If your friends wouldn't drunkenly steal your corpse from an airport, drive it into the middle of the desert and set it on fire, are they really your friends? A bittersweet but heartwarming tale.
I loved how I clicked on your newest video and was like wtf is going on....and then put the pieces together at the beginning of said video and out loud yelled " this Is about those one guys that burnt up a a corpse in the Dessert near Joshua tree kind of stuff .
Despite how badly they handled Gram's cremation, the fact that they were willing to go through all of the shenanigans to make his last wishes come to fruition show what a total bro move the heist was.
Death by misadventure, followed by a funeral by misadventure; works for me! By the way, I think my Will, will now include the phrase, "Fifty gallons of gasoline and a flamethrower for funerary purposes" somewhere in it. LOL
Honestly the fact that these guys managed to steal a body while drunk and dressed as cowboys is a supreme example of what you can get away with if you’re just super confident
Similarly to this story where Parsons randomly talked about his death wishes right before he suddenly died, five years ago my boyfriend told me one day that when he died, he wanted to be cremated and have his remains mixed with soil to grow psychedelic mushrooms on and then have his friends take them. I told him if he died before me (assuming he wouldn't) I would bury him under a tree. He agreed, so three weeks later when he suddenly died, his mom helped me bury his cremains under a tree. I'm just glad his mom was around so his estranged Mormon family didn't get ahold of his remains like they wanted. I may have had to perform a Gram Theft Parsons.
My pastor/ husband told me, and several members, one of whom was a mortician in training, that he wanted to be filled with candy and made into a pinata. That got a good laugh.
human-ashes-grown mushrooms would make for a hell of a bad trip for me. tryptamines are hard on me anyways. also you don't typically grow shrooms in soil, you grow them on sterilized grains or vermiculite-flour mixtures. other mushrooms are commonly grown on straw or a mix of straw and composted dung (that's the brown bits on farmed button mushrooms and the like ^^). ashes make more sense as plant fertilizer, because some of the water soluble salts are useful to plants. what kind of tree did you choose?
I've always wanted to be a tree! I've told all my family included my mum (I'm chronically ill and quite possibly could die before her) and younger sister who have both promised to do it. I'm sorry for your loss but it's awesome you did that for him.
@@rivercometman1845 ...Are you implying they really _were_ criminal masterminds, or that two people who weren't even in the room with the overdosing drug user secretly murdered him and then wrote a story linking them to stealing his corpse
When my daughter was growing up, she said she wanted to be either an oncologist or a Wal Mart greeter. Well, ever since she read your first book, she switched gears and is now a junior at SIU studying mortuary science and wants to emphasize green burials.
There’s so many stories out there about people’s wishes not being respected after their death, so I found this to be rather wholesome. Considering the lengths they went to for him, I feel a lot of respect for them.
I literally clapped when Bob didn't get a claim to Gram's estate. Sleep well Gram Parsons, your friends did their drunkenly best to observe your wishes.
I met Phil Kaufman in a Home Depot while I was running an errand with a friend. He was cordial and introduced himself as “The Road Mangler.” As we walked away my friend said, “That’s the guy that burned Gram Parson’s body at Joshua Tree.” My mind was blown. We’ve met several times now. He’s a trip and it’s always a pleasure to run into someone so thoroughly eccentric. He even signed and handed me a baseball card with his mugshot on it. (Totally unsolicited 😂.)
I have one of those cards. It features his "team" which would have been Terminal Island Federal Correctional Institution. The photo is Phil's mugshot. Charles Manson was a cell mate of Phils. Phil sent me the card in his book "The Road Mangler" which he was selling for 5 cents and $19.95 shipping... Get the book. Phil also worked for the Stones and Zappa. Gram was his low point.
Considering that 2020 has been a raging Dumpster Fire from Hell having. Catlin's last video of the year be about a botched cremation has a strange kind of symbolic sense about it.
Yeah, 2020. You know my father, daughter and both of my dogs died between May and July. And people complain about having to stay in or wear masks. Just look at your loved ones and upgrade the way you treat them. Doesn't require contemplation, only action.
i don't know a lot about gram parsons, but from what little i do know, i feel like every single bit of this is exactly what he would have wanted. the drunkenness. the denim jackets and cowboy hats and boots. the hearse. the heist. the 40s noir talk. the bad cremation attempt. every single part.
@@leticiavn ....because a country of 330 million people can't _possibly_ have any potential for wholesomeness. It's just 100% terrible. Absolutely every single thing about America is negative. There are zero redeeming qualities. It's the worst thing in the history of the universe.
So, his friends burned him in the desert but he was still buried in Louisiana, but the stepfather still didn't inherit his estate? *[task failed successfully]*
Step-dad's legal position seems implausible to me. Gram was still married in CA, a community property state. Gram's estate goes to his widow, especially since it appears he died intestate (without a will). There may have been some issue related to his family's trust, but that would have been governed by Florida law. I would love it if someone knowledgeable of Louisiana law could clarify this. Louisiana is in its own little legal world, although the description "Napoleonic Code" is inaccurate, since the Code was issued in 1804, and Louisiana had already become part of the U.S. by then. I do understand that Stepdad was operating under his view of the law; I'm just wondering if there was any basis for it.
Katelynn. I know you probably won’t see this. But having a wake for my kitten made me feel connected to her and helped with the grieving process. When she passed she wasn’t at home with me. It was heartbreaking. I laid her out on ice in her bed wrapped in a blankie. She’s cuddled with a little stuffed lamb and her toothbrush I used to brush her. Without your guidance this process would have been unbearable.
@@majuuorthrus3340 The first office I worked in (1985) still had nauseating 70s psychedelic stretch nylon seat covers. There were even little covers for the arms of the chairs.
There is a movie about him and Johnny Knoxville stars as the guy who snags the body and tries to burn it in the desert.Its on utube somewhere.Im serious no joke.
@@AskAMortician Considering that 2020 has been a raging Dumpster Fire from Hell having. Your last video of the year be about a botched cremation has a strange kind of symbolic sense about it.
I listened to this the morning after a friend of mine died from leukemia. She was a huge fan of Gram Parsons and would have loved that this video was posted the morning after she passed.
I'm sorry for your loss. One of my best friends is in the hospital right now, with a brain injury. Not the same caliber, but I do understand the pain of watching a friend become ill, and being able to do nothing to stop it.
I really liked the final segment where you read that ''hotel diary''. It underlines that even though he is an iconic corpse he was also a real and talented person who affected and continues to affect the lives of others. It even made me tear up a little ngl
If you are ever in a situation where someone passes out, and you think they are just drunk, CALL AN AMBULANCE. You do not know what they took, even if you think you do, and people sometimes die of alcohol poisoning alone. Better to have a mad friend than a dead friend, and if the friend doesn't want people calling ambulances for them, they shouldn't be getting dangerously drunk in the first place, and you just do not know what's going on. They might have been unknowingly drugged - it happens a lot more than people think it does.
