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Podcast: Fascinating Nouns
Episode: Ep. 83 The Curious Case of Count Carl von Cosel
Description:
Ben Harrison is the author of the book Undying Love, which tells the story of Karl Tanzler, AKA Count Carl von Cosel. In brief: Karl Tanzler, a German immigrant, makes his way to Key West Florida by way of Havana Cuba. Once there, he sets himself up as an x-ray technician at the local hospital. About a year later, a beautiful Cuban girl named Elena Hoyos comes in to get checked for tuberculosis. Von Cosel is smitten, and spends the next two years trying to cure her of this awful disease. Ultimately he fails, and she dies. His obs...