Carl von Cosel, actually George Carl (* 8 February 1877 in Dresden; "† 23. Juli1952 in Tampa), was a German-American radiologist. It became admits as Nekrophiler.

which had emigrated 1926 over Cuba into the USA, established itself 1927 in key west, Florida and called themselves Dr. Carl count von Cosel. Whether it actually acquired the doctor title in Germany, indicated by it, and ever a medicine study completed, remains doubtfuly. Cosel found an employment in the local naval hospital and was there in the radiology and bacteriology active.

In April 1930 he became acquainted with the Tuberkulosepatientin Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos and fell in love with the Kubanerin, which he married on 24 October 1931 in key west; it however still died in the same month. Cosel conserved the body of its loving with formaldehyde and let it a Mausoleum establish, in which he spent the nights.

1933 took the mummy to Cosel home, where he lived from now on with the corpse dressed into a bride dress and far worked on the receipt of the body. By rumors in the year 1940 the sister of the dead ones had become attentively and followed to the thing. It found the mortal remnants not in the coffin, but in the house of Cosel and refunded announcement. Cosel was arrested because of and examined Elenas body by a Subsequently, Cosels work was publicly issued first for three days and after 6,000 visitors for the inspection of the mummy Elena Milagro Hoyos had noticed the opportunity, at an unknown place buries.

Against a bail of 1,000 dollar came Cosel on free foot and in the following process was acquitted, since accused grave violating of a period of limitation was subject to it. An investigation of its state of health did not furnish proofs for an illness, so that it could live without editions in liberty.

The financially fastened Cosel left keys west and pulled to its sister after Zephyrhills, where it wrote down its life history under the title The Secret OF Elena's Tomb and visitors a reproduction of Elena, manufactured after the dead mask from wax, presented.

Cosel deceased in July 1952 with its Reliquie in the hands. In the case of an investigation of the object it is to have turned out that the reproduction had not been under any circumstances false and Cosel must have provided the mummy again, while a weighted coffin was buried.

The 1940 made autopsi report remained first under catch. it became accessible to 1972 and admits that Carl von Cosel had attached a device at the mummy of his loving to the sexual intercourse with the dead one and had also accomplished this.

The happening made Swiss composer nadir Vassena the the subject of its opera Carnation. The American skirt volume Trail OF DEAD published 2003 a EP, which gave it the title of Cosels to life history The Secret OF Elena's Tomb.

Literature

• Ben Harrison: Undying Love - The True story OF A passion That Defied Death, ISBN 0-88282-149-0

Related links

• http://www.voltini.com/id43.htm (English-language)
• Autopsy (English-language)

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