My Inquiring Mind Podcast

Body on Somerton Beach

March 18, 2021 Kate Croom Season 1 Episode 5
My Inquiring Mind Podcast
Body on Somerton Beach
Show Notes

On Tuesday November 30, 1948 at 7 o’clock on the warm evening in Australia a mysterious man would appear on a beach. Several people would witness the man’s strange behavior as appearing drunk or even drugged - but none of them would check to see if he was okay. The next morning the man would found dead in the sand. He was dressed in a nice suit and nice dress shoes almost as if he prepared for his death. He didn't have any identification on him, he had no belongings and there was no sign of how he died. There was, however, a bizarre message left on a piece of paper found in his pocket. Who was this man!? Or maybe more importantly was he murdered or did he commit suicide?


Mystery Man’s Autopsy Report: https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/found-the-pathologists-report-in-somerton-man-case/3897169/

SOURCES: 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-body-on-somerton-beach-50795611/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3104185/Was-Somerton-Man-spy-fathered-son-Adelaide-woman-New-evidence-break-open-enduring-mystery-body-washed-beach-nearly-70-years-ago.html

Episode Music By: https://pixabay.com/music/epic-classical-epic-darkness-469/

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