He would use this wig on Marias corpse, as the decomposition process had caused her hair to fall out. Carl Von Cosel was nevertheless unsatisfied with the outcome of his trial. That's when things took a turn for the macabre. Unfortunately, this would be the beginning of many tragedies for Elena; she miscarried the child and gradually fell ill with a cough. The case was now the center of a media circus, and 6,800 spectators came to gawk at the macabre spectacle, paying $1 each for the privilege. 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. Mesa left Elena shortly after she suffered a miscarriage of the couple's child, and moved to Miami. Upon returning home, Tanzler married and had two children in 1920, and the family emigrated to Zephyrhills, Florida. [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]. Like most patients, Hoyos was scared of the illness and the treatment. Although he was already married with 2 daughters, Carl was immediately struck by Marias appearance. He transported Elena to his laboratory in the fuselage of a wingless airplane, covertly relocating her body to Rest Beach. The mummified body of Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos. He developed an obsession with a young Cuban-American tuberculosis patient, Elena "Helen" Milagro de Hoyos (July 31, 1909 October 25, 1931), that carried on well after her death. He recognized her from a vision he had many years ago, when his dead ancestor Countess Anna Constantia von Brockdorff came to him in a dream and showed him the face of his true love and soulmate: a gorgeous dark-haired woman who looked exactly like Maria. In April of 1930, the beautiful but doomed Elena Hoyos arrived at the Marine Hospital for blood tests. 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). 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. He then placed Elena Hoyos on his canopied bed, serenading her with a small, church organ. Tanzler became enamored with her, and took an overly keen interest in her care, despite not having any idea on how to treat tuberculosis. As of that day, he was fifty-three years old and Elena was close to twenty-one. In the early 1900s, approximately 110,000 Americans would die each year from tuberculosis. At home with her corpse, Carl set to work repairing the damage done by decomposition. They were unaware that the doctor had found sperm inside Elenas corpse, clear evidence of necrophilia. The town's people crowded the funeral parlor, eager to see the macabre curiosity. At the bottom of the tube there was cotton and in an examination of the cotton, I found there was sperm (HBO Autopsy 1999). He lost time trying all doctors in town but none at home. A cousin revealed to The Tennessean Sun in 1940: [Elenas] two rescues from death [via electric shock by Tanzler / von Cosel] had been so painful that Elena finally died hating her rescuer and [begged] to be allowed to stay dead. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Bizzarrepedia However, some people go above and beyond this promise. What is is known for is for having a love affair that lasted 7 years after her death. Which theory do you think best explains the Iraq War? In their case report of an aconite overdose, Wood et al. Tanzler loved everything about Hoyos. As Meek (2017) puts it, [Elena is] paradoxically at the center of this story and utterly left out. Fans of Tanzler travelled to give him treats, public sympathy portrayed him as an eccentric romantic, an attorney offered to represent him pro bono and Elenas body was put on public display to be viewed by over 6,850 people at the Dean-Lopez Funeral Home (Tanzler von Cosel 1947, Michelfelder 1982, Harrison 1996, Sloan 2012, Meek 2017). Please try again later. They found police logs from the period which described the aforementioned seizure, Tanzlers threat to Elenas father and testimonies from people in her neighbourhood that in the week before Elenas death, he had persuaded her to swallow double doses of his elixir, whichMichelfelder (1982) writes to have contained: 70 percent distilled water, 20 percent gold shavings, fruit favouring and just enough deadly poison to effect [sic] a slow death. [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. Elenas consumptive condition meant little to Carl Von Cosel. He died of an apparent suicide in his home in July of 1952 lying next to the death mask of his beloved. 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. Carl Von Cosel had consummated their marriage. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. In 2009, Mike Glendinning released two songs inspired by Tanzler's story, "Elena" and "Dust Off My Bride," on his "Psychotic America: Lullabies & Necrophilia" album. He restored her corpse, then kept her cadaver for seven years. 