousneolexian6079 Again, I was literally quoting the video. Anyone who reads my comment and is unaware that I'm actively just repeating something previously stated, has not watched the video. Or perhaps they just need to feel superior to a stranger on the internet. Either way, I don't care. At all. Leave me the fuck alone.

[@JeantheSecond]

@@maryjoyspohrer256 Um? The Christians have plenty of atrocities in their history, but the people in the Old Testament were not Christians because Christians did not exist when the Old Testament was written?

[@StephanieLenz71]

"Not all men want to fling corpses by catapult... [they also want to use trebuchets]." I really thought we were gonna go for "all people want to fling corpses with catapults" but this works too.

[@HoneyJinxxed]

Hey Caitlin!! You should totally do an episode on the Radium Girls since it is said that their corpses are still glowing to this day because of their radium poisoning

[@jim1842]

Hey that’s a great idea 👍👍

[@cidb.212]

"He says he's not dead." "Well, he will be soon...he's very ill."

[@ClayDress]

“Fechez la vache.” “Huh?” “Fechez la vache.”

[@drhandle4498]

"I don't want to go on the cart..."

[@SirFrederick]

I feel happy! I feel happ...clonk!

[@cidb.212]

@@ClayDress So many great lines in this movie!

[@satanissima]

I feel fine!

[@RupertMissick]

"If you're going to go through the trouble of building a 65-foot tall catapult, you're going to use it to fling some gnarly stuff." *I feel very "seen" right now.* 😌😌

[@anelisamorgan8590]

😂😂😂

[@TheAccidentalViking]

Yes, every student who did mechanical engineering. Whether you built a 'catapult' or a 'trebuchet' depends on where you went to school.

[@amandafletcher4379]

I'm gonna need a "if it sneezes it's not a corpse" t shirt. Also "not all men" had me screaming! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Laroling]

I'd buy that to DEATH

[@mrs.maztech2968]

I'm dying to get this on a shirt!

[@Pattygblanco]

We also need an "It was RATS!" Tshirt

[@storytellerhut3488]

I agree. Can I get that in orange or blue please.

[@gemeralderin]

Yes and yes!!

[@gretep]

as an estonian, i live near tallinn, which is the modern day reval. there is still a good portion of the medieval time era city left, and im stuck imagining folks hurling plague corpses over the walls lmao

[@JodieMalcolm1996]

Caitlin "not all men want to fling corpses in a catapult" My boyfriend for the last 8 years "when I die I want my frozen corpse to be catapulted through the window of my old college" Not all men, no. But some. Too many, perhaps. At least he is death positive and doesn't want to be embalmed?

[@grmpEqweer]

That's a...ahem...cool death plan...

[@helenl3193]

Oooh..! /me takes notes Edit: but then, I've always been a Tomboy... 😏🤔

[@lazyhomebody1356]

@@helenl3193 Yeah!! You go sister, why should the boys have all the fun

[@forgenorman3025]

I mean, if I donate my body to science and they end up using me for a crash test dummy I'd want my funeral to be people writing or drawing whatever they want on the cloth they'll use to cover my corpse before they fling me at a wall. That's probably asking too much though.

[@allisonjames2923]

Errrr did your boyfriend request this before watching this video??? Because if he spontaneously came up with that idea, maybe it’s time to flee in terror... I mean get a new boyfriend?

[@tunicoco]

The editing on this video was simply MAGIC, just like the middle ages.

[@CapitalCLYDE]

“Grandma had breast cancer. She did not have the plague.” Idk why but this is what did me in 🤣🤣🤣

[@llddau]

Sounds like many of the people who have died with covid. I mean of covid. From covid. Definitely. Especially the 98 year old ones.

[@robertnett9793]

And oh so true. I got my first trebuchet at age 5 - so I could fling dead mice and pebbles around. But you know, the trebuchet of a boy grows with age. .... Unfortunately boys only grow until 5 - from there they just get larger...

[@maschaorsomething]

@@llddau Yeah yeah yeah Lara, just log off for us please.

[@The_momur]

They used to think cancer was communicable, at least ~1930’s.

