Show Notes
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.
Atlantic was first published in 2019. It is reported and presented by Rosita Boland and produced by Declan Conlon.
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