ICONIC CORPSE: The "Diva Corpse" Lady Dai 

dermatologists HATE her

melon seeds are so hard to dai-gest

“Just because you’re dead, doesn’t mean it has to show” is my motto getting ready in the morning

Even though we got to learn a lot from her discovery it’s kind of sad that we essentially destroyed her well preserved body and she probably won’t be put back to rest

2000 years old and her skin looks like that? Damn, I gotta know what kinda moisturizer she used.

I like this lady. She's the Ms. Frizzle of death school.

Dang, Lady Dai is so well preserved, you can tell roughly how old she was when she passed away. You can get a sense of what she looked like. That's not something you can say for a lot of mummies.

the fact shes so well preserved and flexible shoulda made her honorary incorrupt lmao let's be honest the church doesn't even give a shit about the rule so let's do it!

All my life I've been plagued with the question, "what blood type is Lady Dai?"

I am officially obsessed with you and your channel, ahh!!

Your pronunciation of Chinese names is more accurate than most newscasters’

i died at the to-dai-for cream being a photoshopped cetaphil lotion

… the only part of this story that’s bothering me is the fact that Lady Dai had actually consumed the seeds of her cantaloupe… WhO eAtS tHe SeEdS???

"All her internal organs were present and accounted for, and then some..." Wh.. What was she doing with.. How had she gotten her hands on more organs?

“Just because you’re dead, doesn’t mean it has to show”

the scene from the mummy where they open his coffin and say he is still "juicy"

Plot twist: it was the melon seeds that kept her looking fresh and moist

I came here for the corpse but stayed for Caitlin saying "moist" repeatedly

The "there ain't no party like a Lady Dai party, cuz a Lady Dai party is FOREVER." Never, ever gets old.

Does anyone else remember that skin care infommercial that would come on every night? It was like two hours long and the magical ingredient in it was "a secret melon from france" 🤔🤔🤔

You have inspired me to become a mortician, Kaitlyn. Now I’m close to finishing my master’s and apprenticeship and I just wanted to let you know how you inspire people. ☺️

I don't know if this one counts, but Mary Kelly, the fifth and final murder victim of Jack the Ripper. What he did takes hours with perfect surgical tools under bright lights with a team of surgeons and great skill, and he did it in 15 f***ing minutes with practically no light.And then there's the missing kidney and the letter. It's more of an iconic murder, but it might be one worth looking at as an iconic corpse.

I don't get why people hate the word moist either. Reminds me of the perfect cake. MOIST. Fluffy.

I somehow managed to watch this on the 2 year anniversary of having a gall stone removed from my bile duct and it made me very appreciative of modern medicine 😂

04:49 Slow down, Caitlin, I'm taking notes and writing instructions for my family.

"Just because you're dead, doesn't mean it has to show!" LOL! 😂

I am currently on a "Ask a mortician" marathon, I'm wearing my earphones, volumes on blast and playing the videos on the background while I do my work. For a while, I've tuned out the videos and fully focused on what I was doing... then suddenly when 3:09 came. Ahahahahha

I am slightly disappointed that this iconic Iconic Corpse episode did not go into the BONKERS details of Lady Dai's official autopsy by the Chinese government in 1972. They had a difficult time finding anyone willing to risk it, because if anything went wrong during the autopsy and she was damaged, it was generally understood to be career-ending at best and life-ending at worst. A younger, junior scientist in the pathology and teaching department eventually was like "fuck it, hold my beer" but, you know, respectfully and in Hunan Chinese. The Absolute History RU-vid channel has a pretty good video on it but I would have loved to watch the story told with the wit (and sass)(and shade)(and judgmental eyebrows) that I love from Caitlin. 🤣

When I was 19 I had a large gallstone blocking my bile duct. I can attest Lady Dai would have been in agony.

“Other stuff” *shows kitten* 😂😂😂😂😂

I love the word ‘moist’. I also love the word ‘flaccid’. I really love how often I’ve heard both of these words on your channel.

Shouldn't have moved her to begin with.

"Lady Dai party is forever". Again so funny!

It is incredible she still had red blood! She is truly one of my favorite corpses to learn about.

1:57 if "moist" gets you going, give "clammy" a try.

