S3 Ep14: Tamám Shud: The Mysterious Somerton Man

Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan

True Crime, Society & Culture, Science

4.0 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

An unidentified, well dressed man was found dead on an Australian beach in November 1948. He lay on the sand as if sleeping, with no immediate signs of struggle or foul play. Stitched into a secret pocket in his trousers was a scrap of paper torn from a book of 18th century poetry, with a confusing jumble of letters and numbers scribbled alongside. Was it a cypher for a secret code? Could the man have been a spy? Or was he merely an unfortunate, unclaimed soul? The mystery would remain for over 70 years…

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0:00.0	Strangers, I just had my meeting with Patricia and Steve and Natalie, of course, about what
0:07.6	I'll be offering at Obsessed Fest II this October in Dallas, Texas.
0:12.3	I am so excited to be joining the gang again.
0:15.9	Actually, I kind of can't believe I get to count myself among some of the absolute best
0:20.7	true crime podcasters in the business.
0:23.2	I've worked at this venue before and my favorite thing about it is if you don't want to go outside
0:27.9	in Dallas for, you know, whatever reason, there's no need to go from your hotel room at
0:33.0	the Omni right to the convention center via the air conditioned sky bridge.
0:37.8	Join us October 20 through 22 for panels, meet and greets, live shows, games, karaoke,
0:43.8	and more.
0:44.8	Plus, we're going to be raising money for some amazing local organizations in our epic drag
0:49.4	brunch on the last day of the fest.
0:52.0	Tickets are on sale now at ObsessedFest.com where you can also book your hotel room.
0:57.1	Follow the ObsessedFest Instagram account to see how much fun we had last year and keep
1:01.5	up to date with who will be there this year and what amazing programs will be on offer.
1:05.9	I can't wait to see you there.
1:15.8	Everyone has a story.
1:17.8	And if there's one thing we humans are good at, it's inventing stories when we don't
1:22.3	know the facts.
1:23.8	We love a good mystery.
1:26.1	We love inventing outlandish, titillating and sometimes sinister narratives to fill the
1:31.1	gaps left by history.
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