[@joshuasill1141]

I just saw an explanation for the Plague. So whenever the Earth goes into a great cooling cycle i.e. think of the Year without Summer, the bacteria in certain flea species stomachs became unstable causing an infection in the flea. This infection gave the flea symptoms of never being full so they kept feeding on whatever host they could find thus transferring the bacterial infection to the flea's host. So most plague outbreaks can be chalked up to natural disasters like all those times when Krakatoa exploded

[@SoundShinobiYuki]

A related theory I read is that the Great Famine in Europe, from 1315-1317 (which also heralded the end of the medieval warm period and took several more years to recover from), resulted in a generation of adults who grew up with weaker immune systems due to growing up malnourished during their childhood in the famine. As a result, they had even less resistance to plague and died disproportionately, when typical epidemics typically mostly kill the old and the children. Medieval plague graves unearthed by archaeologists (note that I said graves, not pits- the massive pits with bodies just dumped in were mostly a feature of the 1666 outbreak and avoided as much as possible in medieval society) show that most of the dead in them were in their 30's and 40's.

[@nomorepikachu]

Could be, but the general consensus is that a mischief of rats gets decimated by the plague very fast. After about three days the fleas get so desperate that they will feed on humans. But of course natural disasters will always create the perfect conditions for diseases to come up and spread fast, and that infection could play a role as well.

[@bitchymoroseandloud3066]

"Not ALL men want to fling corpses by catapult" Yes... Yes we do.

[@Ironhandjohn]

Why stop at corpses? Ownership of a catapult creates a will to use it, and pretty much anything not nailed down can find itself being loaded into a trebuchet. I'd be slinging all kinds of stuff with mine if I owned one.

[@TinyScorpion44]

I am a woman and also want to fling corpses by catapult

[@j.munday7913]

I am a woman and I have fired watermelons at a target via trebuchet. I'd launch a corpse in a heartbeat! Truly, the fastest way to my heart is medieval siege machines and polearms.

[@xfallenxlostx3254]

Lady here who in the past flung a number of things by trebuchet that was handmade by my brother and dad using a garage door spring for strong flinging power. It was fabulous. Never corpses, but plenty of balloons filled with things, rotten fruit from our trees, dirt clods…

[@taranullius9221]

I've wanted a giant catapult since I was a little girl. I would also be at the very least half interested in flinging myself on said catapult to see what would happen even though I know what would happen I'm just going to pretend I don't and think that having homemade giant batwings might save me.

[@BanniToki]

When my Nana passed of natural causes at 98, the nurse let us stay in the room for a bit, but then shooed my baby and I out because she said dead bodies give off toxins that would harm my baby. I left, but it didn't make sense. She was just so agitated. I am deeply appreciative of this channel!

[@victoriashevlin8587]

Was she, a *qualified* nurse? Or did she just call herself a nurse...?

[@beth8775]

@@victoriashevlin8587 It's astonishing how many practicing professionals still believe very outdated info. I mean, Caitlin gets this nonsense from other funeral directors too.

[@BanniToki]

She was a qualified nurse. She had cared for Nana for several years and she was emotional at her passing as well. She was the one who called us and told us we needed to come as the end was near. I was the only one of the 4 adult grandchildren able to make the journey in time. We got to spend about a day at her bedside, with my 5-month-old son babbling away and patting her hand. I take a lot of comfort in that. She couldn't speak anymore, but she looked happy to interact with one of her great-grandchildren.

[@Honeybell001]

I will be working hard to incorporate "if it sneezes, it's not a corpse" into conversation as often as possible.

[@4reddit545]

I need merch with this quote.

[@miriambucholtz9315]

I understand that they can do a pretty good belch, though.

[@ReptilianTeaDrinker]

@@miriambucholtz9315 They fart too. lol

[@savann13]

We need a "The Middle Ages were Magic" shirt! I'd totally wear it! Great video!

[@George-iq1vt]

Is anyone else ever having a bad day and specifically wishes Caitlin would post a new video and then she does? It’s like she knows

[@jonillet5507]

Not gonna lie, I'm in *a mood* and a video about plague corpses was perfectly timed and sorely needed

[@Parasaurolophus476]

Yesss! I have had a terrible morning and this is exactly what I needed!