Biotch Dai, I feel you. I ate watermelon and got a burst appendix from trapped seeds. Worst pain of my life, nearly died from sepsis. No way to go

I feel like you'd be the coolest aunt ever

This woman reminds me so so much of Abbey from NCIS

Never thought I’d find such a down to earth & funny mortician! You rock Caitlyn!

I'm binge re-watching Caitlin. I love how professional she is and how she always pronounces all the names correctly ❤

Question: how long do you have to be put in a tomb before grave robbing becomes archeology?

The death of Charles the 12th of Sweden could be quite interesting!! Especially when he was dug up 1912 and autopsied after having been dead for almost 200 years!! Theres this really famous photo of his mummified head showing an obvious exit wound (from which he died obviously) and a really famous painting of when he was paraded through Sweden post mortem!

She's absolutely gorgeous. I love mysteries like these

i remember reading about her in a national geographic issue in 1974. i was 11 then.

i have no issue with the word 'moist,' however, after watching pretty much all of your videos i discovered i _do_ have an issue with the word 'corpse' lol

Do you know if the melon seeds are still viable? If so, it would be interesting to see the difference between those and current strains of the melons

"Moist. People really hate that word. I don't know why. Moist. Moist. Moooouuist. Are you all freaking out?" 🤣😂😃😅😂 I watched that part at least 5 times and completely lost it here.

I wonder if the seeds could still be planted and grown?

dermatologists hate her😤😤

LMFAO "NOT READY FOR THE PARTY TO STOP?- GIRL ME EITHER!" ....that was amazing

This video about a corpse and SO MANY COMMENTS ARE JUST PUNS. Im, dai-ing

Okay okay okay but when is our video of THAT Lady Di going to come out bc it's been almost 5 years and I'm still waiting for Caitlyn to expand on 4 different attempted grave robbings

i found a dead guy floating in the river, in 2007 i was walking down the railroad tracks taking a short cut and saw a big white rock that wasn't there the day before on my way to work, the closer i got the more i could see, then i spotted the big brown levi's jeans tag pulled out my phone called my boss and told him i was gonna be a little late then i called the police told them what i found, funny thing is the channel 8 helicopter got there first from 30 miles away and the cops had a motorboat and got there maybe 5 minutes after the news, they wanted to know what i was doing down there i said i walk to work this way daily, the guy was floating face down with a black and grey flannel shirt up over his head and it looked like all the flesh on his back was picked away by crabs or something. weird i dreamed about it a few times after that day and i still remember it like it was yesterday

eternity got u down? not ready for the party to stop? girl, me neither !

I laughed when she said "other stuff" and a picture of cat popped up.

Maybe she used honey when she is alive because honey is also involve in chinese med? 😅 P. S. My dad loves honey and his skin is glowing and soft. So I start consuming it once day and so far so good. 🤔😂

I've had gallstones stuck in my bile ducts before, and I can attest that the pain is easily bad enough to cause a heart attack.

My Uber driver and I were chatting about your channel last night! ☠

I'm so glad that I was bored during these crazy times and found you. Love your stuff!

I can't stop watching your videos. I just love how you carry yourself. Love your style and look. Envy the job you do

Caitlin has opened a can of worms (tee-hee) bringing up the Princess of Wales. I would like to know more about the creeps who attempted to steal her corpse, probably to hold it for ransomed. Now I am going straight to the bookstore to buy From Here To Eternity by our Mistress of Death!

Am I the only one horrified that ppl attempted to rob Lady Di's grave four times? Wtf?!

*WAIT THE BODY BRINE AD LMAO I THOUGHT THE LADY DAI PARTY WAS GREAT BUT THAT WAS AMAZING*

You really had me going there, Caitlin! Starting out by talking about The English Lady Di, that was a good one!

Pro Tip: never eat cold cut meat slices while watching this

Wow, now I'm interested in going to mortuary school now

I love your channel. Well spoken, smart and therapeutic. Especially after losing a loved one. For some reason hearing you talk about death and it’s important part of life makes it so much less frightening. Thank you.

Your channel is awesome I love how you incorporate humor with the information on your expertise

Ok. Do Princess Diana for realz now.

