It was there that he fell in love with a young Cuban-American woman named Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos. Add to your scrapbook. Tanzler added copious amounts of perfumes, flowers, disinfectants, and preserving agents to keep the rotting odor at bay, and routinely applied morticians wax to Hoyos face in an effort to keep her alive.. Von Cosel robbed her body from the grave. Now Ive found her, and Ill kill her, if necessary, to fulfil my destiny! (p. 68), There was this and another statement from Nana Medina in the Miami Herald where she told of how Tanzler had warned her father if there was not a wedding in the family soon, there would be a funeral. What he did next is unthinkable, and he never really paid a price for it.Join Ash, Alaina and special guest, comedian Rachel O'brien, as we dig deep into Karl's crazy world. He also claimed nine university degrees and self-titled himself Count von Cosel, taking the name of an alleged ancestor. Mara Elena "Helen" Hoyos A principios del siglo XX nace una hija de inmigrantes cubanos llamada Mara Elena Milagro-Hoyos. He was born as Karl Tnzler or Georg Karl Tnzler on February 8, 1877 in Dresden, Germany. Carl could not get over Marias death, so he decided to pursue her from beyond the grave. Bienvenido Perez, in a later interview for Men True Adventure magazine (n.d.), would reveal much darker intentions on Tanzlers part. This one had a story in it somebody was renovating a cottage and when they tore down the wall, they found a confession note. This all seems like silly speculation, to get people to read an old story. Just 21 years old, and 32 years younger than Tanzler, Maria Elena Helen Milagro de Hoyos was brought to the hospital for an examination. . 19: Count von Cosel & His Mummy Bride", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl_Tanzler&oldid=1140915722, Articles needing additional references from October 2021, All articles needing additional references, Articles with trivia sections from October 2021, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Portions of the original memorial plaque that was commissioned by Tanzler and affixed to Elena Hoyos's mausoleum have been reassembled and are on display at the, True Crime Kent Podcast Episode Karl Tanzler, A Haunted History of Pasco County (Haunted America) by Madonna Jervis Wise; Arcadia Publishing. Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA. Tanzler immediately recognized Hoyos as the woman from his dream. Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos [ edit] On April 22, 1930, while working at the Marine Hospital in Key West, Tanzler met Maria Elena "Helen" Milagro de Hoyos (1909-1931), a local Cuban-American woman who had been brought to the hospital by her mother for an examination. But unfortunately, this was a true story. (2020) noted that the patient at one point suffered a seizure, much like how Michelfelder (1982) notes the police log where Elena experienced violent convulsions before her death (p. 9). You have chosen this person to be their own family member. At sixteen, she was married to Luis Mesa (1908-?) There continued to be much conflict between him and Elenas family. Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos' family knew of Carl Tanzler's infatuation, per Atlas Obscura. After Von Cosel's arrest, Key West put Elena's body on exhibit. Instead of a cure, she found a radiologist named Karl Tanzler who instantly became obsessed with her. Instead of a cure, she found a radiologist named Karl Tanzler who instantly became obsessed with her. Love: the mercy killing of a baby with a major deformity or partner with incurable cancer. On February 18, 1926, she married Luis Mesa, but he left her shortly after she suffered a miscarriage of the couples first child. Maria Elena "Helen" Milagro de Hoyos was an attractive, young Cuban-American local. I mixed the root of wolfsbane (monkshood) with aconite diluted. She was only 22. Mrs. C.S. Please enter your email and password to sign in. He was examined by doctors and found to be perfectly sane though it remains a mystery of how he lived with a corpse for so many years. [1], Tanzler attached the corpse's bones together with piano wire and fitted the face with glass eyes. d. Cosel was (Harrison 1996, Meek 2017). The obituary recounted: "a metal cylinder on a shelf above a table in it wrapped in silken cloth and a robe was a waxen image". Together they had two children: Ayesha Tanzler (19221998), and Clarista Tanzler (19241934), who died of diphtheria.