A man is found sitting against a seawall on Somerton Beach in 1948. No identification. No labels in his clothes. An undetectable poison. A suitcase that leads nowhere. A book with a torn page. A single phrase tucked into a hidden pocket that reads: Tamam Shud.

In this episode, we walk through the evidence, the theories, and the modern DNA breakthrough that finally revealed his name.

This is the real story of the Somerton Man. Not the spy thriller. Not the myths. The truth that survived beneath the fog.

• The discovery on Somerton Beach

• The suitcase and false identity clues

• The Rubaiyat and the coded letters

• The mysterious nurse known as Jestyn

• Theories: espionage, romance, accident, suicide

• The 2022 DNA identification of Carl Webb

• What the science suggests about how he died

00:00 Intro

05:38 Let’s Go Back

16:18 A Man on the Seawall

19:29 The Investigation

31:27 Taman Shud

47:21 Spies, Lovers, or Loners

57:56 Modern Developments

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