There are no photographs or other sources to prove this. Harrison, B. 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). She was then buried in an unmarked grave by undertaker Benjamin Sawyer, cemetery sexton Otto Bethel and chief of police Bienvenido Perez, all of whom have taken this location to their own graves as a secret never to be revealed (Harrison 1996, Sloan 2012, Meek 2017). or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. (LogOut/ He would briskly stroll around town with a cane and show off wristwatches claiming to be commissioned to him by the Czar of Russia. In 1940, it was finally over. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Meek (2017) quotes an interview Elenas sister Nana gave to the Miami Herald: [Elena] never loved [Tanzler]. He decided to open her casket. They even resisted Tanzlers ministrations to where they moved house, neglecting to tell him of their new residence. 3 Feb. 2021, https://redcircle.com/shows/nightmerica. [1], Though not reported contemporaneously, research (most notably by authors Harrison and Swicegood) has revealed evidence of Tanzler's necrophilia with Elena's corpse. While working at the U.S. Marine Hospital, on April 22, 1930, Carl Tanzler came face to face with the woman of his dreams. More than two years had already passed since Elena's death and her body had shown all the normal signs of decomposition. Rigor mortis had set in, leaving her limbs stiffened in unnatural . Born on July 31, 1909, in Key West, Florida, Elena was a strikingly attractive girl with luxurious dark hair and an appealing shyness. 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. While Elena was undergoing agonizing death, Von Cosel supplied her with perfume, jewelry, fruits, and candies. Most curiously, he had made a death mask of her face to preserve her beauty. Whichs been recounted a million and one times. 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). Loathing: Lethal hate directed towards one person, group, culture or nation (Morrall 2006, p. 36). Shes not dying fast enough. I own that tomb and everything that is inside, not you! (p.70). I have paid for all her expenses, not you! In spite of his best efforts, Cosel could not save Elena and she succumbed to the illness on October 25, 1931 and entombed in a family crypt. A defeated Carl shuffled off to Pasco County, Florida to patch together some semblance of a life. Finally, I want to acknowledge Elena herself. Helen had . While there is not much written in the way of Tanzler feeling anything described as loathing towards Elena directly, (extreme disgust as per the Merriam-Webster dictionary), his relationship with her family was often very adversarial. 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. Tanzler also used perfume, disinfectants, and preserving agents to mask the odor of Hoyos decomposition. On April 22, 1930, Maria Elena "Helen" Milagro de Hoyos came to him for an examination and he was persuaded that she was the lady in his dreams. If youre craving for a new Lifetime movie to watch, look no further. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Separated from Elena, he used a death mask to create a life . Today, it seems even the dead body is no longer respected. 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. Von Cosel visited her gravesite for two years, a mausoleum in Key Wests City Cemetery. Headlines like A Key West Story of Necrophilic Love, Undying Love, and A Grave Affair proliferated newspapers, immortalizing the infamous necrophile. Carl claimed Maria began talking to him from the other side, telling him she was afraid of decaying and rotting. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram We have set your language to Determined to save his newfound paramour, Von Cosel connected her wasting body to his homemade contraption. Su padre, Francisco Pancho Hoyos, haba amasado una fortuna. Just 21 years old, and 32 years younger than Tanzler, Maria Elena Helen Milagro de Hoyos was brought to the hospital for an examination. Nor was he with her just before. In the early 1900s, approximately 110,000 Americans would die each year from tuberculosis. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. Florinda notified the authorities, and Tanzler was arrested and detained. Carl Tanzler was born in 1877 and reportedly studied weather patterns in Austria in 1910, where he stayed until the end of World War I. When this was ineffective, he contemplated relocating her remains to the stratosphere. 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. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Carl simply did not care, and continued indulging himself in unrequited love. You can be sure that everything that you did was sane. 0 cemeteries found in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA. She reported him to the police, and Carl was arrested. April October 2019. https://masonholdings.org/radio-hour/Wood, C. Coulson J. Thompson S. + Bonner, S. An Intentional Aconite Overdose: A Case Study. 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. Von Cosel was arrested for body snatching but was not indicted because the statute of limitations had passed. He died in 1934, but his nephew is finally requesting for his body to be exhumed. There was a problem getting your location. He searched for her, but he could never meet the woman he saw in his dream. He even exaggerated his achievements to her parents, claiming he was Count von Cosel (even though he wasnt a count). 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). Still longing for his lost love, he created a "death mask" of her as the basis for a life-sized dummy, which he kept in his bed until . Tanzler himself would publish an account of this period in a 1939 publication of the Rosicrucian Digest (Tanzler von Cosel 1947, Harrison 1996, Meek 2017). Learn about the chilling embalmed corpse of the blushing bride La Pascualita. Many years ago, Carl von Cosel travelled from India to Australia with the intention of proceeding to the South Seas Islands. 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. They called him an eccentric romantic and felt sorry for his psychological disorder. Her name was Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Normally you dont get any new information [about the story]. He showered her with jewelry and clothing, and he frequently professed his love to her. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. Its two associated names, monkshood and wolfsbane, come from its appearance and its use by shepherds to kill wolves respectively. The charges against Tanzler were dropped as the statute of limitations on the crime had expired. 