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. He thought of everything to make sure he could continue living with her corpsefor seven years! Thats what happened between Carl Tanzler and Maria Elena Helen Milagro de Hoyos. Medina, Nana's husband, was electrocuted trying to rescue a coworker who hit a powerline with his crane at a construction site. Her family agreed to let Tanzler attempt to treat her with various medicines, x-rays and other experimental cures. In Carl's autobiography, he does confess to kissing and cuddling Maria's cadaver. Lust: a lover kills a rival for his/her object of desire; the thrill-killer who murders people because he gains a sexual payoff. Not until recently. Carl was doing more than playing dress up with Elena. 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. 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. Harrison, B. The Countess had an interesting story herself; being the mistress of 18th century King Augustus II of Poland. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. (LogOut/ Was this act of murder justified by Tanzler as a mercy killing?. She was graduate of Zephyrhills High School and a member of the Zephyrhills Alumni and Friends. Cosel fell in love with her despite the fact that she was legally married. 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. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. 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. Life is dormant, inactive, sleeping, in a person who has died. Maria Elena had a bit of a tragic life. Tanzler made nightly visits to Hoyos mausoleum. He also said that she would often tell him to take her from the grave. Eventually, the corpse was reburried to an unmarked grave in Key West Cemetery, and Maria de Hoyos was finally able to rest in peace. 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. In 1931, Dr. Carl Tanzler fell in love with a patient he was treating for tuberculosis. 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. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Von Cosel. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Bienvenido Perez, in a later interview for Men True Adventure magazine (n.d.), would reveal much darker intentions on Tanzlers part. Carl Tanzler administered these treatments in Hoyos family home, showering her with gifts and declaring his love all the while. The Key West Citizen, 15 Aug. 1952, p. 1 + 4, Perez, B. And when he proposed marriage, she always told him You are too old. 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. As long as she lived I never abandoned hope.. Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA. Folk figure. She was only nice to him because my mother told her she should be kind to those who were kind to her. Carl spent hours at Marias gravesite everyday, talking to her corpse, singing songs to her, reading stories, and other crazy activities that are best left unspoken. He had also used flowers and other scents to keep out the odor. According to Atlas Obscura, de Hoyos was then a 21-year-old Cuban native suffering from tuberculosis and came to the hospital for treatment. Maria Elena Milagro De Hoyos, known as Elena, walked into a Key West hospital suffering from a fatal infection of tuberculosis. I have roamed the earth searching for Elena! Some of his hospital records were signed Count Carl Tanzler von Cosel. Now two years deceased, Carl Tanzler was left with the task of maintaining Hoyos corpse. Image credit: Florida KeysPublic Libraries, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. But its not exactly as romantic as you would think. At sixteen, she was married to Luis Mesa (1908-?) He stuffed her body with rags, waxed the skin with plaster of Paris, and even fitted the face with glass eyes. This went on for two years. In 1930, Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos was diagnosed with tuberculosis at the Marine Hospital in Key West. He was born as Karl Tnzler or Georg Karl Tnzler on February 8, 1877 in Dresden, Germany. Instead, he found plenty of things to do, including fashioning a wig for her once her hair fell out of her decomposing scalp. Search above to list available cemeteries. 22nd April 1930 would turn out to be a very fateful day. In Carls autobiography, he does confess to kissing and cuddling Marias cadaver. His behaviour became too erratic to hold a job, and the hospital had found out he was stealing medical equipment from them. When she passed away in 1931 from tuberculosis, Tanzler refused to leave her side. 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. Her mother was worried about her declining health, but neither of them probably thought Tanzler would take an interest in her. (LogOut/ However, the case was eventually dropped and Tanzler was released from prison because the statute of limitations for the committed crime had expired. Please enter your email and password to sign in. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Elena Hoyos died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty-two. 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. Tanzler never met this mysterious woman. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Wild ass Carl, Elena before her passing, Elena's body w/ death mask, Carl replaces Elenas eyes, Elena's body 2. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. He showered her with jewelry and clothing, and he frequently professed his love to her. He substituted her empty sockets with glass eyes. He wrote his autobiography in 1947, and received American citizenship in 1950, because whats more American than defiling a dead body? 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. Elena, having been referred to the Marine Hospital for tests, was overseen by one radiologist, Carl Tanzler (1877 1952). Hoyos body was placed on display at a local funeral home, where nearly 7,000 people came to see the corrupted corpse for themselves. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. 2, 2020, pp. Try again later. On February 18, 1926, she married Luis Mesa, but he left her shortly after she suffered a miscarriage of the couples first child. 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. He believed he had finally found her in Elena. 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. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. iUniverse. Sources differ (Tanzler von Cosel 1947, Perez 1952, Michelfelder 1982, Swicegood 2003) on when exactly he did this but the more respected tellings of this story (Harrison 1996, Sloan 2012) state this occurred in 1933. It is hoped that the findings presented here will contribute towards the continuation of this cultural shift, and bring more empathy and understanding towards Elena rather than the man who pursued, poisoned and exploited her in life and death. Ten years before Elenas birth, Von Cosels ancestor had appeared to him as an apparition. Elena was in unbearable pain, but her parents approved of Von Cosel's arrangement. 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. This browser does not support getting your location. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Local townspeople in Key West noticed Tanzler was buying womens clothing and perfumes, but they thought he was in a serious relationship. The mausoleum Carl had Elena laid to rest in. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Florida, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1823-1982, Florida, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, Your Scrapbook is currently empty. He would buy her gifts and dote on her, and did everything in his power to heal her, but she succumbed to the illness. He also claimed nine university degrees and self-titled himself Count von Cosel, taking the name of an alleged ancestor. The former three, as he describes them, are quite applicable to Tanzler. (LogOut/ Mesa left for Miami, leaving Elena alone as her illness worsened (Harrison 1996). Helen had . You can be sure that everything that you did was sane. Why, you are old enough to be my grandfather. The obituary recounted: "a metal cylinder on a shelf above a table in it wrapped in silken cloth and a robe was a waxen image". 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. This American Life. 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. Its two associated names, monkshood and wolfsbane, come from its appearance and its use by shepherds to kill wolves respectively. 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. She told Von Cosel that he would marry a young woman who, Von Cosel decided, looked precisely like Elena Hoyos. He continued to leave gifts at her graveside eerie offerings to his lifeless lover, excessive treasures to the object of his affections. This time, it was unmarked so no one, including Tanzler, could find her body. Carl claimed Maria began talking to him from the other side, telling him she was afraid of decaying and rotting. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. . Hoyos body was finally buried in a new cemetery at Key West Cemetery. 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. Tragically, de Hoyos died on October 25, 1931, at the age of 22. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. Finding her safe, he remained with her for three years, witnessing the chaos that followed in the wake of the war. You accept the use of cookies or other identifiers by accepting, ignoring or dismissing this notice. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Von Cosel robbed her body from the grave. Carl Von Cosel decided that he was in love. She was part of one of the most bizarre love stories in history. Journalists reported that the judge denied Von Cosels request, screaming at Von Cosel with disgust. Elenas married name (and she was still legally married at the time of her death), Mesa, was not engraved on the tombstone, however, on the bottom corner, Ct. While no existing contemporary photographs of the autopsy or photographs taken at the public display show a tube, the necrophilia claim was repeated by the HBO Autopsy program in 1999.