Taman Shud

[RivkahChaya]

Also, the deceased man looks older than 48 to me but maybe I'm confusing what 48 looks like now compared to 64 year ago.

I think you may be interpreting postmortem skin slippage as wrinkles. You can pretty much assume his skin was tighter and less wrinkled-looking in life. If you have ever had the misfortune of seeing the unembalmed corpse of a child that is a few days dead, it's shocking how wrinkled the face looks.

How is it that suicide is ruled out? because the means of death is so well-obscured? the "Taman Shud" strikes me as a suicide note.

The code, or whatever, may have been an attempt to work out some personal code for the note, which proved not worth the trouble, and "Taman Shud" was Plan B.

[RivkahChaya]

BTW, does anyone else think one of the images is reversed? the right eye and ear on the ID look like the left eye and ear on the death picture.

[Ginger]

"California Sunday" has an interesting article about current developments in the Taman Shud mystery. https://stories.californiasunday.com.../somerton-man/

[sdreid]

Does a crime scene photo of Somerton Man exist?

[GUT]

Does a crime scene photo of Somerton Man exist?

Not that I've ever stumbled across but I haven't really searched.

[sdreid]

Not that I've ever stumbled across but I haven't really searched.

I don't see one on the internet but that doesn't mean that police don't have one they haven't released.

[drstrange169]

Writer of a popular fictional detective story series, here in Oz, Kerry Greenwood as written a (non fiction) book about the murder, "Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery".

[Rosella]

"California Sunday" has an interesting article about current developments in the Taman Shud mystery. https://stories.californiasunday.com.../somerton-man/

What a fascinating article on Somerton man, Ginger. Thanks for posting it. It was typical I suppose that during the 1940/1950's, the 'Russian spy' theory would come up.

It does appear that SM wasn't an Aussie. When I first saw that photo years ago he seemed to me to be Eastern European in appearance. I suppose Abbott has, in his obsessive way, been checking through dance companies in the U.S., where SM probably had spent some time, to see if any male dancers had disappeared after the war.

[harry]

Stan,
There is a Photo of the Somerton Man as found.It has been published.
He was still clutching the remains of a cigarette ,and there was cigarette ash on the collar of the coat.It appears a peacefull death.
Regards.

[Magpie]

New news?

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/who-is-the-somerton-man

[harry]

Good news,
I have a list of know deserters from ships visiting around that time.I will check when I have tim.

[harry]

last word should be time.

[GUT]

Some may be interested

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-24/mysterious-somerton-man-to-be-exhumed-by-sa-police/100092750?fbclid=IwAR1cJ0dPT2Iy5YCTd-gYFH6ndo5bdSlEQgluoIzlUJ3eXP_UpA3D6dqjEhE

[Pcdunn]

Some may be interested

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-24/mysterious-somerton-man-to-be-exhumed-by-sa-police/100092750?fbclid=IwAR1cJ0dPT2Iy5YCTd-gYFH6ndo5bdSlEQgluoIzlUJ3eXP_UpA3D6dqjEhE

Interesting news indeed! Thank you,GUT.
What do people think of the animated portrait of the mystery man's face? The creator did a very nice job with subtle facial expressions.
I remember reading this thread years ago and being intrigued by the hints of espionage that the story seemed to have.
I hope our Australian friends will keep us updated on the results of the exhumation.

[Pcdunn]

New news?

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article...e-somerton-man

Very interesting! A link to the United States. Apparently the petition mentioned at the end of this article has been successful at last. Wonder what else they will learn?