The Mysterious Case of the Gentleman of Heligoland

Episode 11- Developments

In the first of our mid-season updates - German police release a very significant scientific finding that changes their thinking on exactly from where the Gentleman may have originated. But there might be a fly in the ointment

Episode 10 - The Crooked Jaw

In the final episode of Season One, we discover that the skull may be able to tell us far more about the victim's physical appearance that we first thought. Something which may eventually be vital in identification. And, as the first season draws to a close, we pull together some loose ends and our thoughts on the case so far.

Episode 9 - A Bridge too Far?

With great help from our Facebook group members we are able to finally identify the man who fell from the Pride of Flanders, a few months before the Gentleman of Heligoland was found.
Armed with his name, we are able to start piecing together what happened, how exactly he fits into the story and where that can take us next.
 

Episode 8 - The Hat Brim Line

Thanks to a listener, we discover another report on the case, which reveals critical new information. Information that allows us to analyse the injuries in more detail. What does this tell us about how the Gentleman of Heligoland met his death?
 

Episode 7 - Current Affairs

There’s a lot going on. We find another piece of information about the man who went missing from the Pride of Flanders, explore how the currents in the English Channel and North Sea may takes objects far from where they entered the water, and then the police issue a new press release that reveals some interesting insights into how their thoughts are developing and provides some new information we can immediately get to work with.

Episode 6 - Our Man in Heligoland

We are able to identity someone in Heligoland who may be able to helps us, and they cast a completely new light on the mystery. 

Episode 5 - The Blood-Spattered Cabin

I'd been away on holiday – but I get two missed calls from Toronto Missing Persons with news of their missing person. We also uncover something strange going on that means that the discovery of the unidentified body of the Gentleman of Heligoland wasn’t the only mystery that happened in the North Sea in Summer 1994 and these two mysteries may just be connected.

Episode 4 - Shoes, News and Additional Clues

We take an even deeper dive into the shoes with the help of the of one of the UK's leading footwear experts, who has some very interesting ideas on the shoe and what it tells us about its wearer.
Iain and Jo may just have solved another US missing persons case and in the search for more clues, I have a bright idea that pays dividends.

Episode 3 - Brighton Rock

I’ve received the Death Certificate for Michael Sterling Dean and that’s the key to find out how important he is to the Gentleman of Heligoland investigation and also to an historic missing persons case in Toronto, Canada from 1991.
But, in a new development, something has been troubling us about the evidence that is in the public domain. Something’s not quite right about it………..
 

Episode 2 - The Third Man

After he first episode, we have a body of a very tall man found off Heligoland found in 1994 wearing a Canadian tie. We also have a man of the same unusual height in Canada who went missing in 1991. But it can’t be that simple can it?......