A New Kind of Life | Criminal Podcast

In 1930, a Cuban woman named Elena de Hoyos went to the hospital in Key West, Florida. She had a bad cough, and her family was afraid she had tuberculosis. She met a German X-ray technician named Carl Von Cosel who claimed he could save her, using unusual methods he’d invented himself. But on October 25, 1931, Elena de Hoyos died. “Count Von Cosel,” as he called himself, wrote that a strange new kind of life began for him.

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Episode 126 originally published October 30, 2019. https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-126-a-new-kind-of-life-10-30-2019

Music in this episode: “Vik Fence Haflak” by Blue Dot Sessions “Palladian” by Blue Dot Sessions “Vernouillet” by Blue Dot Sessions “Lacquer Groove” by Blue Dot Sessions “Cicle Deserrat” by Blue Dot Sessions “When in the West” by Blue Dot Sessions “Talltell” by Blue Dot Sessions