Step into one of history’s most disturbing true crime tales—an obsession that defied death itself. In 1930s Key West, radiology technician Carl Tanzler became fixated on Elena de Hoyos, a young tuberculosis patient who tragically died at 22. But Tanzler’s obsession didn’t end with her death; in 1933, he exhumed her body and secretly lived with the preserved corpse for seven years, using wax, wires, and glass eyes to maintain her appearance. When the shocking truth emerged in 1940, the public was both horrified and captivated, with some even romanticizing his macabre devotion. This episode unpacks the chilling psychology behind necrophilia, obsession, and the blurred line between love and delusion.
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