"Lady Dai's to-dai-for Body Brine, just because you're dead doesn't mean it has to show" 😂😂

Fascinating video! Simply amazing how well-preserved she was. And I loved your book - as I've loved all of them! Thank you so much, Caitlyn, for making death more palatable to our odd "western" senses.

Your videos always make me laugh, happy and well-informed! I adore you Caitlin! You are awesome!

She's like a character out of A Series of Unfortunate Events. I love her personality!

💀Please do a Morbid Minute on Tomb Carvings and meaning: ivy, lambs, winged skulls etc!! 💀

Me when any videos involves strangely preserved corpses that could be a vampire or a zombie being retrieved: 👏🏽 PUT 👏🏽 IT 👏🏽 BACK 👏🏽

Five years on and I would still love a video dedicated to the funeral of Lady Di/Princess Diana tbh. I have no doubt Caitlin would be immensely respectful, compassionate, and empathetic about it like she is with her other mini death documentaries, and after getting a glimpse of what Prince Philip's and Queen Elizabeth's funerals would entail, I'm curious to know more about what they did for Diana. I was only 10 when she died (I still remember clear as day the night I learned she had passed - My family were driving home from a vacation we had just gone on to Mammoth Mountain in California, it was late at night and we had the radio on when a broadcast suddenly interrupted the music to announce that Princess Di had passed in a car crash) so I only have vague fragments of memory of what had happened in the time leading up to her funeral and memorial service.

Richard III, the car park king please!💀💀

LOL, I never understood why people hate the word moist either!

She has Reid’s knowledge, Garcia’s personality, and Emily’s hair

I don't know whether it's 'tactful' to say so - but you really make me chuckle! So thank you, very often you make my day!

Not sure if they're considered iconic in corpse form, but I've always been a bit fascinated by the 1918 assassination of the Tsar Nicholas II and his family, leading to the Anastasia stories and myths, later to be disproved. The Romanov wiki page is nuts! Might be interesting to research further for a video!!

to dai for LOL

So I already can't not think of Tasting History during these videos because of the jingle, but now there's a more literal connection, lol

“Lady Dai and her fellow flexi-corpses”. Absolutely hilarious 😂😂

Maybe do an actual Lady Diana episode lol

I love the word 'moist' so much. Not only is it the best descriptor for things like cake and chicken breast, but the reactions people give to it is the most hilarious thing.

The kitten really got me. I love this channel. Great episode Caitlin!

I love when you talk it’s soothing I almost passed out binge watching your videos I love your videos ❤️❤️

Queen Elizabeth I. Do a video on her!!!!!

You're killing it (heh) with that lip colour! Also, from someone English, your pronunciation of Northamptonshire was so cute.

Why is your makeup and hair always on point? I have to rewind the video because I get distracted by how perfect it is!

Ι played this video for my art history class since we are doing mummies and they liked it a lot. Thank you 💕

Lady Dai is clearly the subject of supernatural incorruptibility; she's the patron saint of undigested melon seeds. (and... I just know there's a hilarious Anthony Fantano/fellatio joke in that "undigested melon seed" thing, but I'm too dumb to figure out what it is exactly.)

Caitlin, since my late start with your presentations, I have enjoy and continue to really enjoy "Ask a Mortitican" on RU-vid. I wish I had discovered you before my first book was published. The protagonist in my eight Callie Parrish books works at Middleton's Mortuary. I will be investigating your schedule hoping you do a signing somewhere near me in SC. I also would like permission to have Callie watching you in her next book. Deathling Fran Rizer

Caitlin, you are so effed up in the most brilliant way. Keep it up girl!

I ordered your book today from amazon.... yay!!! Can’t wait!!!!

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Lincoln! I saw a whole documentary on his corpse. You could easily get 2 episodes out of it, on on his preservation, the other on the grave robbing. Can't remember the name of the doc, unfortunately.

ALSO- the melon she was consuming is used for prolonged youthful skin and body health! Dr.Sibah and Cindy Crawford sell it!! :)

You are just outstanding. Bloody outstanding, madame macabre. 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻! I, in no way shape or form feel guilty or disrespectful watching *and* laughing my way through your videos because I know what an amazing humanitarian you are. You're brilliant, Caitlyn and you're very, very important. Your Aussie Deathlings need you down under! Stat.

Truly fascinating, Caitlin - thank you!