124 129. He kept her body in his bed, where he slept beside her every night. Instead, he found plenty of things to do, including fashioning a wig for her once her hair fell out of her decomposing scalp. She had come to the Marine Hospital for treatment of tuberculosis. It can be awakened. No matter how hard Tanzler tried, he couldnt save Hoyos. Whether he meant me I did not know and cared less (p. 37). Tanzler would quickly take advantage of this privilege, which would result in one of the most macabre tales of all time. In 1972, two doctors who were present at Maria's 1940 autopsy recalled how Carl had inserted a paper tube into the corpse's vaginal canal to facilitate intercourse. 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 would use this wig on Marias corpse, as the decomposition process had caused her hair to fall out. He had become smitten with the frail, Hispanic beauty, and even alleged that he recognized her from a dream. A defeated Carl shuffled off to Pasco County, Florida to patch together some semblance of a life. Maria Elena Milagro De Hoyos, The Unwilling Corpse Bride With Special Guest Rachel O'Brien. 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. Phantom Press. In 1940, nine years after Elenas death, Tanzler was discovered by Nana to have taken Elenas body from the grave, reconstructed it with plastered wax and kept it at his residences, which included his wingless plane, a shack on the beach and a cottage in Flagler Avenue. Folk figure. Try again later. File photo of Carl Tanzler when he worked as a . You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Tanzler was undeterred though and searched the streets every night until a sympathetic neighbour told him of the location. She was a waitress and homemaker. 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. However, no other evidence had ever come to the fore, apart from these threats, suggesting that Tanzler may have committed murder. Before she died, Carl wrote in his journal how he had hopes that, despite the extensive damage, the lesions would heal again. Von Cosel was arrested for body snatching but was not indicted because the statute of limitations had passed. 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. Ironically, the man who prevented Maria from decomposing was himself rotting alone on the floor of his home for several weeks. [1][8] Others contend that since no evidence of necrophilia was presented at the 1940 preliminary hearing, and because the physicians' "proof" surfaced in 1972, over 30 years after the case had been dismissed, the necrophilia allegation is questionable. The truth, however, will forever remain lost to time. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. His body was not discovered until three weeks after his death. 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. 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. Interested in learning more about the most haunted places on the Island? Before leaving, he dynamite bombed the mausoleum he had created for Maria, to spite authorities. Please try again later. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Elena Hoyos (23114033)? Death . During his childhood in Germany, and later while traveling briefly in Genoa, Italy, Tanzler claimed to have been visited by visions of a dead, purported ancestor, Countess Anna Constantia von Cosel, who revealed the face of his true love, an exotic dark-haired woman, to him. 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 decided to open her casket. St. Martins True Crime Classics. It motivated many of his actions from the day he met her to the day he died; giving her free and unproven medical treatments, naming his wingless plane after her, building the mausoleum, taking her body, trying to reconstruct and restore it to life, even using the tube for intercourse as Dr. DePoo revealed (a sexual payoff), publishing a memoir, being found dead with a wax replica. He was cradling Hoyos doll. To use this feature, use a newer browser. [1] Tanzler received United States citizenship in 1950 in Tampa. As the hair fell out of Elena's decomposing scalp, Tanzler fashioned a wig from her hair, which he had previously obtained from her mother. 3 Feb. 2021, https://redcircle.com/shows/nightmerica. Her location was to remain unknown to the creepy, controlling count. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Maria was married at the age of 16 to a man named Luis Mesa, who abandoned her after she miscarried their child. 