[10]. On October 25, 1931, Elena died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty-two. He would personally transport her body by airplane, where Carl Von Cosel believed he could restore her life. At this point, Carl had lost his job at the hospital and was living in a remote shack which also housed his laboratory. In 2003, two bands released their musical interpretations of the Tanzler story, In 2008, the Swedish band ChansoNoir released the EP. Those sensitive to spiritual energies claim that Elena Hoyos poltergeist haunts the funeral home of Bahama Lane. She also received x-rays, which is when she met her radiologist, Carl Von Cosel. Additionally, there is his threat towards Elenas father if there is not a wedding before Christmas, there will be a funeral (Michelfelder 1982, p.56) and his declaration to Perez that he would kill Elena if necessary (n.d., p 68). He would briskly stroll around town with a cane and show off wristwatches claiming to be commissioned to him by the Czar of Russia. Episode: Maria Elena Milagro De Hoyos, the Unwilling Corpse Bride w/ special guest @rachaelnobrien 1. Additionally, Hoyos was known as the beauty of Key West. To some, it is the ultimate romance, and to others, it is a grotesque tale of violation. For nearly 22 years, she had been the focus of his life, alive or dead. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Tanzler also used perfume, disinfectants, and preserving agents to mask the odor of Hoyos decomposition. The invention charged her oxygen electrons with electrodes, which he decided would save her. They vow to stay together, even after death. This account has been disabled. You cant turn the channel. There, she found what she believed to be a life-sized effigy of her departed sister. In fact, he had escaped from an Australian internment camp during WWI by building a makeshift sailboat after secretly studying engineering books. From Cuba he settled in Zephyrhills, Florida, where his sister had already emigrated, and was later joined by his wife and two daughters. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. The middle of three daughters to a cigar maker and homemaker, Elena had a beauty that didn't go unnoticed. Try again. One night in 1933, he snuck her body out from the mausoleum in a toy wheelbarrow, and took her home with him. Hed left them to search for his soulmate, which he found in Elena Hoyos. 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. based on information from your browser. Tanzler went by many names; he was listed as Georg Karl Tnzler on his German marriage certificate. This one had a story in it somebody was renovating a cottage and when they tore down the wall, they found a confession note. In 1931, a radiologist and bacteriologist working at a tuberculosis sanitarium in Key West, Florida, became obsessed with a 22-year-old patient, Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos. 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. A devastated Tanzler made a death mask of her and told her family that he would pay for her funeral and . There is a problem with your email/password. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. 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. HBO, 1999. It was there that she met Dr. Carl Von Cosel, a doctor who was working to find a cure. Hoyos was suffering from tuberculosis, and despite Tanzler's efforts, she passed at 22 years old. Dickinson, writing from Miami, asked, Didnt John Dorschner have anything better to do than write his story about Con Von Cosel? Authorities took Elena from him. Tanzler (1947), in his memoirs, recalled being furious at not being informed sooner: In my desperation, I called out [to Elenas brother-in-law]: If only you had come to me half an hour earlier, perhaps it wouldnt have been too late. So much so that Elena was said to have died hating Tanzler. She would remain legally married to Luis until her death. She was not someone important, and she never did anything of note other than die young of tuberculosis. Some asked if Key West could seal Elena within a glass case as a permanent exhibit. Before she died, Carl wrote in his journal how he had hopes that, despite the extensive damage, the lesions would heal again. The only thing she wanted from Tanzler was a proper medical treatment. (2020) noted that the patient at one point suffered a seizure, much like how Michelfelder (1982) notes the police log where Elena experienced violent convulsions before her death (p. 9). TSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. He did this, as needed, inside of an old airplane he had repurposed into a makeshift medical laboratory. There continued to be much conflict between him and Elenas family. Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos Mesa. St. Martins True Crime Classics. This [incident] makes so much sense. Mara Elena "Helen" Hoyos A principios del siglo XX nace una hija de inmigrantes cubanos llamada Mara Elena Milagro-Hoyos. Tanzler tried his best to cure Hoyos. Oddly enough, the public found Carl to be a sympathetic figure; a tragic romantic who had lost his beloved to cruel fate. Of note other than die young of tuberculosis at the age of 22 it for just $ 5 as lived... 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