In this episode, Lindsay takes us down under to explore one of Australia’s most puzzling cases: the Somerton Man. On December 1st, 1948, an unidentified, well-dressed man was found deceased against a seawall on Somerton Beach in Adelaide. With all labels strategically removed from his clothing, no identification on his person, and a mysterious message in his pocket, discovering who this man was and what led him here proved to be no easy task.
References:
CNN. (2022, July 26). Australia’s “Somerton Man” mystery may have finally been solved, researchers say. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/26/australia/australia-somerton-man-mystery-solved-claim-intl-hnk-dst (The Guardian)
May, N. (2022, July 30). Solving the Somerton man mystery: No Russian spy, just a bit of a loner who wrote poetry? The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/31/solving-the-somerton-man-mystery-south-australia-adelaide-tamam-shud-identified-carl-webb-no-russian-spy-just-a-bit-of-a-loner-who-wrote-poetry (The Guardian)
Toscano, N. (2022, July 28). ‘It all fits’: Researcher finds Melbourne identity of Somerton Man. The Age. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/it-all-fits-researcher-finds-melbourne-identity-of-somerton-man-20220727-p5b4wh.html
Wikipedia contributors. (n.d.). Actual Tamam Shud [Photograph]. Wikimedia Commons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Actual-tamam-shud.jpg (Wikipedia)
The Museum of Lost Things. (n.d.). Who was the Somerton Man? https://www.museumoflost.com/who-was-the-somerton-man/ (The Museum of Lost Things)
Wikipedia contributors. (n.d.). Somerton Man death site [Photograph]. Wikimedia Commons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerton_Man#/media/File:SomertonManDeathSite.jpg (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. (n.d.). Somerton Man [Photograph]. Wikimedia Commons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerton_Man#/media/File:SomertonMan2.jpg (Wikipedia)
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