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). GREAT NEWS! Heartbroken over his loss, Tanzler decided to pay for her funeral, and, with her familys permission, he commissioned the construction of an above-ground mausoleum in the Key West Cemetery. He also claimed nine university degrees and self-titled himself Count von Cosel, taking the name of an alleged ancestor. He even bought her a mahogany bed, which would become her deathbed. Carl Von Cosel was nevertheless unsatisfied with the outcome of his trial. In fact, he had escaped from an Australian internment camp during WWI by building a makeshift sailboat after secretly studying engineering books. Currently you have JavaScript disabled. [11], It has been written (most notably by Swicegood) that Tanzler had the bodies switched (or that Elena's remains were secretly returned to him), and that he died with the real body of Elena. However, the case was eventually dropped and Tanzler was released from prison because the statute of limitations for the committed crime had expired. Maria Elena Milagro Hoyos (1909 - 1931), more commonly referred to as Elena, was the middle born Cuban-American child of Francisco Hoyos (1883 - 1934) and Aurora Milagro (1881 - 1940) in Key West, Florida. Marias life was not going well. Tanzler didnt seem to get bored living with Hoyos corpse. In Episode 44 of the NightMerica podcast, released 3rd February 2021, David L. Sloan gave an interview to Aaron Sagers about the story, and discusses an article he found in the Detective Cases magazine, published in 1982. For the past eighty years, the story of Elena Hoyos has been told primarily through the point-of-view of Carl Tanzler, a man who portrayed himself as so in love he could not bear to live without her. Of course, she was shocked to find Hoyos body and she ran out of the laboratory to notify authorities. 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 allegedly professed his love for her and showered her with gifts, but there's no record of her ever returning his sentiments. Everyones heard the phrase until death parts us. Couples make this vow and they promise to love each other for the rest of their lives. Provoked by Von Cosels unapologetic behavior, the judge decided to bury Elena in an unmarked grave. The 22-year-old beauty resembled his childhood premonitions so closely that he immediately became convinced that their love was meant to be. He reportedly said that Elenas spirit would come to him when he would sit by her grave and serenade her corpse with a favorite Spanish song. 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. He showered her with jewelry and clothing, and he frequently professed his love to her. I mixed the root of wolfsbane (monkshood) with aconite diluted. Carl Tanzler Fell In Love With His Patient, Then Lived With Her Corpse. Autopsy 6: Secrets of the Dead. He had also used flowers and other scents to keep out the odor. Doris continued to support her deranged and estranged husband financially. Which theory do you think best explains the Iraq War? He was a radiologist or x-ray technician. 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. His negative publicity was a small price to pay for such an excessively grotesque desecration. A Fresh Look at the Impacts and Relevance of Colonialism in Southeast Asia, Purposeless Polls: How Soviet Citizens RebelledAgainst a Regime that Rejected Open Communication. 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. The name aconite itself is derived from the Ancient Greek word akontion, meaning dart, as arrows were often mixed with aconite to create a poisonous weapon. He would personally transport her body by airplane, where Carl Von Cosel believed he could restore her life. Authorities took Elena from him. The Journal of Critical Care Medicine, vol. But the curious began wondering why Von Cosel visited her night after night and when his visits stopped all assumed he had died. Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA. Maria Elena "Helen" Milagro de Hoyos (1909 - 1931) Photos: 4 Records: 23 Born in Key West, Monroe County, Florida on 31 July 1909 to Francisco "Pancho" Frank Hoyos and Aurora Sifontes. Failed to remove flower. German-born American radiology technologist and erotomaniac. Add to your scrapbook. Tanzler tried his best to cure Hoyos. Tanzler (born on February 8, 1877, in Dresden, Germany) knew from a young age that he had a soulmate. Tanzler immediately and obsessively fell in love with Elena. 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. 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. After this, Maria was finally laid to rest at Key West Cemetery in an unmarked grave, to deter Carl from disturbing her eternal rest. Shortly after Elenas death, Tanzler talked the family into giving him residence in her room, paying them a fee of $20 a month (about $345 in todays money). [12][13] An article written by Michelfelder in 1982 tells of how renovation workers found a note allegedly written by Tanzler, confessing to have killed Elena by poisoning her:[13]. Hes got this plan to be with her after shes dead. The first of many details was revealed by Dr. Julio DePoo in 1972. Please reset your password. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23114033/elena-hoyos. She would remain legally married to Luis until her death. Mesa left Elena shortly after she suffered a miscarriage of the couple's child, and moved to Miami. There, he met Cuban-American Maria Elena "Helen" Milagro de Hoyos and became instantly infatuated. cemeteries found in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA will be saved to your photo volunteer list. While working at the U.S. Marine Hospital, on April 22, 1930, Carl Tanzler came face to face with the woman of his dreams. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Von Cosel. The family, considering Elena was fatally ill at this point, conceded. Year should not be greater than current year. He asked if he could have Elenas body returned to him. Not until recently. Authorities took Elena from him. A local Cuban- American woman by the name of Maria Elena "Helen" Milagro de Hoyos was brought into the hospital by her mother for an examination. As the skin of the corpse decomposed, Tanzler replaced it with silk cloth soaked in wax and plaster of paris. 6, no. It isnt very far off to believe that necrophilia played a part in this twisted romance, but its important to remember these claims are not fully proven. Aconite is a plant native to Northern Asia and Europe. Life is dormant, inactive, sleeping, in a person who has died. A devastated Tanzler made a death mask of her and told her family that he would pay for her funeral and . Even his penetrating stare and vandyke beard cant distract you from his obsession with the hospitalized woman in his care. Carl Tanzler actually received quite a bit of compassion during his trial, with some even viewing him as a hopeless albeit eccentric romantic. Von Cosel had told me once: I have spent my whole life. He wanted his soulmate to always look like the woman he fell in love with even after death. Elena died on 25th October 1931 at the age of twenty-two. Tanzlers body was discovered on the floor of his home. All right reserved. It was told back then and is still revered now as a love story, even with the more sinister evidence of necrophilia that came out after Tanzlers death. Tennessean Sun. Fantastic Adventures, Sep. 1947, pp.10 69. He adopted his official nickname, Count Carl von Cosel. As long as she lived I never abandoned hope.. 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. It was the biggest media frenzy of its day. This went on for two years. Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos' family knew of Carl Tanzler's infatuation, per Atlas Obscura. Leaving his family behind in Zephyrhills in 1927, he took a job as a radiology technician at the U.S. Marine Hospital in Key West, Florida under the name Carl von Cosel. Born the daughter of a cigar maker she came from a large Cuban-American family. Ten years before Elenas birth, Von Cosels ancestor had appeared to him as an apparition. There continued to be much conflict between him and Elenas family. Maria would soon become the object of somebodys very morbid obsession. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. In 1947, Tanzler published his memoir The Secret of Elenas Tomb in the pulp magazine Fantastic Adventures which was then used as the basis for the books Undying Love by Ben Harrison (1996), The Lost Diary of Count von Cosel by David Sloan (2012) and Von Cosel by Tom Swicegood (2003), all of which represent the majority of established literature on this subject. 28, 67 69, Sagers, A. 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. Sadly, the story does not end here, and it takes a Weekend at Bernies sort of twist, but with some added necrophilia. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. Elena, having been referred to the Marine Hospital for tests, was overseen by one radiologist, Carl Tanzler (1877 1952). . Survivors include her daughter, Susan McKee, Zephyrhills; two sons, Jon Clendening, Portland, Oregon, and Gary Clendening, Hallowell, Maine; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. The list is numerous and was all justified by Tanzler in the name of love. She passed away on 25 October 1931 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida. In their case report of an aconite overdose, Wood et al. Learn more about managing a memorial . Surprisingly, there are no contemporary sources that mention anything about necrophilia. Lets hope that theyre mistaken and that Elena Hoyos has finally found peace in her second grave. He thought of everything to make sure he could continue living with her corpsefor seven years! Bienvenido Perez, in a later interview for Men True Adventure magazine (n.d.), would reveal much darker intentions on Tanzlers part. She reported him to the police, and Carl was arrested. Carl was doing more than playing dress up with Elena. Sloan, D,L. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. He believed he had finally found her in Elena. I own that tomb and everything that is inside, not you! (p.70). Forever and ever she is with me. All That's Interesting is a Brooklyn-based digital publisher that seeks out stories that illuminate the past, present, and future. 