
9 episodesabout 2 min eachEpisode 1 is free
Somerton Man: One Body. One Code. No Name.
A dead man on an Adelaide beach, and two Persian words rolled up in his pocket.
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- Episode 1: The Scrap Hidden in a Dead Man's Pocket A tiny scrap reading “tamám shud” becomes the first clue in the mystery of a dead man stripped of nearly every trace of identity.
- Episode 2: The Arm That Rose Before He Died Witness by witness, the final evening of the Somerton Man unfolds around one disturbing movement.
- Episode 3: The Poison No Test Could Find An alarming autopsy points toward poisoning, but every chemical test returns empty.
- Episode 4: The Suitcase With No Name A suitcase linked to the dead man supplies tools, clothing and three versions of a name—but no owner.
- Episode 5: The Book Missing Its Final Words The hidden scrap leads to a torn poetry book containing a telephone number and letters that look like a secret code.
- Episode 6: The Toes Shaped Like a Dancer's As the supposed code weakens, the man's extraordinary body and a disputed family connection send the case in new directions.
- Episode 7: The Man Carried Along Somerton Beach A late witness account darkens the case, but the official investigation closes without identifying either the killer or the dead.
- Episode 8: The Hairs Trapped in a Dead Man's Face Genetic genealogists turn hairs caught in a death mask into a family tree containing thousands of possible identities.
- Episode 10: The Engineer Who Had No Death Record A proposed name closes the identity hunt, but the poison, the poetry book and the dead man's final hours remain beyond proof.
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