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Missing

652 // The Haunting Disappearance of "Peter Bergmann"

Missing

Crawlspace Media

News, Society & Culture, True Crime

3.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In this new episode, ⁠Crawlspace Media⁠'s Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna discuss the mysterious disappearance of the man known as Peter Bergmann from Sligo, Ireland in June of 2009. In 2009, a man using the alias "Peter Bergmann" arrived in Sligo, Ireland, to pull off the ultimate disappearing act. Despite battling terminal cancer, he spent his final days dodging CCTV, discarding his belongings, and cutting every label from his clothes before being found dead on a beach. Over 15 years later, he remains a total ghost—an unidentified man who meticulously erased his past to ensure he’d never be found. Check out Quince: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://quince.com/MISSING⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We have an upcoming live show with Another F*cking Horror Podcast! It's called Criminally Stupid - The Search For the World's Dumbest Criminal. For tickets, go to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.eventbrite.com/e/criminally-stupid-the-search-for-the-worlds-dumbest-criminal-tickets-1984625623665⁠⁠⁠. Sources: The Last Days of Peter Bergmann short documentary: https://youtu.be/bVOZ7YPOakI?si=KOtPwCs-dlZnPR3U An Garda Síochána (Irish Police): https://www.garda.ie/en/about-us/our-departments/office-of-corporate-communications/press-releases/2021/october/renewed-appeal-unidentified-body-discovered-in-county-sligo-16th-june-2009.html. Locate International: https://locate.international/news/renewed-appeal-for-sligo-man-also-known-as-peter-bergmann. The Irish Times: https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/the-unsolved-mystery-of-peter-bergmann-1.3923308. The Irish Times (Podcast): https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/atlantic/. Vice News: https://www.vice.com/en/article/8xwkdg/peter-bergmann-case-crime-sligo. Irish Central: https://www.irishcentral.com/news/The-man-who-went-to-Ireland-to-disappear-VIDEO.html. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bergmann_case. Reddit (r/UnresolvedMysteries): https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1cl1l7a/the_bizarre. Main podcast theme by Kevin Macleod. Check out his work at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://incompetech.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Additional music by David Williams. See his work at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://williamsflutes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Missing: IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Spotify:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Crawlspace: IG:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out our entire network at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://crawlspace-media.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The

0:07.0

The In today's new episode of Missing, we are speaking about the story of Peter Bergman as one of the most meticulously planned disappearances in modern history, but not because he vanished without a trace, but because he vanished in plain sight.

0:54.2

Lance, would you make of this story?

0:56.2

I don't know.

0:56.7

Sometimes we get these stories that come our way and it just leaves you shaking your head.

1:01.1

I had a mix of emotions.

1:03.1

You know, it's like very sad.

1:05.7

The way and the manner and the plan that Mr. Bergman had decided to spend the last few days of his life,

1:12.9

but it's also, in a way, very liberating because of the fact that he went out on his own terms.

1:19.8

And, well, I'm going to go back and say allegedly went out on his own terms because even at the

1:24.5

end of this, you're going to be left with some questions. So I'm fascinated by this story.

1:29.4

This is not one of those like historical ones where we're talking about it from like the early

1:34.1

1900s or even the 1950s or 60s.

1:37.3

You're going to hear this story and say like, how did he do it in this time?

1:40.9

Like in this present era.

1:42.6

So I love this story despite the fact that we're talking about such a tragic event.

1:48.0

It's tragic.

1:48.5

It is haunting.

1:49.8

And yes, for several days in June of 2009, the man known as Peter Bergman moved through

1:56.6

the town of Sligo, Ireland, interacting with locals, eating in cafes, and staying in a hotel,

2:03.1

all while systematically erasing every shred of evidence that could identify who he was.

2:10.6

And so there is a documentary. It's a short documentary from 2013. It's called The Last Days of

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