Pure thrill: “Live or die Mag” magazine
Brand new on the market from crime scene cleaner Marcell Engel
Frankfurt/Bad Soden, December 15, 2021. For all true crime fans and those who want to become one: crime scene cleaner Marcell Engel is now exclusively publishing his own magazine “Live or die Mag”. This means: three times a year, the crime scene cleaner, known from radio and television, describes ten international missions with explosive backgrounds in the online magazine. "All stories are my true experiences between life and death. The brutal thing is that they can affect any of us or one of our loved ones such as our children, spouse, sister or father - at any time and anywhere. The harshness of life shows us very clearly what really matters and what our world really looks like," explains Marcell Engel.
His stories tell of this in a touching way. In addition to the exciting reading - available to download as a PDF - the crime scene stories are available as a podcast. “It’s tough and sometimes cruel crime scene cleaning,” says Engel. Beyond the narrative, he sheds light on the background and circumstances that led to some tragic deaths. He himself knows firsthand from his everyday professional life and experiences what extreme challenges mean: over 15,000 crime scenes worldwide bear witness to this. Engel sees each individual crime scene as a personal gift. And explains this: "It sounds grotesque, but every single story makes me think about my life. I have the chance to let the perspectives of both the victims, those affected and the perpetrators affect me. And that sharpens my view of life - it shows me what kind of person I want to be and what really counts for me." That was one of his reasons for launching the magazine.
However, a key situation gave him this idea 25 years ago. Marcell Engel reports: "A bereaved person literally said to me, 'Please tell the story of my late father. I see the story of his death like an organ donation. Maybe it will help show how finite our life is. Maybe the people who hear this story can take something from it for themselves.' That didn't let Engel go. This basic idea matured over time and is now being realized in the magazine “Live or die Mag”. In the first issue, the well-known crime scene cleaner talks about very impressive missions that left him deeply moved and made him think. “It is precisely the drastic experiences that give us a different view of ourselves and our lives and thus open up new possibilities,” says Engel. In a captivating way, he lets readers take part in ten crime scene cleanups in very different places and under a wide variety of circumstances.
In addition, the magazine also offers insightful information such as current crime statistics and more. Exclusive interviews also ensure excitement. This is where people who also professionally deal with topics related to death, violent crime, forensic medicine and criminal psychology have their say. “For the first edition, we were able to win over an undertaker who spoke extremely interestingly and heartfeltly about some of the things she experienced. And also about what you need to have for this challenging training profession,” says Marcell Engel. Finally, he summarizes: “The magazine “Live or die Mag” offers exciting reading material with lots of food for thought for all bookworms who like thrills.”