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"The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser" is based on the true story of who?

  • A famous serial killer

  • A boy who grew up in the wild

  • A man who mysteriously appeared in a German town

  • A famous stage magician

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Kaspar Hauser, the subject of "The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser," was a real-life individual whose unexplained arrival and subsequent life in 19th-century Germany garnered significant attention and controversy. With mysterious origins, Hauser appeared in Nuremberg in 1828, claiming to have spent his entire life confined in a dark cell.
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