The Cadaver in the Drag Queen's Closet

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**CREDITS**
Mortician: Caitlin Doughty
Producer & Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1)
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**SELECTED ADDITIONAL READING/SOURCES**
"The Drag Queen Had a Mummy in Her Closet"
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"Paris is Burning -- Drag Queen Wisdom"
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"A Famous Drag Queen, a Mummy in the Closet, and a Baffling Mystery"
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[@blubell24]

This reminds me of The Addams Family movie when Morticia is going through the wardrobe "Uncle Nick Knacks winter wardrobe... Uncle Nick Knacks summer wardrobe... Uncle Nick Knack"

[@andymanson3836]

Leo’s girl Probably because Morticia is a name derived from Mortician.

[@blueshell292]

Yes! I just recently watched the movie and immediately thought of this comment!

[@natcalverley4344]

blubell24 Say good buy to life, and are they made from real girl guides are two of my favourite.

[@subject_phoenix4043]

Love that scene lol 😂

[@brabbit736]

Always one of my favorite lines

[@logruszed]

"You leave your mark on the world by just getting through it."

[@Serrasongs76]

....and a rando corpse in your closet doesn't hurt either . Talk about a "deathdrop" literally.

[@birdrustler]

"You leave a mark on another human being's forehead by just shooting through it"

[@afrog2666]

Getting through the murder..

[@googlegoogle-ye4mx]

"Oh this Dress is nice." "Hey, whats in that bag?" ... "Oh god."

[@trischc]

Lol

[@95rav]

"Oh my God... Look at this mess... these clothes on this corpse are, like, so totally ruined, just look at those moisture stains. They'll NEVER come out!"

[@JosephM]

THE STENCH

[@wintermonroe2894]

@google google HAHAHAH!! Daannnnngggg LOL

[@wendybutler1681]

Probably thought they had found a beaded and bejeweled masterpiece of drag fashion fabulousness. What a gut punch. Totally understand why Dorian chose to hide the body. It was really, in all fairness to everyone except perhaps the body of the abuser itself, the only option.

[@triple3xTHREAT]

Wow. So that scene in Pose where Elektra keeps that body in her closet is based off actual events. Wild.

[@KD-nd5gu]

I think Elektra is partially inspired by Dorian because they both have extensive and amazing wardrobe

[@noelmaldonado7829]

@@KD-nd5gu pretty sure

[@youneedsummilk8840]

That’s what I was thinking omg!!

[@goblincore4944]

Ahhhhh Netflix hasn’t put the new seasons can you put a spoiler or something so you don’t ruin someone else’s night 😂

[@pugsandcoffeeplease]

@@goblincore4944 no

[@chrisalan5610]

"you can take any of my famous costumes that you want, but you have to deal with the corpse I hid behind them" Honestly, fair deal

[@electrictroy2010]

“They’ll find the corpse, but I’ll be a corpse too, so who cares?”

[@agwarddd]

Someone as legendary as Dorian Corey leaves me any outfits I want but I have to clean up the corpse behind it, sure I’ll probably do it. Thank you ma’am.

[@Ava-hu4gc]

I love how you’re always so respectful and open minded to the people in these stories. instead of saying “oooo scary crazy drag queen keeps corpse in her closet!!!” you actually consider why that might have happened and you try to understand what that person might have been thinking or feeling that led them to think what they did was reasonable

[@Delicate_Disaster]

Even her jokes are tasteful. I love that she can joke about a horrible topic and still be caring and considerate.

[@tiarabrown2405]

She's a real advocate for cultural and historical relevance which is key in life

[@lalaliet]

That's what I love about her most, she's incredibly respectful towards the people she covers on the channel. She speaks about them like the people they were and not some old fairytale

[@tundrawomansays694]

Caitlin is the only person who might be able to talk me out of being a cadaver doner but after my experiences as a “consumer” with a dead husband up close and personal with the Funeral Industrial Complex? Nah. Love ya Caitlin, but I don’t trust these people under any circumstances. I trust kids who want to be doctors to play around with my cadaver because the price is right: FREE. The whole mess doesn’t cost a thing so sign up to donate your entire dead ass self and get the best price, guaranteed. Besides, I’m so going to hell I might as well get a head start with the free Roast and Toast-once they’re done posting obscene cadaver youtubes.

[@obscurelyvague]

@@tiarabrown2405 Unique

[@RenzXVI]

When "Skeletons in the Closet" means you are hiding your identity but you already came out so you actually do keep skeletons in there.

[@fairylen7385]

Well... Now you have space...

[@electrictroy2010]

“They’ll find the corpse, but I’ll be a corpse too, so who cares?”

[@coolguy-wx6qv]

more the merrier!

[@sofiacapella]

You could say... she slayed and she also gatekeeped

[@geckohunter123]

Something that’s so cryptic is that Corey ASKED her friends to go through the closet for her garments, like she would HAVE TO KNOW the body would be discovered eventually.

[@EyelessAugust]

Maybe that was her way to finally confess the burden, this must’ve taken a toll on her all those 20 years but we may never know unfortunately

[@lakeireland]

@EyelessAugust Maybe she forgot the corpse even in her closet. Life gets busy and stuff gets pushed to the back. My closet is a fraction of her’s and I have no idea what is in it. Could be a tennis racket from middle school, could be Jimmy Hoffa.

[@pandastylearmy5938]

probably hoping they would keep her secret. it really sounds like the act of a truly awful psychopathic person.

