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Atlantic Podcast: The Unsolved Mystery of Peter Bergmann, Episode 1: Land of Heart’s Desire

CCTV: Peter Bergmann at Sligo bus station in June 2009, in a Garda photograph of security footage. Photograph: Alan Betson
CCTV: Peter Bergmann at Sligo bus station in June 2009, in a Garda photograph of security footage. Photograph: Alan Betson

In Atlantic, an original podcast from The Irish Times, Senior Features Writer Rosita Boland explores in detail the decade-long mystery of a man who came to Sligo to disappear.

In June 2009, the body of a man was found on Rosses Point beach in Co Sligo. He had checked into a Sligo hotel five days previously using the name Peter Bergmann.

No one came forward to claim the body and gardaí in Sligo gradually began to realise they were dealing with a mystery.

The Atlantic Podcast is a three-part mini-series, first published in 2019. Listen to Episode 1, Land of Heart’s Desire, below.

Episode 1: Land of Heart's Desire

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Rosita Boland

Rosita Boland

Rosita Boland is Senior Features Writer with The Irish Times. She was named NewsBrands Ireland Journalist of the Year for 2018