Iconic Corpse: GRAM PARSONS
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Today we present one of THE most important entries in the North American Iconic Corpse canon- alt country messiah Gram Parsons (and his botched Joshua Tree cremation.)
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**SELECTED SOURCES/ADDITIONAL READING**
How I Stole Gram Parsons’ Body
www.loudersound.com/features/...
Gram Parsons: The Mysterious Death - and Aftermath
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The Strange Tale of Gram Parsons’ Funeral in Joshua Tree
www.desertusa.com/dusablog/th...
Why I stole my best friend's body
www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses
Lovejoy, Bess. Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Gram Parsons: Bio Of Country-Rock's Messiah And Grievous Angel
groovyhistory.com/gram-parsons
Grave Spotlight: Gram Parsons
www.cemeteryguide.com/gotw-par...
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.
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*
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 😂
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.
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
"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
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!!
“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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
“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 😆😆😆
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.
"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
These men all exhibit true himbo energy. Head empty but heart of gold
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 !!!!
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-
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”
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.
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.
"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
"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"
@@noesunyoutuber7680 1st track - "Botched Desert Cremation".
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.
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. czcams.com/video/nP7_bNfUJ_c/video.html
She's cool
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!)
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.
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. 🤟
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
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. 👍🏼👍🏼
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
"Well intentioned, but drunken and incompetent," is such a beautiful line. Love these videos!
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."
"You mean I can't steal another corpse for a year?" Lol what a dude
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."
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
Okay, but "Gram Theft Parsons" is a damn good joke.
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! 👍
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.
With so many stories of corpses being exploited, stolen, and treated improperly, it's nice to have a story where someone basically got what they wanted for their death wishes.
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.
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.
"When everyone else is truly terrible at their jobs, you look like a genius in comparison" 13:40
So true lol
"Well intentioned, but; drunk and inept."
That sums up so much of my life.
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.
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
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 could have only happened in the 70s. This story honestly is the most 70s thing to happen.
Indeed
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
"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.
„Piquant mix of privilege and pain“ is so wow...very well worded
Her spontaneous combustion had me on the floor 🤣🤣
If my friends did this, they'd have my eternal gratitude. Right on
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.
"Well intentioned. But drunken, and incompetent."
Christ the describes me well.
Same, I felt personally called out there
“You end up with a cooked Gram, not a cremated Gram.”
"Gram and Keith Richards became close friends." That is a story that never ends well. FYI, they made a movie some years ago about the Parsons corpse heist called Grand Theft Parsons. It plays fast and loose with the facts, but is pretty hilarious.
"Why don't I do food videos..."
Caitlin, you covered the Donner Party already, remember?
Noooooo 🤣
I chortled, well done!
"Well-intentioned, but drunken and incompetent."
That sounds like an apt discription of my final year at college. I'm joking I wasn't incompetent. But the rest of it - yah basically guilty charged.
100% best quote
if i had a tombstone inscription, that's the one...
If my Dad had a tombstone (he's in his plastic box in my garage right now) that would be a fitting epitaph.
It was perfectly edited. Piece of work.
Now I know where to pick up some free guitar picks the next time I'm in Joshua Tree.
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.
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 :)
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.
I'm so glad his actual family got his estate. He really had some great friends.
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. ✌🏼❤️
Never attribute to Satanism that which may be explained by good intentions, booze and incompetence.
-Satan
-Also Satanists
Hear! Hear!
just in case any addicts/friends of addicts are watching: no, shoving ice cubes up there won't help. call an ambulance, administer some narcan, but leave the ice alone
I guess the reason they resort to just weird measures is to escape legal issues since drugs was involved but that mindset probably killed a lot of people that could’ve survived.
+
Ive saved a couple lives with a pack of frozen hotdogs or an ice cube to the taint while waiting on an ambulance before stephens law in Minnesota. Of course get help, but sometimes there are no other options or if you need extra help. I've had to save a lot of people, so I say it keeps them awake, breathing, and alive; there's nothing I won't do.
Edit; it's not always about the legal aspect of things. Sometimes ambulances don't arrive for half an hour. I've had ambulances not even show up because "it's just stupid junkies." You never know man.
You can take someone to a fire station (always one nearby) and they have Narcan there and EMTs, and the firemen are also trained for basic medical. This can be done until you can get them to an ambulance or hospital.
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@@drunkengemini9127 when someone’s overdosing you don’t tell dispatch that, say they aren’t responding/unconscious!!
"A Bizarre Desert Ritual, Perhaps Satanic...No, well-intentioned, but drunken and incompetent" I feel a foreboding of what my own eulogy will sound like
Edit post-reading the comments: I see we're all struggling
Not gonna lie, I teared up at the fans' notebook. For many of us, musicians become close friends and confidants via their works, without even meeting them in person, so it's specially heartbreaking that, in this case, his own "family" was far more worried in getting his money than respecting his last wishes.
"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.
Her: this mirror was here when he died
Me: the mirrors haunted
What's this haunted mirrors thing? I've never heard of it before, but you definitely have my attention. I'd say I'm dying to know, but...