[@geckohunter123]

@@pandastylearmy5938if she trusted them why didn’t she just confess to them?

[@kalnfornia]

​@@pandastylearmy5938presumptuous, aren't we? Do you have any idea the danger a trans woman faced in NYC of the 1960's/70's? Law enforcement sure as hell didn't give a shit about them. It was a kill or be killed era in NYC.

[@DBoyTommie]

If it was self-defense (and I believe it was), she never would've gotten a fair trial. And I don't think people understand what happens to transgender people in prison. It would've been a lifetime of rape and torture.

[@diamond5156]

True :(

[@gozerthegozarian9500]

I agree with you 100%

[@Cowgutz]

Yep! I’m actually glad she didn’t say anything

[@JsgHair71]

Dorian did what she had to do. You're exactly right.

[@joeylopezdesign]

yes, i believe this as well

[@bungiesnowflake]

My Mom died 2 weeks ago. Not sure why, but I looked embalming up, found your channel, and while I can't say I feel any better about death, I don't feel worse. I also find your videos ~~~ strangely therapeutic. So .... thanks. Bryan Vancouver, Canada

[@ericaomeara]

I'm sorry to read about your mam. That's exactly how I found Caitlin 2 years ago.

[@orionpax3535]

Im sorry for your loss.

[@kristelbuenaventura8242]

Ayyy I'm from Vancouver too!! Sorry for your loss ❤❤

[@JolieEnglish]

❤❤❤❤ sorry about your mom. If you learn anything from this channel, it's Death is only the beginning. Wait that was the mummy movie

[@strawberrycheesecake5502]

I did the same thing, when my uncle died. Somehow these videos really help.

[@AuntDeeDee970]

I remember when that happened. The story of the corpse in Dorian’s closet has been a legend in the trans/drag community for a long time, but never has been told as well. Thanks Cait, I look forward to your videos. PS-I was thrilled to see you on Adam Ruins Everything!

[@liliowy]

Wait, what episode?

[@ucitymetalhead]

@@liliowy the death episode of course.

[@liliowy]

ucity metalhead Damm I’m a dumb ass :,)

[@pascal590]

Yeah she did this story justice. Details I hadn’t heard before ☺️

[@greeneyedlady5073]

They touched on this in Pose a couple of weeks ago

[@dean107]

video: Dorian killed someone me: oh no >:( video: Worley was arrested for rape and assault me: oh, carry on.

[@mestreg5687]

I didn't get it right. So, if you belong to a minority adopted by progressivism, is it okay if you kill and hide the body of someone with a drinking history and a criminal history? He killed someone and then left the body to rot. Didn't the victim's family have a right to know what happened and arrange a funeral? The body was only discovered because the KILLER died, what if he hadn't? If he had concerns about how he would be remembered, KILLER.

[@juliencastle2953]

@@mestreg5687 *It's not that you didn't get it it's that you fake getting something else.* The OP only said he was giving zero fuck for a killed person if this person was a rapist. Nothing to do with the killer belonging to a minority making it more okay or anything close so...

[@mestreg5687]

@@juliencastle2953 So ... I think I saw another video, the one that makes excuses for the murderer and blames the victim without a fair trial, just assuming that the murderer deserves what he received. Just by shooting him in the head, you can't even identify if there was a fight or the victim was given the right to defend himself. Fear of "persecution" does not justify what has been done. And, by the way, he had already served time. And the murderer, when did he serve his time? The video sentence was not "So it's speculated in an act of self-preservation and survival she just wrapped the body, hid it, and try to forget about it. And if you think about it, whether Corey knew Woley or not, her reasons for not reporting the death are likely to be the same."? How it can be more permissive? Even though there was a fight, it was not a helpless woman defending herself from a man presumably much stronger, it was a fight between two men. And another thing, from a lawyer, usually shot in the head without excoriations on the attacker and with the killer hiding the body means one thing, an execution.

[@juliencastle2953]

@@mestreg5687 So... That's under this other video you should have been commenting that. Again, the comment you answered to didn't say it was more okay cause the killer belonged to a minority or anything remotely close. I agree with you that we don't know what happened ( nobody does right now actually ) and that therefore we shouldn't call it either a murder or self-defense cause we can't verify any of both but please don't tell random person "Excuse me, so it's okay to do that if you're a minority?" when they're not saying that at all...

[@mestreg5687]

@@juliencastle2953 pls, just read the comment made by Primm, in which we are debating below.

[@--ERI]

I'm so happy we're all talking about her. We all remember her name. She left her mark. She defended herself and was safe until her death. Rest in peace Miss Dorian.

[@tula1433]

Her line about shooting an arrow is extremely profound. Wish she knew how famous she was.

[@christianpalmer]

You mean he

[@EyelessAugust]

@@christianpalmerno christine, she.

[@sambored9387]

@@christianpalmer no no, we all mean she. Dont go direspecting the dead at least. That would be quite pathetic of you dont you think? :>

[@christianpalmer]

@@EyelessAugust oh ok douche I mean sir

[@catrosenight]

I love Paris is Burning sooo much! If you ever do a video on death/mysteries, could you look at the death of Venus Xtravaganza? Her story in Paris is Burning made me cry

[@panicatthefallout7710]

catrosenight her story is so sad.

[@donnerdonner315]

Yes...me too!!! That was so tragic and she was such a beautiful young queen on the rise in the ballroom scene. Let's hope Caitlin will do more posts on the stars of Paris is Burning...that could be it's own series!!!

