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The Somerton Man Mystery Part 4

The Somerton Man Mystery Part 4

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In death, The Somerton Man remains a mystery. But what was he in
life? A Russian spy? Was he a black market racketeer, a
professional dancer on holiday, an estranged lover saying goodbye
one last time, or perhaps a combination of all of the above?
Tonight in our final episode on the mystery of The Somerton Man,
we look at most of the major theories put forth, and until that
day a breakthrough in the case comes to light, we say, Tamám
Shud… It is finished.

Tonight’s Quote:

“Please be advised that a search of these prints through the
Identification Division of the FBI has failed to disclose any
record. Sincerely Yours, John Edgar Hoover.”

— Excerpt from a January 1949 Letter to the Adelaide Police
Commissioner obtained by Professor Abbott through the Freedom of
Information Act regarding the Somerton Man’s Fingerprints.

Show Links:

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the clickable description of each link to make things easier for
our listeners!

The Dark Myths Collective: The Dark Myths Collective!
http://darkmyths.org

SIGN THIS PETITION FOR EXHUMATION OF THE SOMERTON MAN SO HE CAN
BE PROPERLY LAID TO REST!

http://bit.do/somerton

For more information on this episode visit our website!

Show Links:

The website for the fantastic historical action novels of A. L.
Sowards http://bit.ly/1WCcM7k Professor Derek Abbott’s primary
source material on the Somerton Man case http://bit.ly/1pOYPVf
Malcolm Gladwell’s article in the New Yorker on Kim Philby
http://bit.ly/1uf1gAO Kim Philby, British double agent, reveals
all in secret video http://bbc.in/1V3bFw7 Thomas Boghardt’s
article on the Cambridge 5 on spymuseum.org http://bit.ly/1rQC4Bo
The Cambridge 5 end up as “hopeless drunks” http://bbc.in/1Oz4vxS
Article on Cold War Australia, The Petrov Commission, and
Operation VENONA http://bit.ly/1TmRJCI Description of the roles
of the GRU and the KGB as Soviet intelligence agencies
http://bit.ly/1TeVnk7 Miliary Tuberculosis on Wiki, which may
have caused some of Somerton Man’s symptoms http://bit.ly/1qsKbmu
Profits Over Patriotism: Black Market Crime in World War II
Sydney by Timothy Blum http://bit.ly/1Xlttm7 The Grave of the
Tamám Shud Man on Atlas Obscura http://bit.ly/1YxwQoL The
California Sunday Magazine article featuring Professor Abbott
http://bit.ly/1JwbxhD The South Australia Police Historical
Society’s newsletter Hue and Cry – scroll down to see their blurb
on TSM http://bit.ly/1TWKvEd Christopher Andrew and the Strange
Case of Roger Hollis on Quadrant Online http://bit.ly/1TWKvEd
Gordon Cramer’s Blog on the Tamam Shud Mystery featuring the
technique of “Micro Writing” http://bit.ly/1NwhtMK Nick Pelling’s
blog on the Somerton Man – Note: his servers are being updated
due to high traffic so check back if currently unavailable!
http://bit.ly/1TYEh73 Pete Bowes’ blog on The Somerton Man
http://bit.ly/1WC6PXw Adelaide’s The Advertiser article examines
Micro Writing and the code http://bit.ly/1TjSKvo AV Club’s
article on “Tamán Shud” http://avc.lu/22evm4L ABC documentary on
the case, Part 1 of 3 (click on other YouTube links to get parts
2 & 3 once finished) http://bit.ly/1Xw5kcR Mike Dash’s
article The Body on Somerton Beach on Smithsonian.com
http://bit.ly/1xUb8kV The UK’s Daily Mail article with a
Somerton’s “Love Child” angle http://dailym.ai/24WjvtQ Huffington
Post – On the Trail of the Somerton Man http://huff.to/1ID8nqM A
little bit about the code and Abbott on Phys.org
http://bit.ly/1KDq8qj The New Yorker article on The Science of
Ricin http://bit.ly/1qpOMWo Could You Diagnose Ricin Poisoning?
on MedPage Today http://bit.ly/1ThsX3A The Sarin Gas Attack in
Japan and the Related Forensic Investigation
http://bit.ly/1YxFK5E Acute Liver Failure Caused by Amanita
phalloides Poisoning http://bit.ly/200iYDS Australia’s Most
Poisonous Plants on Australian Geographic http://bit.ly/1NwlJM8
“Lady Killers” article in The New Yorker by Emily Anthes
http://bit.ly/1qpQx6b

Credits:

Episode 036 – “The Somerton Man, Part 3: The Theories” Produced
by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Ryan McCullough Sound
Design; Research Assistance by Tess Pfeifle and the astonishing
League of Astonishing Researchers, a,k.a. The Astonishing
Research Corps, or “A.R.C.” for short. Copyright Scott Philbrook
& Forrest Burgess 2016. All Rights Reserved.