A New Kind of Life

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 38.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

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. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for this show comes from Krakan.
0:03.0	Krypto is like the financial system, but different.
0:07.0	It doesn't care where you come from, what you look like, your credit score,
0:11.0	or your outrageous food delivery habits.
0:13.7	crypto is finance for everyone everywhere all the time.
0:18.4	Krakhan, see what crypto can be.
0:21.3	Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.
0:25.0	This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong. In 1930, a Cuban woman named Elena De Hoyos walked into Key West Marine Hospital with a bad cough.
0:41.0	Criminal co-creator, Lauren Spore.
0:44.5	She was 20 years old and her family was terrified that she had tuberculosis.
0:48.9	Tuberculosis was a number one killer at the time.
0:51.6	It was called hasty consumption consumption and it was very deadly.
0:56.0	It didn't take long, probably three to four weeks generally.
1:00.0	And there was no cure and everyone was just frightened to death of it.
1:06.6	The doctor at the hospital ordered a blood test and a chest x-ray.
1:10.9	The x-ray technician was a 53-year-old German man named Carl von Kostel.
1:16.0	He's ecstatic to take her X-ray, and then he's horrified when he sees the results because he wants her to live.
1:30.1	He wants to be her suitor.
1:32.4	After that first meeting,
1:34.0	Carl von Kossil wrote that he didn't know what to do with himself.
1:38.0	He couldn't believe that this woman was real.
1:40.0	She was perfect.
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