In 1828, A Boy Was Found Who Had Never Seen The Sun

[00:00:00]A boy walked into Nuremberg in 1828 barely able to stand, clutching a letter, and knowing almost nothing except two memorized phrases. He said he had spent his entire life alone in a small dark cell, no sunlight, no human contact, just darkness and silence for as long as he could remember. Nobody knew who he was or where he came from, but someone did. Within months, there was a murder attempt, then another.

[00:00:24]Mysterious figures, unexplained attacks.

[00:00:27]Someone wanted this boy dead before he could remember anything. Rumors spread across Europe that Kaspar Hauser was a displaced royal heir, a prince hidden away at birth to protect someone else's claim to power. He couldn't confirm it.

[00:00:39]He couldn't deny it. He simply had no past to offer. Then in 1833, he was stabbed in a public garden. He died 3 days later. Investigators couldn't agree on whether it was murder or whether Kaspar had somehow done it to himself. A boy with no past, at least two people who tried to kill him, and a death that was never explained. Some mysteries don't get solved. They just get buried.