Heroin death is rare and what is usually not mentioned is that alcohol use while using heroin is the deadly combination. Morphine you know is what heroin is made from. The alcohol is the killer. Thank you. source reference Dr. Carl Hart professor of neuroscience and psychology at Columbia University.
@@cravinbob Much of what is sold as heroin is fentanyl, which is deadly af. There were 81,000 overdose deaths from May 2019-May 2020, and COVID is probably making things worse. Drugs used as date rape drugs can also interact with alcohol and potentially be fatal. I oppose the war on drugs, but I oppose irresponsible drug use at least as much as I oppose the war on drugs. I'm not talking about this because I haven't lost anyone to drugs and alcohol. Most middle-aged Americans have lost at least one person as the result of substance abuse. I think we should get better at preventing one another from dying.
@@cravinbob bullshit. Heroin may not be around any more its all fentanyl an shit but ive had to revived 4 fucking random people in surrey bc. So before spouting off stupid shit like that maybe do your research. 2 kids i knew growing up fucking died from heroin an booze. Both depressants.
@@hobbyhermit66 statistically it saves lives and gives the user a chance to seek help, so say what you will but it does save and give the chance to improve lives.
@@krikeles Well, if you're subscribed to Caitlin's awesome, funny, informative, and very entertaining channel, then you are signed up for "Great Corpses, PLUS!"
It actually makes me smile to think of how good of a friend Hoffman is. He went to great lengths to respect Graham. Sad that he died so young, but I’m happy he had people who would do so much for him.
Could you do an Iconic Corpse on the pianist who loved Hamlet so much that after he died, he donated his skull to the Royal Shakespearean Company so it could be used for the "Alas, poor Yorick" scene?
A video about Louis Braille would be a perfect addition to the Iconic Corpse series! He was a French teenager who invented braille, the tactile reading and writing system for the blind. He went blind at age 5 after accidentally stabbing himself in the eye with an awl. Louis's body is in the Pantheon in Paris, but his hands are buried in his hometown of Coupvrey! His hometown adores him and they didn't want to give up all of his body!
Totally true story, but as someone who went to middle school in that very town, it is spelled Coupvray. And of course the school's name was "Louis Braille", of course.
@@poisonmantis4191 3 year old Louis was playing with his father's leatherworking tools, and when trying to punch a hole in leather while looking up close his hand slipped.
There is actually a movie called Grand Theft Parsons starring Johnny Knoxville as Kaufman. It’s the story of this heist, details told from Kaufman’s perspective. It’s a good movie and definitely a good watch if you are interested in seeing a dramatization of this heist.
Honestly, this was hilariously wholesome. They just wanted to honor his wishes and i bet Gram was laughing his ass off watching their plan play out. I know i would be. Funny i saw this video after my brothers death anniversary and when we went to visit him at his crypt we saw a newcomer next to him so the corner thingies that hold it shut were wobbly and we almost opened it. We could've i think but my sister stopped me and my mom. We wish to see him again okay? We didn't have enough time to see him one last time. Sue me!
I guarantee Gram laughed. As they were burning the body, a wind whirled up, and the fire kept going out! It took a long time to do it. Kaufman was also locked up in the same prison as Manson
I made my death plan! (I have terminal cancer.) And have included a stipulation that at the viewing, I MUST have large “googly eyes” placed over my closed eyes!
@@MJMucha ROTFLMAO! Well Played Sir/Madame! Well Played Indeed! 👏🙌👍 Mine says at my wake I'm to have my coffin (& yes it's to be a coffin & *NOT* a casket!) Propped against the wall & a glass of red wine put in my hand. I've also said to put sunglasses on my corpse so my eyes don't freak out the more sensitive people there. But I think after reading your request I might change it to giant googly eyes instead. Or styrofoam eyes that have been glued to glasses so I can be 'looking' in two directions at once. 👀
his passing that early is tragic- but the way his friends came through for him is beautiful- this is the most wholesome drunk corpse heist and diy body burning story
Huge fan, my grandma just died one month ago and my mom is still mourning A lot and your video's help. I also dealt with death poorly but have gotten better at it. Love your sense of humor Caitlin. :)
It's very painful especially because she was doing so well until A fall in 2018 and she had to move in to A nuring home. The pandemic lock down and waning to go to church being quite religious it broke her will. I'll never forget talking to my mom and learning of her death. Thank you Michela Giorgio. Please do more iconic corpse video's Catlin, they are my favorite although all your content is top tier. Even your blogs are quite fun and full of dry wit. The heart cheered me up Caitlin.
I bought my green burial plot, have made a death plan, have a patient advocate filed, and am working on writing my obit & life story. Thank you for your help! ❤️
@@nyotauhura7412 - If we can agree to disagree, l suspect that they were incompetent AND had bad intentions. The stupidity is a bonus. Fortune passes everywhere.
I teared up a bit in the end when Caitlyn started reading the dedication book that occupants can write for Gram. The parent losing their musician son far too young was so sad.
This whole episode kinda brought tears to the eyes. Thinking what such good friends Gram had- to go thru all of that so that his wishes were honored. This story is so 70's!
Thank you for pointing this out. I often stop the videos at the closing "credits" and forget that Caitlin has bonus content at the end. I went back and finished the video and that part made me tear up.
All the side comments like "he was married but that's a whole other story " " by the way they almost got arrested on their way back" "while gene hackman was filming a movie at his house" I need a netflix series of this man and his friends life. I would binge watch it.
Absolutely ,me too especially if they recreated some tripping scenes & conveyed the psychedelic experience well !;)..Oh and had someone convincing to play John Lennon ( preferably a Scouser;)
I like to imagine gene hackman half drunk just yelling "can I still use your house?" And Jeff while he's dragged away in cuffs yelled "yeah, just don't forget to turn off the light and feed the gators!"
Keith Richards was concerned about Gram’s drug and booze habits. Allow that to sink in for a minute... when you are going so hard that you are freaking out KEEF M’Fing RICHARDS...
Check out the podcast “set it straight with midland” they interviewed the guy that stole the body, he also shows up a few times on the mike Judge show tales from the tour bus
"Corpse Heist" is exactly how I want to be removed from the Morgue and taken to my all natural burial. I wish my Funeral to be the highlight of everyone's year.
"New fan of your music, long time fan of your botched desert cremation." But jokes aside, I felt some emotions rise up when Caitlin was reading that book ;_;
Yay to you! Yes, it looks like Graham was a victim of tolerance. He had been clean for a while, but took a dose as big as when his body was used to it.
