Edward Mordrake

Edward Mordrake (sometimes written Edward Mordake) is claimed to be a 19th century heir to one of the peerages in England who had a extra face on the back of his head. According to the story, the extra face could neither eat nor speak, but it could laugh and cry. Edward begged doctors to have his 'devil twin' removed, because, supposedly, it whispered horrible things to him at night. but no doctor would attempt it. He committed suicide at the age of 23. The description of Edward Mordrake's condition is somewhat similar to those of Chang Tzu Ping and Pasqual Pinon.

Both Mordrake and Piñon are featured as the "2 Very Special Cases" on a list of "10 People With Extra Limbs or Digits" in The Book of Lists edition of 1977.

Tom Waits wrote a song about Edward Mordrake titled "Poor Edward" for his opera "Alice." Waits performs the song on an album with the same name.

Erling Wold has written an opera entitled "Mordake", which premiered in San Francisco in May 2008.

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