[@nerdisaur]

I got my second covid vaccine yesterday and feel like a diseased corpse. Caitlin knows exactly what we need

[@sairabinns7962]

@@nerdisaur I’ve had my two jabs and still got Covid now recovering but feel like you 😖 get well soon 😊

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Yes! It's my birthday and I'm TOO OLD, so this cheers me up

[@wolfcat1998]

As a man, I can say I've never considered launching roadkill through the air with a catapult before. I can also say it's pretty much all I can think about now. I hope you're happy.

[@WindsofChange]

Narrator: And so the saga begins anew...."

[@gusmonster59]

But what how were you thinking of flinging roadkill before the catapult suggestion? **blink blink**

[@wolfcat1998]

@@gusmonster59 slingshots and modified crossbows.

[@TheLadybughug]

This is epic!

[@kmetzdonna]

Literally every time you say "IT WAS RATS" my brain makes the happy chemicals. I have no idea why but it brings me such delight.

[@mmmamamamysharona]

I used "manhandling mangled mongols" as a tongue twister with my teen English-as-a-second-language students. Great success. Hello from Spain!

[@marci5369]

Caitlyn: "Of course people in the middle ages catapulted more dead stuff at their enemies!" Me: "yes, of course. That totally checks out"

[@BePlushed]

I could watch a whole video of Caitlin just saying "It was rats" lol

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Unjustly accused rats!! There were rat fleas and people fleas. I've read a lot of books about the Plague and all agree it was the people-biting fleas that caused the plague

[@Pingwn]

@@lazyhomebody1356 she would agree as she said so in the video

[@abbywilson5988]

The auto tune is a great addition

[@lazyhomebody1356]

@@Pingwn Totally missed that! Thanks, I will watch it again

[@JervisGermane]

I feel like I just did

[@hueyiroquois3839]

Flinging rocks with a trebuchet is a gateway drug to flinging corpses.

[@Moonsfire62]

LOL.

[@denisemcdougal6445]

Good one

[@grahamstrouse1165]

Rocks get boring after a while.

[@carolnuttall2689]

Found your Channel a week ago, I love it and I'm hooked. Watch about 3or4 videos each night. Thanks for all your hard work ❤❤❤

[@alexissejnoha7257]

I would absolutely buy a shirt that says "The Middle Ages were magic"

[@Freya778]

Even better if it had something you could press and her voice would come out of your shirt saying it.

[@MaBluu]

Yes!!!

[@TheGloomyTuesday]

Oh 100%

[@loisreese2692]

I'm in! Bentham's Head needs to be on there somewhere. 😂

[@aRedBaroness]

I would like it to play a lute version of some Benny Hill music...to truly embody the spirit of the phrase. Maybe some of those dual-wield flute things as well. At a dirge pace of course

[@aggiesanvil]

The Flying Plauge Corpses sounds like a death metal band.

[@elly.a4153]

Air-borne death Rain of Corpses Fallen angels of the plague

[@DrachenGothik666]

@@elly.a4153 Rain of Corpses is the best one!🤣🖤🤘

[@chernobylcoleslaw6698]

I lost it when you said they even catapulted sick living people; like a Monty Python sketch!

[@Jessica117171717]

Been binging this channel for two weeks now. How has Caitlin managed not to age in like 7 or 8 years???? 😭

[@nueroptera]

Is it secret recipe embalming fluid?

[@laurabailey1054]

A portrait in her attic that ages for her

[@dirtyfiendswithneedles3111]

Corpse magic

[@NickMorouney]

An alternate title to this video could be "I get 'The Middle Ages Were Magic' stuck in 1.5mil Subscriber's heads"

[@thehutch7728]

And if the past is any indicator of the future, that little ditty will remain in my head for *months*!