1 and 2. However, a year later, he left his family behind to work as a radiology technician at the U.S. Marine Hospital in Key West, Florida. Learn more about merges. Design a site like this with WordPress.com, The Strange Afterlife of Maria Elena Milagro deHoyos, Odd Oldies: A Vampire, A Romance & A Friendship from Hell Criminally Clueless Podcast. The Mad Scientist of Key West. Strong words from a man who was already technically rejected by Maria several times. While he had a family of his own, he was still disappointed that he hadnt met the woman of his dreams. Authorities found a homemade spaceship outside of Carls lab. However, the judge decreed that Tanzler should no longer have possession of Elenas remains (in spite of Tanzlers insistence that she should be returned to him). Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. 36 37. Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos (1910-1931) died of tuberculosis and her body was preserved by Carl Tanzler (1877-1952) who was one of her physicians. Resend Activation Email. Whitfield Funeral Home, Zephyrhills. Tanzler was properly examined by a psychiatrist, who decided he was mentally competent to have a court trial. But unfortunately, this was a true story. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. He then placed Elena Hoyos on his canopied bed, serenading her with a small, church organ. (LogOut/ 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. She was not someone important, and she never did anything of note other than die young of tuberculosis. Carl had basically abandoned his wife and children, and was more content living with a dead body than a live woman. Please enter your email and password to sign in. Historically, the Cosel family seemed to be haunted by bad luck. It was there in 1930 that Tanzler met the woman he believed was the love of his life; Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos. In October 1940, Hoyos sister, Florinda, heard conflicting rumors about Tanzlers budding romance with a mysterious woman. When a Cuban-American woman named Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos walked into the hospital, the doctor saw before him an actual dream come true. 2022 Ghost City, Ghost City Tours. At the end of the war no prisoner was permitted to return to his former residence, but all were shipped to the prisoner's exchange in Holland. On February 18, 1926, Elena married Luis Mesa (19081974), the son of Caridad and Isaac Mesa. Marias two sisters would later go on to die of tuberculosis, and her brother-in-law died while trying to save a construction worker from electrocution. Now the big necrophilia question arises: did he or didnt he? When a Cuban-American woman named Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos walked into the hospital, the doctor saw before him an actual dream come true. Mara Elena "Helen" Hoyos A principios del siglo XX nace una hija de inmigrantes cubanos llamada Mara Elena Milagro-Hoyos. After he left Key West defeated, he returned to his wife and daughter in Zephyrhills, Florida. Marias sister heard weird rumours about Carl. But thats easier said than done, right? Separated from his dead love, Tanzler used a death mask to create a life-sized effigy of Maria de Hoyos and lived with it until his death. Hed left them to search for his soulmate, which he found in Elena Hoyos. He even installed a telephone line to Elenas crypt so that he could continue speaking to her. Check out Rachel's pod/comedy! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram He would briskly stroll around town with a cane and show off wristwatches claiming to be commissioned to him by the Czar of Russia. Rigor mortis had set in, leaving her limbs stiffened in unnatural . Suffer no more, sweet Elena. The following "Editorial Note" accompanying the autobiographical account "The Trial Bay Organ: A Product of Wit and Ingenuity" by "Carl von Cosel" in the Rosicrucian Digest[3] of March and April 1939, gives details about his stay in Australia before his internment during the Great War, as well as his subsequent return to Germany after the War:[4][5]. And when she fell ill and her mother brought her into Marine Hospital in April of 1930, the disease would prove to be fatal. Tanzler was psychiatrically examined and found mentally competent to stand trial on the charge of "wantonly and maliciously destroying a grave and removing a body without authorization. Elena was in unbearable pain, but her parents approved of Von Cosel's arrangement. The Key West Citizen, 15 Aug. 1952, p. 1 + 4, Perez, B. (Yes, to a real, live, breathing woman.). Some of his hospital records were signed Count Carl Tanzler von Cosel. The Lost Diary of Count Von Cosel. He hoped she would return the same feelings. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Count Carl Tanzler von Cosel by Flagler / Florida KeysPublic Librariess photostream / Flickr / CC BY 2.0. Carl Von Cosel had preserved her corpse for seven years. 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. Headlines like A Key West Story of Necrophilic Love, Undying Love, and A Grave Affair proliferated newspapers, immortalizing the infamous necrophile. 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). 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). In their ignorance, they asked if it was illegal to love too much. 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. 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