[@NiaJustNia]

I'd love for Caitlin to do a series on LGBT deaths, but on the ones that aren't as well known

[@danaespinosa4203]

it would be so cool if she could bring attention to her death since it highlights so many of the crimes against drag queens/trans women :(

[@LamarVahnoi]

Yes! It would be nice if she'd do one about Michael Alig too... but I guess there really isn't a whole lot about that story that is untold.

[@societysmostambiguousgirlb1495]

the category is: Edgar Allen Pose

[@Butterflier00]

*out comes several drag queens dressed in a diverse interpretation of The Masque of the Red Death and One from Tell Tale Heart and One from My Annabelle Lee.

[@SanguivorousRevenant]

That Amontillado hue, though. (I had to, love from an FTM fan of both Ask a Mortician and Pose)

[@amugglewatchingmugglething6585]

Now I'm imagining Edgar Allen Poe dressed in drag, someone draw this plssss

[@switch9636]

THIS COMMENT I-

[@DibIrken]

Someone needs to turn this into an actual act.

[@mildlycornfield]

The frustration with the lack of bubbles is a mood. Somebody needs to send Caitlin a proper bubble pipe!

[@laura987123]

Ha ha OMG YES!

[@jamessell4490]

I'd be happy to try and modify that one so that it would work.

[@MsBunnyBrains]

Here's a strange coincidence: Yesterday morning I thought to myself, 'I want to know the real story behind Pose' so I searched for Paris is Burning (1990) on YT and was lucky enough to find the full movie. Later that same morning, Caitlin comes out with a new video and the *very first* clip I see was taken from the movie I'd just watched hours prior 😲

[@KRJayster]

NGL, Dorian Corey explaining the concept of shade with that expression and in that dress is perfect.

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

I've heard of people having skeletons in their closets. But I always thought it was a metaphorical expression not a literal thing.💀

[@jmissesblac2006]

This comment is very underrated. Bravo. Bravo.

[@Pehmokettu]

But in this case it was half-mummified corpse so it was more than a skeleton...

[@stephanierando3477]

Unless their names are Sans or Papyrus, but then they would just be getting dressed.

[@nymphaeales9149]

The phrase is based on people with actual skeletons in their closet. It came about during the time of graverobbing fresh corpses for medical research. People would obviously have to hide the skeletons, the rest is up for interpretation.

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

@@nymphaeales9149 Thank you I'm aware of the history of the expression. I was making a bad joke about the fact that a corpse was found in a Drag Queen's closet.

[@rextrek]

the self preservation theory sounds about right on WHY she never reported it... .....definitely understandable

[@ladyharley4885]

Poor lady

[@yulebones]

Yep. I'm 100% on Team Dorian.

[@Tyger20]

That seems like the most likely scenario to me as well. What I don't get is why, regardless of the situation, would you keep the body for 20 years? Surely in that time there was an opportunity to dispose of it carefully. It's hard to imagine yourself in that situation, but for me I think it would really mess with my head knowing I have a dead body in my closet and I'd want it gone asap.

[@emmalane3528]

@@Tyger20 good question but the body was heavy so she would have needed help from people she could trust a 100% who also had a car, even tho, that doesn't shield you from nosy neighbors or by passer who would call the police on her ( because sometimes prejudiced people just wait for an opportunity to do so, like the one who call the cops on black kids for just playing outside) I guess in the end leaving it where it was felt the safest to her....

[@yulebones]

It's surprisingly common for people who have killed to keep the bodies in their homes. Part of it is to just be sure that you know where it is and who has access to it. A trans woman would be at a huge disadvantage with the law, so even the most solid self-defense argument wouldn't help her; it'd make sense to try to maintain control over it as much as she could.

[@iomartinez4143]

Hey! I’m a transgender viewer and I’ve always been stunned by Dorian’s story! I love that I got more answers about this case.

[@norayelton4510]

Mellisa Miller.. you have no right to talk to people like that! Grow up!

[@emmad4308]

@ i can't imagine being so hateful of someone being their true, happiest self. I feel super sorry for you.

[@aazhie]

Hey I'm trans but never heard of Dorian until now and can't wait to see Paris is Burning :0

[@starch7993]

@ A trans woman is doing you no harm. Why do you wish to do harm unto her?

[@starch7993]

@ϟϟ Franz schmied I'm not talking about Dorian, I'm talking about trans folks in general. I never even mentioned Dorian in my comment, for god's sakes. This is a strawman to comfort you in not reflecting on your intolerance.

[@konnerdent4835]

All your videos sound even better if you read them with “Harry Potter and the...” at the beginning.

[@Kelvin5378]

Harry Potter and the cadaver in the drag queens closet

[@konnerdent4835]

Harry Potter and The Trial of The Corpse Pope.

[@dc_mischief]

Harry Potter and the Bonkers Battle for Charles Manson's Corpse

[@petradegroot3578]

Konner Dent 😂👍🏼

[@willcrago4463]

Harry Potter and the Demonic Babies: a guide for new parents...... definitely in the restricted section

[@darkfairybites]

As a trans viewer, thank you for not just spinning it into "DANGEROUS TRANS WOMAN HID CORPSE IN HER CLOSET". I know a lot of people would've taken it in that direction, and it was really professional and considerate of you to go over the reasons why the crime could've happened without framing the trans person involved as a crazed monster. It makes me feel safer knowing you're so considerate over delicate issues like this.