[@jujubean914]

😂 ikr

[@samcole3795]

I finished my first anatomy class in college, and as someone who spent a lot of my life never having seen a dead body outside of a funeral where everything is cleaned up and tucked away nicely, I dreaded having to see cadavers in highschool. This channel helped me be a little less death-phobic and handle seeing dead bodies and be able to learn from them. So I appreciate that

[@maritzasylvia]

I love Institute of Human Anatomy Channel..;)

[@isabellind1292]

You have a stronger constitution than many who couldn't even attend science class when it came time to dissecting a frog. Good luck w/your studies and work, whichever path you are on.🌺🍀

[@sealyoness]

@@isabellind1292 Uh, you could have been my lab partner. The one that got me and my partner was the preserved earthworm. (The formaldehyde and the general greyness, disturbing...)

[@isabellind1292]

@@sealyoness Oh gosh, yes! I guess it's good for students who want to explore this field of science but it's not for the faint of heart. (I had the best science teacher, too)!🔬🐸🐛🤢😊

[@justinhamilton8647]

They showed you DEAD BODIES in high school???? America is SO WILD

[@JagoHazzard]

I actually do want to fling corpses with a catapult. I promise to do better in future.

[@jamyedowell245]

Wait... can we request this be our death plan? Because I wouldn't mind my last request to be FLY, even if I'm too dead to know it.

[@braincabbage]

@@jamyedowell245 Yeah, it sounds like a fun way to go. I want my dead body to be catapulted somewhere. Dunno where, but somewhere. Maybe somewhere in nature because I don't want to traumatise those poor people who would have my dead body raining down on them from the sky. Maybe being catapulted into the sea would be the way to go. Or possibly an active vulcano.

[@monicafoote2385]

@@jamyedowell245 Have you seen that episode of Northern Exposure? S4E4, the interwebs tell me. The whole show is worth it, but thats your episode if you want a funerary trebuchet

[@midnightrunner684]

Mel Brooks had Corpses catapulted as he shot them down in the Movie " History of the World " ..Its Good to be the King

[@MaBluu]

@@jamyedowell245 into a lake or something may be interesting.. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@lauraleesrogers9702]

"The Middle Ages Were Magic" is my new answer for anytime something is awful.....

[@FigureUnboxing]

"It's raining men! Hallelujah! It's raining men! Every specimen! Tall, blonde, dark and lean. Rough and tough and strong and mean" Come on everyone. Sing with me!

[@henryjames8654]

It's a Weather Girls re-union.

[@arthurgansner8450]

That is great!

[@ValentineS97]

“hold my mead…” that was sheer perfection 😅😂🙌

[@andrewbower2533]

I mean, there’s a KZbin channel called “will it blend”. I guess the medieval version is “will it trebuchet”?

[@HayLeesHomeMade]

Damn i forgot about that channel, i used to love watching their backlog

[@shortwavekitty1365]

No, it's called, "Will It Yeeteth". The yeeteth thread is above. 🤣

[@MargoMB19]

I laughed way too much at this.

[@Talimara1]

Tonight, on "SEND IT!"

[@josebeteta8105]

I love Caitlin's sense of humor. Keeping running gags from videos ago are always fun. "It was RATS!" "🎶The middle ages were magic🎶" 😅

[@TarkMcCoy]

"If it sneezes, it's not a corpse. That's what I always say." -Chastising a careless coworker

[@FourPartFox]

"If it sneezes, it's not a corpse." -Caitlyn Doughty, always

[@elultimo102]

Related, sort of: If it doesn't have nose hair, it's not a real shrunken head. (Too long for a T-Shirt).

[@denisemcdougal6445]

Lol , too funny

[@lego4virgo]

"Not all men, want to launch dead things by catapult.." Ohhhhh-YES WE DO! WE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY DO!

[@AmandaHugandKiss411]

I remember what some documentary , I apologize, it was a long time ago so I can't remember exactly what the name of it was. All I remember it was on the History Channel. Anyway, they made a life size medieval catapult actually more accurately a Trebuchet. They made it using only medieval tools and woodwork. Then the rest of the documentary was them hurling all kinds of things: grand pianos, small automobiles, small wooden sheds, everything you could imagine except cattle. It was hilarious.

