Somerton Man is one of Australia’s most enduring mysteries: an unidentified body found on Somerton Beach in Adelaide in 1948, a hidden scrap of paper reading “Tamám Shud”, and a trail of clues that only got stranger.

In this episode, we unravel the dead man with no ID, the copy of The Rubaiyat, the mysterious nurse, the alleged code, the Cold War spy theories, and the DNA breakthrough that may have finally identified him as Carl Webb. But if the Somerton Man now has a name, why does the case still feel so deeply unfinished?

Topics Include

• the body found on Somerton Beach in 1948

• the Tamám Shud clue and The Rubaiyat

• the Somerton Man code

• Jessica Thomson and the nurse connection

• Cold War spy theories and poison rumours

• Derek Abbott and the Carl Webb DNA breakthrough