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Criminal

The Somerton Man

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.739.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In 1948, two horse jockeys were riding on a beach in Australia when they came across a man lying in the sand. There was a partially smoked cigarette resting on his jacket. He was well dressed, with a striped tie and polished shoes. And he was dead. No one could figure out who he was. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. Listen back through our archives at youtube.com/criminalpodcast.  We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop.  Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Support for this show comes from Krakan.

0:03.0

Krypto is like the financial system, but different.

0:07.0

It doesn't care where you come from, what you look like, your credit score,

0:11.0

or your outrageous food delivery habits.

0:13.7

crypto is finance for everyone everywhere all the time.

0:18.4

Krakhan, see what crypto can be.

0:21.3

Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.

0:25.0

This is a high risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong. There was a body on the beach.

0:35.0

There were a couple of jockeys training their horses on the beach,

0:41.0

as they did in those days. The stables were not far from the beach.

0:47.3

So they took out the horses for a morning gallop to get them warmed up for the day.

0:54.0

And as they were going down the beach, they passed what they thought was just

1:00.0

like a drifter sleeping on the sand.

1:05.8

But what was strange is that on the way back

1:09.2

they saw the same guy there in exactly the same position and they thought that was suspicious he hadn't even moved or anything

1:17.0

and it was now around about six o'clock in the morning and you know it was light

1:22.1

and there's this guy just lying there.

1:25.0

One of the jockeys approached the man and when the man didn't move the

1:30.0

jockey picked up one of his feet. And then placed it down again.

1:34.4

And, you know, when he lifted that foot,

1:37.6

his leg up, it was like stiff as aboard.

1:40.5

And it was clear the man was dead.

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