Oddity
Oddity
Oddity
15: Tamam Shud
16 minutes Posted Nov 17, 2017 at 6:55 pm.
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In late 1948, a man was found dead on a beach in Australia. His identity, and how he died, have remained a mystery for almost seventy years. Could a piece of paper found in his pocket shed light on the case?

Sources and further reading:

Wikipedia - Tamam Shud
'Tamam Shud', Roy Bainton, Fortean Times 351.
The Body on Somerton Beach, Smithsonian Mag: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-body-on-somerton-beach-50795611/
On The Trail Of The Somerton Man, Huffington Post: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/derek-abbott/on-the-trail-of-the-somerb7310672.html