TRULY the Worst Funeral Director of All Time

"Home in every sense of the word" - Lamb Funeral Home
...if "home" is packed full of burning corpses, so...
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**CREDITS**
Mortician: Caitlin Doughty
Producer & Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1)
Editor & Graphics: Landis Blair (@landisblair)
**SELECTED ADDITIONAL READING/SOURCES**
"A Mortuary Tangled in the Macabre"
www.latimes.com/archives/la-x...
"The Mortician and the Murderer"
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"Silence of the Lamb Funeral Home"
lawyersandliquor.com/2018/02/f...

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[@LKYme]

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[@heatherhartmann6056]

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[@catfeatherss]

I want to preorder, but can you tell me how to get one to Canada? I checked the indiebound link but it says it can only ship to us States and territories. I want a signed copy and a pin too!! 😢

[@bowmanwright532]

How fitting that a WWII veteran gave a tip that got “Little Hitler” arrested, it’s oddly satisfying.

[@scoobydoowhereareyou94]

those world war 2 veterans with experience of being around, a cadaver processing operation will get you every time. kind of mess up the argument of holocaust deniers also,with their facts and shit,they gained whilst actually being there

[@ContessaChalice]

Salute to that gentleman, wherever he is 🌅.

[@DeathNoteL456]

Didn’t even realize that.

[@thekelleejean]

You are SO RIGHT. 🙌

[@onderle666]

Uno reverse card 😂

[@andrewcraig1074]

If I had a nickel every time a college football star was forced to return to the family's crematory business and later committed atrocities, I'd have 2 nickels. Not a lot, but pretty weird that it happened twice.

[@theConquerersMama]

😂

[@Sleve-McDichael]

Very good 👏

[@timefoolery]

🤣🤣🤣

[@staytuned2L337]

Trade you a dime?

[@joeholecek8309]

Exactly and how do I know what's real and what's not? Since this should be so easy ? The easiest way to do this is only believe what I can not what's implied ? But would welcome help not threats

[@Archi.k8]

If your nickname is „little Hitler“ you should reeeeeaaally reconsider everything you’re doing.

[@purpleking6678]

@@carsonbarnesharp that was the WW2 vet who said that when he reported little hitlers new place.

[@Theturtleowl]

I find it weird that anyone would allow such a nickname. I mean, come on...

[@b.benjamineriksson6030]

@@Theturtleowl The same type of person that poisons a competitor to earn more money.

[@ZTanMURReneRs]

@@Theturtleowl- Yeah, consider the kind of people who would come up with that as a "fun nickname".

[@hideousruin]

@@IvyroseGullwhacker Everyone is racist

[@shoyo3367]

“don’t tell me i don’t know what burning bodies smells like” oh my god... that really hurt my heart that the man had to smell that smell again. my jaw literally dropped

[@cjsmalley5506]

Gods, right? Imagine going about your day, walking the dog, picking up the paper, yelling at those damned kids to get off your lawn when suddenly...Are you having a flashback? Going insane? Why are you smelling *that* scent again? Then realizing that the pottery makers down the street...their kilns are big enough for...and then to be right about it.

[@jesse100006]

The best way I can think of to describe the smell of a burning body is sticky. As in that it seems to stick in your nose and mouth. I can personally attest to the fact that once you have smelled a burning body you will never forget that smell.

[@skylerhall1537]

@@jesse100006 I cant even imagine that smell. I helped cremate some animals after our biology/anat&phys class was done dissecting them and that smell was awful! To imagine a person burning makes my stomach jump

[@Coyoteari]

Jesse Hofeling oof, I work processing roadkill for research and taxidermy, and THAT smell usually sticks in my nose for the rest of the day - I can’t imagine how much worse burning would make it

[@englishruraldoggynerd]

Once you have smelt death you never forget it. It’s like some deep collective memory has been hardwired into our hidden consciousness.

[@endergamer7483]

*”Dont tell me what burning bodies smell like I was at the ovens at Auschwitz”* Damn, that must have been a call to be on. More than likely they were simply humoring him and blowing him off, but probably shut up at the point. Honestly he’s the unsung hero of this tale.

[@staytuned2L337]

Sometimes I skim through comments before i watch a video (Im just shy of a minute and a half) and uh...hooboy it looks like this is going to be...interesting

[@justvibin1447]

Like a bucket of ice water dropped on your soul, really. Bless that poor man. What a survivor.

[@the0thermother]

My father was one of the bodies lost in this nightmare. I can't even begin to tell you how much pain they inflicted on my family.

[@crazyk831]

Imagine getting on the internet just lie

[@ipaziamercury9942]

@@crazyk831 Imagine getting on the internet and being an useless rude and cruel troll... May you disappear.

[@megannason3649]

Wow, I’m so sorry to hear that! How heartbreaking 😢

[@artsyscrub3226]

​@@crazyk831 Yeah because nothing ever happens right? There was tons of families they are garenteed to have some people on the internet that happens to watch ask a mortician expecally since she constantly calls out the funeral industry and educates people on the death process it would be comforting and would help regain trust in some funeral homes and what red flags to look out for last time

[@Gravelgratious]

​@@crazyk831 you are not the main character.

[@helloitisi9394]

The fact that "little Hitler" was supposed to be an affectionate/funny nickname absolutely disgusts me.

[@ElizabethTheJedi]

I agree 100%.

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

Me too…horrified.

[@alexandreaanderson514]

Same

[@moniqueforrester674]

I'm volunteering to protect Caitlin when this dude gets out of prison.

[@collapsingnewpunkie]

We can form a human shield !

[@msoda8516]

Monique Forrester I’ll take the night shift

[@CiaranHoyt]

Monique Forrester I can see it now, this dude gets out of jail and INSTANTLY hundreds of Deathlings jump him.

