Carl Tanzler

Episode 10 air date Feb 10 2024

Oh! It’s you again! How lovely, come in come in.
Have a seat, we were just about to spill some tea on true crime.
We have a fresh cup of Florida Man Special today, Interested? Great!

Today we discuss an unusual case of the miscellaneous macabre.
There is no murder, but there is certainly some strange behavior and illegal activity.
We decided to take it easy on ya in light of the upcoming holiday. Giving the hard stuff a rest for the weekend. We hope you enjoy this cup of true crime.

Carl Tanzler was a man obsessed with finding his soul mate. He would claim even as a child that he was visited by ancestors who shared with him a visage of his one true love.
Now Carl here might sound a little fanciful, but one day while he was at work, he would discover his dream in the flesh. His soul mate had arrived in the form of the beautiful Elena, a young Cuban-American woman. She was brought into the hospital he worked at suffering from tuberculosis. Carl was devasted that just as suddenly as he had found his love, she was be taken away by death.
Carl refused to obey fate and would instead defy the inevitable.

Find out how on today’s episode of Dontchaknow Podcast
brought to you by the midwest maidens of the miscellaneous macabre, Autumn and Haley.

Visit us on
Instagram: @dontchaknowpod (Autumn) and @dontchaknooow (haley)
mastadon: @dontachaknowpod
email: dontchaknowpod outlook.com

As always thanks for tuning in and don’t forget to lock your doors.


On left, the remains of Elena De Hoyas, middle Carl Tanzler, and right Elena De Hoyas