Edward Mordrake

Short Biography

Edward Mordake (sometimes spelled Edward Mordrake) was the name given to an apocryphal 19th-century heir to an unspecified English peerage who was said to have suffered from a form of diprosopus. According to sources, he had, on the back of his head, an extra face which could neither eat nor speak out loud, although it was described as being able to laugh and cry. Mordake reportedly begged doctors to have his "Demon face" removed, claiming that it whispered to him at night, but no doctor would attempt it. He committed suicide when he was 23 years old.