[@madcat4301]

@@CiaranHoyt I can see David running back and pounding on the prison door. He screams at the guards: "Hey! Let me back in! These people are trying to kill me!"

[@hollycaffeinatednerdgirl940]

I'm on it!! I'm small but mighty! I'll take him out at the knees. 😄 **reporting for Caitlin protection squad **

[@juliasmith960]

"Truly the worst funeral director of all time." Me: a bold statement there, Caitlin. *watches video* ...the panel is willing to accept this statement as fact.

[@AT-sx2jp]

My first thought when I saw the title was “Ohh no Caitlin you’ve never resorted to clickbait before don’t start now” Then I watched the video.... I should have never doubted her.

[@JeniJustJeni]

I saw the title and thought it was probably Lamb Funeral Home. I first heard about it from The Dollop comedy podcast about messed up stuff in history. allthingscomedy.com/podcasts/81---the-lamb-funeral-home

[@salenebrom6476]

Julia Smith 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@pamelasmith7740]

A funeral director sa a corpse is right up there next to little hitler.

[@sarahamira5732]

Nothing says "I peaked in my late teen years" than being part of "The Boys™", and driving around intimidating funeral home competition and trying to beat the record of "How Many Bodies Can We Fit In That Retort?!?!?!"

[@redlamb]

And calling your bro “little hitler” for how many human bodies he burns

[@thomassullins8690]

maybe while driving in a lifted truck with a loud muffler . . .

[@AK-jt7kh]

For the record, my cat isn’t going to hesitate to eat my eyeballs. He’s already trying to eat my face on a nightly basis despite my obviously “alive” status.

[@blueshell292]

Ah.

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

That's adorable

[@heroic_antagonist759]

Ngl this gave me a laugh, good luck with your muncher!

[@judithsixkiller5586]

Feline non verbal communication is so often misunderstood! From the gentle love nibble to the brisk " HEY, WAKE UP AND FEED ME! pinch.

[@Myrea_Rend]

Aww, I have a cat that tries to "groom" my nose with licks and nibbles the same way he grooms himself and his sister. He doesn't know how sharp his teeth are.

[@MellowJelly]

ALL THAT and he was sentenced to 5 years And now he's in prison for ...... forging bus tickets

[@nunyabiznez6381]

Pick your victims wisely. Victimize a private citizen and you will get a slap on the wrist. Steal a few cents from the government and expect the book thrown at you will lightening speed and the full force of fury.

[@Aoskar95]

Tax fraud is what landed al Capone in Alcatraz

[@fortunerookie6067]

America has a legal system not a justice system

[@aurorawaxwing5866]

I think the hit man was the reason he is still in prison. Not that the US legal system is good, because he should have never been allowed to run a funeral home in the first place.

[@bobbiedaniel9347]

That's right I think the commenter who said that we have legal system and not a justice system is totally correct, but! Sometimes they book them on charges like this that are easier to prove so that they can make sure that they're in jail. Or that they can detain them while they investigate and work on an additional charge or case.

[@googlegoogle-ye4mx]

I think this guy is a bad funeral director.

[@ladymaiden2308]

You think, LMAO?🤣

[@greepism]

hm...maybe

[@CheshireCad]

I agree, he does not seem to be very good. There's definitely room for improvement.

[@hj6507]

I think you might be being a bit harsh

[@trude8073]

I wouldn't call him bad. Maybe "room for improvement"?

[@rickoshay3886]

My father is a war veteran and I told him about the old man smelling the burning bodys. His response was! I can still smell them, you never forget that smell..

[@allisonjames2923]

Paramedic not war vet, but he’s right.

[@daviddonaghy6494]

Nope. Nothing else has the same smell.

[@jencg7501]

I can't even imagine the memories all who serve have. Please thank him for his service. God bless him

[@blusnuby2]

My Dad was one of the first contingent of GIs that blew the lock off of an entrance gate to Dachau back in April 1945. He never forgot 'that stench,' & all of it`s HORRORS, either.....

[@viceb7]

Omg that poor old man having to remember the smell of burning bodies, that is horrific

[@WobblesandBean]

That one struck me pretty hard.

[@princessadrigirl6774]

“ Don’t tell me I don’t know what burning bodies smell like” gave me chills

[@Naivemetaphysics]

PrincessAdriGirl same

[@fortusvictus8297]

And just consider, if he had to take that kind of tone and confrontational quote...how many calls to complain had been made before and been ignored?

[@drunkensquirrel7545]

That's awful. What an abomination. {shivers}

[@ReubenWalton]

How does he know?

[@knight671]

Reuben Walton He was a WW2 Veteran who experienced death on a massive scale, and was witness to the gas chambers at Nazi concentration camps. Just awful...

[@MissingmyBabbu]

Imagine being someone who saw all the horrors of Auschwitz, and having that be what tips you off that something real messed up is going down nearby.

[@LostJedi26]

It would be horrible. Traumatic and difficult to have a smell take you back to such a horrific place. That poor veteran. I really feel for them...

[@MissingmyBabbu]

@@LostJedi26 I do too. Smell is (iirc) one of the most effective ways to jog memory. I can't even imagine the horror he must have felt, and then it got dragged up again by this place.

[@opalishmoth8591]

SliceofBri Yeah Clearly the official was skeptical... Hence the “DON’T TELL ME I DON’T KNOW WHAT BURING BODIES SMELL LIKE- I WAS AT THE OVENS AT AUSCHWITZ” You don’t pull out that card on a whim

[@Poefeathyr]

Things we’ve learned: let people go to art school, let people play football

[@JosephM]

He'll be released in 2 years from now. Hide yo corpses and hide yo bones

[@jennifer60515]

@ Joseph M. They commingling e’rybody out here. 😂

[@pumpkinprincess3786]

ts ironic that "little Hitler" got busted by someone whos been to Auschwitz

[@judithsixkiller5586]

@Jodes Naughties I wish that you could give comments upvoted on KZbin like you can in reddit and imgir, This part of the thread is dead "On Pointe"!

