In this episode of the Scarecast, we will go back to June 2009, when an unidentified man was

found deceased on Ross's Point Beach in the west of Ireland, having spent four days

methodically erasing every trace of who he was. The man checked into a hotel in Sligo under

the name Peter Bergman, a name that investigators

would discover belonged to no one.

Despite a five-month investigation by the Gardy, DNA checks, fingerprint searches,

and international appeals, no one has ever identified who he truly was.

The case is now considered one of Ireland's most haunting, unsolved mysteries of all time.

And this episode would make you dive into a rabbit hole of mystery.

Act 1. The Untraceable Origin.

The very first confirmed sighting of the man known as Peter Bergman

was at the Ulster Bus Depot in Derry Northern Ireland on the afternoon of Friday, June 12th,

2009. He was spotted on CCTV between 2.30 and 4 o'clock, carrying a black shoulder bag and a standard carry-on

luggage bag. He had spoke to a bus driver and asked if the bus was going to Sligo,

and in response, the driver directed him to the Galway Express Service. The man arrived at the

Sligo bus station at 6.28 p.m. and immediately took a taxi

to the town center. A journey that locals note only takes about 10 minutes on foot, suggesting

that he may have been unfamiliar with the layout of the town. The taxi driver, who was probably

just looking to cash in in first brought him to a

guest house, which was apparently fully booked, given it was peak tour season on a Friday night,

before he eventually dropped him off to the Sligo City Hotel on Quay Street. Now it's important to

note that before Bergman was caught on CCTV,

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