How Man With Two Faces Died At 23

How Man With Two Faces Died At 23

Edward Mordake (sometimes spelled Mordrake) is the apocryphal subject of an urban legend who was born in the 19th century as the heir to an English peerage with a face at the back of his head. According to legend, the face could whisper, laugh or cry. Mordake repeatedly begged doctors to remove it, claiming it whispered bad things to him at night. Mordake committed suicide at the age of 23. An account described Mordake’s figure as one with “remarkable grace” and with a face similar to that of an Antinous.The second face on the back of Mordake’s head — supposedly female reportedly had a pair of eyes and a mouth that drooled. The duplicate face could not see, eat, or speak, but was said to “sneer while Mordake was happy” and “smile while Mordake was weeping”. According to legend, Mordake repeatedly begged doctors to have his “demon face” removed, claiming that at night it whispered things that “one would only speak about in hell”, but no doctor would attempt it. This then led to Mordake secluding himself in a room before deciding to take his own life at the age of 23.

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