History of Charles Tanzler — bizarre necrophiliac, which made his mistress mummy

The insanity of Charles Tanzler — this must be the most disgusting love story, which only knows of humanity. In 1933, he made the body of the deceased from tuberculosis beloved mummy and lived with her, as if she is still in this world.

Anticipating the obvious question — Yes, he slept with her in the same bed and have sex. Surprisingly, when the truth came to light, many of the locals even came to his defense. "Not a necrophiliac, but only an eccentric German romantic!", they said.

As you know, Carl Tanzler was a very original person.

In most articles about Karl Tanzler, the emphasis is on the most anticipated fact of his biography — necrophilia. Say, was a radiologist, unremarkable man, worked in the United States of the 1930s, and then he died beloved, something in him snapped and he turned her body into a mummy. The classic story about a guy who apparently was normal, and then it turned out that over crazy.

In fact, those who knew Charles, not that much surprised to hear about his passions. With the youth he was a man of eccentric, if not completely divorced from reality. Maybe he didn't realize that his beloved, wonderful Elena Milagro de Hoyos, actually died.

Suffice it to say that we don't even know what his name was for real. In various documents, it was held under various names: Karl Tanzler, the Georg Karl Tanzler, the General count Karl Tanzler background Cosel. The latter is particularly noteworthy and indicates early madness this gentleman. Here's why:

Karl (for convenience we'll call it that) was born in the German city of Dresden in 1877 in the wealthy but not noble family. However, Tanzler believed that it actually is a descendant of the noble family von Coseley. He told friends and parents that is a descendant of Countess Anna Constantia von Cosel — mistress of the king of Saxony Augustus the Strong.

Think a touch of schizophrenia, necrophilia and incest then no one is alarmed. On the contrary — solid romance. So Tanzler without problems studied in the medical, which is clearly picked up a little knowledge about mummification.

The Ghost of Anna Constantia von Cosel — first love Carl Tanzler

A few years before the outbreak of the First world the Ghost of the Countess told Carl to go to the South sea, to avoid the "catastrophe". Tanzler travelled to India, Southeast Asia and Australia. He bought the island in the Pacific ocean, boats and electroingenieria equipment, dreaming of becoming an inventor. And he gathered on to play Gothic Fugue (apparently in order to make this story even a bit of horror).

He eventually settled in Australia, but only in order to make sure that his pocket a Ghost does not always give the right advice. When the First world, Carl, as a German citizen, was placed in a pow camp, and all his property confiscated. When it became clear that he was in the order of the Rosicrucians (a sort of alternative to the masons), British officers generally took it as a potentially dangerous criminal.

In conclusion, Tanzler not sitting around and even made a sailing boat to escape it with an accomplice-Hindu.

Escape plan failed, so Carl had to wait until the end of the war, after which it was traded on the Australian prisoner of war and sent home. In 1926 Tanzler emigrated from his native Germany to Cuba, and then in the United States. Of course, on the advice of the Ghost of the Countess.

In General, the person he cohabitation with the mummy was, to put it mildly, unusual.

In the United States Carl Tanzler came not one but his family — his wife and daughters. It may seem strange that the family appears in the story so suddenly. But you have to understand, as Karl belonged to the marriage. He barely mentions the family in his diaries.

For him, marriage was just a burden that, like, you have to bear in life. His wife and children — it's just the kind of thing that distracts from the conversation with ghosts, organ music and work. We can say that this is not Carl Tanzler got himself a family, this family got himself Karl Tanzler.

For four consecutive years, from the arrival in the United States, the Ghost of Anna von Cosel urged Charles to seek the Muse of his life. Considering it's been six years since he was married, it was obviously not his wife. The Countess was convinced Tanzler that his life is about to appear exotic dark-haired hottie who kidnapped his heart and mind. And the beauty is, of course, there.

In 1930, Carl worked as a radiologist at the naval hospital in the port town of Key West, Florida. One day, to see him brought a girl named Elena Milagro de Hoyos with suspected tuberculosis. She was the daughter of a Cuban cigarette magnate and was the Muse of a lifetime. Unfortunately, her diagnosis was confirmed that the girl had tuberculosis, and neglected.

Laboratory Of Karl Tanzler

Elena recently married, but her fiancé immediately ran away after learning that she is terminally ill. Carl took it in his characteristic spirit, the universe says to him: "Behold this woman, save her life and love to death".