[@michaellopez215]

LOL !! Too good !!

[@lightsinthesky4989]

That poor old man would have had to smell the smell of the most traumatic moments of his life.

[@nunyabiznez6381]

The thing is that over time you don't notice the smell any more. You only really smell it the first few weeks you work in such a place or after being away on vacation for a couple of weeks. It is an unpleasant smell but not nearly as unpleasant as when you first load in a floater. I am guessing that he did not live right next door but rather a few blocks away and only smelled it when the wind was right, that way he never got desensitized to it. Someone working there wouldn't have noticed the smell after a while and probably didn't realize how much it was in the air.

[@dammitttman8]

@@nunyabiznez6381 no,, you know that smell

[@missmoxie9188]

I know!!!!!!!

[@kgb8825]

@@nunyabiznez6381 m

[@saragarofano6471]

Considering smell is closely tied to remembrance, it must have been SHITTY

[@Hinzmana]

That must have been really traumatic for the WWII veteran.

[@SubsonicNoise]

Hinzmana For real. I could imagine the smell alone could trigger PTSD flashbacks.

[@pomfpomf]

I’ve heard that those smells never really leave your nose; like they’re burned inside. Not to mention that you’re more likely to remember smells than anything else.

[@floridamusings5244]

Hinzmana the olfactory system is the most linked to memory.

[@jyryk4623]

I wonder though, was he a holocaust survivor or one of the guards?

[@thepilotofepic]

@@jyryk4623 probably one of the liberators

[@lilithium3940]

As soon as you said "ceramics" I sat up in my bunk bed and actually hit my head on the ceiling bc I hadn't realized till then that I had actually been taught about this incident in my HS ceramics class!

[@mudfishnick9768]

Wow...

[@michaeleyre9318]

Brings back memories. As a young attorney, I was involved with the Sconce-Lamb Coordinated Cremation Cases. You didn't mention the procedure for harvesting teeth for the gold fillings was called "popping chops" and "making the pliers sing."

[@ladyrazorsharp]

I did a full body cringe when she started talking about him yanking out body parts. Yiiiiii-iiikes.

[@isasou1307]

holy shit

[@brandes8057]

Thats irrelevant, tbf 🥴

[@charlieseen]

Oh! Thanks for that horrific little detail! Is this the grossest case you've been on, or have you seen horrors beyond our comprehension?

[@serahloeffelroberts9901]

I remember reading that when the original host of Masterpiece Theater, Alastair Cook, passed away the funeral home actually removed his legs and sold them to a company that supplied doctors and dentists with cadaver bone. So only Alastair s top half was in the coffin. Who knows how many people got his remains incorporated into their body. I myself received cadaver bone to rebuild my jaw and sometimes I wonder.

[@sarahsalvatore2654]

The “Tiger King” of the funeral industry. Oof

[@martiwest1753]

????

[@ambitiously_]

Marti West You have google. Look up the Tiger King 🙄 The 120 people who liked the comment understood the reference.

[@brayden1104]

Oh my gosh I was thinking the exact same thing

[@idrk3707]

@@ambitiously_ girl stfu

[@GoGirl311]

Tha Carol Baskin of funerals....get it right.

[@zsuzsmoux6109]

"Lil Hitler" sounds like the worst mumble rapper I can imagine.

[@LostJedi26]

That's terrible! I laughed. Aaaand I think that's my cue... I'm going to bed now. I feel bad for laughing at that. It's not funny. Maybe discomfort, shock? What a horrible nickname.

[@MichaelmaxxxxX]

Literal LOL!!

[@terrapin1967]

HAHAHAHA 😂

[@toby-jeanne_almy]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭

[@BelleFlower15]

Search KZbin for the Lil Hitler video by Robot Chicken. It's a classic.

[@jennifercunningham7719]

My family is one of the many families that was hurt by this monster. It caused a lot of mental issues with me. I'm sure it is also true of other people in my family. Such a lack of good morals and conscience. Still makes me cry sometimes when I think of it.

[@debbied7035]

I lived in Pasadena as a young adult. I used to drive by the Lamb funeral home often. I remarked to an acquaintance that that business had been there for ages. They looked really uncomfortable and said softly "those are really bad people....f'king sick f'ers" I just kinda shrugged it off. But it all came back to me watching this video. I wonder just how much that person knew? This was about 1975.

[@chinchilladivine81]

Never has the term “gross earnings” been more appropriate.

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

Someone had to tell the dad joke.

[@Yummicookie1979]

😂😂😂

[@KH-eo6lg]

Good one lololol

[@chinchilladivine81]

Rowynne Crowley yeah.... I miss my dad a lot... and you’re right, that joke was right up his alley, lol

[@KatieCatWalker]

I spat my drink out! Thank you for the laugh 😂🤣

[@liulfrmcshane]

Well that was a wild, wild ride. Something for everyone: greed, possible murder, a leg clogging the ventilation system...

[@laurak5838]

Don't forget the flaming foot!

[@gorillaau]

@@laurak5838 After that he didnt have a leg to stand on.

[@InvaderTak176]

@@gorillaau or a foot for that matter

[@gorillaau]

@@InvaderTak176 Where did he get his foot in the door?

[@MissLilyputt]

And a WWII vet who can smell dead people.

[@jonathonsexton4668]

As soon as you said "13 corpses" I could tell where this was going. Did not expect it to take 38 before we got a flaming crematorium.

[@SadisticSenpai61]

Mega props to that WWII vet! Damn! I mean I'm glad that he was finally able to get someone out there to investigate, but it really sucks that he had to smell that again.

[@Kalvin5]

"A flaming human foot fell out..." Conversation at the donut shop must've been interesting later.