[@MaBluu]

Im not a man.. but the idea intrigued me... No lies

[@lego4virgo]

@@MaBluu Cool! I support equal-opportunity launching of dead things by catapult.

[@elliot_rat]

i am all men

[@evariste_galois]

not all men, but definitely this guy!

[@PinnePon]

11:44 oh dear. Imagine going about your business and your dead husband comes flying at you

[@theresanovak4199]

“If you’re gonna go to the trouble of building a 65-foot catapult, you’re going to use it to fling some gnarly stuff … this is men we’re talking ‘bout.” 🤣😆😂 Great video!

[@christinehorowitz9305]

About a year ago, when KZbin suggested “Ask a Mortician” I watched with some level of trepidation. 2 hours later I was still watching. I think it is official - Caitlyn is my FAVORITE KZbinr. Not much was good about COVID, but Caitlyn is is! ❤️❤️❤️❤️was so excited to see a new video.

[@BeatlesBiitch]

"Not All Men want to fling corpses by catapult." So true Caitlin, some of us prefer shot put. Thank you for fighting the stereotypes, your pretty cool for a girl.

[@Tsakeli]

I was gonna say "sure not all men... some ladies wanna do it too..." .>

[@evenstar435]

"your pretty cool for a girl"

[@knightmarecityk]

In a complete cluster of a year of horrific rampant death, Caitlin's death centered videos have honestly made my life better.

[@VampiraVonGhoulscout]

Sick guy: "I'm not dead, I don't want to go on the catapult!" *yeeteth* "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jennifergonzales7953]

Yeeteth... OMG I almost peed my pants... AT WORK

[@VampiraVonGhoulscout]

@@jennifergonzales7953 I straight up cackled at this concept of sick people being catapulted for five minutes. I couldn't breathe. It's so Monty Python.

[@AmyinOregon]

You had me at Yeeteth...

[@funkygirlkathryn]

Yeeteth 🤣

[@Ujuani68]

Yeeteth!!😄👍

[@maternalheart66]

I like how Caitlyn basically insinuated she needs to collect more corpses over the summer :D

[@SadisticSenpai61]

From the recent infection numbers? She's going to get that chance. Delta is now the dominant strain in the US.

[@AHam-lq9fq]

I’m loving ✨The Middle Ages were Magic!✨Being plugged in at every opportune moment. I missed it.

[@victoriawilliams2786]

I missed it too!

[@haileelogan2031]

I just binged all your videos over the course of 2 or 3 weeks. Coming to the latest, I’m so sad that I’m out of your videos! Thank you for your time and effort spent on your content. It’s so wonderful what you’re doing. ❤️❤️❤️

[@Matt-fl8uy]

I was really hoping that after "one week later" we would see Caitlin trying out a catapult. I've seen people catapult pumpkins as part of fall festivities and it looks like a lot of fun.

[@m_d1905]

I believe you can get kits for a size to fling marshmallows. You know for the children.

[@henryjames8654]

A movie about so many heads in a duffel bag, comes to mind, yanno, in case we run out of pumpkins.

[@cstephenson3749]

Some of those catapults were huge-some of those horses were draft horses that had to carry a guy in armor and all of his gear and still be able to gallop.

[@EveVaneczek]

“This is men we’re talking about” as a man…can confirm

[@youzerable]

Yeah, I'll cop to it: it really would be fun to launch a dead horse over a wall!

[@Justlilmonster]

@@youzerable very metal, right?

[@elliot_rat]

Y E E T

[@libeflu]

So that's what him and the guys do on a Saturday night

[@yungbaphomet2187]

thank you i hate this slander about how men wont do this

[@robertconnor2934]

I sense some misdirection here. Caitlin is building her own Trebuchet.

[@MadMax-dp2bb]

Man, I wish there were more youtubers like you. I love this kind of content!

[@HeatherHolt]

I love how deep her voice is. Love for my other fellow ladies out there with deeper voices 💕💕

[@CTdarkmatter]

Hey deep voiced sister

[@missfeisty]

My grandpa's voice and my voice do the same thing where we have deeper voices in the morning lmao was so funny when I was living there for a couple months in between moves hearing his voice turn into Morgan Freeman in the morning and mine being super deep until I've had my coffee and breakfast haha

[@Daisy30y03]

And to you, deep voice sister

[@hallievanoutryve3109]

🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@6LittleWendigo6]

Much love from Poland!

