Piet Hein Hoebens, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Piet Hein Hoebens

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1948

Date of Death: 22-Oct-1984

Profession: journalist, parapsychologist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Piet Hein Hoebens (29 September 1948, Utrecht – 22 October 1984) was a Dutch journalist, parapsychologist and skeptic.
Hoebens is most well known for debunking the claims of psychic detectives.
He worked as a Dutch journalist and investigated claims of paranormal phenomena.
He was a staff member for the newspaper De Telegraaf for 13 years and a member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
He was an associate of Marcello Truzzi and contributed to the Zetetic Scholar regarding the claims of psychics such as Peter Hurkos and Gerard Croiset which he found to be bogus.Hoebens took his own life in October 1984.