Criminology Files

The Man Who Never Existed: Peter Bergmann 2009, a man using the name Peter Bergmann arrived in the coastal town of Sligo, Ireland. He checked into a hotel, paid in cash, and gave false details for every piece of information requested. Over the next few days, he was seen moving quietly through the town—discarding items, avoiding contact, and seemingly preparing for something no one could understand...

In one of Australia's strangest unsolved mysteries, a tiger shark caught off Sydney's coast vomited a human arm onto the deck of an aquarium exhibition. What initially seemed like a bizarre marine curiosity quickly spiralled into a murder investigation involving insurance fraud, criminal gangs, blackmail, and a victim whose body was never found. How did a severed arm become the key piece of eviden...

In 1970, the burned body of an unidentified woman was found in Norway's remote Isdalen Valley. She carried multiple aliases, travelled across Europe, and left behind a trail of mystery that remains unsolved more than fifty years later. In this three-part true crime documentary, we explore the discovery, the investigation, the theories, and the modern forensic efforts to uncover the identity of the...

On the morning of December 1, 1948, an unidentified man was found dead on Somerton Beach in Adelaide, South Australia. He carried no identification. Every label had been removed from his clothing. Hidden in a secret pocket was a tiny scrap of paper bearing two mysterious words: "Tamam Shud" — Persian for "ended" or "finished." What followed became one of the most baff...

On New Year's Day 1963, the bodies of two respected Sydney scientists, Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Margaret Chandler, were discovered on the banks of the Lane Cove River. Neither appeared to have suffered any obvious injuries, yet both were dead under circumstances so strange that police, forensic experts, and the public were left searching for answers. What began as a suspected double murder quickly ev...

After nearly ten years of dead ends, police finally announce a breakthrough in Australia's most famous unidentified murder case. The Pyjama Girl has a name. Linda Agostini. And her husband, Antonio Agostini, has confessed. For the public, the mystery appears solved. Newspapers declare the case closed. A husband has admitted responsibility, and one of the nation's most notorious investigations seem...

In September 1934, a gruesome discovery beside a lonely road near Albury would spark one of Australia's most infamous criminal mysteries. A young woman is found partially burned, shot in the neck, and dressed in distinctive yellow silk pyjamas embroidered with a dragon motif. Police have no name, no suspect, and no obvious clues. As the investigation stalls, authorities make a shocking decision: p...