[@helmaschine1885]

Ah yes, because minorities deserve special respect no one else gets. They're so helpless after all, hardly mature enough to be held accountable for their actions!. That's how you all sound like when you try to white knight minorities. It's creepy, infantilising and downright weird. Get a hobby!

[@darkfairybites]

@@helmaschine1885 It seems like you're the one who needs a hobby, given your need to whine about people wanting accuracy and consideration in their historical conversations.

[@weiyin8046]

@@helmaschine1885 basic respect on a human level isnt special treatment, my good bitch

[@Chubbz666]

vadå Why are you like this? Who hurt you?

[@brittanyhammond6626]

@witchGender completely unrelated, but I had to creep your profile picture and you have such gorgeous eyes! Stay beautiful!

[@artfulthings]

Someone get this lady a working bubble pipe dang it!

[@CashelOConnolly]

Or a bong 😂

[@maggpiprime954]

I remember bubble pipes from when my siblings and I were kids. They didn't work. They were small, messy, disappointing, and bubble liquid always found a way to end up in our mouths no matter how careful we were.

[@95rav]

@@maggpiprime954 the trick was to blow through the pipe... not suck/ smoke it.

[@maggpiprime954]

@@95rav I think I covered the fact we knew how to work a bubble pipe, thanks. We were kids, not amoebae.

[@tomorrowhowever7488]

@@95rav Oh, like a "shotgun"?

[@andypaddon690]

Hi. Any chance of a video discussing what happened to the remains of the firefighters who responded to the Chernobyl explosion first? These poor souls died of huge radiations exposure then were buried in zinc coffins covered with meters of cement. Has the radiation and sealed coffins covered in concrete preserved their remains????

[@8LyJu8]

Lead caskets* And the cement wasn't immediate. They were buried in it after the athorities realized how dangerous was the radiation level emmanating from the bodies. Radiation liquidifies people, so I don't expect that, when they can exhumated (if they ever are) there is something remaining there. As a special note: it wasn't just the firefighters, military men in there, plant workers, ambulance workers. Are buried like them. Not sure about the doctors who treated them in Pripyat, but between being so close to the Lenin and the contact with contaminated people, it could be possible some of them ended up the same way.

[@sandpiperr]

Second this! I'd love a video about the corpses of Chernobyl

[@GamesFromSpace]

Being sealed won't preserve remains, it just turns into soup. And they weren't so radiated that all of their internal bacteria would be sterilized. That much radiation would have instantly killed the humans too.

[@simloverfever]

If you speak about the people who survived the exposure and passed away few years ago, they were buried in normal standard burial casks. Not sure what happened to the people who faced the exposure. Some say they were buried in the zone of the radiation. Not sure what you mean in your question so...

[@WeRNthisToGetHer]

If the radiation causes you to deteriorate alive, obviously, it isn't going to preserve a dead body.

[@deathxiii634]

They showed the same closet - cadaver situation in Pose two weeks ago! In fact it seemed familiar, and now I understand the reference

[@CynRamirez]

Fish Nikolaev Bovary that’s what I was coming here to say too!

[@geodex9]

Recent episodes are based on PIB as well.

[@amandalovelace2772]

I was thinking the same thing. #Posefan

[@aleasegigirandall7137]

That pose episode was soooooo good!!!

[@ohohvalerie]

geodex9 which

[@Thetasigmaalpha]

My father was a coroner officer from the 90’s till he retired. A corpse was brought in a suitcase that had been hidden in a airing cupboard that had been duct taped up. He stayed with the pathologist as he counted insects to get a timeline.

[@SpikeFiremane]

I have an Addams Family vibe from the opening you know Uncle Knicknacks Summer Wardorbe, Uncle Knicknacks Winter Wardrobe, Uncle Knicknack

[@EmmaAppleBerry]

OMG YEEEESSSSSS !!! i was trying to figure out what the body in the garment bag in the closet reminded me of and my brain kept going addams family but i was like no dumb brain i know she has morticia/wednesday vibes im not thinking of her FOCUS whats it from and then i read your comment and realised oops i was right but didnt trust myself 😂😂😂 thanks for commenting i wouldve kicked myself for this i mean i still am but for a different reason haha.

[@SpikeFiremane]

I rewatched the scene I got it reversed It’s Winter then Summer

[@poponachtschnecke]

@@SpikeFiremane 🤣 your attention to accuracy is much appreciated.

[@SnowWolvesStorm]

I so thought that as well !!!! :)

[@asarishepard8171]

she should do that theme with her opening :P and snap

[@joanienewcomb7783]

"Floating in its own soup" That was so wrong in so many ways... when you showed a picture of real soup. Might be awhile before I'm able to have some soup again. Lol

[@mama2the4thpwr88]

Right I made this face 🥴 when I seen the picture of soup 🤣🤣

[@QUEERVEEART]

same that was so unsettling lol

[@Theturtleowl]

I was having lunch while watching. It was fruit and pot noodle soup... I did not finish my soup.

[@richieordeanidc536]

you'll never guess what i was eating while watching this video

[@kingexplosionmurderfuckoff9376]

Unfortunately, there's corpses in a lot of soups amd it's normalized.

[@HeatherHolt]

I died when I find out she had him in her closet during all those interviews in Paris Is Burning. What a mystery.

[@ishouldbestudying6554]

A cup of coffee, a plate of sandwich, and an cadaver crime upload. What a night!

[@lilJennm1992]

I watched with some coffee too and some doritos lol

[@gorillaau]

I had to make do with microwave popcorn.