[7]. The Mad Scientist of Key West. Von Cosel was sixty years of age,and decided that they were to have their May-December romance. He searched for her, but he could never meet the woman he saw in his dream. It seemed to be someone admitting to killing someone. Carl had basically abandoned his wife and children, and was more content living with a dead body than a live woman. [1][8] Tanzler showered Elena with gifts of jewelry and clothing, and allegedly professed his love to her, but no evidence has surfaced to show that any of his affection was reciprocated by Elena. Tanzler (born on February 8, 1877, in Dresden, Germany) knew from a young age that he had a soulmate. She came here 71 years ago from her native Dresden, Germany. After Hoyos sister showed up at Tanzlers home in 1940, the jig was up. Whether this is true or not, well never know the answer, but its not something we want to ponder too closely. He dressed her corpse in a wedding gown after stuffing her body cavity with rags. Now that she was dead, she could not protest. A defeated Carl shuffled off to Pasco County, Florida to patch together some semblance of a life. The Journal of Critical Care Medicine, vol. Although he was already married with 2 daughters, Carl was immediately struck by Marias appearance. After reading about the perverse love of Carl Tanzler, brush up on macabre marriages with the Chinese ritual of ghost brides. This engraving with Elenas name can now be found at the Fort Martello Museum in Key West. Little did they know, Elena, my darling, we are alone on this shore. TSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Finally, she suggested that her son return to his sister in the United States Tanzler's account of Trial Bay Gaol, his secret building of a sailboat, etc., is confirmed by Nyanatiloka Mahathera, who mentions that he planned to escape from the Gaol with "Count Carl von Cosel" in a sailboat, and provides other information about the internment of Germans in Australia during World War I. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Despite his best efforts, Hoyos succumbed to her illness in October 1931, leaving her family and newly-obsessed caretaker heartbroken. He allegedly professed his love for her and showered her with gifts, but there's no record of her ever returning his sentiments. Unfortunately for them both, Tanzlers prognosis for young Hoyos was not great, having diagnosed her with tuberculosis, which was still considered to be a fatal disease in the early 1900s. When John Dorschner wrote the sordid details of the case, he was met with remarkable contention. Now two years deceased, Carl Tanzler was left with the task of maintaining Hoyos corpse. The mausoleum Carl had Elena laid to rest in. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. "[1] After a preliminary hearing on October 9, 1940 at the Monroe County Courthouse in Key West, Tanzler was held to answer on the charge, but the case was eventually dropped, and he was released, as the statute of limitations for the crime had expired. It should be stated, he too had a wife and two young kids albeit he neglected to mention this in any of his writings. Although he tried to stop her disintegration with embalming fluids, her body continued to decay. In 1931, Dr. Carl Tanzler fell in love with a patient he was treating for tuberculosis. She forbade the family to let von Cosel know until she was too far across the border to be recalled (p.1). It was estimated that she wouldnt have long to live, but Von Cosel disagreed. Like some medieval wizard, Carl conjured up odd concoctions, potions, tonics, elixirs, and herbs in order to treat her TB. 28, 67 69, Sagers, A. Tanzlers body was discovered on the floor of his home. Years later he was found living in a house near the sea and through an investigation by Elena's sister, it was found that he had been living with her corpse, preserving it with oiled silk and wax to slow the decomposition. The former corpse bride is now at rest. 1982, pp. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? Lust: a lover kills a rival for his/her object of desire; the thrill-killer who murders people because he gains a sexual payoff. Requires subscription and macOS 11.4 or higher, 2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer, Earwolf & Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. Carl claimed Maria began talking to him from the other side, telling him she was afraid of decaying and rotting. NightMerica. Tanzler immediately recognized her as the beautiful dark-haired woman that had been revealed to him in his earlier "visions. He had also used flowers and other scents to keep out the odor. 1 and 2. Maria Elena lies in some unmarked Floridian grave, in an 18 inch casket. Her body belonged to him. I also want to give great credit to Ben Harrison as one of the most prominent writers and researchers on this story, he was one of the first to bring it to the modern age with his book Undying Love. With pretty much the entire town talking about the reclusive man often seen buying womens clothing and perfume on top of one local boys account of witnessing the doctor dancing with what appeared to be a giant doll Hoyos family began to suspect that something was off. Carl Von Cosel had preserved her corpse for seven years. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. Tuberculosis was after all, considered an incurable disease in 1931 and it was the number one cause of death in Key West at the time (Harrison 1996). He showered her with jewelry and clothing, and he frequently professed his love to her. Born in Key West in 1909, the daughter of a cigar maker and a homemaker, Hoyos was raised in a large family and was brought to the hospital by her mother after becoming ill. