The Trail Went Cold - Episode 226 - Peter Bergmann

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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June 16, 2009. Rosses Point, Ireland. The body of a man who appears to be in his late fifties or early sixties is found washed up on a beach and his cause of death is believed to be acute cardiac arrest. Four days earlier, the man had arrived in the nearby town of Sligo and checked into a hotel under the name “Peter Bergmann”, but it turns out this name was fake and he carries no identification. Investigators believe that he travelled to Ireland from another country and use CCTV footage to track his movements in the days prior to his death. They theorize that he spent time gradually disposing of items which might have provided a clue to his identity, but no one ever comes forward who recognizes this man. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a unique mystery involving an unidentified decent known as “Peter Bergmann”. Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bergmann_case https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/the-unsolved-mystery-of-peter-bergmann-1.3923308 https://www.vice.com/en/article/8xwkdg/peter-bergmann-case-crime-sligo http://www.irishcentral.com/news/The-man-who-went-to-Ireland-to-disappear-VIDEO.html https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/2410021/north-forensic-artist-provides-assistance-in-bid-to-solve-11-year-mystery-of-peter-bergmann/ https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/mystery-mans-last-surprise-27570679.html https://www.lemonde.fr/m-moyen-format/article/2015/03/12/l-homme-qui-voulait-effacer-sa-vie_4592522_4497271.html “The Last Days of Peter Bergmann” Documentary “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. “The Trail Went Cold” is going to be appearing on podcast row at “Crimecon UK” at the Leonardo Royal Hotel & Spa in London on September 25-26, 2021. To get a 10 % discount on the purchase of tickets to either event, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD21”, by visiting https://www.crimecon.co.uk. “The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on GetVokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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0:00.0	June 16th, 2009.
0:03.0	Ross's Point, Ireland.
0:06.1	The body of a man who appears to be in his late 50s, early 60s is found washed up on a beach,
0:12.0	and its cause of death is believed to be acute cardiac arrest.
0:15.8	Four days earlier, the man had arrived in the nearby town of Sligo and checked into a hotel
0:21.2	under the name Peter Bergman, but it turns out this name was fake, and he
0:25.5	carries no identification. Investigators believe that he traveled to Ireland from another country
0:31.3	and used CCTV footage to track his movements in the days prior to his death,
0:36.3	but they are unable to uncover Peter Bergman's true identity.
0:40.1	After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
0:54.0	uh,
0:55.0	uh, uh, uh,
0:57.0	uh, uh,
0:58.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, and uh, and uh,
1:04.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of The Trail Went Cold.
1:21.6	I'm your host Robin Warder and today we're going to be traveling
1:24.8	to Ireland to cover a mystery involving an unidentified John Doe, the 2009 death of a man
1:31.5	known only as Peter Bergman.
1:34.0	I've received a few requests to cover this case, and while it has garnered a lot of publicity in Ireland this past decade,
1:40.0	it does not appear to be that well known in North America.
1:44.0	It's been a while since I've done an episode about an unidentified decedent,
1:48.0	so I thought now would be an ideal time to tackle the story.
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