[@93MANIAC]

Yeah if those pore cops ever got their appetite back

[@LannasMissingLink]

I love the title "ex college football player" to a European like me, that just sounds like "someone who used to have a hobby" pretty funny to hear it

[@antthegord9411]

college football in america is way overhyped and overfunded. it should just be a hobby but shitty people who can catch a ball well and run fast get paid millions of dollars to run fast and catch a ball well.

[@HT-pl8du]

Lol that’s how it sounds to Americans too

[@allthatheavenwillallow2933]

@@antthegord9411 dont pretend like football in european countries doesn't exist

[@CreepyHandedMan]

@@allthatheavenwillallow2933 In Europe you don't get scholarships and access to universities just on the basis of a sport though.

[@MinatheRaichu]

@@allthatheavenwillallow2933 you mean rugby?

[@tracymoorhead8307]

When Daddy died in 2006, Mom and I went through the process of taking care of his remains. We had been through the wringer prior to his passing a mere 5.5 hours earlier! We were seriously punch drunk, no one was in the mortuary while we were waiting so we strolled by the caskets, urns, and ridiculously expensive cremation diamonds! At any given moment one of us would bring up an odd factoid about Daddy and we’d start quietly laughing together! When the gentleman from the mortuary sat down with us things just got worse!! We knew exactly what we wanted, cremation, no burial, scatter at Punchbowl, unfortunately no diamond or art piece (damn - too expensive), and we would pick up the remains in just a bag or plastic container though we had to be sure we could take it on a plane to Hilo, We had plans that we discussed and we stuck with them! We got to the end of the meeting and the nice man (who now knew we were crazy)! All of this was new to us, so I hesitantly asked how you know that the ashes you get are your loved one! I had seen two piles of what looked like off white material outside of two large delivery doors, I continued by telling him that Daddy was only about 180lbs so how many scoops would he be?? That poor man, he finally cracked a huge smile and explained that the two piles of stuff wasn’t remains, and he showed us the rather secure “Tupperware” type container we would receive! He had only one more question for us, did we want flower holder on Daddy’s marker at Punchbowl? We had seen them so we were interested until he told us it would be $190.00, I can still hear Mom’s “Hell No” reply then all 3 of us busted up! He thanked us for making his day start with a laugh!! Daddy was scattered off the coastline on Hawaii, up at Kilauea (with good Gin and flowers for Pele), and very respectfully up at Punchbowl...it rained for the whole service!!! Thanks Daddy!! Until today I had thought of so many things about death but didn’t know who, or how to ask without shame or fear!! I was raised and still live here on Oahu! Thank you Caitlin and all of your many fans!! 🌺

[@pickingwilddaisies945]

Imagine the flashbacks the world war 2 veteran kept having when he was smelling the burning bodies. Thank god he spoke up and told the right people

[@allyssamccray7380]

"Lamb Funeral Home; you kill em, we grill em. This is David speaking"

[@LostJedi26]

OOMG! I cracked up laughing with that one!

[@luxlagerfeld]

LMAO this sent me!

[@shananagans5]

lol That was the outgoing message on my answering machine through most of the late 80's. That and "You stab em, we slab em." or "You choke em we smoke em." "You smash em we ash em." Back in the 80's it was kinda the teenager thing to come up with funny outgoing messages for our answering machines.

[@Fandango541]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Roaring with laughter whilst rolling on the floor. That was awesome!!!

[@Fandango541]

@@shananagans5 🤣🤣🤣Dude, that is so awesome!

[@shekinahgonzalez3904]

You're telling me that this man had a strange addiction to burning bodies and his last name was Sconce???? Like? The decorative thing that ACTUALLY holds fire? The world is a weird place.

[@rebeccagunther4030]

JK Rowling was on to something.

[@calvotama6460]

PWOAAAAAHHH

[@gothamhandley9867]

I live in Macon, Ga- not even a mile from a crematory. You DEFINITELY KNOW when it's a "burning" day. The smell PERMEATES the air with this sickley sweetish, thick, invisible fog of singeing human flesh and char. It is horrible. I could only imagine how bad it would be without that second chamber I've heard you speak of. 🥵

[@NovemberXXVII]

I find it deeply ironic that a dude named Sconce caused a fire specifically by overstuffing the small recessed openings in his crematory wall.

[@CrystalSaysSo]

The PIN!!! Sing it with me... "Caitlyn's Head" 🤣❤️

[@guardiansanimalrescuestate7289]

Lol. That's one of my favorite videos of hers. Bentham's head. Lol

[@CrystalSaysSo]

@@guardiansanimalrescuestate7289 😉 Mine, too! ❤️

[@Miss_Wonderful1]

@Crystal Sez Yeeeees! That was I was singing as soon as I saw the pin 😂

[@Jazzy.girl.Sarah2023]

Haha perfect!

[@CrystalSaysSo]

@@Miss_Wonderful1 Lol, YES!! 😂

[@Aconitum_napellus]

Never trust failed football stars that want to help get rid of your dead.

[@bluegenes801]

*RUGBY PLAYERS EAT THEIR OWN DEAD*

[@robertwyness2464]

Makes Al Bundy reference about making 4 touchdowns in a single game!

[@chriscash7779]

@@robertwyness2464 ...MARRIED W C WAS FUNNY, AS LONG AS THE STEVE CHARACTER WAS ON IT. AFTER THAT, WENT TO CRAP. RED GRANGE!!!🤗🤣😂

[@robertwyness2464]

@@bluegenes801 In there defense they ate the pilots first!!!!

[@urmorph]

Didn't Plato say something like that? Or was it Confucius?

[@caffeinatedkatie4696]

My mother's remains sat in the kitchen for a few weeks. I'd come home from school and say hi mom and tap the top of the container. Mail even started to stack on her. We didn't have money to go to where she wanted her ashes scattered so her just sitting in the kitchen became kinda a morbid joke in my family.

