Victorians described consumption as an illness that heightened the elegance and refinement of its victim, and that it was tragically beautiful to waste away with pallor and fragility. Learn about the chilling embalmed corpse of the blushing bride La Pascualita. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. He showered her with jewelry and clothing, and he frequently professed his love to her. Strong words from a man who was already technically rejected by Maria several times. 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. He died in the arms of Hoyos real body. 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. As a young boy in Germany, Tanzler would often have visions of a stunning, dark-haired woman who was predestined to be his one true love. Learn more about merges. Hoyos, a local Cuban-American daughter of a cigar maker, had her own unique history. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Thus, they found it odd that Tanzler stopped visiting the mausoleum two years after her death. Learn about one of Key West's most haunted homes. 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. Some asked if Key West could seal Elena within a glass case as a permanent exhibit. With the consent of her family, Carl paid for Marias funeral and erected an elaborate mausoleum for her corpse. Tanzlers body was discovered on the floor of his home. The only thing she wanted from Tanzler was a proper medical treatment. Tanzler von Cosel, K. The Secret of Elenas Tomb. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. The Lost Diary of Count Von Cosel. She attracted a fair share of admirers. 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. Lets hope that theyre mistaken and that Elena Hoyos has finally found peace in her second grave. When this was ineffective, he contemplated relocating her remains to the stratosphere. Tanzler went by many names; he was listed as Georg Karl Tnzler on his German marriage certificate. He was no longer her technician; she was the love of his life. Tanzler didnt seem to get bored living with Hoyos corpse. Her name was Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos. Dickinson, writing from Miami, asked, Didnt John Dorschner have anything better to do than write his story about Con Von Cosel? They were unaware that the doctor had found sperm inside Elenas corpse, clear evidence of necrophilia. At this point, Carl had lost his job at the hospital and was living in a remote shack which also housed his laboratory. GREAT NEWS! Folk figure. This all seems like silly speculation, to get people to read an old story. Little did they know, Elena, my darling, we are alone on this shore. I mixed the root of wolfsbane (monkshood) with aconite diluted. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. However, he managed to keep Marias body in his home for seven years without being discovered. All he had to do was find her. Bizzarrepedia Mesa left Elena shortly after she suffered a miscarriage of the couple's child, and moved to Miami. He restored her corpse, then kept her cadaver for seven years. He claimed she told him to take her away from the mausoleum. Thanks for your help! As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. In 1940, Floridas infamous necrophile went on trial for desecrating the body of Elena Hoyos. Arriving authorities quickly determined that this doll was, in fact, Hoyos herself, and they arrested Tanzler for grave robbing. All of the sources that make claims about this are modern. Despite the lack of qualifications needed to treat a tuberculosis patient, Tanzler was determined to save Hoyos and used a variety of specially-made tonics, elixirs, and medicines in an effort to do so. While he had a family of his own, he was still disappointed that he hadnt met the woman of his dreams. She also received x-rays, which is when she met her radiologist, Carl Von Cosel. Even his penetrating stare and vandyke beard cant distract you from his obsession with the hospitalized woman in his care. Forever and ever she is with me. 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. [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. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Accessed 11 Feb. 2021. (LogOut/ Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Tanzler immediately and obsessively fell in love with Elena. Currently you have JavaScript disabled. Add to your scrapbook. Search above to list available cemeteries. Morrall, Dr. P. Murder and Society: why commit Murder? Criminal Justice Matters, 66:1, 2006, pp. This article seeks to bring light to these, with the hope that people will learn what really happened as per these key findings. Later, Carl Von Cosel believed that he could animate Elenas corpse with ultraviolet ray treatment. Accounts show she led the normal life of a teenager in the 1920s. 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. Tanzler quickly abandoned his brood after accepting a position as a radiologic technician in Key West, where he worked at the U.S. Marine Hospital under the name Count Carl von Cosel. Although he tried to stop her disintegration with embalming fluids, her body continued to decay. He decided to open her casket. Nor was he with her just before. He dressed her corpse in a wedding gown after stuffing her body cavity with rags. Von Cosel asked the family if he could keep Elena's body in a casket filled with formaldehyde to preserve her. 1982, pp. 