Carl Tanzler
German-born American radiology technologist and erotomaniac
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- Georg Carl Tänzler , also known as Count Carl von Cosel , was a German-born American radiology technologist at the Marine-Hospital Service in Key West, Florida, United States.
- 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.
Georg Carl Tänzler, also known as Count Carl von Cosel, was a German-born American radiology technologist at the Marine-Hospital Service in Key West, Florida, United States. He developed an obsession with a young Cuban-American tuberculosis patient, Elena "Helen" Milagro de Hoyos, that carried on well after her death. 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.
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