The Somerton Dossier is now a podcast.
On 1 December 1948 a man was found dead on Somerton Beach, Adelaide. He carried no identification and the labels had been removed from his clothing. More than seventy years on, he remains at the centre of one of Australia's most enduring unsolved cases.
The series examines the case alongside the espionage, politics and unusual deaths that surrounded it, working from original documents, inquest records and archival material. Each episode sets out the record, the reasoning and the questions that remain open. Where something is proven, I'll say so. Where it isn't, I'll say that too.
Listen to the trailer
The trailer is out now on Spotify, with Apple Podcasts to follow shortly.
Episode 1 is on its way
Episode 1 begins on Tuesday 30 November 1948, the day before the body was found: three pieces of paper, one suitcase, and the timing that ties them together. It will be released on the podcast and on YouTube, and I'll post here when it goes live.
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Sources for the trailer
- General Sir Thomas Blamey, letter on leaks of classified information, early 1945 · Bob Wake Archive, Fryer Library, The University of Queensland · Box 6, Folder 4 · New material (full citation to follow)
- Guy Liddell diaries, 1947–1949 · MI5 records, The National Archives, Kew (Roger Hollis visit to Australia, 1948) · piece reference to follow
- Gerry Feltus, The Unknown Man: A Suspicious Death at Somerton Beach (2010)
Wake Archive: Documents from the Bob Wake Archive, Fryer Library, The University of Queensland, are published under the archive's arrangement with Gordon Cramer, the archive's current researcher. Items held within National Archives of Australia folders are not published.
Names: Names of people involved appear as recorded in public documents. Living descendants' private details are not published.
Have information? If you hold documents, photographs or family knowledge relating to these events, please use the contact page on this blog. Submissions are read by Gordon Cramer, kept confidential unless you agree otherwise, and passed to SA Police where relevant.
Music: Patrick Cramer.
The Tamam Shud blog is dedicated to uncovering the forensic realities of the Somerton Man case. Our mission is not to speculate, but to reconstruct the events of 1948 using primary documents, scientific modelling, and expert analysis. While the man's true identity may remain a mystery, our focus is on the evidence that reveals how he died and the networks involved. To ensure the integrity of this research, we rely solely on verifiable sources and citations, strictly excluding anonymous blog comments and forum speculation from our data.
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