Mark Benecke

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Benecke in 2015

Mark Benecke (born 26 August 1970[1]) is a German forensic biologist.

Career

Science

Benecke has worked on the identification of Adolf and Eva Hitler's skull and teeth in Moscow,[2][3] and is the only forensic scientist to work on the case of Colombian serial killer and rapist Luis Garavito.[4][5] Some of his forensic cases have been covered by the National Geographic Channel and the History Channel.

Benecke has published several best-selling popular science books about the biology of aging, criminal cases and forensic biology.[6] He is a member of the editorial board of the Annals of Improbable Research (Cambridge, USA), guest editor for Forensic Science International (Forensic Entomology Special Issue[7]) and scientific advisor to the German skeptic organization GWUP,[8] where he publishes skeptical articles on various topics, including his attempt to explain alleged signs of vampirism.[9] In 2001, Benecke was editor of the Forensic Science International special issue on forensic entomology.[10] In 2004, he was the guest editor of Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology for the Forensic Entomology Special Issue).[11]

Other ventures

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Benecke at a Die PARTEI event in 2015

In 2011, Benecke featured as a vocalist on Sara Noxx's cover of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' song "Where the Wild Roses Grow".[12] In 2020, together with Bianca Stücker, he published a Leonard Cohen tribute cover album.[13]

Using the pseudonym "Belcanto Bene", Benecke was a member of the German punk band Die Blonden Burschen between 1989 and 2000.[14]

In 2010, Benecke was candidate for the office of prime minister for Germany's largest state North Rhine-Westphalia for the satirical political party Die PARTEI. Since 2010, he is Chairman of Die PARTEI in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Personal life

Benecke was born in Rosenheim, Bavaria. After receiving a Dr. rer. medic. at Cologne University in 1997,[15] he worked in the Chief Medical Examiner's Office in Manhattan, New York, from 1997 to 1999. As of 1999, he works internationally on forensic cases as a freelance expert witness. He also teaches at various police academies and acts as a visiting professor to universities in Germany, England, Vietnam, Colombia, and the Philippines. He was married to the criminal psychologist Lydia Benecke.

