TIL about Carl Tanzler, a radiology technologist at the Marine-Hospital Service in Key West, Florida. He developed an obsession for a young Cuban-American tuberculosis patient. In 1933, almost 2 yrs after her death, Tanzler removed her body from its tomb, & …

2020年8月20日 · I wanted to drive past the location of where the Carl Tanzler stuff happened but I am finding it so challenging to track down where his house in key west used to be. I completely understand that it’s most likely no where even close to what it used to look like and the building was probably knocked down many years ago and built on top of.

2017年10月17日 · Listen to Gareth break down as Dave breaks down the story of Elena's break down because of Carl's break down over her death. Medical Definition of break down. : to separate (as a chemical compound) into simpler substances : decompose. intransitive verb. a: to stop functioning because of breakage or wearb: to fail in strength or vitalityc: to ...

2022年7月18日 · Tanzler realized: this is the image of a loved one from his childhood visions. Von Cosel showered Elena with gifts and tried to cure her, but in vain. The illness won over the passion — on October 25, 1931, the young woman died of tuberculosis complications. Struck me as really weird phrasing by the author.

2018年6月15日 · To summarize, Carl Tanzler was a well respected scientist and doctor who fell in love with a patient named Helen de Hoyos, who was suffering from tuberculosis (which back in the early 1900s was incurable). Tanzler constantly tried proposing to her in which she rejected, and she was already engaged to another man. She passed away within three ...

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2022年7月1日 · Posted by u/Dark_Gladiator66 - 5,405 votes and 309 comments

TIL about the case of Carl Tanzler, a Florida man who dug up the body of the “love of his life” Elena "Helen" Milagro de Hoyos, essentially taxidermied her, and then lived with her corpse in his home for 7 years.

2023年2月1日 · Carl was her doctor who tried desperately to keep her alive as she slowly died from TB. She finally passed away and Carl paid for her funeral. That very night he stole her body from her resting spot and kept her for seven years before her sister figured it all out.

2018年3月10日 · In the end, the girl's sister caught wind of this and Tanzler's house was raided. The statute of limitations had expired, so he never went to jail for it, and the public was surprisingly sympathetic to him. P.S. There are pictures of the preserved body online, but they are really disturbing so I'm not posting links here.