[@xxwhispersxx2856]

My mom carried my dad's ashes around in her car for nearly a year. We couldn't figure out where to spread him, and then I Remembered one day my dad joking that he wanted to spread in the back yard where the dogs went to the bathroom. So I did. Haha, not all of him, only a handful. We have a vinyard on our property which he worked his ass off on, and most of him went there, and then around by his beloved garage (disconnected from the house and several yards away) where he worked on his classic cars.

[@caffeinatedkatie4696]

@@xxwhispersxx2856 lol that's great. We spread her a Naples beach in Florida. It where my mom and Dad had their honeymoon. I found out years later it was illegal(we did it at the shoreline) Oops!

[@nunyabiz6925]

My dog 🐶 ashes are in the kitchen. It was her favorite place to be lol. I say hi every time

[@DominicNJ73]

Sounds like my best friend when his father died several years back. They put his cremains with his beloved dog's...in a Milk Bone tin that sat on top of the fridge. The worst (?) part was that they had the money to bury him but he didn't wanna go in the ground until my friend's mom died (which she did a few years later).

[@alcodie1558]

I remember a story of a funeral home down in one of the Southern States , where the guy instead of cremating the bodies he was just taking out into the swamp behind his funeral home and dropping them off for the gators . When he got caught he said he had no money to fix his crematorium ..... His excuse didn't work !

[@k.morningstar7983]

....he was getting the gators accustomed to human flesh. i'll let that sink in.

[@noesunyoutuber7680]

@@k.morningstar7983 That's a lot of effort to dispose of probably just one or two bodies.

[@HeronCoyote1234]

I think that was TriState, which Caitlin mentioned. She did a video on them. Not nearly as disgusting and reprehensible as this one, but still…

[@gummy5862]

Did he just give the families fake ashes?

[@replygirlcom]

Me: I'll just watch one video. 5 hours and several "Ask a Mortician" videos later: I'll watch just one more and do something else.

[@knight671]

Her channel is absolutely addicting! It’s actually helped me cope with my fear of corpses. It’s very safe here :)

[@jessicaaudate]

Yes. I just found a new channel: Fascinating Horror. I have to pace myself and do 3ish a day

[@246kisses]

I’m currently doing that now lol I just found this channel yesterday

[@jessicaaudate]

@@246kisses you are in for phenomenal time!

[@teaspoonsofpeanutbutter6425]

Popping videos are the same. Just.one.more.....

[@WerewolfStyleGuide]

Sometimes I wonder if I'm a bad person and then I hear stuff like this and think, "You're doing ok, Nix. Not too bad at all."

[@musicfeind]

Funny but true. And I needed to hear that, so thank-you.

[@splehcar]

Same.

[@goodun2974]

Werewolf style guide: "Werewolves of London is actually a very serious song. We all have a wolf and a lamb inside of us and we need to make them live together.". David Lindley. Although perhaps this particular person named Lamb let the Wolf eat him from the inside out entirely.

[@STYLESBYLIFEBEAUTYNMORE]

Big facts

[@nunyabiznez6381]

No matter how bad you are there's always someone badder, well at least up until you get to the Hitler level or um little Hitler level.

[@CraigNuzum]

I remember my uncle got to go help clean up the tri-state cremation scandal in Gerogia, he was there for weeks cleaning up that mess. If the machine is broken fix it.

[@nancymills1884]

As an ex- funeral home deathling I am so enjoying these videos. We recently had a funeral director who didn’t embalm a few bodies (8) for a few months. He also didn’t have a refrigerator to keep them in. Things got nasty in so many ways.

[@ladyrazorsharp]

Oh. Oh lord.

[@roseweed1468]

Damnit Caitlyn! The sight of you in that football picture made me laugh so loud I woke up my husband!

[@nishkaghzala762]

I actually laughed so hard that i almost veered into incoming traffic 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jf9488]

Angela Crase i LOL also!!! 👍🏻

[@chinchilladivine81]

Y’all are watching while DRIVING?! Oh god, please don’t end up an episode of Ask a Mortician!

[@roseweed1468]

Lol Straight up caught me off guard! Please be careful driving!!!

[@trottyong]

@@nishkaghzala762 i mustve missed it. Some jerk almost veered into me when i got to that part. 😉 Be careful!

[@alyshamcalpine2238]

oh my god they really gave the families a variety pack of ashes

[@tangenty6987]

I should not be laughing I should not be laughing I should not be laughing OF COURSE I'M LAUGHING 😂

[@Fluffy_666]

CORPSE PUZZLE

[@gari2250]

Corpse party mix

[@welchsgum7195]

sampler

[@aritheick7775]

FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

[@kitrobins4469]

Well, you know what they say. Home is where the heart is ... stolen and sold to a third party

[@BlueIdiotPie]

*is rewatching this video in 2022* "he's not up for parole until 2022" oh great, just what we need right now, this guy

[@AtlasInTheWest]

“Wait there’s more!” What do you mean there’s MORE

[@meetalexa5169]

Puzzlebox 101 I am 8 minutes in and can’t believe she keeps on going, the fuck

[@WeRNthisToGetHer]

This should have been called "Silence of the Lamb's Funeral Home"

[@fionnlaghhenstra8736]

Yasss, finally someone who makes some sort of same reference lmaooo

[@yellowwoodstraveler]

I came looking for this comment.

[@atom_gray]

"it puts the eyeballs in the coke can..."

[@acme01]

12:36 ok, the skull definitely just moved by itself.......

[@BlackReshiram]

Never expected that I like being called a "deathling".

[@natalieobman5018]

"Well officially founded in 1984 when he filed the paperwork" Oh no.