[@QueenKeema86]

A cold beer and leftover fried chicken

[@brittanyr9471]

It's lunch time where I am, so ive got the same set up lol

[@lestatangel]

What? No soup? 😎

[@graphite2786]

"Oh lovely!" Said I, "An upload from my favorite KZbinr of death! I'll just curl up with her video and a bowl of this hearty peppered beef soup..... " 4:08 .... °_°

[@EmmaAppleBerry]

Ive never been more glad to be vegetarian tbh 😂😂😂

[@DorothyDollLee]

😂

[@IJustWantToUseMyName]

I often wonder why I eat anything during these videos, but here I sit with my lunch in hand. At least it wasn’t soup this time. lol

[@Blewisarts]

😂😂😂😂

[@Em_Elizabeth]

Can't see soup the same way now. 😅

[@3_up_moon]

She left her mark alright. Countless women and girls owe her a huge debt of gratitude.

[@xyz7572]

Why do women owe this person a debt of gratitude?

[@3_up_moon]

@@xyz7572 sexual predators kill women and girls

[@sibel2209]

So glad to see you uploading consistently again 🙏🏼

[@backwoods_monster]

Now I want to watch Paris is Burning again😭 Another wonderful video as always Caitlin!

[@MISFITaddict]

Do it!!!

[@jetsofaqua2206]

Ooof Wendy what happened lmao

[@anjailbakeer]

Yha I think it was self defense. She had a huge heart and was the ultimate MOTHAA... If I were in her position I wouldn't trust the police, either. I still don't get how there wasn't a smell tho.

[@elizabethhogan1610]

The plastic and fake leather it was wrapped in probably kept the smell in

[@gwencocoa]

It’s is incredibly tragic and disheartening that people, especially Black people, POC, and members of the Trans and LGBTQ+ communities have nowhere to turn for help in life-threatening situations like this one... truly, ACAB. These racist and discriminatory systems must be dismantled in order to protect human lives like they should have been in the first place. Black trans lives matter ❤️

[@Jm96RoCk]

A fuckton of lye probably

[@persom7824]

@@gwencocoa yeah, I completely agree with what you are saying and I do think that it was probably self defense. Truly saddening.

[@MagerialPage]

Yeah you would think the smell would creep through the crevices of the zipper or the little hole at the top of the zipper but maybe the flap that covers the zipper helped to trap in the smell.

[@felixc543]

I appreciate your respect and support towards the trans community And that you're frank about the issues within the community

[@sock2680]

Felix C the drag community and the trans community are two separate things.

[@felixc543]

Daniel RP I'm aware, I am trans- in the past there was less distinction though, most first person accounts I see from trans people during that time include a strong mingling, when full time transition was less of a viable goal, drag was a form of self expression and many drag queens did identify as transgender later down the line- Dorian Corey specifically was a woman and my comment was specifically referring to Kaitlin gendering her correctly and treating her story with nuance and respect instead of sensationalizing her experience

[@CommanderWiggins]

Wig? Snatched. Tea? Steaming. Body? Hidden.

[@deathxiii634]

HENNY

[@fancybachs657]

Body, body body! Thin! Trim! Streamlined!

[@iamgroot6965]

Hotel: trivago

[@ceaselessslayer]

What was in the soup? A BODYODYODY!

[@jenniferwise4860]

Shade? Thrown.

[@aSinisterKiid]

I'm willing to bet those often quoted "trade secret" solutions are often something simple like super glue/shelack/hair spray etc. But they always want to keep it a secret because if the general public found out it was something so simple or harmful/distasteful that they would get criticized for it.

[@dashopepper]

I was thinking that it's probably hair spray; it's one of those things they recommend to help get stains out of clothes. Buy the cheapest Dollar Store brand; the one that's filled with lacquer. Spray liberally on a stain; wait for it to harden (it separates the material fibres); pretreat; then wash. It probably stretches and hardens dessicated skin.

[@ApolosaCakau]

Floating in its own soup I'm never eating soup again 🤢

[@michaellefort6128]

Don't despair, it's more chowder than soup.

[@lestatangel]

Thank God have the ability to erase things like that from my memory. brb ( soup's on )

[@RoanNebunescu]

I'd say its more of a stew than a soup.

[@boopeep9670]

Michael Lefort NO ITS NOT, No Its Not, no it’s not ...la la lalalalalala (fingers in ears lol)

[@cristagalli96]

I had a Forensic Anthropology class right around lunchtime and my professor loved using food analogies so that was /fun/. I ate plain pasta for like three months straight.

[@lindamlacombe62]

Never heard of Dorian Corey before so I found this very interesting. Thanks

[@crabstick250]

Excellent documentary Paris Is Burning!

[@OceanSwimmer]

@@crabstick250 --- Would you please post a link? This doesn't sound like something I'd find in Wikipedia! Thank you : )

[@OceanSwimmer]

@@beautyonabarnbudget --- Thank you!

[@caveswater]

OceanSwimmer It’s on Netflix in the US last time I checked.

[@OceanSwimmer]

@@caveswater -- Thank you; I'll check it out! : )

[@luxi7193]

You should do an iconic corpse video on Lucy, the skeleton of one of the oldest and most complete skeletons of early human ancestors. She is on display at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

[@lemonybasil9423]

There is plenty of evidence suggesting Lucy is simply an extinct type of ape. Piltdown man, now there's a story

[@reesecamez6888]

@@lemonybasil9423 you mean the fraud?

