User:Wolfmertz

Wolfgang Von Mertz was born in Jamestown, North Dakota and is the youngest of eight children. He was born and raised in North Dakota before moving to Pennsylvania where he took the first steps to becoming an attorney. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in 1998 from Pennsylvania State University, graduating number one in his class. He went on to receive his Juris Doctor Degree from Stetson University College of Law, Tampa Bay, Florida in 2001, graduating cum laude, and was admitted to the Florida Bar the following year. While in law school, Wolf spent his law school summers studying abroad in the former Soviet Union at the Theological Institute, Tallinn, Estonia. In 2002, he received his Master of Law Degree in International Law from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. Wolf Mertz was commissioned under the Air Force Direct Appointment Program and entered active duty in September 2002, completing his service commitment four years later.

While in the Air Force, Wolf was the Area Defense Counsel, Eastern Circuit, Air Force Judiciary, Air Force Legal Services Agency, at Dover Air Force Base (AFB), Delaware. His duties included providing defense services to Air Force members. During his previous assignment to the base legal office at Eielson AFB, Alaska, he served as the Chief of Claims and the Chief of Military Justice. He also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the State of Alaska, prosecuting cases in Federal Magistrate's Court. After completing his service in the Air Force, Wolf practiced on behalf of insurance companies and Fortune 1000 corporations until 2013.

In 2013, Wolf designed and created, Wolf’s Museum of Mystery in St. Augustine, FL., a hybrid museum and oddity shop He has been featured three times by the St. Augustine Entertainer, twice gracing their covers with extensive biographies written on Wolf and his life post lawyer.

Wolf appeared in the film, The Laughing Mask, in 2015, now available worldwide and written and directed by Michael Aguiar where he was butchered and killed inside Wolf’s Museum of Mystery. He went on to write and star in, Wolf’s Museum of Mystery: The Movie a biographical short film which was nominated for five film festivals and won two Film Festival Awards at Spooky Empire in 2016 and Horror In the Hills in 2017. Wolf and the film are now on IMBD and available in Blu Ray.

Wolf was also featured as the on Roadside America; Atlas Obscura; GoresTruly; Roadtrippers; VacationsMadeEasy; the pilot Eerie America and most recently the pilot “Misteria” all of which were filmed on location at the Museum of Mystery.

Most recently, Wolf along with the Museum were featured on Mysteries at the Museum & The Travel Channel (2017).