New DNA analysis rules out the possibility that Kaspar Hauser was a “lost prince” kidnapped as a child nearly two centuries after his mysterious appearance.

New DNA analysis rules out the possibility that Kaspar Hauser was a “lost prince” kidnapped as a child nearly two centuries after his mysterious appearance.

When teenage orphan Kaspar Hauser was discovered wandering around a public square in Nuremberg, Germany in 1828, it sparked an enduring 200-year mystery. Unable to read or write, Hauser claimed to ...

Herzog's film is based upon the true and mysterious story of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who suddenly appeared in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note; he ...

DNA evidence disproved the theory that Kaspar Hauser was a lost prince from the House of Baden, solving a 200-year-old mystery about his true identity.

DNA evidence disproved the theory that Kaspar Hauser was a lost prince from the House of Baden, solving a 200-year-old mystery about his true identity.

So reads the headstone (translated from Latin) marking the grave of the enigmatic man known as Kaspar Hauser, who died in 1833. Nearly 200 years later, scientists have finally solved a ...