Taman Shud

[Pcdunn]

I've never really understood this 'removing labels from clothing' thing as indicating that the person is a spy. Wouldn't this be a dead giveaway? Wouldn't the KGB, CIA and MI5/6 be able to get hold of appropriate stuff through their embassies?

From what I have read, back in the day (WWII) removing clothing labels was part of the being aware that the smallest detail could give someone away, perhaps with fatal consequences. Cigarettes, gum, the make of your coat or shoes-- they were all important.

As far as being rigged up right to begin with, I don't know how easy that was in wartime, with less sophisticated communication and transportation methods.
If someone ended up in "enemy territory" suddenly, they might well need to cut out their clothing labels as a protective measure.

[Dupplin Muir]

I've never really understood this 'removing labels from clothing' thing as indicating that the person is a spy. Wouldn't this be a dead giveaway? Wouldn't the KGB, CIA and MI5/6 be able to get hold of appropriate stuff through their embassies?

[GUT]

Remains seem to be in pretty good condition

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-19/somerton-man-remains-exhumed-from-adelaide-grave/100150216?fbclid=IwAR1lLyqFX2d7bLEGex_8HkxY9vvs0tm7xehTl1QNfHklpjxKei5lMWJJx_8

[Abby Normal]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-...KXwGuowXQVhNm0

Today they dig him up.

thanks gut. hopefully they can find out who he was. im going with a british spy who was also jessicas former lover, and father of her oldest boy.

[GUT]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-19/exhumation-of-somerton-man-remains-at-west-terrace-cemetery/100147576?fbclid=IwAR08PpUs_t5r_5vLu5SThT3TPliJVXv8uY5TwSeZs_UJFKXwGuowXQVhNm0

Today they dig him up.

[GUT]

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.

I’ll certainly post anything I hear about. The main aim seems to be to identify him, and/or prove he was in a relationship with Ms Thomson.

[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?

[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.

[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

[harry]

last word should be time.

[harry]

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

[Magpie]

New news?

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

[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.

[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.

[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".