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September 6, 2021 59 mins

In December of 1948, the body of a middle-aged man was found on Somerton Beach in Adelaide, South Australia.  Each clue unearthed regarding his identity and cause of death only deepened the mystery. Was his death intentional or accidental? Was it murder? Who was he? Seventy-three years later and the world is still trying to discover just who is, The Somerton Man. 

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamam_Shud_case

http://www.theunknownman.com/

https://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/personal/dabbott/wiki/index.php/Primary_source_material_on_the_Taman_Shud_Case

https://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/personal/dabbott/wiki/index.php/Secondary_source_material_on_the_Taman_Shud_Case

https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/The-Mystery-of-the-Somerton-Man-Taman-Shud-Case

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-20/somerton-man-forensic-process-following-exhumation/100150868


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