Listen up: Heroin death is rare and what is usually not mentioned is that alcohol use while using heroin is the deadly combination. Morphine you know is what heroin is made from. The alcohol is the killer. Thank you. source reference Dr. Carl Hart professor of neuroscience and psychology at Columbia University.
@@cravinbob Yup. Even Tylenol death is rare, but combined with alcohol, it’s deadly & a nasty death. And, as always, I would like to point out that alcohol is a depressant.
@cravinbob What's the point of this? Especially to a recovering addict. Pushing this doesn't help anyone, it just encourages a mentality that drug addiction is safe. It isn't. Alcohol kills, prescription pills kill, heroin kills. Addiction is the killer, full-stop. It doesn't matter why, doesn't matter what. It matters on the medical end of things, but commenting this on every comment by a recovering addict or by someone whose advice is simply "call an ambulance if you think someone may have overdosed" is... literally not helpful or useful at all, and is potentially triggering and misleading, and absolutely dangerous. There's a lot of nuance to this conversation but this isn't the place or time to push "heroin death barely even happens!" read the fucking room, dude.
Honestly the fact that they totally snatched his body because he mentioned he wanted a certain type of ceremony for his death is kinda heart warming. Like they were idiots but in the best way possible and with the best intentions.
Truly, I think it was absolutely beautiful that he had such wonderful friends to be willing to steal his corpse and do their best to perform a cremation...to honor his wishes.
Gram had a tragic life, I know you couldn't go into it all here, Caitlin. His life is proof that money cannot buy you happiness. He was incredibly talented and it is such a loss, especially to his child.
The 70s truly were wild. Don't know if it is this what my parents meant when they said the 70s were awesome for the freedoms you had... Gram was the same birth year like my father, who died last year. I plan on getting cremated (the less drunk bonkers way) and having my ashes put into a forest, as I love nature.
@@AlphaCTango Why not? The fires are already going, & will be for waay more than long enough. Just lay me out on the east side of one & let the wind do the rest.
I don't know Gram but he definitely looks like the type of person to be watching over his friends planning and doing the heist and just be pissing himself laughing in approval.
Gram is one of my favorite artists. I have a personal theory that he succumbed to something not uncommon in the world of addiction - quit for a while, restart, use what I used to use, misjudge resistance, die. It’s almost killed me before I finally put it down for good( so far). I really miss the Grievous Angel, may he rest in peace.
All i kept thinking about the heist was that it was so good of his friends to be so determined to honor his death plan and that it was great that he talked about it so that his final resting place(ish) wasn't going to benefit a guy he hated. A tragic loss of life at such a young age and a sadly humorous "cremation" but with good intentions.
My father was musical director of Grievous Angel. Also piano player. Gram hung out at our house in the early 70's. Everyone loved Gram.. I was just a kid, but I remember this well. Phil Kaufman lived on Chandler Blvd. He and Gram were obviously very close. Kaufman is alive and well here in Nashville, TN.
I have heard this story a few times before, but Caitlin, you tell it the best! Your witty dialogue and style are supreme! The whole situation is a mix of a tragic loss, hilarious hijinks, and the touching level of a friends loyalty. Truth is indeed stranger than fiction. Gram, you left this world much too soon. RIP. ✌🏼❤️
I don't know Graham, but I think he would be laughing his ass off if he was able to witness his final adventure. They were questionable friends in life, but I think they really came through there in the end.
"Does that mean I can't steal another body for a year?" Between drunkenly stealing a corpse from the airport and gasoline fueled cremation attempt, the 70's were absolutely wild, man.
Absolutely nuts! I mean think of the number of active serial killers there were in california around then too - no wonder everyone was high all the time, it'd have been a scary time to be sober. Charles Manson in 1969, golden state killer in the early 70s to mid 80s I think, the hillside strangler, ALL active at the same time. I'd be off my head too probably.
@@RealElongatedMuskrat First - amazing username - and secondly, I couldn't agree with you more. Along with all of that there was also the Vietnam War occupying the public psyche too; when you add everything together I'm shocked anyone got out of the 70's alive or with any sanity. I know that we live in stressful times too, but there's something unique about the late 60's to early 80's where they're defined by such human crimes - like the serial killers you mentioned - that makes that era sound absolutely terrifying as opposed to the more ambiguous threats we deal with now like COVID or climate change.
@@laurelanderson6782 I know right? Or just even being on airport property where you weren't supposed to be! I'm afraid of standing in the wrong line during security by accident, I can't even imagine working up the nerve (lot's of booze probably helped) to go demand a corpse about to be loaded on a plane.
@@carolinemiller6151 yes, it is absolutely insane that ever worked in the first place but today, I have a feeling that the response would probably involve a SWAT team and who knows what else. It would be most unpretty for the people trying to steal the corpse.
My wife is dying! She loves Gram Parsons and is actually considered an expert in his music and life! She also loves you Kaitlin! Thank you for making her day!
"This guy again?" I'm sorry, I know multiple autopsies on the same person aren't uncommon but I'm just imagining the coroner thinking the guy actually died two times 😂
Especially since he was burnt the second time and in some cultures they burnt the bodies of suspected vampires (rather than the more common cutting off of their heads) because it was believed to prevent their rising from the dead. I wonder if he was like wait a sec... 😂 I mean if Parsons was a bit of an eccentric dude who probably slept a lot in the day and partied through the night, who's to say there wasn't at least one person who heard about the burning and thought yep, knew he was a vampire.
I vaguely recall reading an interview with Kaufman years later. I think he said that for years, the family tried really hard to keep Parson's gravesite a secret from Kaufman, but he eventually found out and joked about "maybe trying again."
If your friends wouldn't drunkenly steal your corpse from an airport, drive it into the middle of the desert and set it on fire, are they really your friends? A bittersweet but heartwarming tale.
A whole-body warming really
Weekend at bernies lol
Only a true friend would do that for you 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Jokes aside, this is a honestly a very heartwarming tale about the power of friendship and loyalty.
Talk about ride-or-die
Finally, an iconic corpse where the shenanigans happened in accordance with the wishes of the person.
It sounds like his last wishes manifested even better than he would’ve hoped for lol
Indeed, shenanigans and some malarkey. A good death. 😉😊
...more or less... ;-)
I loved how I clicked on your newest video and was like wtf is going on....and then put the pieces together at the beginning of said video and out loud yelled " this Is about those one guys that burnt up a a corpse in the Dessert near Joshua tree kind of stuff .
*shivers in Elena Hoyos*
Despite how badly they handled Gram's cremation, the fact that they were willing to go through all of the shenanigans to make his last wishes come to fruition show what a total bro move the heist was.