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. He even installed a telephone line to Elenas crypt so that he could continue speaking to her. Before she died, Carl wrote in his journal how he had hopes that, despite the extensive damage, the lesions would heal again. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This is a carousel with slides. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Many years ago, Carl von Cosel travelled from India to Australia with the intention of proceeding to the South Seas Islands. For some reason, Marias mother possessed a wig made out of her daughters hair, and she gifted this to Carl. Arriving authorities quickly determined that this doll was, in fact, Hoyos herself, and they arrested Tanzler for grave robbing. His home was near his wife Doris, who apparently helped to support Tanzler in his later years. Provoked by Von Cosels unapologetic behavior, the judge decided to bury Elena in an unmarked grave. Florida, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1823-1982, Florida, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, Your Scrapbook is currently empty. In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page. In fact, he had escaped from an Australian internment camp during WWI by building a makeshift sailboat after secretly studying engineering books. Elena Hoyos died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty-two. While he had a family of his own, he was still disappointed that he hadnt met the woman of his dreams. Surprisingly, a psychiatric evaluation by the court found Carl to be mentally competent. He was charged with wantonly and maliciously destroying a grave and removing a body without authorization.. Upon returning home, Tanzler married and had two children in 1920, and the family emigrated to Zephyrhills, Florida. Thus, they found it odd that Tanzler stopped visiting the mausoleum two years after her death. Tanzler made nightly visits to Hoyos mausoleum. He had her torso stuffed with rags in an attempt to preserve its original form, and he covered her scalp with bits of real hair. Death . According to Atlas Obscura, de Hoyos was then a 21-year-old Cuban native suffering from tuberculosis and came to the hospital for treatment. Carl was doing more than playing dress up with Elena. Please reset your password. In Carls autobiography, he does confess to kissing and cuddling Marias cadaver. The former three, as he describes them, are quite applicable to Tanzler. Carl had the nerve to ask them to return it back to him, but his request was rejected. Interested in learning more about the most haunted places on the Island? Tanzler moved from Key West to Zephyrhills near where his wife and sister lived, but not before according to Perez (1952, n.d.), using a time-bomb to blow up the tomb the night he left. If youre craving for a new Lifetime movie to watch, look no further. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Image credit: Florida KeysPublic Libraries, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The extent of this has never been revealed fully, only that Tanzler had been interned in Australia as a prisoner-of-war for a time. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. On April 22, 1930, while working at the Marine Hospital, Tanzler met the one person in his life he had been searching for since he was 12 years old: his soulmate. While there, he met a beautiful young woman 32 years his junior named Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos, better known as Helen (top, in a photo courtesy of the Florida Keys Public Library). In 2003, two bands released their musical interpretations of the Tanzler story, In 2008, the Swedish band ChansoNoir released the EP. There is a problem with your email/password. Maria Elena had a bit of a tragic life. She had dark hair, was beautiful and was a foreigner. It was palatable and my loved one departed this miserable world on October 25, 1931. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Accessed 11 Feb. 2021. It was the biggest media frenzy of its day. Phantom Press. That seems extremely dubious. On October 24, 2013, the case of Carl Tanzler was featured on, In 2015, the story of Tanzler and Elena Hoyos was featured in an, In 2020, Tanzler's story was featured on an episode entitled "Cryptic Messages" of the, This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 11:56. I foremost would like to acknowledge writer and historian David L. Sloan. for a minute Born the daughter of a cigar maker she came from a large Cuban-American family. He had just begun to build a trans-ocean flyer when the war broke out and the British military authorities placed him in a concentration camp for 'safe-keeping' along with many officers India and China who were prisoners of war. She revealed her face to him in his dream, and Tanzler knew at that moment that this was the woman he was meant to marry. They called him an eccentric romantic and felt sorry for his psychological disorder. The 22-year-old beauty resembled his childhood premonitions so closely that he immediately became convinced that their love was meant to be. Carl simply did not care, and continued indulging himself in unrequited love. The only thing she wanted from Tanzler was a proper medical treatment. . To use this feature, use a newer browser. He claimed to have 9 academic degrees (most likely false), and was also purported to have aristocratic blood, going by the title of Count whenever he could get away with it. So what does he do? Finally, I want to acknowledge Elena herself. Maria Elena "Helen" Milagro de Hoyos married Luis Roberto "Louis" Mesa. Finding her safe, he remained with her for three years, witnessing the chaos that followed in the wake of the war. The jig was up, and authorities confiscated the corpse. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? Harrison, B. He would buy her gifts and dote on her, and did everything in his power to heal her, but she succumbed to the illness. In the early 1900s, approximately 110,000 Americans would die each year from tuberculosis. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The invention charged her oxygen electrons with electrodes, which he decided would save her. Tanzler (1947) tells of many arguments he had with Elenas parents about her condition, the Cuban culture of smoking cigars, having numerous visitors at the house and taking Elena for car rides. In April of 1933, Carl Tanzler removed Hoyos body from the mausoleum, no longer requiring him to make his nightly visits to the graveyard as she would now be housed in his own home. In 1930, tuberculosis was an often fatal disease. Eventually, in 1920, he married Doris Schafer and they had two children, Ayesha and Clarista. Tragically, de Hoyos died on October 25, 1931, at the age of 22. He would use this wig on Marias corpse, as the decomposition process had caused her hair to fall out. All right reserved. He also made countless proposals of marriage towards Elena, starting the night her older sister Florinda Nana Medina (1906 1944) was wed. Elenas mother protested and kicked Tanzler out of the family home (Tanzler von Cosel 1947, Harrison 1996, Sloan 2012). Tanzler, an eccentric character, carried himself with a high sense of self-importance. I own that tomb and everything that is inside, not you! (p.70). She died on October 25, 1931 at the age of 22. . Tanzler didnt seem to get bored living with Hoyos corpse. However, no other evidence had ever come to the fore, apart from these threats, suggesting that Tanzler may have committed murder. 6, no. Nor was he with her just before. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. He was no longer her technician; she was the love of his life. Thats what happened between Carl Tanzler and Maria Elena Helen Milagro de Hoyos. His obituary said that a metal cylinder on a shelf above a table in it wrapped in silken cloth and a robe was a waxen image.. Immortal Kisses Were His Goal. He even bought her a mahogany bed, which would become her deathbed. He wanted his soulmate to always look like the woman he fell in love with even after death. He thought of everything to make sure he could continue living with her corpsefor seven years! Try again. She died at her parents home in Key West on October 25, 1931, at just 22 years old. While no existing contemporary photographs of the autopsy or photographs taken at the public display show a tube, the necrophilia claim was repeated by the HBO Autopsy program in 1999.[10]. Failed to report flower. If they only knew what was going on inside his home. She looked upon von Cosel as a grandfather. While Elena was undergoing agonizing death, Von Cosel supplied her with perfume, jewelry, fruits, and candies. No matter how hard Tanzler tried, he couldnt save Hoyos. Elena was eventually diagnosed with tuberculosis, a typically fatal disease at the time, that eventually claimed the lives of almost all of her immediate family. Hoyos body was finally buried in a new cemetery at Key West Cemetery. There was a problem getting your location. She was still so young. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Elena, having been referred to the Marine Hospital for tests, was overseen by one radiologist, Carl Tanzler (1877 1952). This love made him determined to keep his patient alive, which he attempted to do quite literally by removing her corpse from the mausoleum it was housed in and holding it together with coat hangers, wax, and silk. This [incident] makes so much sense. However, his wife Doris Shafer (1889 1977) and other extended family members would state that Tanzler had no royal lineage whatsoever and that his title was merely one he created himself. Medina, Nana's husband, was electrocuted trying to rescue a coworker who hit a powerline with his crane at a construction site. I dont know, I didnt hear such criticism and snarky comments when Juan Peron did it. Ginsburg, Arthur, director. Tanzler had had visions since childhood of a dark-haired woman who was destined to be his true love. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. He created a life-like effigy and mask of her face, to replace the confiscated cadaver. Whether he meant me I did not know and cared less (p. 37). Today, it seems even the dead body is no longer respected. 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