[@electrictroy2010]

Lucy is the first ape that stood upright. Her ancestors evolved to Homo erectus

[@lachandashawna1003]

Wow great timing on this video I haven't heard of Dorian Corey but I did see last weeks episode of Pose when one of the house mother's did this and put the body in the closet. I love how shows recreate actual cases. Thx Caitlin

[@theesamnightingale2474]

A beautiful little cocoon

[@oscarhen1420]

pose is such a good show i stg

[@jayprivacc]

A new video from my Death Mom?! My life is already complete.

[@konnerdent4835]

J Riddle Karolina Żebroska is meme mum. Caitlin Doughty is death mum.

[@eurodara]

@@konnerdent4835 omg crossover I didn't expect

[@grimm5354]

Konner Dent my two most favorite moms

[@televisionaccount8442]

Pose has a subplot very similar to this. Elektra wrapped up the body the same way and everything.

[@mariahgiselle5957]

Television Account I was just thinking about that. Pose used ALLLOTTT of stories from the ladies of Paris is Burning

[@peachy.-sky4640]

And it’s a great show too it makes me wanna watch Paris is burning

[@babunumai1014]

sky it's on here! watch! Venus is my fave of the real ladies

[@jazwhoaskedforthis]

Spoiler pls

[@Bezwajp]

Also candy history is also based on Venus extravaganza.

[@KM-ld9ln]

When I saw the motif I saw “cadaver queen closet” and I thought we were getting a closet tour HSHS

[@gargwinvinesnake6961]

"SECRET corpse solution" my day was made

[@AmyTheRockStar1]

DUDE I WAS REWATCHING ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING AND I SAW YOU IN THE DEATH EPISODE!!!! I CANT BELIEVE I WATCH SOMEONE FAMOUS

[@burnyhigurashi]

Paris is burning changed my life, it's brilliant. And then we have a cadaver, so win win

[@TigTig-Kitty]

Paris is burning was such an eye opening film that really hit home and showed how hard it was to be part of the LGBTQ+ community. I'm so glad things have gotten better but we still have a very long way to go to make sure were seen as equals and have more rights withing the world!

[@MISFITaddict]

Yeees I love when my worlds collide!!! I've always thought about that trunk/bag being in the room while they filmed her. I've even let my curiosity speculate as to which trunk it is, or where in her house..maybe we've all seen it ...

[@giggles7179]

I don't know HOW I missed this one until now - I'm both a big fan of yours and I'm someone that has been fascinated by what has become the Dorian Corey legend for years. As a drag queen myself, I've got a lifetime of truly insane stories I've heard whispered through our little subculture and others I've personally accumulated over the years, but this one is likely the most jaw-dropping of all. Thanks for covering it!

[@donnerdonner315]

I KNEW IT!!! The minute I got the notification of this I KNEW the title was going to be about Dorian Corey!!!! I loved Paris is Burning, but this was such a bizarre twist to one of the queens highlighted in the film. Thanks for this post Caitlin!!! Love it!!!💖💀

[@chesbayboi]

Love your videos. When relocating my parents I was prepared. The only thing I wasn't prepared for finding out they did the bait and switch on the vault containing my mother. We were swindled over a Monticello sealer Vault and were given a vault that cost $1,300 less. She had water damage luckily she was high enough in the casket she was unscathed. 21 years later she looked as the day she died.

[@lividsnacks]

4:15 “Floating in its own soup” My stomach did a blackflip. 🤢

[@mishac6857]

Livid Snacks mine too

[@orbs1062]

🥵

[@KiwiLombax15]

I made the oh-so-clever choice to eat breakfast while watching this vid.

[@aazhie]

That soup image was NOT what I needed to see just then TBH XD Perfecly done for gross out effectt ha ha ha

[@Delicate_Disaster]

I've never been able to eat soup because it grosses me out, but this just sealed the deal and next time someone tries to convince me to eat soup in showing them this clip and ending the conversation indefinitely. Lol

[@mariogamundi1582]

I have been waiting for this episode ever since you started this series

[@stephaniecamplin9212]

Vinegar and Cat Liter! I literally spit my coffee everywhere. I truly appreciate your respect of the deceased and how you tell your story.

[@cortiees]

Caitlin, please do a video about the Biological Resource Center in Phoenix, Arizona. I would love to know your insight in such a horrible case of body donation after death.

[@mcrchickenluvr]

cortiees I’ve lived in Phoenix most of my life. My high school biology teacher worked there for almost three years. He got tired of the way bodies were being treated as though they weren’t someone’s sibling, child, friend or family member. He quit his job and got his teaching certificate. He told us about some of the shit they did, and yes, there was some of that involved too. He now works for with the county medical examiner. He assists the medical examiners with autopsies.

[@maripositamusic98]

Please do!!!

[@cofkavos]

I live in Phoenix and if I'm not mistaken, they took part in Body World, yeah?

[@d.r.bartlette3431]

I had this exact same thought!

[@madzness19]

CAITLIN TALKJNG ABOUT PARIS IS BURNING IS BRINGING TWO OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TOGETHER! Also I was always confused because they mentioned the corpse in the epilogue of the movie as if it was no big deal. And I was always confused as to why NO ONE seemed to care, even the people I was watching the movie with...

[@DiabolikalFollikles]

Mother Dorian was a fabulous performer AND designer. I would have paid a queen’s random to look through her gorgeous, extensive wardrobe. She DID “leave a mark in the world”. 🏳️‍🌈🖤🦋

[@wizardjokes]

"Queen's random" indeed. Random dead bodies in there.