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. Hoyos body was finally buried in a new cemetery at Key West Cemetery. Tuesday, October 6, 2009 Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos Most people have never heard of her. She forbade the family to let von Cosel know until she was too far across the border to be recalled (p.1). 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). [9] Elena's body was eventually returned to the Key West Cemetery where the remains were buried in an unmarked grave, in a secret location, to prevent further tampering. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Tanzler, an eccentric character, carried himself with a high sense of self-importance. In 1930, tuberculosis was an often fatal disease. He loved her, but no evidence has surfaced to confirm that Hoyos reciprocated his love. Are you visiting Key West? German-born American radiology technologist and erotomaniac. In October 1940, Hoyos sister, Florinda, heard conflicting rumors about Tanzlers budding romance with a mysterious woman. He asked if he could have Elenas body returned to him. Tanzler made nightly visits to Hoyos mausoleum. In Carl's autobiography, he does confess to kissing and cuddling Maria's cadaver. One night in 1933, he snuck her body out from the mausoleum in a toy wheelbarrow, and took her home with him. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. They vow to stay together, even after death. While working at the U.S. Marine Hospital, on April 22, 1930, Carl Tanzler came face to face with the woman of his dreams. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. The invention charged her oxygen electrons with electrodes, which he decided would save her. Before she died, Carl wrote in his journal how he had hopes that, despite the extensive damage, the lesions would heal again. Although reporters wrote that Carl Von Cosel died alone in 1952, this is somewhat untrue. 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. In 1930, while living in Key West, Florida, her mother took her to a hospital after she had taken ill. She was diagnosed with tuberculosis (which was then incurable) and checked into a facility where she stayed with other patients suffering the same disease. (p. 54). He was proud of the excellent attention hed given to her preservation and thought mistakenly that Elenas sister would feel the same. In the early 1900s, approximately 110,000 Americans would die each year from tuberculosis. The Journal of Critical Care Medicine, vol. Death . He thought of everything to make sure he could continue living with her corpsefor seven years! If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Maria Elena lies in some unmarked Floridian grave, in an 18 inch casket. Sorry! Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Tanzler had had visions since childhood of a dark-haired woman who was destined to be his true love. The former corpse bride is now at rest. I have sent you to the angels with my golden elixir Perez also claimed Tanzler had once told him that he 'would kill Elena if necessary to fulfil [his] destiny'[12] The poison confession letter article was also cited by historian David L. Sloan on episode 44 of the NightMerica podcast.[14]. He had become smitten with the frail, Hispanic beauty, and even alleged that he recognized her from a dream. The list is numerous and was all justified by Tanzler in the name of love. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. 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. Headlines like A Key West Story of Necrophilic Love, Undying Love, and A Grave Affair proliferated newspapers, immortalizing the infamous necrophile. When she passed away in 1931 from tuberculosis, Tanzler refused to leave her side. Just 21 years old, and 32 years younger than Tanzler, Maria Elena "Helen" Milagro de Hoyos was brought to the hospital for an examination. 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). A system error has occurred. Born on July 31, 1909, in Key West, Florida, Elena was a strikingly attractive girl with luxurious dark hair and an appealing shyness. Carl Tanzler. Mesa left for Miami, leaving Elena alone as her illness worsened (Harrison 1996). The Count [Tanzler] is in love, hes a much older man in love with a young girl who wants nothing to do with him. [1][8], One evening in April 1933, Tanzler crept through the cemetery where Elena was buried and removed her body from the mausoleum, carting it through the cemetery after dark on a toy wagon, and transported it to his home. Tanzler immediately recognized her as the beautiful dark-haired woman that had been revealed to him in his earlier "visions. 124 129. The public mood was generally sympathetic to Tanzler, whom many viewed as an eccentric "romantic". [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. 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). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23114033/elena-hoyos. He who has given you to me, will not reject our souls, united as they are in His undying love.. Now that she was dead, she could not protest. Carl Von Cosel had consummated their marriage. This American Life. 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. 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. Sadly, the story does not end here, and it takes a Weekend at Bernies sort of twist, but with some added necrophilia. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. 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.. She died at her parents home in Key West on October 25, 1931, at just 22 years old. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Upon returning home, Tanzler married and had two children in 1920, and the family emigrated to Zephyrhills, Florida. The Second Autopsy of Elena Hoyos Carl's madness was discovered. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Eventually, the corpse was reburried to an unmarked grave in Key West Cemetery, and Maria de Hoyos was finally able to rest in peace. Ironically, the man who prevented Maria from decomposing was himself rotting alone on the floor of his home for several weeks. 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. Finally, I want to acknowledge Elena herself. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. The additional findings presented in this article elevate this sinisterness yet again, as now there is evidence which strongly suggests that Tanzler had actually killed Elena himself. At home with her corpse, Carl set to work repairing the damage done by decomposition. 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. Additionally, Hoyos was known as the beauty of Key West. 2022 Ghost City, Ghost City Tours. Happy for him, she decided to visit him and congratulate him on his relationship. On April 22, 1930, while working at the Marine Hospital in Key West, Tanzler met Maria Elena Milagro "Helen" de Hoyos (1909-1931), a local Cuban-American woman who had been brought to the hospital for an examination by her mother. 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. Separated from Elena, he used a death mask to create a life . Carl Tanzler Fell In Love With His Patient, Then Lived With Her Corpse. Marias life was not going well. Tanzler also used perfume, disinfectants, and preserving agents to mask the odor of Hoyos decomposition. The young woman's mother brought her in to see a doctor: at 21, she was dying of tuberculosis. [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. Tanzler visited Hoyos grave every night for nearly two years, a habit that stopped abruptly after he lost his job for reasons unknown. In 1940, it was finally over. Learn how your comment data is processed. Carl claimed Maria began talking to him from the other side, telling him she was afraid of decaying and rotting. But thats easier said than done, right? Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? 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. This engraving with Elenas name can now be found at the Fort Martello Museum in Key West. for a minute Meek (2017) quotes an interview Elenas sister Nana gave to the Miami Herald: [Elena] never loved [Tanzler]. Loathing: Lethal hate directed towards one person, group, culture or nation (Morrall 2006, p. 36). Aconite is a plant native to Northern Asia and Europe. He substituted her empty sockets with glass eyes. It is perfectly wonderful that you had such a strong love for the girl in this case. Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos Mesa. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? Key West put her corpse on display. Failed to delete memorial. Survivors include her daughter, Susan McKee, Zephyrhills; two sons, Jon Clendening, Portland, Oregon, and Gary Clendening, Hallowell, Maine; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. On February 18, 1926, she married Luis Mesa, but he left her shortly after she suffered a miscarriage of the couples first child. John Dillinger was a gangster during the Great Depression. Normally you dont get any new information [about the story]. Suffer no more, sweet Elena. St. Martins True Crime Classics. 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. Elena was in unbearable pain, but her parents approved of Von Cosel's arrangement. 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. 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. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Von Cosel was sixty years of age,and decided that they were to have their May-December romance. Hoyos family didnt realize that the only key to the tomb would remain in Tanzlers possession. For his final diary entry, Carl had written: Human jealousy has robbed me of the body of my Elena, yet divine happiness is flowing through me for she has survived death. 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. Tanzler immediately recognized her as the woman of his dreams. After he left Key West defeated, he returned to his wife and daughter in Zephyrhills, Florida. It was 1930 in sunny Key West, Florida, and Maria de Hoyos was dying of tuberculosis. It can be awakened. There was a problem getting your location. He replaced Marias brittle broken bones with coat hanger wire, and stuffed her torso with rags to keep her body in its original shape. [1], The story of Tanzler and Elena would be reproduced in pulp magazines in the years following his death, with various parties adding new details to the case. They even resisted Tanzlers ministrations to where they moved house, neglecting to tell him of their new residence. 