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You're listening to episode 73 of Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World, where we look at mysteries from

the twin perspectives of faith and reason. In this episode, we're talking about the

Tamam Shud case, the mysterious death of Sumerton man, which has been called one of Australia's

most profound mysteries. I'm Dom Bettenelli and joining me today is Jimmy Aiken. Hi Jimmy.

Howdy Dom. On December 1, 1948, 71 years ago this week, a man quietly passed away on a beach

in the town of Sumerton in South Australia. In his pocket was a piece of paper with a mysterious

phrase, Tamam Shud. It was torn from a book that had secret writing in a code and doctors thought

the man may have been poisoned. Who Sumerton man was and why he died has never been determined,

but is death sparked a famous international mystery that remains to this day.

And that's what we'll be talking about on this episode of Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World.

So just to let you all know, since this is an Australian mystery, we decided we're going to be

joined by a few of our friends from Australia this episode. Right. One of StarQuest's other podcasts

is the Catholics of Oz and a couple of their members have joined us to talk about Sumerton man.

Let's let them introduce themselves. I'm Lindsey Sands. I've been married for about 11 years and I

have two children, two young boys and I'm also a senior high school teacher. I love all things sci-fi

and I love playing board games. My name is Caroline Knight. I have also been married for about

11 years. I have two young boys. I love all things science and I also illustrate and write my

children's picture books. So we look forward to having some commentary from them as we go through

the mystery. So Jimmy, let's start at the beginning. Who is the Sumerton man? Well, that's the big

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