[@jordanwilliams9300]

Caitlin: "I'm not very funny." Everyone: "WTF?!"

[@dmh1278]

Nearly this exact scenario was featured on the second season of the show Pose. The show covers the ball culture in the 80's in NY.

[@darkdistiller]

I remember hearing about this shortly after watching Paris is Burning in an "Where are they now" style article. It's good to get the details without sensationalizing it for click bait.

[@MarkAbeel]

I Margo Della Fargo visited Dorian Corey several times in her Harlem Apt with Chipper Moses and we didn't know there was a body in the closet, she was gracious and sold costumes but there was an element of bizarre sadness about it, later there was a play about her Dorian Corey's Closet and I always thought that I should have played myself in it..😮😢😅😊

[@wess9900]

Dorian Corey deserved better than being misgendered after her death and I'm glad you did not.

[@tibb75]

Well-researched and respectful. I'm hoping this will help quell all the damaging hearsay against Dorian Corey.

[@CommanderWiggins]

clmaynor No one asked.

[@TwitchyMoth]

@@clmaynor shhhhhuut up no one cares about your backwards opinion :)

[@la.princesa]

clmaynor and you're simply ignorant lmao

[@Laurabeck329]

SWhe is still a fucking murderor though

[@katiem6620]

Love your videos, it's Saturday night here and I'm watching with a glass of wine 🍷 can't wait for your new book!

[@KeKe-bv8qv]

It really amazes me sometimes just how quickly our minds can move. It must have been 1 second or less for her to connect the dots between a clothing bag you could estimate weighing as much as an adult and the horrific smell you could only get from something dead. And in that second or so made the decision to not look inside and instead hightail it out of there and call the police.

[@iLitAfuseiCantStop]

Finally, a creator who knows ones Patreon "supporters" are called "Patrons" not "Patreons."

[@anna-or5nm]

I work in an independent bookstore and we’ve had so many people preordering your upcoming book! (including myself)

[@mastring1966]

doesn't take away from her reputation? Hell, I'd speculate that it added to it. She took out an abuser or robber, and likely knowing just how much crap she'd get for reporting it, just shelved him in the "somebody else's problem" spot in her closet. The fact there was no great outcry about the disappeared guy says a lot about how much people thought of him in the first place.

[@coweatsman]

Talk about "coming out of the closet".

[@norayelton4510]

😆😆😆

[@crubs83]

Vastly underrated comment.

[@fredeemoon6053]

We all have skeletons i the closet

[@aditilalit2155]

😭😭😭😭

[@Robespierre-lI]

Ugh

[@karenmessinger9609]

Saw the title & knew I HAD to see the video. I was NOT disappointed. However I am now speechless.

[@CuriousWorldProductions]

Loved it. Never heard of this case.

[@scim523]

I guess you can say the corpse.. came out of the closet. haha comedy

[@4everMrsB]

Morbid but so funny 😅😅😅

[@stormbob]

When Ms. Corey said she had skeletons in her closet I didn't think she meant LITERALLY. :)

[@sharong8511]

I’ve been smiling at the top comments but yours is the first one to make me laugh out loud. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Harry-cy5vz]

TOPICAL

[@elc_mua]

Ba-dam-bum tssss

[@クロウ-y9i]

*”Harry Potter and the Cadaver in the Drag Queen’s Closet.”*

[@blueshell292]

Fuck yeah

[@viceramirez2563]

I'd watch that movie. :)

[@Rachel-fi4sc]

Given JK Rowling's rampant and violent transphobia, I feel like this wasn't the most tactful joke to make on this video.

[@boudicaastorm4540]

I first watched this video a while ago, but it has stuck with me so hard. I can't imagine how trapped someone like Dorian must have felt in such a situation, having been a person who belonged to a marginalized community in a number of ways. Even going to the police in 2022, who knows what would have happened to her? And the fact that she told her friends to shop her closet seems significant- it makes me wonder if she wanted them to find the body, like maybe she had been holding in a lot of guilt all those years but just didn't know how to tell anyone, even her closest friends. For them to find it first, before police or neighbors or whoever, they had the opportunity to consider Dorian as a person into the equation when deciding how to handle it. An average stranger or law enforcement going in there first, could have easily erupted into an opportunity for more negative propaganda about how people from Dorian's community were considered to be "degenerates" or "a bad influence to society" or whatever they used to say about anyone outside of the cishet white "wholesome family" ideal. "Goodness, think of the children!" and all that sort of thing. I don't think it's cool to kill anyone, so I'm not trying to defend that aspect of it, but I mean this definitely sounds like a case where a vulnerable person was kind of backed into a corner figuratively by society, and possibly literally by Bobby- he may have been trying to kill or severely injure her in her apartment after having an argument or something, and maybe she shot in self-defense, unfortunately we'll probably never know the whole story.

[@harimaj]

I’m screaming with excitement. Pose had a scene inspired by this!

[@mariahgiselle5957]

Courtney I thought I was the only one!!

[@j.w.2865]

You're not the only two!

[@brotherkate4014]

I was looking for this comment! :D This man got cocooned.

[@elenawinellcomposer]

I HAVE BEEN DYING FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A FULL LENGTH VIDEO ABOUT DORIAN COREY AND THE BODY THEY FOUND!!!! Thank you Caitlin!!

[@nickx1754]

9:24 The only false thing I’ve known Caitlin to say “I’m not very funny.”

