Although he was already married with 2 daughters, Carl was immediately struck by Marias appearance. Episode: Maria Elena Milagro De Hoyos, the Unwilling Corpse Bride w/ special guest @rachaelnobrien 1. There is a problem with your email/password. Today, it seems even the dead body is no longer respected. Three years later a Cuban-American woman by the name of Maria Elena Milagro De Hoyos, was brought to the hospital by her mother for examination. 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. She had dark hair, was beautiful and was a foreigner. Von Cosel. [1], The facts underlying the case and the preliminary hearing drew much interest from the media at the time (most notably, from the Key West Citizen and Miami Herald), and created a sensation among the public, both regionally and nationwide. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. He kept a wingless airplane on the hospital grounds that he called Countess Elena and claimed they would someday fly away together (he also claimed the plane would be amphibious and that it would sail on water as well as fly). Enter Carl Tanzler von Cosel, a German-born radiology technician who worked at the hospital. She was his soulmate, so he created a life-size doll from a death mask that closely resembled his favorite woman. Tanzler had had visions since childhood of a dark-haired woman who was destined to be his true love. All right reserved. The Untold Story Of Kate Warne, The World's First Female Private Eye, 27 Scathing H.L. Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos Mesa. By all appearances, she was an attractive dark haired beauty queen who often wore red roses in her hair, drawing the attention of strangers who desired to photograph and court her. 36 37. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. She was only nice to him because my mother told her she should be kind to those who were kind to her. Considered one of the most toxic herbs, it has been used as a deadly poison throughout history (Wood, Coulson, Thompson and Bonner 2020). The Mad Scientist of Key West. I had hopes that, when Elena was out of danger, we would get married. They called him an eccentric romantic and felt sorry for his psychological disorder. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Von Cosel (Carl Tanzler) in 1940 / Florida KeysPublic Libraries / Flickr / CC BY 2.0, The haunting history of La Pascualita History 101, John Dillingers body to be exhumed after 85 years History 101. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. He substituted her empty sockets with glass eyes. The town's people crowded the funeral parlor, eager to see the macabre curiosity. Not surprisingly, he was still obsessed. 1910 - d. October 25, 1931; Key West, Florida, USA) Contents 1 Parents 2 Siblings 3 Marriage 4 Death Parents Francisco Hoyos (1883-1934), aka Pancho Hoyos Aurora Milagro (1881-1940) Siblings He was no longer her technician; she was the love of his life. He thought of everything to make sure he could continue living with her corpsefor seven years! Elena died on 25th October 1931 at the age of twenty-two. Interested in learning more about the most haunted places on the Island? Before she died, Carl wrote in his journal how he had hopes that, despite the extensive damage, the lesions would heal again. She had two sisters, Florinda "Nana" Milagro Hoyos (19061944), who married Mario Medina (c.19051944) and also succumbed to tuberculosis; and Celia Milagro Hoyos (19131934). p. 1 + 19. He did this, as needed, inside of an old airplane he had repurposed into a makeshift medical laboratory. Tanzler didnt seem to get bored living with Hoyos corpse. Instead of a cure, she found a radiologist named Karl Tanzler who instantly became obsessed with her. Von Cosel was arrested for body snatching but was not indicted because the statute of limitations had passed. This account has been disabled. The disease would later claim the lives of almost everyone in Hoyos immediate family, including her sister, Florinda Nana Milagro Hoyos. He had her coffin lined with formaldehyde and other preserving agents, and had a special key made for himself so he could come and go as he pleased. That's when things took a turn for the macabre. He was born as Karl Tnzler or Georg Karl Tnzler on February 8, 1877 in Dresden, Germany. 28, 67 69, Sagers, A. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. So much so that Elena was said to have died hating Tanzler. He wanted his soulmate to always look like the woman he fell in love with even after death. There is sufficient evidence to state that Tanzler, if not experiencing loathing towards Elena herself, experienced much loathing towards the people and situations around her. They were unaware that the doctor had found sperm inside Elenas corpse, clear evidence of necrophilia. Death . These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Why, you are old enough to be my grandfather. 3 Feb. 2021, https://redcircle.com/shows/nightmerica. Before leaving, he dynamite bombed the mausoleum he had created for Maria, to spite authorities. Fifty years ago she appeared to me in a vision, and she promised then to be my bride. GREAT NEWS! Her full name was Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos, a heaven-sent love of his life for Carl, and the moment he first saw her, the beginning of a long-lasting "loving" relationship with literally the woman of his dreams-of which she would know nothing about . Mesa left for Miami, leaving Elena alone as her illness worsened (Harrison 1996). [1][8], Despite Tanzler's best efforts, Elena died of tuberculosis at her parents' home in Key West on October 25, 1931. Year should not be greater than current year. While the story was first presented in the media as a tragic love story, something played up to a great extent by Tanzler, more information has slowly come to the surface in the eight decades since Elenas final burial that has given it a much darker turn. The topic she has chosen for us is about Carl Tanzler aka Count Carl von Cosel and his obsession with the beautiful Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos aka Elena. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Join Ghost City Tours on one of our Ghost Tours and see what the excitment is all about! Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. [1], On April 22, 1930, while working at the Marine Hospital in Key West, Tanzler met Maria Elena "Helen" Milagro de Hoyos (19091931), a local Cuban-American woman who had been brought to the hospital by her mother for an examination. Please reset your password. Tanzler immediately and obsessively fell in love with Elena. She passed away on 25 October 1931 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida. He paused in Australia to collect equipment and suitable boats, and to become acquainted with prevailing weather and sea conditions. Forever and ever she is with me. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. Like some medieval wizard, Carl conjured up odd concoctions, potions, tonics, elixirs, and herbs in order to treat her TB. Instead, he found plenty of things to do, including fashioning a wig for her once her hair fell out of her decomposing scalp. Later, Carl Von Cosel believed that he could animate Elenas corpse with ultraviolet ray treatment. According to Michelfelder (1982), Tanzler signed the cause on Elenas death certificate as [expiration] from a series of violent seizures clinically associated with dormant epilepsy (p.9). Von Cosel had told me once: I have spent my whole life. Unfortunately for her, Tanzler immediately became besotted by her beauty. Morticians found him beside his life-size replica of Maria Elena Hoyos, a mannequin reproduction that featured a mask of Elenas face. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Tanzler made nightly visits to Hoyos mausoleum. The former three, as he describes them, are quite applicable to Tanzler. Loathing. Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loathing. In the early 1900s, approximately 110,000 Americans would die each year from tuberculosis. Of course, she was shocked to find Hoyos body and she ran out of the laboratory to notify authorities. After Hoyos sister showed up at Tanzlers home in 1940, the jig was up. Tanzler also used perfume, disinfectants, and preserving agents to mask the odor of Hoyos decomposition. Teachers brought their students for field trips; journalists arrived to report on the most unbelievable story in the world. 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). Her family initially assumed that this illness was sadness due to the loss of her child, but the cough was not moving. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Georg Carl Tnzler (also known as Count Carl von Cosel (February 8, 1877 July 3, 1952), was a German-born radiology technologist at the Marine-Hospital Service in Key West, Florida. 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. Her father had driven home at breakneck speed instead of driving to the nearby hospital, where we doctors might have saved her life (p.34). Add to your scrapbook. She was Methodist. This engraving with Elenas name can now be found at the Fort Martello Museum in Key West. Change). Tanzler went by many names; he was listed as Georg Karl Tnzler on his German marriage certificate. Loathing: Lethal hate directed towards one person, group, culture or nation (Morrall 2006, p. 36). In 1944, Tanzler moved to Pasco County, Florida, close to Zephyrhills, where he wrote an autobiography that appeared in the pulp publication, Fantastic Adventures, in 1947. He died in the arms of Hoyos real body. I have roamed the earth searching for Elena! cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. In 1972, two doctors who were present at Marias 1940 autopsy recalled how Carl had inserted a paper tube into the corpses vaginal canal to facilitate intercourse. [1][8] Two physicians (Dr. DePoo and Dr. Foraker) who attended the 1940 autopsy of Elena's remains recalled in 1972 that a vaginal tube had been inserted in the vaginal area of the corpse that allowed for intercourse. Some of his hospital records were signed Count Carl Tanzler von Cosel. Tanzler was evidently consumed by obsessive lust for Elena. Join today and youll get up to twenty dollars in shopping credit toward your first order. Local townspeople in Key West noticed Tanzler was buying womens clothing and perfumes, but they thought he was in a serious relationship. Aconite is a plant native to Northern Asia and Europe. As of that day, he was fifty-three years old and Elena was close to twenty-one. Failed to remove flower. It was estimated that she wouldnt have long to live, but Von Cosel disagreed. 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.. Maria Elena Milagro De Hoyos, known as Elena, walked into a Key West hospital suffering from a fatal infection of tuberculosis. Carl was doing more than playing dress up with Elena. It is through several key pieces of research he came across and our correspondence on these that inspired and made this article a possibility. She reported him to the police, and Carl was arrested. Although some have described him as a mad scientist, others, a brilliant doctor, hes more likely a grotesque fetishist. Von Cosel asked the family if he could keep Elena's body in a casket filled with formaldehyde to preserve her. They vow to stay together, even after death. One night in 1933, he snuck her body out from the mausoleum in a toy wheelbarrow, and took her home with him. The medical degrees, licences and medals bestowed upon him were all proven to be forged, though he was