Love Tanzler started looking for a cure that would save from tuberculosis Elena, and at the same time (as a Supplement) and all of humanity. But, as we have seen, he was eccentric and methods chosen eccentric.

Carl decided that the key to getting rid of a consumption — these are the x-rays, with whom he had an affair at work. About radiation then knew little, and her damage in the 30s was not obvious, so Tanzler began to irradiate your sweetheart all day long.

The spacecraft, built by Carl Tanzler

The idea of the orbital plane would Elena into space, where it would heal the natural radiation of the stars. No one seems fantasized about radiation with such poetry as this man.

Along the way, Tanzler showered his Cuban beauty gifts brought piles of equipment to her home and devoted to her Serenade. Apparently, the girl is not too pleased, but she was hoping that this psycho doctor at least knows what he's doing.

Radiation treatment did not bring the proper fruit, and in 1931 Elena Milagro de Hoyos died.

Elena's parents allowed Karl to build her lavish tomb, the present mausoleum. Love Tanzler came there every day to Serenade his deceased love. He sang them, of course, in Spanish.

This continued for two years. During this time, in his personal life Carl Tanzler there have been dramatic changes. The Ghost of the Cuban Helena replaced the Ghost of Countess Anna von Cosel. Old supernatural, the love is gone and replaced by a new one. Now Elena gave Tanzler tips and every day was so happy with his presence.

In 1933, Helen turned to Carl with the words that she got tired of lying in the cold vault and she wants to move to the house of Tanzler to warm him on the love seat. If you suddenly do not have enough definitions for the highest degree of madness, I propose now to use the phrase "as Mad as Carl Tanzler".

Carl pulled out of the crypt, the remains of Elena and brought them to conventional construction wheelbarrow home. Of course, no wife and kids there for a long time was not even a wife who initially knew about the strangeness of Tanzler, I realized that it would be better to live in different cities.

Elena's body almost broke out, but Carl restored it

He gave her a glass eye and a new skin of silk, impregnated with wax and covered with plaster.

Bones he bonded with a wire hanger, and the wig was made from his own hair Elena, who preserved after her death. The remains of Carl, dressed up in a dress and laid on his bed, and to knock down the smell of decomposition, he used perfumes. We can only guess what he smelled like after a night spent with Elena — because it's Florida, it is hot and humid.

In addition to the restoration of the eyes and skin, Karl made a paper tube that is placed in the pelvis of the mummy, so that the heat of passion between two lovers never cooled down.

The truth found only seven years after the death of Helena, in 1940. Her sister was also sick with tuberculosis, once he came to the house of Tanzler for advice and found in the bedroom cadaver, dressed in a familiar dress. On the same day, Charles was detained by the police, but have learned all of America.

Tanzler was called to answer for "Wanton and malicious destruction of the grave and removing a body without authorization". However, strangely, no punishment, he did not suffer, and the residents of Key West were left on the side of Charles. They saw in it not disgusting grave robbers and necrophiliac, but only an eccentric romance that could not accept the death of his beloved.

Taken from the Karla Elena's body was put on public display as an exhibit. Before it was buried again, a strange mummy, covered with silk skin, I saw more than six thousand people.

Carl Tanzler lived in Key West for another four years, and in 1944 moved to the city of Zephyrhills, reunited with his family, as they could after what happened. Carl and his wife lived in neighboring houses, and she watched as his mental health and even supported him as best they could.

Contemporary actors play Karl and Elena in the production of Undying Love

Carl just wasn't ashamed of his past, he's even good money on him, talking about his life in various tabloid publications, especially in the magazine "Fantastic adventures".

The rest of the time he was engaged in repairing organs and play this instrument. Gothic Fugue, which he loved since his youth and until his death, was perfect as background music of his life.

About his love Carl was killed a short time. He made a wax doll with death mask of Helen and believed that in this new refuge moved her spirit, so beloved was reunited. Tanzler died in 1952, one can say in the arms of Helen. His body was found three weeks after the death, so at first it was even hard to recognize.

Half a century after his death, Carl Tanzler remains in US something of the Dyatlov Pass from us: his story is widely circulated and even managed to fill the mouth to the audience, and the musicians are still inspired by the eccentric necrophiliac.

For example, the group And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead was dedicated to Karl Tanzler the whole album — The Secret of Elena's Tomb.