Books

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  • Der Traum vom ewigen Leben, Droemer Knaur Kindler Verlag, München 1998. ISBN 3-463-40338-2 (German)
  • 노화와 생명의 수수께끼 마크 베네케 (Dr. Mark Benecke) 과학은 죽음보다 강하다? (Korean). ISBN 89-7919-493-5
  • Kriminalbiologie. Genetische Fingerabdrücke und Insekten auf Leichen, Lübbe, Bergisch-Gladbach 2001. ISBN 3-404-93025-8 (German)
  • Mordmethoden. Ermittlungen der bekanntesten Kriminalbiologen der Welt, Lübbe, Bergisch-Gladbach 2002. ISBN 3-7857-2099-8 (German)
  • Šiurpių nusikaltimų pėdsakais. ISBN 9955-08-547-9 (Lithuanian)
  • Murderous Methods, Preface by Michael Baden. Columbia University Press, New York 2005. ISBN 0-231-13118-6
    • 살인 본능 / 법의곤충학자가 들려주는 살인자 추적기, 마르크 베네케 지음 | 김희상 번역 | 알마. ISBN 978-89-92525-60-2 (Korean Version of "Mordmethoden")
  • Lachende Wissenschaft. Aus den Geheimarchiven des Spaß-Nobelpreises, Lübbe, Bergisch-Gladbach 2005. ISBN 3-404-60556-X (German)
    • "ПРИКОЛЬНАЯ НАУКА 1.ИЗ ТАЙНЫХ АРХИВОВ ШНОБЕЛЕВСКОЙ ПРЕМИИ", Moscow, книжный клуб 36.6, 2011, ISBN 978-5-98697-232-9 (Russian)
  • 怎麽有人研究這個? 法醫昆蟲學家的搞笑諾貝爾報告 / 怎么有人研究这个? 法医昆虫学家的搞笑诺贝尔报告. Taiwan: 馬克∙班内可, VR: 马克∙班内可 (Chinese)
  • Dem Täter auf der Spur. So arbeitet die moderne Kriminalbiologie, Lübbe, Bergisch-Gladbach 2006. ISBN 3-404-60562-4 (German)
    • 모든 범죄는 흔적을 남긴다 / 법의곤충학자가 들려주는 과학수사 이야기, 원서명 (Dem Ta). ISBN 978-89-92525-33-6 (Korean Version of "Dem Täter auf der Spur")
  • Memento Mori, Edition Roter Drache, Rudolstadt 2012. ISBN 978-3-939459-39-2
  • Mordspuren. Neue spektakuläre Kriminalfälle – erzählt vom bekanntesten Kriminalbiologen der Welt, Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2007 ISBN 978-3-7857-2307-4 (German)
    • 연쇄 살인범의 고백 / 법의학자가 들려주는 살인 조서 이야기, 마르크 베네케 지음 | 송소민 번역 | 알마. ISBN 978-89-92525-43-5 (Korean Version of "Mordspuren")
  • Medical Detectives (Preface), vgs Verlagsgesellschaft, Köln 2005. ISBN 3-8025-3446-8 (German)
  • Vampires among us, Sequenz Medien Produktion, Fuchstal-Welden 2006. ISBN 3-935977-75-1
    • Vampire unter uns! (mit E. Wawrzyniak, N. Palanetskaya & K. Sonntag), Edition Roter Drache, Rudolstadt, 2009. ISBN 978-3-939459-24-8
    • Vampyres among us!: Volume III – A scientific study into vampyre identity groups and subcultures (with Ines Fischer), Edition Roter Drache, Rudolstadt, 2015. ISBN 978-3-9394-5995-8
  • Wo bleibt die Maus?, Sauerländer, Oberentfelden 2008. ISBN 3-7941-5174-7 (German)
  • Wo bleibt die Maus? Buchvolk-Verlag, Zwickau 2016. ISBN 978-3-944581-12-5
    • Hvor blev musen af? En historie om livets kredsløb, Klematis Forlag. ISBN 87-641-0304-8 (Danish, Oversætter: Mette Jørgensen, Illustrationer: Lisa Fuss)
  • Ölümün İzleri, Kırmızı Kedi. ISBN 978-9944-75-619-8 (Turkish)
  • Cinayet Yöntemleri, Kırmızı Kedi. ISBN 978-6055-34-045-2 (Turkish)
  • Warum man Spaghetti nicht durch zwei teilen kann, Luebbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2009. ISBN 3-7857-2368-7
    • "ПРИКОЛЬНАЯ НАУКА 2.ИЗ ТАЙНЫХ АРХИВОВ ШНОБЕЛЕВСКОЙ ПРЕМИИ", Moscow, книжный клуб 36.6, 2011. ISBN 978-5-98697-233-6 (Russian)
  • Das knallt dem Frosch die Locken weg: Experimente für kleine und große Forscher, Oetinger, Hamburg 2012. ISBN 978-3-78918-437-6
  • Mein Leben nach dem Tod: Wie alles anfing (Biography), Luebbe, Bergisch-Gladbach 2019. ISBN 978-3-431-04133-0
  • Viren für Anfänger (Corona Virus), Luebbe, Bergisch-Gladbach 2020. ISBN 978-3-404-61716-6
  • Kat Menschiks und des Diplom-Biologen Doctor Rerum Medicinalium Mark Beneckes Illustrirtes Thierleben (Animals / Natural History), Galiani, Berlin 2021. ISBN 978-3-86971-201-7

References

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  2. ↑ National Geographic movie about Hitler research in Moscow with Mark Benecke
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  4. ↑ Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos: criminal and legal aspects of serial homicide with over 200 victims, Arch Kriminol (2002) 210(3-4):83-94; pdf of English language version
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  7. ↑ Example article "History of forensic entomology" from Forensic Science International special issue, republished in Acta Biologica Benrodis 14 (2008): 15-38
  8. ↑ Mark Benecke at GWUP
  9. ↑ Vampires among us, Volume III – A scientific study into vampyre identity groups and subcultures. (2015) ISBN 978-3939459958
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  14. ↑ History of the Die Blonden Burschen (2016)
  15. ↑ Print of the Ph.D certificate in: Lachende Wissenschaft. Aus den Geheimarchiven des Spaß-Nobelpreises, Lübbe, Bergisch-Gladbach 2005. ISBN 3-404-60556-X (German)]

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