Wisconsin Death Trip

I found Wisconsin Death Trip to be quite an unsettling film, for a few reasons.
Firstly, the content itself. The film showed an account of the many deaths that have taken place during the final decade of the 19th century. This itself seems to be a very morbid topic, and I was therefore unsure of how to approach the film when watching it.
The deaths were presented mostly as very serious accounts of murder or suicide, but occasionally it would be presented as comedic. I was therefore unsure of how I was supposed to feel most of the time - was I supposed to feel sad for the deaths, or laugh at the hilarity of the situation? I was unsure of the directors intention of what he wanted the audience to feel.
Although the film was presented in an entertaining and engaging way, because of how unsure I was about how I was supposed to be feeling I was also unsure of what the director wanted to say through the film. What is its point?I also thought that the style of the film was quite repetitive - one account of death after the other. Although it was structured well and I found it entertaining, because there was no sense of a narrative it just seemed to be a collection of events. Perhaps this is what the director intended, but i did not personally feel that doing so necessarily did the film justice.
So, overall, I found the film entertaining, but was unsure of the director's intent. I could not decide what to make of the film, or what I was supposed to have learned from it, and so therefore felt unsatisfied. I do not think that the film was made to entertain, but to give the viewer an insight into these real events.