[@goodun2974]

Apparently California just shut down some 300 cannabis dealers because they haven't filed the requisite paperwork for nearly 2 years. Apparently some businesses feel it should be OK to harvest, sell and burn pretty much whatever organic material you want without having to file any paperwork.

[@rickc2102]

@skeleton good 'un was just joking, bro, take a chill pill... from someone with the requisite paperwork of course.

[@Orangecataura]

@skeleton stop being so soft

[@BritneyHIAM]

@skeleton oh no we have the druggie getting offended that someone mentioned his precious weed

[@terryenby2304]

Services that use dangerous equipment , handle toxic or potentially dangerous substances and/or handle human remains should always be properly registered and safe. Skeleton, I am open to the idea of legalising drugs (addiction is very much a social and mental health problem, not a substance problem) however, anyone handling any drug should be 18yrs old, have a clean criminal record (or no unsuitable offences) and be in a suitably registered business place. That INCLUDES caffeine (especially in stronger quantities like energy drinks or tablets). All drugs can be safe or beneficial when used with awareness of risks and interactions. All drugs can be dangerous and potentially cause great harm when given at the wrong time, with the wrong combination or in an unsafe way. People need to understand risks and dangers. Many people simply do NOT have the understanding to do that. You might, but not everyone does. As a precaution the system should step in and register each seller company/charity/etc. And whether the staff are over 18 (or 21 or the legal age in that country) and trained to offer appropriate advice. Ask about the prescription medication and health problems a person has. For example: cannabis has not been linked to any deaths I know about (but I haven’t studied that tbh). But it is linked to psychosis and development of paranoia and disassociation in people who use it before the age of adulthood (or was last time I checked a few years ago). It may interact with strong painkillers and other drugs that cause central nervous system depression (sleepiness and slow breathing) so if people are on high doses of those or more than one of them they need to be cautious as they could suddenly stop breathing even from a low dose of cannabis on top. Just like a heroine overdose.

[@OlgaSPN]

The pin was such a great opportunity for "Caitlyn's head" jingle at the end! That WWII veteran is the real MVP. But it's pretty horrifying that this was the part of his war experience to have a "practical" application later in life.

[@SensualWhirl]

Olga Yeah, out of all the horrific things mentioned in the video, the idea of an old soldier alerting the authorities because he knew the scent of burning bodies when he smelt it... that jolted me a little. Imagine fighting the real Hitler, and then decades later some swindling jock prick calling himself ‘little Hitler’ sets up shop in your neighbourhood. You couldn’t make it up. It just goes to show that atrocities happen on many different scales, but there are also heroes stepping up to the mark.

[@everestnelson-crawford3897]

Cool story, but all I got from it is you can fit a maximum of 37 corpses into a retort before it catches fire.

[@pettyblood_]

this is the best type of story where it just continually gets worse and worse even when you think it couldn’t possibly get worse

[@romeosvengalli]

If there were people like you in the NFL, I'd actually watch football.

[@alisgray]

IKR? I was so confused and hopeful when Chris Kluwe started acting like a decent person in public. But ofc he's not playing anymore.

[@aprilarmstrong6684]

I mean, have you seen some of the NFL headlines?? There's quite a few that sound just like this gem of a funeral director for sure. They may not be like Caitlin, but there's plenty of Aaron Hernandez shock value out there.

[@romeosvengalli]

@@aprilarmstrong6684 I meant more people that are like Caitlin. Not the repressed murderer Hernandez. Total difference there if you didn't notice.

[@retiredamericanpatriot5571]

Missed opportunity...."HE PLANNED TO DOMINATE THE CREMATORIUM INDUSTRY BY CREMATING THE COMPETITION"...😎

[@antifagoat6591]

Pretty sure that was the intention of "killing" the competition.

[@Harry-cy5vz]

@@antifagoat6591 "We'll kill the competition and cremate them too!"

[@knight671]

I can’t even imagine what that Veteran experienced at war, having to smell burning flesh must have been traumatic to experience yet again...horrible.

[@msthecommentator2863]

The disgust on her face when she says his nickname cracks me up.

[@deliciamarshall2952]

I just moved in with my boyfriend about a month ago. Let’s just say he was....unprepared for my obsession with your videos 😂 oops 🤷🏾‍♀️ Update: He joined in on my binge watching last night. You have a new fan!

[@domeniquekane]

Time to move out

[@p1rgit]

is it any consolation to him that - would he believe that Caitlin's best quality is her voice? and that's why you watch her vids? ;) or second best, depends. if all youtubers had such pleasant voice and style of storytelling, i'd watch anything... maybe will draw a line at makeup tutorials, but just maybe :) definitely she is top and more, being interesting and pleasant.

[@4stringm]

My wife was like that, but she is even more afraid that I could fall in love with Caitlin, she knows my taste... ;c)

[@adopteddivide31]

We stan

[@belmum1689]

While watching u could to bring up getting life insurance on him.

[@chrisraney1996]

"Shady Cremations" almost sounds like a legit business name.

[@NEEDbacon]

Shady Cremations, Enjoy death in the shade

[@richards-c1682]

Eminem's cremation business.

[@Dargonhuman]

It makes me think of a combination retirement home/crematorium. Like, the retirement home is called something bland like "Shady Oaks" or "Shady Acres" and the management of the crematorium side called it "Shady Cremations" to go with the retirement home name but didn't quite think it all the way through. Of course, putting a crematorium next to a retirement home would be it's own version of "not thought all the way through", but I digress.

[@cannedmusic]

@@Dargonhuman or "Shady Pines"?

[@antifagoat6591]

Shady Oaks FINAL Retirement Village...

