Mark Benecke | |
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 Benecke in 2015 | |
| Born | August 26, 1970 Rosenheim, Bavaria, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Cologne University |
| Known for | Work on identification of Adolf and Eva Hitler's skull and teeth in Moscow; only forensic scientist to work on the case of Colombian serial killer and rapist Luis Garavito |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Forensic biology |
| Institutions | Freelance expert witness |
Mark Benecke (born 26 August 1970 [1] ) is a German forensic biologist.
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]
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.
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 [update] , 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.
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In Hitler's Skull, forensic scientist Mark Benecke investigates the death of Adolf Hitler and takes viewers from the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, to Lausanne Switzerland and into a Russian archive where fascinating evidence has been kept secret for almost half a century.
Locked away after being sentenced to a record 1,853 years behind bars in Colombia, the psychopath readily described his vile crimes in gory detail to Dr Mark Benecke, the only forensic scientist he has ever agreed to speak to.
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