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. She had come to the Marine Hospital for treatment of tuberculosis. He did this, as needed, inside of an old airplane he had repurposed into a makeshift medical laboratory. She was still so young. "[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. Strong words from a man who was already technically rejected by Maria several times. Elena was the daughter of local cigar maker Francisco "Pancho" Hoyos (18831934) and Aurora Milagro (18811940). He carried on his love affair with her corpse. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Tanzler emigrated to the United States from Germany in 1926, sailing from Rotterdam on February 6, 1926 to Havana, Cuba. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? This is a carousel with slides. To his absolute horror, Elenas putrefied body had begun to deteriorate. July 31, 1909, marks the birthdate of Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos, the daughter of a Key West cigar maker named Francisco "Pancho" Hoyos, and his wife, Aurora. It is through several key pieces of research he came across and our correspondence on these that inspired and made this article a possibility. 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. Ironically, the man who prevented Maria from decomposing was himself rotting alone on the floor of his home for several weeks. 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. Surprisingly, there are no contemporary sources that mention anything about necrophilia. He was later joined by his wife and children. Happy for him, she decided to visit him and congratulate him on his relationship. 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. This one had a story in it somebody was renovating a cottage and when they tore down the wall, they found a confession note. He provided free radiation treatments to Elena Hoyos, and a promise of marriage. When he was 12 years old, he dreamed of a woman who would leave an impression on his life forever. She was a waitress and homemaker. She was never able to unearth her sisters gravesite Carl Von Cosel was eager to show Elenas sister Elena himself. Maria Elena Milagro De Hoyos, known as Elena, walked into a Key West hospital suffering from a fatal infection of tuberculosis. At home with her corpse, Carl set to work repairing the damage done by decomposition. Ginsburg, Arthur, director. This account has been disabled. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. He believed he had finally found her in Elena. When she passed away in 1931 from tuberculosis, Tanzler refused to leave her side. He was charged with wantonly and maliciously destroying a grave and removing a body without authorization.. He had become smitten with the frail, Hispanic beauty, and even alleged that he recognized her from a dream. "[8] By all accounts, Hoyos was viewed as a local beauty in Key West.[1][8][9]. [1], Tanzler attached the corpse's bones together with piano wire and fitted the face with glass eyes. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. (LogOut/ She was not someone important, and she never did anything of note other than die young of tuberculosis. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. The public mood was generally sympathetic to Tanzler, whom many viewed as an eccentric "romantic". He lived with the doll in Pasco County, Florida until his death on July 3, 1952. He dedicated all his time to curing her, or at least attempting to do so. 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. Tuberculosis was one of the most prominent causes of death at the time and cigar factories like where Elenas father worked was where the disease was spreading. [10] His body was discovered on the floor of his home three weeks after his death. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Yet Carl Von Cosel was unable to resist peeking at Elena Hoyos. (b. Elena Hoyos. 22nd April 1930 would turn out to be a very fateful day. It is perfectly wonderful that you had such a strong love for the girl in this case. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? However, he managed to keep Marias body in his home for seven years without being discovered. Elena, having been referred to the Marine Hospital for tests, was overseen by one radiologist, Carl Tanzler (1877 1952). It has been recounted that Tanzler was found in the arms of Elena's effigy upon discovery of his corpse, but his obituary reported that he died on the floor behind one of his organs. Learn how your comment data is processed. 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). American Hauntings writes that it's unlikely she ever requited his affections. Learn more about merges. For some reason, Marias mother possessed a wig made out of her daughters hair, and she gifted this to Carl. Over seven thousand visitors arrived, each desperate to peek at this well-preserved woman. Carl had to continuously preserve Marias decaying body, and mummification isnt easy. They were comforted by his invention, hoping that perhaps Elena could survive. According to Atlas Obscura, de Hoyos was then a 21-year-old Cuban native suffering from tuberculosis and came to the hospital for treatment. The Countess had an interesting story herself; being the mistress of 18th century King Augustus II of Poland. Not only were reporters sympathetic to Count Von Cosels May-December romance, jurors acquitted Von Cosel of the theft, preservation, and mistreatment of Elenas cadaver. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Elena Hoyos (23114033)? Interested in learning more about the most haunted places on the Island? There, she found what she believed to be a life-sized effigy of her departed sister. (p. 54). cemeteries found in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA will be saved to your photo volunteer list. 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. Like most patients, Hoyos was scared of the illness and the treatment. So much so that Elena was said to have died hating Tanzler. Medina, Nana's husband, was electrocuted trying to rescue a coworker who hit a powerline with his crane at a construction site. John Dillinger was a gangster during the Great Depression. Additionally, Hoyos was known as the beauty of Key West. Hoyos, a local Cuban-American daughter of a cigar maker, had her own unique history. Elena was once again reduced to an object of spectacle, only this time she was a tourist attraction. He kept her body in his bed, where he slept beside her every night. There, he looked to a number of DIY tricks to keep the young womans decaying body intact, including plaster of Paris and glass eyes to maintain the integrity of her face, as well as coat hangers and other wires to stabilize her skeletal frame. Why, you are old enough to be my grandfather. 