[@thehumanperson7448]

You know it's going to be wild when the murder is almost forgotten about

[@maneckineckbeard1749]

The part about the eyeballs in cans reminds me of a story my mom tells about when she was a med tech in Gary, Indiana in the late 1950s. One of her jobs was to take tissue samples to the pathology department, and evidently they used empty cottage cheese containers to hold breasts that had been removed in mastectomies. You truly can't make this stuff up. Nobody in my family has ever been able to look at cottage cheese again. And now...I'll also have the same feeling about empty soda cans!

[@printedjays8512]

WHAT- Actually, I can completely see that happening. Moms do love to use those old containers

[@0tterMom]

"Little Hitler's" dreams of being a star, dashed. Hmm... Sounds oddly familiar. At least he actually got into school first. 😂

[@gokinezula1689]

unus annus, UNUS ANNUS!

[@Oscar__D]

Memento Mori

[@wiskeeamazingdancer4964]

Even removing gold teeth from the victims. That is so nazi it hurts.

[@chrissmith1321]

Cremation

[@deutschland403o2]

Hell even the guy from Lamb’s funeral home would have had to burn 22 bodies a day with a single oven without a single day off or breakdown, 24 hours a day to reach the 8,000 number

[@Leah-xh1rc]

"David's cremation business was on fire!" *painful delivery*

[@Miss_Maggie]

🤭

[@hollycaffeinatednerdgirl940]

***ba dum tss***

[@BennyLlama39]

It was *lit* huh? 😀

[@ritaloy8338]

Groan!

[@anyaklum8757]

I was interrupted by an ad watching this but I'm not annoyed, I'm just impressed that this video is still monetized!

[@mudfishnick9768]

That, or a result of the info I heard about KZbin starting to play ads on ALL videos, even ones already demonetized.

[@Eliza524]

Caitlin, I had the odd curiosity after re-watching some of your old gems and looked David Sconce up and noticed the California Department of Corrections website listed him as being paroled...yesterday. 😟

[@kittymervine6115]

I'm looking at my husband, who played football, and did in college until he was injured. I mean, what is lurking in his brain???

[@SoulDelSol]

U dont wanna know, all those brain injuries ..

[@m.a.d.m.5425]

Get out while you still can lol

[@p1rgit]

my semi-educated guess: not much... ;)

[@mybubbles5552]

Kitty Mervine aww not all football players have bad thoughts. 👌

[@pmd1973]

I feel like you just pitched a Breaking Bad replacement series to AMC

[@RealLuckless]

Would "Burning Bad" be too on the nose? Maybe "Bad Burnings"?

[@yarixzamendoza6314]

damn ikr. I would actually watch that lol

[@theblackbaron4119]

@@RealLuckless Burning Buns and Burning Nuns new on TMZ

[@sadiejosiemom]

@@RealLuckless Burnt to a Crisp!

[@lesliehorwinkle]

If '6 Feet Under' hadn't already been made.

[@BigMacBraaap]

She looks so ashamed of herself when making the "his business was ON FIRE" joke.

[@christinatyree2280]

While I understand the serverity of some of these topics, the editing on these videos is just amazing...

[@combustible7267]

I'm only about 1/3 through but... what the hell edit: *what the h e l l*

[@gorillaau]

But wait there was more.

[@leon_krk]

This is actually me looking at my life

[@klillym1461]

*What the hell* *WHAT THE HELL* *W H A T T H E H E L L*

[@MissChase86]

Hit that level.at 8:38 Last 5 minutes are going to be fun...

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

I'll see your "what the hell", and raise you a *DA FUQ?!??!!?!*

[@toyman9642]

Here's a perfect revenge story. My latefather was a meter reader for an electrical utility in Canada. The father of one of the meter readers (there were 20 altogether) died and a unscrupulous funeral director took advantage of his widow, upselling her and costing her thousands more than she could afford. So, all the meter readers "got back at this bastard." For businesses using a lot of electricity.they had what were called Demand Meters. In other words, when read, the meters were back to zero. So, every time the meter was read and set back to zero, the meter reader simply "upped the electricity used" level by about 15% on his recording device. There was NO way to prove that it was NOT legitimate. This went on for years. That s.o.b. funeral home paid a LOT more than what the widow was charge. p.s. All the meter readers donated money and the widow did recoup her losses. Ain't revenge sweet?

[@andreajohnson6968]

Beautiful!

[@kimicappiello5480]

I approve!

[@grmpEqweer]

Don't piss off the meter mafia...😁

[@kitsumekat]

Throw this on reddit.

[@cdd4248]

I like your dad

[@imbrivm]

I stumbled across your channel and have basically binged a lot of your content and it I had a sense of familiarity looming over me. I hadn't realized I've read your books and have only made the connection now. Thank you for sharing your stories and creating interested death related content. You are a true gem Caitlin!

[@oscarcacnio8418]

Oh, for god's sake! Here I am, contemplating on learning ceramics, then this charlatan names an illegal crematorium "Oscar's Ceramics"!

[@shannonz3018]

That dislike is from one of David's "boys."

[@Tubularvalleydude]

Or an embalmer from Arbor Funeral in Canada

[@shindrithargriethrat8408]

Former detective here, I can already answer the question “will my cat eat my eyeballs” with a resounding “yes”. Absolutely it will.

[@Sssssssslf]

No chance! ..My 🐱 would never eat me or my 👁👁!

[@LostJedi26]

That's a disgusting thought. I think there's truth to it, though. You would likely know... and I remember hearing or reading that cats would be more likely to eat you than dogs--maybe the whole carnivore thing?

[@teddanson4293]

@@LostJedi26 yeah? Obviously?

[@teddanson4293]

@@Sssssssslf alright. Keep telling yourself that.

[@aim-to-misbehave5674]

That's chill. I'm fine with that. I'm not using the body anymore, so if my cat needs it to survive, she can have it.

[@BlackCatTrick]

Is someone already using "Flaming Human Foot" as a band name?