[@RobinT346]

Thank you so much for your sensitive handling of this one. Especially with things the way they are in the UK and US for trans people at the moment, it would be all too easy for people to make something sensational and almost "blame" being trans for the murder. Acknowledging that the attitudes toward LGBT people, (especially trans BIPOC) actually made things harder and more complex is so important and a much more nuanced look at things.

[@murrin-]

Squawking "bURN IT, BURNNN ITTT" is me at any minor inconvenience with something

[@Sssssssslf]

It's me when I see a spider

[@murrin-]

@@Sssssssslf OH MY GOD WHAT A MOOD

[@theintern2960]

I just discovered this channel, but I've learned tons already and I'm absolutely enthralled.

[@sooof1839]

Ah, its been a while, I missed secret corpse liquids, its my fav recurring character

[@leviblevins513]

I really want to see a video about Queen Victoria. The woman so consumed with death... grief... and memorialization that it ushered in a whole new era where socially accepted death obsession reigned supreme. No modern generation was more obsessed with death then the Victorians! She had a picture of her husband taken in their marrital bed AFTER he died and then hung that picture of his dead body over his side of the bed where she slept next to it clutching one of his bed shirts until the day she died. 2019 also marks the 200th anniversary of her birth... Which Brits are celebrating as we speak.... so it's topical! She was in deep mourning for decades... and she obviously was in need of mental health counseling for grief... Something unheard of in her time that could have vastly changed her life.... Mental health acceptance is also topical... Just an idea from my cat....

[@annedavis3340]

This is a beautiful idea, I hope they do cover this

[@giggles7179]

Work, Mama Mortis! (If you've yet to receive an honorary drag name for yourself, I christen you as such - smash a bottle of champagne on something and enjoy whatever doesn't have glass in it afterwards). I've been a fan of your channel for quite awhile now and was stunned to have this episode pop up in my recommended videos today. As "Paris is Burning" and drag in general has enjoyed such a renaissance over the last few years, it never ceases to amaze me whenever I see the legend of Dorian Corey's infamous wardrobe discovery referenced, be it in a fictionalized plot line of "Pose" or in the archives of your magnificent channel! While I can't say it's been a flattering story for all the rest of us drag performers, it has at the very least served us well as a cautionary tale for the dwindling number of people out there who foolishly continue to underestimate a queen's ability to defend themselves. Thank you for always being an advocate for the more glittery underside of society! xoxox

[@SammiEffinG]

Absolutely love how respectful and well informed you are! Keep up the amazing work! Thank you for the content!! 💜💜💜💜

[@davidmayhew8083]

Paris is Burning is a masterpiece. This tidbit just adds a lovely black gracenote.

[@Delicate_Disaster]

"I Would listen to a true crime podcast hosted by this guy" I was thinking the exact same thing. I'm like this guy needs his own show. He sounds great lol

[@Miss_Wonderful1]

I love detective Figueroa's quote. Who could resist wrapping up a corpse? 😅

[@jen_chaos]

Wow this takes ‘skeletons in the closet’ to a whole new level.

[@lindasnow3960]

Girl, you're a trip! Just found your channel this week. Shared one of the videos with my daughter in Iowa! She loves you! She's been a "deathling" most of her life (which is probably quite a while before you started). She loves your work! I find the work thought provoking. You make me aware of stuff I never thought of before. Thanks 😊👍

[@fodonogue3]

Hi! Trans gal here and a big fan. I’ve watched you for a little while but am just now watching this. Thank you for how you approach talking about our community, even with things like this. Most are quick to assume the worst out of us and make us all out to seem like terrible people; this doesn’t do that. So thank you.

[@simona_ab]

I was missing your videos so I was binging on the old ones...again! 💻

[@rhig4566]

That's what I've been doing too ⚱⚰

[@buttonsnrubbish]

Have you listened to the podcast? Its how I get my fix. Check it out, it's called Death in the Afternoon

[@simona_ab]

@@buttonsnrubbish I will, thank you very much!

[@oddsandendsmenagerie6629]

I've been watching your videos for quite a few years. I've always had a morbid fascination I guess. My partner was suddenly killed in July and knowing what happens and what to expect has honestly helped a tonne. I just wanted to thank you for this channel and for sharing your knowledge. You've helped me in the hardest time of my life

[@palmereldritch7777]

...And so Dorian attains immortality and enters Legend. Mission accomplished. Never give up.

[@clee6059]

4:05 Sorry to anyone who's eating soup while watching this, lol

[@meganlovesdisneyandcrafts4780]

C Lee Really hope not, it’s a massive heat wave throughout the country.

[@JosephDavies]

I was. I laughed.

[@vicaroo001]

This is an amazing story. I ADORE Dorian Corey and can't imagine that anything she did was illegal -- but rather, self preservation. She was an amazing person and the most entertaining celebrity of her time and place. Rest in Peace, Dorian. You were a treasure!

[@isaacdinkins6200]

Would you maybe do a video about Venus Xtravaganza? She was always prominently featured in Paris Is Burning and was murdered while the documentary was still being filmed

[@puzzledinnewmotherhood8247]

Oh the looks I get for watching you at work... So worth scarring my guest's. Hahaha

[@LindseyN1223]

“The problem is I’m not that funny.” Girl, stop. You’re hilarious and have given me MANY hours of laughter. Seriously, your humor and energy has helped me through many bad days.

[@amberMonsta]

You didn’t even make a “skeletons in the closet” joke. Impressive.