# 514 - Carl Tanzler: Romantic... Necrophiliac?

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Podcast: [Timesuck with Dan Cummins](https://stenobird.com/podcast/timesuck-with-dan-cummins-494288)
Published: 2026-07-06T18:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.badmagicproductions.com/pages/timesuck-podcast-2024
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## Resource

In Key West, Florida during the Great Depression, an obsessed German radiology technician, Carl Tanzler, became convinced that a dying young woman named Elena de Hoyos was his supernatural soulmate. After her death, his delusion led him to commit one of the most bizarre and disturbing acts of grave robbery in American history. We explore the strange intersection of obsession, tuberculosis, embalming, mental illness, and necrophilia in yet another dark, weird, and fascinating episode.

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