This Man With Two Faces Might Look So Horrendous, But The Story Behind Is Even More Terrifying!

Edward Mordake was born with an extremely rare condition called diprosopus in which parts or all of the face are being duplicated on the head.

His story has been featured in many texts, plays and even music as the Tom Waits song Poor Edward is based on it.

Mordake’s existence was attested by the 1896 Medical Encyclopedia, Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine authored by Dr. George M. Gould and Dr. Walter L.

But, his story is still a mystery to modern researchers as no medical records have been found, not even his date of birth and death are recorded.

Whether this story is real or not, it is still mind-boggling.

Now, there are few version of Mordrake’s tale. However, it always begins the same way.

Namely, it is said that Mordrake was actually the heir of one of the noblest families in England. He was an intelligent, charming and good-looking man but on the back of his head lies a second face, twisted and evil.

In the other version, Edward’s extra face was a beautiful girl who couldn’t eat nor speak, but possessed its own intelligence and was quite malignant in its intentions. But, there is no evidence for the second face to be a woman as all parasitic twins are always of the same sex, which is indeed true.

To make the story more interesting, it is said that the mysterious face seemed to be speaking but no voice was audible. Somehow, Mordake could hear it whispering terrifying things to him at night.

That was the reason why he ended his life by poisoning himself at the age of 23. While in other version of the story he died by taking a bullet between the eyes of his devil-twin.

Although in both versions, Edward left a letter behind, requesting that the demon face be removed before his burial, so that it will not follow him beyond the grave.

Note: No actual photos of Edward Mordake exist. The image above is just wax interpretation of him that was created after his demise.