Toby Moore: Exploring the spooky legacy of a man who defied time

The Count of St. Germain died in 1784. It would be great if the stories about him stopped there.But apparently, eternal retirement wasn’t for him.The man behind the legend was real. In 18th century Europe, he moved among royalty, played music, experimented with alchemy and remained a mystery.Casanova remembered dining with him in Paris. The Count talked throughout the meal without eating. He claimed to be 300 years old. According to Casanova, a mysterious food known only to him kept him alive.He reportedly claimed to belong to the Rákóczi family, the princes of Transylvania!I’m not saying he was a vampire, but he kinda sounds like a vampire.An elderly French countess remembered meeting him in Venice some 50 years earlier. When she saw him again, she was the one who had grown old. He hadn’t aged a day.St. Germain acknowledged the acquaintance but suggested her memory might be failing.St. Germain also had a servant, and the servant had his own story. In it, the Count is describing someth