Is there a perfect murder and why does the maggot come up the wall?
Exciting podcast “Cause of Death” with crime scene cleaner Marcell Engel and criminal biologist Dr. Mark Benecke
Frankfurt/Bad Soden, September 13, 2023. When crime scene cleaner Marcell Engel and criminal biologist Dr. When you meet Mark Benecke, it's guaranteed to be exciting - you can count on that. In the current podcast episode “Cause of Death” the two talk about “The Perfect Murder – Biology of Death”. Who would have thought? Maggots play an important role in this. Dr. explains how this happens, why this is the case and what can be derived from it. Mark Benecke vivid and lively. Marcell Engel: “I am very pleased that this internationally recognized specialist took the time to do this.”
Extraordinary and fascinating questions keep coming up in the crime scene cleaner Marcell Engel's podcast community, which the criminal biologist now answers in a joint video. Those interested will learn, for example, that larvae have incredible abilities. How these work, and that maggots go through different larval stages and are specialized in certain states of decay and much more is part of this lively exchange. The criminal biologist Dr. Benecke explains: “Incidentally, the whole larval process is so interesting that we have researched it on pigs and there is a publication about it and one on my website.”
Using various videos, the two deal with many questions. Also with the phenomenon of how maggots are able to crawl along walls. “The explanation for this was not created in the laboratory,” reveals Mark Benecke. Rather, this is thanks to the observation of a farmer. He reveals the secret in the conversation. And why colored maggots (from blowflies) are a hit at children's birthday parties - there is also a simple, surprising and at the same time logical explanation about this, which the specialist reveals in the podcast.
“Is there such a thing as a perfect crime?” is a completely different question that Marcell Engel and his fans are pondering. Mark Benecke’s answer is clear: “No.” Anyone who thinks that corpses can be dissolved in acid is wrong. “This is a persistent error,” says the criminal biologist. In principle, it is not that easy to get rid of a corpse. Although some people probably believe it. He has experienced corpses being placed in organic waste bins more than once, which prompted him to write a lecture about it. “And what about electronic traces – can they be completely removed?” crime scene cleaner Marcell Engel wants to know. “Not at all,” says Mark Benecke. He also explains why he thinks this is impossible in 2023 in the entertaining, educational podcast. The conclusion: There are always some traces to be found.
Anyone who is curious should definitely watch the video or listen to the podcast. Further exciting information can be found on the websites of Marcell Engel and Dr. Mark Benecke.