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History and Hearsay
On this podcast we discuss lesser known characters and events from history. Some of the details of these historical accounts may be debated and on this show YOU get to decided: Is it History? Or is it Hearsay?
History and Hearsay
The Somerton Man: Australias Greatest Mystery
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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