They were his ride or dies... literally
I want this as a roleplay game for my funeral 🤣❤
I know it's kind of weird to say that it's a heartwarming movie and story
@@hedleybutler9706 His die-then-rides.
More like that's what happens when the liquor's making the decisions. People do some weird shi* when they're effed up.
Like the saying goes: "A good friend will help you hide the body, a great friend will steal YOUR body and burn you in the desert."
My favorite adage
I have it written down at my desk and always read it before I start my day!!
Yes!!!!
Yes 😂
"Well intentioned, but drunken and incompetent" Almost sounds like a legitimate tombstone inscription.
Guys... I changed my mind about my last wishes
Or me
I want that written on my tombstone
I know some people like that...
Death by misadventure, followed by a funeral by misadventure; works for me! By the way, I think my Will, will now include the phrase, "Fifty gallons of gasoline and a flamethrower for funerary purposes" somewhere in it. LOL
Honestly the fact that these guys managed to steal a body while drunk and dressed as cowboys is a supreme example of what you can get away with if you’re just super confident
And a white man
Not is easy nowadays. But yes, before we were able to confirm things in real time... the sky was the limit.
Sorry, kiddos!
@@crystalwolcott4744 exactly
@@crystalwolcott4744 poc cry over everything
@@betheniek5 Your the on crying about racism being call out etheir ignorance or racism because African Americans were and still are targeted by police
The whole corpse heist sounds like the plot of an indie comedy film
Grand Theft Parsons?
Gram's Weekend at Joshua Tree
I see A24 written all over this
Id watch the shit out of it if it was written, directed, and starring Caitlyn Doughty
@tree Jay and Silent Bob Steal a Corpse
Similarly to this story where Parsons randomly talked about his death wishes right before he suddenly died, five years ago my boyfriend told me one day that when he died, he wanted to be cremated and have his remains mixed with soil to grow psychedelic mushrooms on and then have his friends take them. I told him if he died before me (assuming he wouldn't) I would bury him under a tree. He agreed, so three weeks later when he suddenly died, his mom helped me bury his cremains under a tree. I'm just glad his mom was around so his estranged Mormon family didn't get ahold of his remains like they wanted. I may have had to perform a Gram Theft Parsons.
My pastor/ husband told me, and several members, one of whom was a mortician in training, that he wanted to be filled with candy and made into a pinata. That got a good laugh.
“Gram Theft Parsons” needs to be immortalized
human-ashes-grown mushrooms would make for a hell of a bad trip for me. tryptamines are hard on me anyways. also you don't typically grow shrooms in soil, you grow them on sterilized grains or vermiculite-flour mixtures. other mushrooms are commonly grown on straw or a mix of straw and composted dung (that's the brown bits on farmed button mushrooms and the like ^^).
ashes make more sense as plant fertilizer, because some of the water soluble salts are useful to plants.
what kind of tree did you choose?
I've always wanted to be a tree! I've told all my family included my mum (I'm chronically ill and quite possibly could die before her) and younger sister who have both promised to do it. I'm sorry for your loss but it's awesome you did that for him.
I love The Byrds. This is a great story!!
Those guys may not have been criminal masterminds, but they were true friends.
Imagine having a friend so good they'll steal your own corpse for you :(
@@lesser8700 I-
I think it was pretty sweet
But were they really? history is often rewritten by murderers...
@@rivercometman1845 ...Are you implying they really _were_ criminal masterminds, or that two people who weren't even in the room with the overdosing drug user secretly murdered him and then wrote a story linking them to stealing his corpse
When my daughter was growing up, she said she wanted to be either an oncologist or a Wal Mart greeter. Well, ever since she read your first book, she switched gears and is now a junior at SIU studying mortuary science and wants to emphasize green burials.
Hey congratulations to her! That's awesome! Caitlin has also inspired my career change.
Well, since most Wal-Mart greeters are retirees, she could have actually been both.
That's great! Good for her!
Yay
Yay 🙌 congrats! What an awesome career
There’s so many stories out there about people’s wishes not being respected after their death, so I found this to be rather wholesome. Considering the lengths they went to for him, I feel a lot of respect for them.
I literally clapped when Bob didn't get a claim to Gram's estate.
Sleep well Gram Parsons, your friends did their drunkenly best to observe your wishes.
Bob wouldn't have had long to spend it.
He died 2 years later.
Cirrhosis.
I met Phil Kaufman in a Home Depot while I was running an errand with a friend. He was cordial and introduced himself as “The Road Mangler.” As we walked away my friend said, “That’s the guy that burned Gram Parson’s body at Joshua Tree.” My mind was blown. We’ve met several times now. He’s a trip and it’s always a pleasure to run into someone so thoroughly eccentric. He even signed and handed me a baseball card with his mugshot on it. (Totally unsolicited 😂.)
I have one of those cards. It features his "team" which would have been Terminal Island Federal Correctional Institution. The photo is Phil's mugshot. Charles Manson was a cell mate of Phils. Phil sent me the card in his book "The Road Mangler" which he was selling for 5 cents and $19.95 shipping... Get the book. Phil also worked for the Stones and Zappa. Gram was his low point.
@@cravinbob A touring friend left the book at my house shortly after we met. I think Phil signed that as well. :-)
he did what he had to do. respect.
@@katjonesandtheprophets im a fan of phil now
Dude that's a fucking trip.
Considering that 2020 has been a raging Dumpster Fire from Hell having. Catlin's last video of the year be about a botched cremation has a strange kind of symbolic sense about it.
In fairness, the cremation seemed like a good idea at the time. :)
@@Mchenrjld ROTFLMAO! 🤣 Well Played Sir/Madame. Well Play Indeed! 👏🙌👍
I think we're going to have to start using "casket fire" to describe a REALLY F-ed up situation..
Yeah, 2020. You know my father, daughter and both of my dogs died between May and July. And people complain about having to stay in or wear masks. Just look at your loved ones and upgrade the way you treat them. Doesn't require contemplation, only action.
Your username is so perfect-
As a 25 year resident of Joshua Tree, I gotta say, this is one of the best retellings of this story I've ever heard. Well done, Caitlin.
You familiar with Rancho de la Luna? ☺️
@@thomasinajefferson9971 Place I grew up and know. Before I made the mistake and moved to Pasadena California.
Have you seen the movie?
@@lionelnietzsche3917 yes i have
ENTERTAINING TO THE MAX as well as INTELLECTUALLY STIMULATING to say the least.
4 STARS CAITLIN BABY DOLL !!!!
i don't know a lot about gram parsons, but from what little i do know, i feel like every single bit of this is exactly what he would have wanted. the drunkenness. the denim jackets and cowboy hats and boots. the hearse. the heist. the 40s noir talk. the bad cremation attempt. every single part.
im a huge gram parsons fan and from what i know, he would have absolutely loved it.
