The Somerton Man: Australias Greatest Mystery

In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing the solved case of the Somerton man! Who was previously was Australias Greatest Mystery!

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Disclaimer - Requested Solved case
1:27 - The Man On The Beach
3:49 - Police Arrive
7:14 - Autopsy
10:28 - Un-Natural Death
13:19 - The Suitcase
20:48 - New Evidence & The Inquest
23:10 - The Book
28:31 - Jilted Lover Theory
31:00 - Spy Theory
33:54 - Derek Abbott
40:11 - Derek & Colleen’s Announcement
41:50 - Identity of the Somerton Man
45:13 - Muscular Calves
47:25 - Clothing tags
49:40 - The Code:
51:27 - The Divorce Documents
54:04 - Final Thoughts
►Sources:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-enduring-mystery-somerton-man-one-of-australias-most-puzzling-cold-cases-50795611/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62314555
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-21/somerton-manfamily-photographs-revealed-/101643524
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71520/mysterious-death-somerton-man
https://biographics.org/the-somerton-man-australias-greatest-crime-mystery/
https://www.archives.sa.gov.au/finding-information/discover-our-collection/stories-from-the-archive/but-what-poison-mystery-of-the-somerton-man
https://www.jahernandez.com/posts/tamam-shud-case-the-mystery-of-the-somerton-man
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11063903/Toxic-marriage-explain-death-Somerton-Man-new-details-emerge-1948-mystery.html
https://ciphermysteries.com/tamam-shud-somerton-man/the-somerton-mans-secrets-part-1
https://anemptyglass.fandom.com/wiki/Genetic_Evidence
Divorce papers stuff: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-21/somerton-manfamily-photographs-revealed-/101643524
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-02/somerton-man-who-was-carl-charles-webb/101288890
Claims to have solved the “secret code”
https://www.abc27.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/703090579/rest-of-australias-somerton-man-case-mystery-solved-using-his-own-code-as-deciphered-in-2021-okcir-sociologist-reports/
Books about this case (prior to it being solved)
The Unknown Man – book by Gerry Feltus
Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery – by Kerry Greenwood
The Identity:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/26/australia/australia-somerton-man-mystery-solved-claim-intl-hnk-dst/index.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11451865/Somerton-Man-Charles-Webbs-true-identity-revealed-family-photographs-divorce-papers.html
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/27/somerton-man-mystery-identity-solved-identified-australia
https://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/somerton-man-mystery-solved-professor-identifies-man-found-on-beach-in-1948/news-story/d66ba706a66e30561dbe0ba355edbfe0 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-26/somerton-man-identified-melbourne-born-engineer-researcher-says/101272182?fbclid=IwAR2AM4MaGLhu0l2wIPhG844dnkLCOu_hzRfDlVSUKRRAHqjnX8y9uMFnmdk https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62314555
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