Sleep Station
Von Cosel
EYE20026 | Release Date: 12.25.03
Description:
*From HBO.com: The Strange Obsession of Dr. Carl Von Cosel
In 1934, Dr. Carl Von Cosel worked at a Key West hospital, treating patients suffering from then-incurable tuberculosis. He fell in love with a 22-year-old patient named Elena Hoyos. When she died, Von Cosel got permission from her family to build her a mausoleum. There, Von Cosel used formaldehyde to preserve the body, visiting it nightly.
Later, Von Cosel secretly moved Elena's body to his home, living with it for seven years, until his deception was uncovered by Elena's sister. Horrified at the discovery, Elena's sister took what appeared be a wax dummy to the local morgue to be autopsied. The "dummy" was actually the decayed corpse of Elena Hoyos; her bones held together with piano wire, her skin had been treated with wax, her eye sockets filled with glass replacements, and she'd been perfumed to mask the odor of decomposition.
Declared sane, Von Cosel was not charged with a crime because the statute of limitations on grave robbing had expired. Elena Hoyos was eventually buried at a secret location. Von Cosel, separated from his love, used a death mask to create a life-sized dummy of her, and lived with it until his death in 1952.
NOTES:
Recorded in the winter of 2002 at Ryan’s house on Brads 1/2 inch 8 track.
All songs written by David V. Debiak
Tracklisting
01. Fall Of 1934
02. There She Goes
03. Elena
04. Sacred Heart
05. My Last Desire
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