“We should do more food videos.”
Ask a Mortician...how to cook?
_Donner party flashbacks_
A Donner joke?
Sorry, you don't get a pass.
tee hee
Donner kebabs?!
This made me chuckle 😆😆😆
@@emilyadams3228 **Groannnn...** LOL🤣😂
This is the most American thing I've ever seen and somehow it's wholesome
Some decent people, attempting to help their friend in a decidedly inebriated state. Thought seemed to have been on holiday at the time.
American *and* wholesome? Wow
@@leticiavn ....because a country of 330 million people can't _possibly_ have any potential for wholesomeness. It's just 100% terrible. Absolutely every single thing about America is negative. There are zero redeeming qualities. It's the worst thing in the history of the universe.
Every once in a while those two concepts do manage to coincide 🥰 (I wish it happened more often!)
“Well-intentioned, but drunken and incompetent.” - Story of my life, Caitlin. Story of my life.
I think this needs to be a T-shirt! Cafe press, here I come...
This is my epitaph
ill take freinds like you over the competent poor-intentioned ones
EVERY DAMN TIME
So, his friends burned him in the desert but he was still buried in Louisiana, but the stepfather still didn't inherit his estate?
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This brings up a question, how much of a body has to be interred for it to count as "buried in Louisiana"?
@@Lukkaboc Good question.
😁
Step-dad's legal position seems implausible to me. Gram was still married in CA, a community property state. Gram's estate goes to his widow, especially since it appears he died intestate (without a will). There may have been some issue related to his family's trust, but that would have been governed by Florida law. I would love it if someone knowledgeable of Louisiana law could clarify this. Louisiana is in its own little legal world, although the description "Napoleonic Code" is inaccurate, since the Code was issued in 1804, and Louisiana had already become part of the U.S. by then. I do understand that Stepdad was operating under his view of the law; I'm just wondering if there was any basis for it.
@@Lukkaboc ...This feels like an excellent starting-point for a dark comedy set around a wacky old rich southern family
The Kacey Musgraves lyric “slept in a room with the ghost of Gram Parsons” makes a lot more sense now
I feel like if he was alive they'd make some great songs together.
And the reference to dying like a prince in Joshua Tree in this Shilpa Ray song. th-cam.com/video/nP7_bNfUJ_c/w-d-xo.html
She's cool
Katelynn. I know you probably won’t see this. But having a wake for my kitten made me feel connected to her and helped with the grieving process. When she passed she wasn’t at home with me. It was heartbreaking. I laid her out on ice in her bed wrapped in a blankie. She’s cuddled with a little stuffed lamb and her toothbrush I used to brush her. Without your guidance this process would have been unbearable.
Namaste.
I'm so sorry. 😩😩😩😩😩
Sorry lovely, I have a litter of kittens I would give you another, east coast though
Hugs
Many people don't understand the incredible bond between humans and their pets, and the effect that their death has on us.
So sorry for your loss.
You know those are the realest friends Parsons ever had, that they went thru so much shit just to fulfill his last wishes.
Fuk an A right. 👍🏼👍🏼
This, is quite possibly THE MOST 1970's STORY EVER!
.....and, I love lichen. Especially lichen in bloom. Lichen in bloom is beautiful.
It's definitely up there. Everything I learn about the 1970s suggests the decade itself was on some very interesting substances.
@@majuuorthrus3340 The first office I worked in (1985) still had nauseating 70s psychedelic stretch nylon seat covers. There were even little covers for the arms of the chairs.
I hope this doesn’t sound weird, but this story would be a fantastic movie. I can’t believe I’ve never heard about this!
It is a movie, grand theft Parsons
There is a movie about him and Johnny Knoxville stars as the guy who snags the body and tries to burn it in the desert.Its on utube somewhere.Im serious no joke.
written and directed by Ethan and Joel Coen
Wow thought most ppl that listened to his music knew this they made sure the last wish was fulfilled absolutely true.
It would make a great stoner movie to be exact
Some start the day with Folgers, but I start mine with a new Iconic Corpse video
The best part of waking up!
@@AskAMortician ...Corpse juices in your cup!
*does eighties sitcom intro turn, wink and smile*
@@AskAMortician Considering that 2020 has been a raging Dumpster Fire from Hell having. Your last video of the year be about a botched cremation has a strange kind of symbolic sense about it.
Coffee and this video for me. Name a better combo?
@@DanielleSnyder same here :)
I listened to this the morning after a friend of mine died from leukemia. She was a huge fan of Gram Parsons and would have loved that this video was posted the morning after she passed.
❤️
R.I.P.
I'm sorry for your loss. One of my best friends is in the hospital right now, with a brain injury. Not the same caliber, but I do understand the pain of watching a friend become ill, and being able to do nothing to stop it.
Sorry for your loss x
My sincerest condolences. She sounds like she was a cool person.
Phil Kaufman also said they almost took the wrong casket at the airport but they double checked the name. It was a little old lady.
I really liked the final segment where you read that ''hotel diary''. It underlines that even though he is an iconic corpse he was also a real and talented person who affected and continues to affect the lives of others. It even made me tear up a little ngl
True. Gives me some hope though. Long as we keep him alive through his music and videos like this, he wont get his second death.
@@victoriashevlin8587 I found him just recently. His music makes every day better.
If you are ever in a situation where someone passes out, and you think they are just drunk, CALL AN AMBULANCE. You do not know what they took, even if you think you do, and people sometimes die of alcohol poisoning alone.
Better to have a mad friend than a dead friend, and if the friend doesn't want people calling ambulances for them, they shouldn't be getting dangerously drunk in the first place, and you just do not know what's going on. They might have been unknowingly drugged - it happens a lot more than people think it does.
Heroin death is rare and what is usually not mentioned is that alcohol use while using heroin is the deadly combination. Morphine you know is what heroin is made from. The alcohol is the killer. Thank you. source reference Dr. Carl Hart professor of neuroscience and psychology at Columbia University.
@@cravinbob Much of what is sold as heroin is fentanyl, which is deadly af.
There were 81,000 overdose deaths from May 2019-May 2020, and COVID is probably making things worse.
Drugs used as date rape drugs can also interact with alcohol and potentially be fatal.
I oppose the war on drugs, but I oppose irresponsible drug use at least as much as I oppose the war on drugs.
I'm not talking about this because I haven't lost anyone to drugs and alcohol. Most middle-aged Americans have lost at least one person as the result of substance abuse.
I think we should get better at preventing one another from dying.
Excellent advice.