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. 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. You accept the use of cookies or other identifiers by accepting, ignoring or dismissing this notice. He was a radiologist or x-ray technician. To his absolute horror, Elenas putrefied body had begun to deteriorate. Tanzler would quickly take advantage of this privilege, which would result in one of the most macabre tales of all time. Try again later. Hes got this plan to be with her after shes dead. The jig was up, and authorities confiscated the corpse. [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. 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. She came here 71 years ago from her native Dresden, Germany. + Sloan, D.L. Once she was diagnosed with tuberculosis, he took it upon himself to do whatever he could to cure her and offered services free of charge. Tanzler became enamored with her, and took an overly keen interest in her care, despite not having any idea on how to treat tuberculosis. Swicegood, T. (2003). I have roamed the earth searching for Elena! According to Atlas Obscura, de Hoyos was then a 21-year-old Cuban native suffering from tuberculosis and came to the hospital for treatment. 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. Elena Hoyos. This one had a story in it somebody was renovating a cottage and when they tore down the wall, they found a confession note. It was palatable and my loved one departed this miserable world on October 25, 1931. Lust: a lover kills a rival for his/her object of desire; the thrill-killer who murders people because he gains a sexual payoff. The family, considering Elena was fatally ill at this point, conceded. After this, Maria was finally laid to rest at Key West Cemetery in an unmarked grave, to deter Carl from disturbing her eternal rest. Maria Elena Milagro De Hoyos Birth 31 Jul 1909. It was there that she met Dr. Carl Von Cosel, a doctor who was working to find a cure. Just 21 years old, and 32 years younger than Tanzler, Maria Elena Helen Milagro de Hoyos was brought to the hospital for an examination. A psychiatric evaluation of Tanzler stated that he was in a borderline state but otherwise sane and mentally competent (Meek 2017). It was there in 1930 that Tanzler met the woman he believed was the love of his life; Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos. At least she got to keep her hair. Whats more, I do not love you. He became so persistent that we asked him to stay away from the house.. Although the affections were one sided, when Elena passed away a couple of months later, Karl just couldn't let his soulmate go. It has been reported that Tanzler somehow still switched the bodies, or that Hoyos remains were secretly returned to him. Tanzler tried his best to cure Hoyos. Hey Spooksters! Why, you are old enough to be my grandfather. [1] In 1933, almost two years after her death, Tanzler removed Hoyos' body from its tomb, and lived with the corpse at his home for seven years until its discovery by Hoyos' relatives and authorities in 1940.[2]. Whichs been recounted a million and one times. [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. Su padre, Francisco Pancho Hoyos, haba amasado una fortuna. He was devastated. 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. In April of 1930, the beautiful but doomed Elena Hoyos arrived at the Marine Hospital for blood tests. If they only knew what was going on inside his home. More than two years had already passed since Elena's death and her body had shown all the normal signs of decomposition. 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. In April 1933, he removed her body from the mausoleum and transported it to his makeshift laboratory that also served as his home. 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. They were comforted by his invention, hoping that perhaps Elena could survive. Elena was once again reduced to an object of spectacle, only this time she was a tourist attraction. Maria Elena had a bit of a tragic life. Yet Carl Von Cosel was unable to resist peeking at Elena Hoyos. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Oops, we were unable to send the email. Autopsy 6: Secrets of the Dead. Surprisingly, there are no contemporary sources that mention anything about necrophilia. She told Von Cosel that he would marry a young woman who, Von Cosel decided, looked precisely like Elena Hoyos. Tanzler was evidently consumed by obsessive lust for Elena. Michelfelder (1982) goes on to describe how the demolition worker and his supervisor found bottles full of this golden elixir fallen from the collapsed wall of Tanzlers former residence. Whitfield Funeral Home, Zephyrhills. He created a life-like effigy and mask of her face, to replace the confiscated cadaver. 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