History WebVideo / AskAMortician

* BrokenPedestal: Caitlin seems to see Creator/HPLovecraft in this light after modern interpretations of his works and actions painted him as an anti-Semite and racist. [[https://youtu.be/fhT5YWV_c0s?t=271 She still holds some level of respect for him due to the literary values of his writing,]] but would otherwise exercise a cautious approach complete with disclaimer whenever the author is to be mentioned.

* BrokenPedestal: Caitlin seems to see Creator/HPLovecraft in this light after modern interpretations of his works and actions painted him as an anti-Semite and racist. She still holds some level of respect for him due to the literary values of his writing, but would otherwise exercise a cautious approach complete with disclaimer whenever the author is to be mentioned.

* BrokenPedestal: Caitlin seems to see Creator/HPLovecraft in this light after modern interpretations of his works and actions painted him as an anti-Semite and racist. She still holds some level of respect for him due to the literary values of his writing, but would otherwise exercise a cautious approach whenever the author is to be mentioned.

* BrokenPedestal: Caitlin seems to see Creator/HPLovecraft in this light after modern interpretations of his works and actions painted him as an anti-Semite and racist. She still holds some level of respect for him due to the literary values of his writing, but would otherwise exercise a cautious approach whenever the author is to be mentioned.[[note]]Though it is difficult to believe she read much Lovecraft if she was unaware of his proclivities until then.[[/note]]

* BrokenPedestal: Caitlin seems to see Creator/HPLovecraft in this light after modern interpretations of his works and actions painted him as an anti-Semite and racist. She still holds some level of respect for him due to the literary values of his writing, but would otherwise exercise a cautious approach whenever the author is to be mentioned.

* DeathByIrony: On several occasions, the crew of the Essex shipwreck decided against coming onto land because they feared they would be killed and eaten by cannibalistic tribals. They ended up [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty eating each other]] after their piddly ration stores ran out. When drawing on the events of the Essex as inspiration for his book ''Moby-Dick'', Creator/HermanMelville later speculated that [[ForWantOfANail had Owen Chase not objected to Pollard's plans, everybody could have made it to Tahiti alive and well.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: For the Essex shipwreck tragedy, the First mate Owen Chase. Much of the terrible things that happened to the survivors could be traced back to Chase naysaying and disagreeing with the captain's plans on no other grounds than a hunch. On at least five occasions, his decisions only made things far worse, such as his objection when captain Pollard suggested the crew seeking refuge on the Society Islands, where the local English mission could have saved everybody. [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty The rest of it is history]].

* DeathByIrony: On several occasions, the crew of the Essex shipwreck decided against coming onto land because they feared they would be killed and eaten by cannibalistic tribals. They ended up [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty eating each other]] after their piddly ration stores ran out. When drawing on the events of the Essex as inspiration for his book ''Moby Dick'', Creator/HermanMelville later speculated that [[ForWantOfANail had Owen Chase not objected to Pollard's plans, everybody could have made it to Tahiti alive and well.]]

* DeathByIrony: On several occasions, the crew of the Essex shipwreck decided against coming onto land because they feared they would be killed and eaten by cannibalistic tribals. They ended up [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty eating each other]] after their piddly ration stores ran out. When drawing on the events of the Essex as inspiration for his book ''Moby Dick'', Creator/HermanMelville later speculated that had Owen Chase not objected to Pollard's plans, everybody could have made it to Tahiti alive and well.

* DeathByIrony: On several occasions, the crew of the Essex shipwreck decided against coming onto land because they feared they would be killed and eaten by cannibalistic tribals. They ended up [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty eating each other]] after their piddly ration stores ran out.

* PreviouslyOn: She did the opening for her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NYQ2aM13Hc Mortician Does My Makeup for the Casket]] video this way.

** Subverted big time with Doughty herself. Even though she may sometimes drum this up deliberately for comedic purposes, she's actually one of the happiest, most positive representations of her occupation on Youtube. This is intentional, as her channel is meant to show her audience that death actually has a lot to teach the living and is not something to be creeped out by.

* HehHehYouSaidX: Gets a lot of mileage out of "Mocha Dick," the real-life white whale who inspired ''Literature/MobyDick'', in her video on the whaleship ''Essex''.

* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: Caitlin did [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5xMpsYdzgg an entire episode]] on the {{Trope Namer}}s.

** Played straight with malfeasant funeral directors such as David Sconce and Raymond Cantrell II, who stored corpses in appalling conditions in disregard for industry standards or basic ethics.

* SpookyPhotographs: She relates their history in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNuV6bRStXU one of her videos]].

* BookEnds: How Doughty views her education. Her oldest keepsake is an award from her second grade teacher for "a good witch story." Her Masters thesis was entitled, "In Our Image: The Suppression of Demonic Births in Late Medieval Witchcraft Theory", which means her degree was, in effect, an award from her teacher for a good witch story.

** Played straight with malfeasant funeral directors Doughty talks about in her channel, such as David Sconce and Raymond Cantrell II.

* CreepyMortician: Subverted big time. Even though she may sometimes drum this up deliberately for comedic purposes, she's actually one of the happiest, most positive representations of her occupation on Youtube. This is intentional, as her channel is meant to show her audience that death actually has a lot to teach the living and is not something to be creeped out by.

* CreepyMortician: Even though she may sometimes drum this up deliberately for comedic purposes, she's actually one of the happiest, most positive representations of her occupation on Youtube. This is intentional, as her channel is meant to show her audience that death actually has a lot to teach the living and is not something to be creeped out by.

* CreepyMortician: Even though she may sometimes drum this up deliberately for comedic purposes, she's actually one of the happiest, most positive representation of her occupation on Youtube. This is intentional, as her channel is meant to show her audience that death actually has a lot to teach the living and is not something to be creeped out by.

* CreepyMortician: A massive subversion. She's one of the happiest, most positive people on Youtube.