@@cravinbob bullshit. Heroin may not be around any more its all fentanyl an shit but ive had to revived 4 fucking random people in surrey bc. So before spouting off stupid shit like that maybe do your research. 2 kids i knew growing up fucking died from heroin an booze. Both depressants.
Unfortunately they were probably just as hopped up on alcohol and drugs to make logical decisions.
"Why don't I do food videos..."
Caitlin, you covered the Donner Party already, remember?
Noooooo 🤣
I chortled, well done!
Crazy how many lives could've been saved by such a simple drug as Narcan back then... so thankful for its availability today. Truly a lifesaver.
Not to mention ice cubes
Not so sure. Seems to me it only prolongs the agony. Maybe not the drug user's agony, but certainly the family that has to watch them fall.
@@hobbyhermit66 statistically it saves lives and gives the user a chance to seek help, so say what you will but it does save and give the chance to improve lives.
Narcan was not around in the early 70’s
@@franditri7185 i think that's the point of the comment, it wasn't around then but it is now.
"You mean I can't steal another corpse for a year?" Lol what a dude
When Caitlin called us groovy babies.. I felt that
That Great Corpses Plus Joke was on point, Caitlin.
I for one would sign up for the Great Corpses Plus.
Yes.... i thought it instantly... i am sorry.
It's because the last time she was sponsored by GCP everyone was commenting how they heard corpse instead of course!
@@krikeles Well, if you're subscribed to Caitlin's awesome, funny, informative, and very entertaining channel, then you are signed up for "Great Corpses, PLUS!"
Ayyyy cunard line love that haha, also a white star fan
These men all exhibit true himbo energy. Head empty but heart of gold
It actually makes me smile to think of how good of a friend Hoffman is. He went to great lengths to respect Graham.
Sad that he died so young, but I’m happy he had people who would do so much for him.
Could you do an Iconic Corpse on the pianist who loved Hamlet so much that after he died, he donated his skull to the Royal Shakespearean Company so it could be used for the "Alas, poor Yorick" scene?
Yes, please!
His name was Tchaikovsky if that helps any.
MORE likes, please!
@@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 It does. Thank you 😊
@@breannaperkins88 No Worries Mate! 👍
This story is actually kinda sweet. Well, except for the drink driving and the failed cremation. But their hearts were in the right place.
A video about Louis Braille would be a perfect addition to the Iconic Corpse series! He was a French teenager who invented braille, the tactile reading and writing system for the blind. He went blind at age 5 after accidentally stabbing himself in the eye with an awl. Louis's body is in the Pantheon in Paris, but his hands are buried in his hometown of Coupvrey! His hometown adores him and they didn't want to give up all of his body!
he did WHAT
@@poisonmantis4191 Invented Braille. Jeez, don't you read?
Totally true story, but as someone who went to middle school in that very town, it is spelled Coupvray. And of course the school's name was "Louis Braille", of course.
@@cam4636 I think the WHAT was for how he got blind, dude, which is a bit shocking
@@poisonmantis4191 3 year old Louis was playing with his father's leatherworking tools, and when trying to punch a hole in leather while looking up close his hand slipped.
100% we need a video of “Hearse Camping with Caitlin”
"Why we don't we do food videos?"
You did. That porpoise recipe was a sucess.
There is actually a movie called Grand Theft Parsons starring Johnny Knoxville as Kaufman. It’s the story of this heist, details told from Kaufman’s perspective. It’s a good movie and definitely a good watch if you are interested in seeing a dramatization of this heist.
Yep. Real good movie.😊
BRUH no way I need to find this immediately
Knoxville was wearing Phil's "cut", the denim sleeveless jacket that has the Sin City rocker and Sweetheart embroidery in the movie.
Kaufman had to change a bunch of the story to satisfy Hollywood though...
The movie is a joke. The only thing true in it is that Gram's body was burned.
"Well intentioned, but drunken and incompetent," is such a beautiful line. Love these videos!
Honestly, this was hilariously wholesome. They just wanted to honor his wishes and i bet Gram was laughing his ass off watching their plan play out. I know i would be.
Funny i saw this video after my brothers death anniversary and when we went to visit him at his crypt we saw a newcomer next to him so the corner thingies that hold it shut were wobbly and we almost opened it. We could've i think but my sister stopped me and my mom. We wish to see him again okay? We didn't have enough time to see him one last time. Sue me!
I guarantee Gram laughed. As they were burning the body, a wind whirled up, and the fire kept going out! It took a long time to do it. Kaufman was also locked up in the same prison as Manson
Swear down, if my mates don’t pull some shit like this when I die. I’ll be raging and 100% haunt them.
Make a death plan now!
I made my death plan! (I have terminal cancer.) And have included a stipulation that at the viewing, I MUST have large “googly eyes” placed over my closed eyes!
@@MJMucha ROTFLMAO! Well Played Sir/Madame! Well Played Indeed! 👏🙌👍
Mine says at my wake I'm to have my coffin (& yes it's to be a coffin & *NOT* a casket!) Propped against the wall & a glass of red wine put in my hand. I've also said to put sunglasses on my corpse so my eyes don't freak out the more sensitive people there.
But I think after reading your request I might change it to giant googly eyes instead. Or styrofoam eyes that have been glued to glasses so I can be 'looking' in two directions at once. 👀
@@MJMucha I was thinking of specifying a Groucho Marx nose & glasses set.
Y'all are my people.
You had me at, “Corpse heist”.
She had all of us. She knows her audience. 😁
his passing that early is tragic- but the way his friends came through for him is beautiful- this is the most wholesome drunk corpse heist and diy body burning story
Huge fan, my grandma just died one month ago and my mom is still mourning A lot and your video's help. I also dealt with death poorly but have gotten better at it. Love your sense of humor Caitlin. :)
Condolences on your grandma's loss, I know how painful it can be - I hope you and your family recover peacefully from this loss
I am so sorry for your loss.
It's very painful especially because she was doing so well until A fall in 2018 and she had to move in to A nuring home. The pandemic lock down and waning to go to church being quite religious it broke her will. I'll never forget talking to my mom and learning of her death. Thank you Michela Giorgio. Please do more iconic corpse video's Catlin, they are my favorite although all your content is top tier. Even your blogs are quite fun and full of dry wit. The heart cheered me up Caitlin.
@@terrirobinson3876 Thank you Terri Robinson
My dad died a year ago and my friends dad died in August and this helps, oddly enough
I bought my green burial plot, have made a death plan, have a patient advocate filed, and am working on writing my obit & life story. Thank you for your help! ❤️
Wow i wish I was there I’m just starting righting my will
Omg that’s amazing! Any advice?
"Good intentions, just... drunken and incompetent." If that isn't the perfect statement for 2020...
I honestly think 2020 is the result of bad intentions.