[@SnowRivera]

Caitlin taking time off to create her album “the Middle Ages were magic” 😎

[@hellsbells7]

Track 1: It Was Rats

[@dthelucario129]

@@hellsbells7 Track 2: Secret porpoise

[@joshuawinchester9599]

YAS! the TRIUMPHANT return of "The Middle Ages Were Magic," I really want Caitlin to write a TMAWM book

[@helenl3193]

And produce the audiobook too, otherwise we lose the joys of the theme and other Caitlinesque interludes 😁

[@agathagasperoni639]

I would buy the shit out of that book if she wrote it.

[@rpbrooksbank1]

I have been hooked on this channel from the first video I watched. I love how you talk about such a difficult subject matter. Very informative with the right amount of levity. I have learned a lot. Keep up the great work.

[@raincoathaveli]

I want a Drunk History/Ask a Mortician crossover.

[@jrmckim]

YASSSS

[@shhhh124]

omg YES

[@AquilaLupus9]

OMG, all of the deadly facts she will be spewing!

[@patriciacruz1195]

I’m gonna need a “the Middle Ages we’re magic” t shirt.

[@prophetessoftroy]

I would buy that merch so fast

[@denisemcdougal6445]

Yes me too

[@Varizen87]

If you were ever waging psychological warfare on Caitlin, and honestly I'm not sure why you would... but in the event it were to happen, using catapults to launch bodies of dead cave divers at her would be most effective. I say this as a man who had never considered launching dead bodies with a catapult till Caitlin planted the idea in my head... but I feel a need to build one now.

[@cathygriffith746]

LOVE YA LOTS SWEET LADY. YOU ARE SO FUNNY AND AMAZING. SWAMP HUGS FROM LOUISIANA.

[@garnix5612]

The attackers killed the duke's son during a Siege in France, knocking him from the battlements with a peasant's severed head fired from a trebuchet, the first recorded instance of a serf-face-to-heir missile.

[@nancymontgomery8897]

That is a groaner.

[@grmpEqweer]

🤣 well played!

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Wow, ow!

[@forgenorman3025]

Take my like and get out.

[@TheLadybughug]

Hahahaha! Awesome!

[@W94urndks9urneos]

That “hooray’ with the confetti was HILARIOUS ! Cheers to the video editor here. 10/10

[@WiIIowisp]

I only knew the "living people are better at spreading disease than dead people" thing ahead of time because of the episode of The Midnight Gospel you were in

[@loisreese2692]

Hi, Caitlin! Just checking on you. Are you doing alright? Staying healthy, I hope. See you when you're back, doll. Take care! Lois

[@CherieMonique5]

Ok so does anyone else find themselves putting one hand to earphone and waving the other in the air a la Mariah Carrey singing “the Middle Ages were magic!” I mean. The people around me at Target look real concerned. 😆

[@GlitterSparklez1]

OMMMG😅😅😅😅😅

[@buraksezer2179]

“but the crusaders were like: hold my mead” LMAO THAT WAS SO FUNNY ily Caitlin, much love from Turkey❤️

[@sketchbook7386]

Ilk defa bu kanalda turk gordum jsiskjsh

[@buraksezer2179]

@@sketchbook7386 oha ben de skjdgfkjdskj türkler böyle kaliteli içerikleri tüketmiyorlar maalesef

[@sketchbook7386]

@@buraksezer2179 evet :’(

[@MRHMLK1000]

that “not all men” apology video 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Scavenger82]

And she waited a whole 4 seconds to apologize. I am offended and I'm gonna sue! /s

[@karenl6908]

I'm very certain plenty of women enjoy catapulting corpses as well.

[@denisemcdougal6445]

😆😆😆😂😂😂

[@lastchancemonicam3948]

Have a great vacation. Goodness knows with all you've endured the last few years (dealing with our current plague) you DESERVE a break.