What happened to Benjamin Bathurst?

In 1806 a young British diplomat, trying to get home while evading enemy troops, came to the German town of Perleberg for what should have been a brief visit. Instead he disappeared without a trace, and to this day nobody knows what happened to him. Here is what we know about one of the coldest cases on record.

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Many thanks to the Kulturkombinat Perleberg e.V. for their help in the making of this video:
https://www.kulturkombinat-perleberg.org/

Chapters:
00:00 Bathurst and his secret mission
01:27 Fleeing Vienna
02:59 Arrival in Perleberg
04:21 The White Swan
05:49 Bathurst disappears
07:…