The Last Days of Peter Bergmann: One man’s mysterious, haunting exit

In 2009, a man arrived in an Irish town with a plan to disappear forever Subscribe to the Aeon Video newsletter: Watch ’The Last Days of Peter Bergmann’ on Aeon: Watch more free videos on Aeon: Subscribe on YouTube: Follow us on Twitter: Follow us on Facebook: Follow us on Instagram: In 2009, a grey-haired man arrived by bus in the seaport town of Sligo in Ireland. Under the name Peter Bergmann, he checked into a hotel and carried three large pieces of luggage to his room. Over the next three days, he was captured by closed-circuit security cameras leaving the hotel with a full plastic bag and returning to his room with nothing. On the fourth day, he went to the nearby seaside village of Rosses Point, where he would later wash up on the shore. A haunting mystery unravelled through a combination of eye-witness in