@@nyotauhura7412 - If we can agree to disagree, l suspect that they were incompetent AND had bad intentions. The stupidity is a bonus. Fortune passes everywhere.
I'd wear that on a shirt, lol
@@nyotauhura7412 The Pandemic is the result of misadventure, not deliberate evil, you lunatic.
Regardless of how bad it ended up being, Phil is an A+ friend.
What if...the REAL drunken corpse heist...was the friends we made along the way
This is one of the most 70s things I've heard in a while.
I teared up a bit in the end when Caitlyn started reading the dedication book that occupants can write for Gram. The parent losing their musician son far too young was so sad.
This whole episode kinda brought tears to the eyes. Thinking what such good friends Gram had- to go thru all of that so that his wishes were honored. This story is so 70's!
Thank you for pointing this out. I often stop the videos at the closing "credits" and forget that Caitlin has bonus content at the end. I went back and finished the video and that part made me tear up.
All the side comments like "he was married but that's a whole other story " " by the way they almost got arrested on their way back" "while gene hackman was filming a movie at his house"
I need a netflix series of this man and his friends life. I would binge watch it.
I think there is a movie that is based on this with Johnny knoxville I think
Absolutely ,me too especially if they recreated some tripping scenes & conveyed the psychedelic experience well !;)..Oh and had someone convincing to play John Lennon ( preferably a Scouser;)
I like to imagine gene hackman half drunk just yelling "can I still use your house?" And Jeff while he's dragged away in cuffs yelled "yeah, just don't forget to turn off the light and feed the gators!"
Keith Richards was concerned about Gram’s drug and booze habits. Allow that to sink in for a minute... when you are going so hard that you are freaking out KEEF M’Fing RICHARDS...
Check out the podcast “set it straight with midland” they interviewed the guy that stole the body, he also shows up a few times on the mike Judge show tales from the tour bus
"the gram parsons memorial minifridge" would be a fantastic bandname
We need to go back through the comments as there is several.
Laying my claim on that one now.
First album - "Well-Intentioned, but Drunken and Incompetent"
@@drpibisback7680 1st track - "Botched Desert Cremation".
That name _totally_ suits the florid band-names of the 70's. Well done!
16:25 Not many coroners can say they've had a repeat customer!
Well done sir.
"Corpse Heist" is exactly how I want to be removed from the Morgue and taken to my all natural burial. I wish my Funeral to be the highlight of everyone's year.
Episode: (is about death)
Catlyn, dancing around: *tO tHe dEsErT mY gRoOvY bAbiEs*
That’s why we love her
"hatched one of the most bonkers corpse heists in modern history"
... as opposed to the normal ones?!?!?!?!!?!???!!??
We don't get Iconic Corpse episodes about normal corpse heists
"New fan of your music, long time fan of your botched desert cremation." But jokes aside, I felt some emotions rise up when Caitlin was reading that book ;_;
You could totally do a famous last meals episode.
“I wonder if this massive fire we’ve started in the desert has attracted some attention.” 😆
A famous last meals episode would be great 😃!
Happy Holidays fellow Deathlings!!
An early christmas gift
Merry Cryptmas Fellow Deathlings! 💀🎄💀
@@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980
Happy Hauntukah!
@@rosestrife1498 Chag Urim Sameach to you & your loved ones.
Merry Christmas atheist! I still celebrate it in A secular way and it's my favorite holiday. :)
Now that’s a friend. I don’t care what anyone says, his buddy went through extreme measures to make sure that his friend’s last wishes were honored. 🤟
As a recovering heroin addict this hits home. The needle and the damage done.
Yay to you! Yes, it looks like Graham was a victim of tolerance. He had been clean for a while, but took a dose as big as when his body was used to it.
Listen up: Heroin death is rare and what is usually not mentioned is that alcohol use while using heroin is the deadly combination. Morphine you know is what heroin is made from. The alcohol is the killer. Thank you. source reference Dr. Carl Hart professor of neuroscience and psychology at Columbia University.
@@cravinbob Yup. Even Tylenol death is rare, but combined with alcohol, it’s deadly & a nasty death.
And, as always, I would like to point out that alcohol is a depressant.
@cravinbob What's the point of this? Especially to a recovering addict. Pushing this doesn't help anyone, it just encourages a mentality that drug addiction is safe. It isn't. Alcohol kills, prescription pills kill, heroin kills. Addiction is the killer, full-stop. It doesn't matter why, doesn't matter what. It matters on the medical end of things, but commenting this on every comment by a recovering addict or by someone whose advice is simply "call an ambulance if you think someone may have overdosed" is... literally not helpful or useful at all, and is potentially triggering and misleading, and absolutely dangerous. There's a lot of nuance to this conversation but this isn't the place or time to push "heroin death barely even happens!" read the fucking room, dude.
cravinbob why would you write this to a recovering addict? Are you dumb?
"Well intentioned. But drunken, and incompetent."
Christ the describes me well.
Same, I felt personally called out there
I like to think wherever he is, he is laughing about what his friends went through to make his wish happen. RIP Gram.
Honestly the fact that they totally snatched his body because he mentioned he wanted a certain type of ceremony for his death is kinda heart warming. Like they were idiots but in the best way possible and with the best intentions.
10:44 You DO make food videos, Caitlin! The Donner Party, The Real Moby Dick, The Franklin Expedition, and I'm sure many more to come!
I shouldn't laugh at anyone's demise, and yet, this caper was hilarious
Another addition to the Only In California Files.
I like to think even dead people have a pretty good sense of humor.
I get the feeling that Parsons was the sort who would have loved what happened.
Caitlyn: "why don't we do food videos?"
Me: *remembers the mummy eating episode*
🤢 Oh dear. 🤣
Which one was that?😂
Huh? what? I need the name of that episode omg!!!
Not to mention all the cannibalism episodes.
Looking forward to Caitlyn Doughty being recognised as an American Treasure.
Are there education awards or something she can be nominated for?
Perhaps a MacArthur Genius Grant?
THIS!!!! WE need ANSWERS before we DIE 🗣💯
Nominate her for EVERYTHING, DAMMIT!!! She deserves all the awards
This is probably the most wholesome corpse heist and burning ever. 😂😂😂
Truly, I think it was absolutely beautiful that he had such wonderful friends to be willing to steal his corpse and do their best to perform a cremation...to honor his wishes.
I have always wanted a "bury a body buddy", but now there's a whole new level. aka "I'd steal your body buddy".
„Piquant mix of privilege and pain“ is so wow...very well worded
Gram had a tragic life, I know you couldn't go into it all here, Caitlin. His life is proof that money cannot buy you happiness. He was incredibly talented and it is such a loss, especially to his child.