[@danicegewiss862]

The families had no clue that a part of a stranger or more were in their urns. But they coughed up $$$ for the privilege of keeping a stranger or more's ashes.

[@Sawta]

This raises an insanely important question: *What can family members do to look out for shady morticians?* There's got to be some kind of indicator of the practices that a good mortician does, that a bad one doesn't, or vice versa, right? This guy was cremating 8k bodies per year, so clearly some obvious signs were being missed by the public. *What can we do in order to weed out the creeps, and support the good, honest ones?*

[@salenebrom6476]

Sawta 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@nunyabiznez6381]

First learn about how the business works. Look on the roof of the building to see how many chimneys they have. That will tell you how many ovens they have. Then know that the maximum capacity is 3 per day unless new retort design has increased that number and you can find that out by some research. Realized that the ovens are down for maintenance for at least ten percent of the time and then realize that you should not see billowing smoke like the house is on fire but rather about as much as you would see in a big BBQ per stack and even then only for someone is pretty big. Then just do some math. We did just over 700 bodies in our best year where I worked and that was with a staff of 2.5 and three units. That is above average. If they guy is bragging about any number more than that count the stacks and do some math and you will find out if they are doubling up on bodies. This guy was bragging about how many he was doing. Wouldn't' take a genius to figure out how many he had to put in each over at a time to achieve that number. Anything more than 300 per year per oven would make me very suspicious. In most states the average crematorium has 1-2 ovens. Most don't have three. There may be some but I've never heard of anyone who had more than four. I'm not familiar with what goes on outside of New England but I don't think it is much different elsewhere. But an easy way is also to ask around. Go to three or four different crematoriums before your loved one passes and ask each one about their business and more importantly ask them about the other crematoriums. Perhaps California is different but where I'm from they like to trash talk each other. If they are all ganging up on one in particular then be suspicious. Also look around at their operations. If the place looks like an episode of "hoarders" then be suspicious. If the place is neat as a pin it may not mean anything but businesses who are kept clean tend to be efficient and profitable and better run and that often translates into better honesty. Contact the better business bureau and find out about complaints. Go on line and look for reviews. If everyone is charging $100 for the same service and they are charging $50 find out why. Here is a fact not commonly known. In most jurisdictions you can participate. That is you can be there when the body is put in the oven and when it is taken out and you can even push the start button. Buddhists prefer to participate when possible. We got a lot of requests from Buddhists who traditionally cremate their own. I can't say if this is permitted everywhere but if a crematorium is willing to let you be there when your loved one is rolled into the oven they are probably more honest than those who do not. So call around and ask if you can be. If five crematoriums all say sure and one says no way don't go near that last one. There may be some states that have safety regulations that forbid it so find that out too before judging as they may all say no as a result. And finally, if it is possible, learn all these things before your loved one dies. You will be in a better frame of mind and less vulnerable to flim flam artists.

[@janetscofield7740]

@@nunyabiznez6381 thank you.

[@missmoxie9188]

It takes 2.5 hours to cremate a body There are 8670 hours in a year How many crematoriums would you need to do that legally

[@Carol-D.1324]

nunya biznez Awesome response! Thanks for the 411!

[@mathieulevasseur4082]

David Sconce:"And I would of gotten away with it if it wasn't for that meddling veteran!"

[@k.valdez9845]

oh, god!

[@devinlabuda5713]

Wicked band name. Dibs! Meddling Veterans!

[@devinlabuda5713]

Or even better. Metalling Veterans!

[@nunyabiznez6381]

Or if they had modern afterburner technology that reduces the smell dramatically.

[@ninachkah13]

I've been super miserable in quarantine at a physical rehab place but your videos have been cheering me up

[@dmarie6630]

Thank you for all your hard work Caitlin, I learn something every video. I laugh too, yes I’ve cried a few times and have been surprised too, just all of the emotions so thank you!💕

[@NexxuSix]

This monster got off easy. What a despicable POS. It’s because of people like him that regulations are made, and it makes it even tougher for the good people that follow the law.

[@brodieroomojo]

i hope his big boy crew in prison was a bit different

[@eleanademera6371]

NexxuSix yes it is..it's also sad that there are people like this in all professions which give an honest person a bad name and make it tough for them as well. My grandfather had a saying which would fit here I think : "One bad apple can rot the whole barrel".

[@markgordon6216]

The silence of the Lamb Funeral Home.

[@bluegenes801]

the loudness of the sheep wedding chapel

[@adamarens3520]

🙄 oh you two ha

[@angiescott9692]

Genius

[@ILuvCaroline]

Movie in the making

[@squoosetiel]

I think I've rewatched this particular video the most, Caitlin's voice is just so delightful

[@Lucien86]

A beautiful irony in the connection between being nicknamed Little Hitler and being caught by someone who remembered that smell from the actual camps.

[@idatriabrown3690]

"And a flaming foot fell out "..... Well, you don't hear that everyday!

[@goodun2974]

"Coastal cremations gross earnings were in excess of one million dollars.". Gross earnings. Yes, yes they certainly were.

[@NomadLand666]

Thank you for bringing this story to light. That's horrible 😖

[@skk1176]

@Ask A Mortician Tysm for making all these videos. I like to watch them when my OCD gets out of control and they really calm me down. You are the best! Thank you!

[@chaeburger]

Went to pre-order the new book and "accidentally" bought the other two books. Gotta support those independent book stores.

[@gothicmom5232]

"But wait, there's more." I lost it with the flaming foot statement!! I was done!

[@karla-zk4dp]

Just found your channel by accident.. finally, a show that resonates with me... death!! And your a mortician which makes this even more fascinating to me..soooo thankyou, i am currently binge watching all your shows

[@k.c1126]

This reminds me of a story from the old days.... Where a local mortician was rumored to dig up and reuse coffins. The employees would dump the de-coffined bodies in the grave and cover them with dirt.