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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. [1] According to legend, the face could whisper, laugh or cry.
Mar 29, 2024 · Also known as Edward Mordake, Edward Mordrake was a 19th-century Englishman born with an extra face on the back of his head — or so the legends claim. On December 8, 1895, the Boston Sunday Post published an article titled “The Wonders of Modern Science.”
Nov 14, 2017 · A nineteenth-century British man named Edward Mordrake (also spelled "Mordake") was born with a rare medical condition in the form of a extra face on the back of his head.
Jul 22, 2021 · The extraordinary case of Edward Mordake, who had a second, 'devilish' face on the back of his skull, first appeared in 1895 and now haunts Facebook.
Feb 3, 2022 · Edward Mordake was a handsome English aristocrat born into wealth and privilege, but also with a terrible curse, according to an 1895 newspaper article published in the Boston Sunday Post.
Oct 22, 2014 · The story of Edward Mordrake dates back to Victorian era England. According to the urban legend, Mordrake was a rich, handsome man who was born with a second face on the back of his head...
Aug 5, 2021 · Facebook posts have surfaced purporting to show photos of a nineteenth-century "two-faced man" called Edward Mordake. The claim is false; the three photos actually depict works of art, not a...
Jul 8, 2020 · An image on social media purportedly shows the mummified skull of Edward Mordrake, a man said to have been born with two-faces. The claim, however, is false.
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Nov 7, 2014 · “One of the weirdest as well as most melancholy stories of human deformity is that of Edward Mordake, said to have been heir to one of the noblest peerages in England. He never claimed the title, however, and committed suicide in his twenty-third year.
Oct 6, 2021 · The story of Edward Mordrake is as compelling as it is woeful. The narrative of a doomed man, cursed with a second face on the back of his head, is a staple of “true” horror listicles, medical mystery compilations, and “Did You Know?” image macros.