@@linabasilisk1955 people used to cover mirrors because it was believed that if a person died in a house with the mirrors uncovered the person’s spirit would be trapped in the mirror
@@peri4094 yep, they most definitely did! 😉
He'd probably be pretty chill as a ghost of he did appear, if you're gonna be haunted by anyone you'd want a laid back hippy type, right?
@@linabasilisk1955 Do yourself a solid and watch Oculus.
"really we should do more food videos" Honestly, a series on people's last meals would be interesting!
One of my fave local eateries did a theme weekend where the menu was the last request meals of famous prisoners like Gacy, etc. Don't remember who I choose, but it included fried chicken and fresh strawberries.
@@jawjagrrl that would be gacy !
When she said that, I was reminded of when I was eating my supper tonight while watching her video on the plague in San Francisco. I was trying to eat right as she was describing the symptoms of the plague. I paused in my chewing for a few seconds until she moved on to talking about the logistics of the situation. I was then able to continue eating. 😂 I would be interested in more food related videos though and you’re right, a series about last meals would be interesting.
I can’t believe I hadn’t ever heard of this before. I must say that I admire the determination of his friends to follow out Gram’s wishes. I found this story very heartwarming.
I am a recovering drug addict and I can safely say I've never heard of shoving ice cubes up someone's butt to get them to come out of an OD lmao
That you remember 😅
Congratulations on your recovery!
@@Roll587 thank you!
I know somebody who had to try that during an overdose. its real and really works.
I mean I haven't tried it but hell if I ever find myself without Narcan ...
Episode: (is about death)
Catlyn, dancing around: *tO tHe dEsErT mY gRoOvY bAbiEs*
That’s why we love her
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
My husband and I stayed in Gram's room for two nights in November 2019. I love Gram and his music so much. It was an amazing vibe in the room, I had an "experience" while staying there. The Inn is such a cool, laid back place, we will be going back. The corpse story is so bizarre but Phil really was trying to honor his wishes. 😱 Love your channel! 💕
When Caitlin called us groovy babies.. I felt that
Damn, Drunk Driving was really a National Sport in the 70s
Yes it was too.
It really was.
You should check out the story behind the ZZ Top song "Master of Sparks." The boys had a friend who made a steel safety cage with a seat in it that could be towed behind a pickup truck. No wheels, just a big long chain. Just the thing for an adventurous person to try; and like the song says "My Oh my, how the sparks would fly if that thing ever hit the ground."
The object of the adventure is to ingest adult beverages and have them guys tow you down the highway in the device, which was called the "Master of Sparks."
My brother in law got DWI'S (what they called it back then) every other month basically a ticket. It wasn't till you had like 8-12 I think penalties got stiffer. Thank God he never hurt anybody, my sister smacked it rite out of him eventually.
I mean, it was what he wanted. And stealing his estate from his wife, daughter and sisters was really not gonna be ok. I too disapprove of the Drunken Driving and am concerned by the collateral fire potential, but I can't really say anything against making such decent final wishes happen.
honestly? what they did for him was really sweet and it’s a shame it didn’t completely cremate his body. genuine love for him there man
"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.
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.
Bernie Leadon wrote "My Man" about Gram Parsons. It's on the On The Border Eagles album.
I remember reading about this faux pas when it occurred and wondering how anyone could be so fundamentally ignorant of such simple concepts of basic physical science. Even as a 17 year old I had some understanding of the phenomenal amount of heat that is necessary to boil away all the liquid in a grown man before the remaining tissues can burn to ash. Then there are the bones...
Oh my gosh! My dad would tell me this story on long road trips when I was a kid, we were big fans of him! It was one of my favorites, I don't even know why. Thank you for making a video on it!
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.
"Why we don't we do food videos?"
You did. That porpoise recipe was a sucess.
05:08 A quick reference to the ground breaking guitarist Clarence White. In addition to being the Byrd's lead player, he was one of the original bluegrass lead acoustic guitar players, still much admired and emulated. He can be seen in a episode of the Andy Griffith show. His early death (run over by a drunk driver) deprived us of a game-changing musician.
He also developed with Gene Parsons (no relation) the Parsons/ White bender, a gizmo for guitar that allows it to emulate pedal steel guitar sounds.
this is one insane hilarous story but also so full of friendship. Just WOW
This story is actually kinda sweet. Well, except for the drink driving and the failed cremation. But their hearts were in the right place.
"Why don't we do food videos?"
Didn't we already cover the Donner Party?
Haha yupp
Yeah I was going to say! I just rewatched Moby Dick.
All in all, this is one of rock ‘n’ roll’s most idiotic yet legendary moments
It's a "they're trying their best alright!" moment lol, despite the misadventure and all
Thank you for acknowledging the iconic Joshua Trees. As a former Desert Rat, who once had them in my back yard, I feel very warmly toward them (no actual fire required.)
You had me at, “Corpse heist”.
She had all of us. She knows her audience. 😁
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
All this Gram coming up in my feed 50 years after he left us. 😢
Aside from Gram's untimely overdose and death, I think I might be in love with this story. It has literally everything that the crazy times of the 60s and 70s could offer. I mean, shit, there's even a "heist"!