The 70s truly were wild. Don't know if it is this what my parents meant when they said the 70s were awesome for the freedoms you had... Gram was the same birth year like my father, who died last year. I plan on getting cremated (the less drunk bonkers way) and having my ashes put into a forest, as I love nature.
@@IndustrialFan666 Just don't do it in California.
@@AlphaCTango Why not? The fires are already going, & will be for waay more than long enough. Just lay me out on the east side of one & let the wind do the rest.
Oh my god! My boss was just telling me this story. His father made guitars for the Flying Burrito Brothers.
That’s super cool about your dad! They were the one redeeming performance at Altamont from I have heard. (Obviously I am too young to have been there)
I don't know Gram but he definitely looks like the type of person to be watching over his friends planning and doing the heist and just be pissing himself laughing in approval.
Yes, with a toast of “you did good guys”
Gram is one of my favorite artists. I have a personal theory that he succumbed to something not uncommon in the world of addiction - quit for a while, restart, use what I used to use, misjudge resistance, die. It’s almost killed me before I finally put it down for good( so far). I really miss the Grievous Angel, may he rest in peace.
All i kept thinking about the heist was that it was so good of his friends to be so determined to honor his death plan and that it was great that he talked about it so that his final resting place(ish) wasn't going to benefit a guy he hated.
A tragic loss of life at such a young age and a sadly humorous "cremation" but with good intentions.
The Infamous 27 club. Out of all it's members, Gram was one I haven't heard of before.
Close but he died aged 26.
@@VickyRavnII Math was never one of my strong points. >
@@Wolfbane382 He was really close. He died in September. His birthday was November.
Gram was totally watching over them to make sure they wouldn’t get arrested while helping him out😂They got away with so much shit.
Honestly he probably would have laughed and loved how chaotic the heist was
He sure would. Gram was an outlaw!
Never attribute to Satanism that which may be explained by good intentions, booze and incompetence.
-Satan
-Also Satanists
Hear! Hear!
My father was musical director of Grievous Angel. Also piano player. Gram hung out at our house in the early 70's. Everyone loved Gram.. I was just a kid, but I remember this well. Phil Kaufman lived on Chandler Blvd. He and Gram were obviously very close. Kaufman is alive and well here in Nashville, TN.
Your dad is Glen D. Hardin?! Legend.
I have heard this story a few times before, but Caitlin, you tell it the best! Your witty dialogue and style are supreme! The whole situation is a mix of a tragic loss, hilarious hijinks, and the touching level of a friends loyalty. Truth is indeed stranger than fiction. Gram, you left this world much too soon. RIP. ✌🏼❤️
I don't know Graham, but I think he would be laughing his ass off if he was able to witness his final adventure. They were questionable friends in life, but I think they really came through there in the end.
Ok but the letter about a parent
bringing dirt from their 12 y/o son's grave who was also a musician made me tear up.
If the art has enough power, it transcends the mortality of the creator.
"Does that mean I can't steal another body for a year?" Between drunkenly stealing a corpse from the airport and gasoline fueled cremation attempt, the 70's were absolutely wild, man.
Absolutely nuts! I mean think of the number of active serial killers there were in california around then too - no wonder everyone was high all the time, it'd have been a scary time to be sober. Charles Manson in 1969, golden state killer in the early 70s to mid 80s I think, the hillside strangler, ALL active at the same time. I'd be off my head too probably.
Can you imagine how much trouble someone would be in today if they even attempted to steal a corpse from an airport?
@@RealElongatedMuskrat First - amazing username - and secondly, I couldn't agree with you more. Along with all of that there was also the Vietnam War occupying the public psyche too; when you add everything together I'm shocked anyone got out of the 70's alive or with any sanity. I know that we live in stressful times too, but there's something unique about the late 60's to early 80's where they're defined by such human crimes - like the serial killers you mentioned - that makes that era sound absolutely terrifying as opposed to the more ambiguous threats we deal with now like COVID or climate change.
@@laurelanderson6782 I know right? Or just even being on airport property where you weren't supposed to be! I'm afraid of standing in the wrong line during security by accident, I can't even imagine working up the nerve (lot's of booze probably helped) to go demand a corpse about to be loaded on a plane.
@@carolinemiller6151 yes, it is absolutely insane that ever worked in the first place but today, I have a feeling that the response would probably involve a SWAT team and who knows what else. It would be most unpretty for the people trying to steal the corpse.
I visited the Joshua Tree Inn in 2006 and found it to be a peaceful tranquil place. The desert surrounding it is beautiful. I see why Gram loved it.
My wife is dying! She loves Gram Parsons and is actually considered an expert in his music and life! She also loves you Kaitlin! Thank you for making her day!
Dying of laughter?
Or just dying?
😳😳😳😳
Anonymous Adult Like OMG!! This is awesome!
Omg wait what is she dying of laughter? Or ummmm..... dying.
@@urban_gse_ exactly! 😳
Is she like really dying?
Okay, but "Gram Theft Parsons" is a damn good joke.
"Gram Theft Parsons" would also make an _amazing_ cover band name.
"This guy again?" I'm sorry, I know multiple autopsies on the same person aren't uncommon but I'm just imagining the coroner thinking the guy actually died two times 😂
Omg
Especially since he was burnt the second time and in some cultures they burnt the bodies of suspected vampires (rather than the more common cutting off of their heads) because it was believed to prevent their rising from the dead. I wonder if he was like wait a sec... 😂 I mean if Parsons was a bit of an eccentric dude who probably slept a lot in the day and partied through the night, who's to say there wasn't at least one person who heard about the burning and thought yep, knew he was a vampire.
I love Gram. This definitely isn’t my first time hearing this story but is one of my favorite ways of hearing it. Thank you
Caitlin: Why don’t we do food videos?
Me: Cannibalism is frowned upon in our society.
I'm pretty sure people these days aren't open to the idea of eating porpoises, either.
I mean she's very much welcome to go and make an iconic corpse episode related to food and cannibalism, don't see why not
But what about recycling???
that was my exact first thought. or just placenta steaks 😂
@@ashleigh2243 They say that's the best thing a new mother can eat right after giving birth. You know, "they."
I need a T-shirt that says “To the desert my groovy babies.” Now!
Also you have done food videos. You talked about cannibalism several times
No matter how many times she says "Great Courses Plus" ....my brain goes " Great corpses plus"....I can't help it. I lose it laughing
You me & everyother Deathling hon.💀📖 🤣
Buhwhaddabout Grape Corpses Plus??
Mmmmm...graaaape...
Gram Courses Parsons
I vaguely recall reading an interview with Kaufman years later. I think he said that for years, the family tried really hard to keep Parson's gravesite a secret from Kaufman, but he eventually found out and joked about "maybe trying again."