The scene was 1930's Key West, Florida, and a stranger-than-fiction love affair had come to light in this languid, sub-tropical island. The town was brought into the international spotlight when journalists caught wind of a story that is as unbelievable today as it was then. A German immigrant, who insisted his name was Count Carl von Cosel, had fallen madly in love with a beautiful, young tuberculosis patient at Key West Marine Hospital where he worked. Von Cosel claimed to have seen visions of Elena, his soul mate, long before he had ever met her. He tried to save her to no avail. Beyond grief, he refused to accept her death, vowing she would become his after-life bride.