17 episodes
The Mysterious Case of the Gentleman of Heligoland Ken Davies / Iain Mackay
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- True Crime
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5.0 • 36 Ratings
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In July 1994, the body a man was fished out of the North Sea, near the German Island of Heligoland. Dressed smartly and with a complete absence of identifying information, the body was simply named ”The Gentleman”. Nearly thirty years later is still unnamed and unclaimed.
From the team that brought you The Mysterious Case of Fred the Head, we take a deep dive into one of Europe’s coldest cases, and try to price together what might have happened. Join us in real time as we uncover new clues, new options and maybe the truth.
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Episode 17 - The Journalist
We've found ourselves focussing on a series of horrific crimes perpetrated in Belgium. A crime spree that involved a very tall man - A man known as The Giant by the Belgian police. We needed to know more about this man to see if there was any potential link to the Gentleman. There was one person who we could turn to; A journalist who has been covering that case for over 20 years - and it's a fascinating story.
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Episode 16 - Tall Tales
We are on the lookout for Giants, and we've found a 6'5" man who is acquitted of murder, with striking similarities to the Gentleman, but that all depends on what happens to him afterwards? And is he the only giant we need to be taking a much closer look at?
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Episode15 - Tall Guy, Fall Guy
We need to catch up on the victims of the Barbel, we take a new approach to looking for potential people who may be the Gentleman with positive results, and the investigation takes a European turn.
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Episode 14 - Seaman or Demon
We're back on the case - We learn more about isotopes and Iain makes a very intriguing discovery.
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Episode 13 - The Two Davids
We have two men in our sights as our search for the Gentleman of Heligoland continues. David Martin, the Australian millionaire who went missing in 1992 and David Krueger, the 6'5" German man missing from Canada - But how can we rule them in or out?
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Episode 12 - On the Scent of the Gent
Things are moving quickly in the investigation. New clues, new science and we're on the trail of two new potential victims
Customer Reviews
Where have you gone Ken?
Been over 7 months since the last episode. Why has this just suddenly stopped?
Great podcast!
Great podcast guys! Only recently found this and havnt stopped listening. Looking forward to trying Fred the head. Keep them coming! Gareth 👍🏻
Interesting and kudos to the researchers
Well presented and researched. I always admire people who work off their own initiative to solve cases and it’s clear so much work was put into working on this mystery.