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. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. She died on October 25, 1931 at the age of 22. . He lavished her with gifts, and professed his undying love, telling her he would love and care for her even if she died. Her body was finally laid to rest once and for all in an unmarked grave in Key West Cemetery. Please try again later. It is a great shame that someone of such beauty and character be made endure the travesties she went through in her brief life and even after it ended. Cosel fell in love with her despite the fact that she was legally married. Please reset your password. 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 . I mixed the root of wolfsbane (monkshood) with aconite diluted. Tanzler was properly examined by a psychiatrist, who decided he was mentally competent to have a court trial. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Elena Hoyos I found on Findagrave.com. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Carl Tanzler Fell In Love With His Patient, Then Lived With Her Corpse. Elenas prognosis was grim. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Her family initially assumed that this illness was sadness due to the loss of her child, but the cough was not moving. + Sloan, D.L. Instead, Marias mummified remains were put on display at Dean-Lopez Funeral Home. 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. As Meek (2017) puts it, [Elena is] paradoxically at the center of this story and utterly left out. Death . The jig was up, and authorities confiscated the corpse. Carl Von Cosel had preserved her corpse for seven years. Tanzler loved everything about Hoyos. 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. Von Cosel was sixty years of age,and decided that they were to have their May-December romance. Elena was dying of tuberculosis, but Tanzler felt that she was his destinydespite having already having a wife and children. 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. 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). But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. Bienvenido Perez, in a later interview for Men True Adventure magazine (n.d.), would reveal much darker intentions on Tanzlers part. Eventually, the corpse was reburried to an unmarked grave in Key West Cemetery, and Maria de Hoyos was finally able to rest in peace. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. This American Life. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. But death was creeping up close and fast. Was this act of murder justified by Tanzler as a mercy killing?. Tanzler, an eccentric character, carried himself with a high sense of self-importance. Now that she was dead, she could not protest. His home was near his wife Doris, who apparently helped to support Tanzler in his later years. 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. It has been reported that Tanzler somehow still switched the bodies, or that Hoyos remains were secretly returned to him. No matter how hard Tanzler tried, he couldnt save Hoyos. Whether he meant me I did not know and cared less (p. 37). Carl von Cosel was acquitted. Tanzler immediately and obsessively fell in love with Elena. While he had a family of his own, he was still disappointed that he hadnt met the woman of his dreams. On February 18, 1926, Elena married Luis Mesa (19081974), the son of Caridad and Isaac Mesa. Morticians found him beside his life-size replica of Maria Elena Hoyos, a mannequin reproduction that featured a mask of Elenas face. Although he tried to stop her disintegration with embalming fluids, her body continued to decay. This browser does not support getting your location. 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. He was seen shopping for womens clothing, jewelry and perfumes, and everybody assumed Carl was seeing someone new and had finally moved on. iUniverse. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. She looked upon von Cosel as a grandfather. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. 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. Elenas family had instructed Tanzler to stay away following these marriage proposals and also because of their dislike of the unorthodox devil machines used by him in his treatments of Elena. Morrall, Dr. P. Murder and Society: why commit Murder? Criminal Justice Matters, 66:1, 2006, pp. Tanzler grew up in Imperial Germany, but, at some point, wound up in Australia just prior to the outbreak of World War I. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. 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. 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. The Lost Diary of Count Von Cosel. Elena Hoyos died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty-two. Local townspeople in Key West noticed Tanzler was buying womens clothing and perfumes, but they thought he was in a serious relationship. She attracted a fair share of admirers. The County Jail charged him of malicious and wanton disfigurement of a burial vault, yet the jurors found no law that he had broken. [8] Tanzler filled the corpse's abdominal and chest cavity with rags to keep the original form, dressed Elena's remains in stockings, jewelry, and gloves, and kept the body in his bed. Try again. Eventually, this was not enough. Dr. Peter Morrall (2006) broadly summarises that motives for murder can be condensed into four sets of Ls: Lust; Love; Loathing; and Loot. Marias sister heard weird rumours about Carl. He also claimed nine university degrees and self-titled himself Count von Cosel, taking the name of an alleged ancestor. Florida, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1823-1982, Florida, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Similar credit must be given to Miki Meek for giving a very well researched and academic podcast four years ago for This American Life, and to Tracy Weller of the Mason Holdings group for the podcast The Lost Diaries of Elena Hoyos, which finally revealed much of Elenas personality and early life. Hey Spooksters! He then placed Elena Hoyos on his canopied bed, serenading her with a small, church organ. It was there that she met Dr. Carl Von Cosel, a doctor who was working to find a cure. 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. After Von Cosel's arrest, Key West put Elena's body on exhibit. Florida, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 . 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