considered well-read on medicine, radiology and x-ray technology (Michelfelder 1982). More than two years had already passed since Elena's death and her body had shown all the normal signs of decomposition. She had come to the Marine Hospital for treatment of tuberculosis. Although he tried to stop her disintegration with embalming fluids, her body continued to decay. People would spot him dancing with a woman behind closed curtains inside his laboratory. Tanzler insisted on purchasing a pricey stone mausoleum in Key West Cemetery for her remains to lay, and with her parents permission, hired a mortician to prepare her body before locking her inside. Try again later. Elena was in unbearable pain, but her parents approved of Von Cosel's arrangement. [The magazine] has a story called Floridas Dr. Frankenstein and his Laboratory of Love. He decided to open her casket. for a minute Men True Adventure, n.d, pp. In fact, he had escaped from an Australian internment camp during WWI by building a makeshift sailboat after secretly studying engineering books. Tanzler never met this mysterious woman. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. How could she possibly have a life-threatening disease? . He allegedly professed his love for her and showered her with gifts, but there's no record of her ever returning his sentiments. What is is known for is for having a love affair that lasted 7 years after her death. The 22-year-old beauty resembled his childhood premonitions so closely that he immediately became convinced that their love was meant to be. Tanzler immediately recognized her as the beautiful dark-haired woman that had been revealed to him in his earlier "visions. Authorities took Elena from him. Tragically, de Hoyos died on October 25, 1931, at the age of 22. He reportedly said he felt her spirit come to him when he sat by her tomb and serenaded her with her favorite Spanish song. Elena's body was reclaimed and buried by the family in a secret location so that neither Von Cosel or the curious could disturb her grave. Count Carl Tanzler von Cosel by Flagler / Florida KeysPublic Librariess photostream / Flickr / CC BY 2.0. She was his soulmate and he would do whatever it took to always be by her side. Her name was Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos. Meek, M. 610: Grand Gestures. Concocting potions and tonics out of gold, Tanzler would shock Elena by connecting electrodes to her body via transformers and then give her medicinal wines. It was palatable and my loved one departed this miserable world on October 25, 1931. Detective Cases, Jun. 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. She told Von Cosel that he would marry a young woman who, Von Cosel decided, looked precisely like Elena Hoyos. He then placed Elena Hoyos on his canopied bed, serenading her with a small, church organ. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. He also built and interred Elena in an elaborate mausoleum, which he visited every night for two years, constantly bought gifts and even installed a telephone. I mixed the root of wolfsbane (monkshood) with aconite diluted. Separated from his obsession, Tanzler used a death mask to create a life-sized effigy of Elena, and lived with it until his death at age 75 on July 3, 1952. He was seen shopping for womens clothing, jewelry and perfumes, and everybody assumed Carl was seeing someone new and had finally moved on. Maria Elena 'Helen' Milagro de Hoyos, a 20-year-old local Cuban American woman, was the same dark-haired woman Tanzler had visions of and who was to be his true love. Despite everything, the statute of limitations had expired for the crime he was accused of committing, leaving Tanzler free to go. Try again later. 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. Dickinson, writing from Miami, asked, Didnt John Dorschner have anything better to do than write his story about Con Von Cosel? You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Those sensitive to spiritual energies claim that Elena Hoyos poltergeist haunts the funeral home of Bahama Lane. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? From Cuba he settled in Zephyrhills, Florida, where his sister had already emigrated, and was later joined by his wife and two daughters. 1982, pp. I own that tomb and everything that is inside, not you! (p.70). He constantly applied disinfectants, deodorizer and formaldehyde to counteract the smells of putrefaction. Weller, T. The Lost Diaries of Elena Hoyos Vols. He lavished her with gifts, and professed his undying love, telling her he would love and care for her even if she died. Tanzler was subsequently arrested on the charge of wantonly and maliciously destroying a grave and removing a body without authorisation so a hearing was held. . Even though you start off the story, just as all others have recounted, as being fact. She was a devout Catholic who enjoyed Rudolph Valentino movies, cooking for family and friends, dancing at the social club La Brisa and looking forward to the technological developments of the 1930s (Weller 2019). Now that she was dead, she could not protest. This turned into one of the most unusual, bizarre stories of all time. Harrison, B. Tanzler (born on February 8, 1877, in Dresden, Germany) knew from a young age that he had a soulmate. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Elena Hoyos (23114033)? Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. However, some people go above and beyond this promise. The young woman's mother brought her in to see a doctor: at 21, she was dying of tuberculosis. If youre craving for a new Lifetime movie to watch, look no further. Please reorganize this content to explain the subject's impact on popular culture, "The Trial Bay Organ: A Product of Wit and Ingenuity,", St. Petersburg Times, December 31, 1998; page 8: "Ayesha T. Bucey (Ann), 76, of Zephyrhills, died Sunday (December 27, 1998) at East Pasco Medical Center. The family, considering Elena was fatally ill at this point, conceded. He would briskly stroll around town with a cane and show off wristwatches claiming to be commissioned to him by the Czar of Russia. She was still so young. [1][8], Shortly after the corpse's discovery by authorities, Elena's body was examined by physicians and pathologists, and put on public display at the Dean-Lopez Funeral Home, where it was viewed by as many as 6,800 people. Though the story is known and historical, not all of the events therein are common knowledge and thus, so too is the true extent of the indignity that Elena suffered. Carl Tanzler actually received quite a bit of compassion during his trial, with some even viewing him as a hopeless albeit eccentric romantic. Lust: a lover kills a rival for his/her object of desire; the thrill-killer who murders people because he gains a sexual payoff. After Von Cosel's arrest, Key West put Elena's body on exhibit. It was the biggest media frenzy of its day. Tanzler tried his best to cure Hoyos. She was a waitress and homemaker. However, no other evidence had ever come to the fore, apart from these threats, suggesting that Tanzler may have committed murder. Carl Von Cosel was nevertheless unsatisfied with the outcome of his trial. It is also worth noting that Elenas body was not autopsied (Michelfelder 1982) and Tanzler (1947) specifically recounts [after Elenas funeral was over], some Cuban who I had never seen before, indulged in a piece of fiery oratory wherein he demanded punishment for the person responsible for her early death. [10], In October 1940, Elena's sister Florinda heard rumors of Tanzler sleeping with the disinterred body of her sister and confronted Tanzler at his home, where Elena's body was eventually discovered (he was also caught dancing with her corpse in front of an open window). Su padre, Francisco Pancho Hoyos, haba amasado una fortuna. His body was not discovered until three weeks after his death. These transgressions, like the ones committed against Elena, have been shrouded in secrecy due to the cultural biases towards and positions of the instigators involved. He made house calls to Marias home, stealing the hospitals x-ray machine to monitor her progress. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. I dont know, I didnt hear such criticism and snarky comments when Juan Peron did it. Interestingly, Morrall (2006) uses the word mercy in love as a motivator for murder, as does Tanzler in the confession note I gave this to her mercifully (Michelfelder 1982, p.8). She died at her parents home in Key West on October 25, 1931, at just 22 years old. In 1926, Tanzler emigrated to the U.S. from Germany, where he settled in Zephyrhills, Florida. On October 25, 1931, Maria finally succumbed to TB, after struggling against the illness for a year and a half, which was how long Carl had spent orbiting her. [1] Tanzler received United States citizenship in 1950 in Tampa. Michelfelder (1982) stated that DePoo never explained why he kept his autopsy [findings] secret, (p.61) but Harrison (1996) later speculated that he did not reveal this at the time in order not to cause uproar in an already scandalous plot and to keep things dignified for Elenas surviving family members. All of the sources that make claims about this are modern. He wrote his autobiography in 1947, and received American citizenship in 1950, because whats more American than defiling a dead body? Whether he meant me I did not know and cared less (p. 37). After reading about the perverse love of Carl Tanzler, brush up on macabre marriages with the Chinese ritual of ghost brides. Tuesday, October 6, 2009 Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos Most people have never heard of her. He dedicated all his time to curing her, or at least attempting to do so. Being a radiology technician, he of course had to go full mad scientist and attempt to go high into the stratosphere, so that radiation from outer space could penetrate Elenas tissues and restore life to her somnolent form. Is necrophilia legal in outer space? 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. (Yes, to a real, live, breathing woman.). 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. Whats more, I do not love you. He became so persistent that we asked him to stay away from the house.. According to Atlas Obscura, de Hoyos was then a 21-year-old Cuban native suffering from tuberculosis and came to the hospital for treatment. He was listed as Carl Tanzler von Cosel on his United States citizenship papers, and he was listed as Carl Tanzler on his Florida death certificate. However, he became interested in engineering and electrical work there, bought property, boats, an organ, an island in the Pacificso that he was still in Australia at the end of ten years. Helen had . In Carls autobiography, he does confess to kissing and cuddling Marias cadaver. 6, no. The findings of which were most prominently reproduced in an episode of HBOs Autopsy series: I found a tube [in Elenas vagina] wide enough to permit sexual intercourse. 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. Eventually, the corpse was reburried to an unmarked grave in Key West Cemetery, and Maria de Hoyos was finally able to rest in peace. German-born American radiology technologist and erotomaniac. + Sloan, D.L. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. NightMerica. Carl had to continuously preserve Marias decaying body, and mummification isnt easy. Carls madness was discovered. He also said he had nine university diplomas. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. 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