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A New Kind of Life

Episode #126

2019-10-30 12:27:29

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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.

For more, check out Ben Harrison’s book, Undying Love.