December 1st, 1948. A well-dressed man is found dead on Adelaide's Somerton Beach with no identification, all clothing labels surgically removed, and a scrap of paper bearing the Persian words "Tamám Shud" hidden in a secret pocket. What follows is 75 years of investigations, DNA testing, international intrigue, and questions that remain unanswered to this day.
This deep dive explores one of the world's most compelling unsolved mysteries - a case that has everything: potential Cold War espionage, exotic poisons, mysterious codes, a woman with intelligence training who may have held all the answers, and recent DNA breakthroughs that identified the man as Carl Webb... but only deepened the mystery.
Was he a Soviet spy? A Western intelligence operative? A victim of a tragic love story? Join host Paul Stiling as we examine the evidence from every angle, explore connections to similar cases across the globe, and uncover why this 75-year-old mystery may still be too sensitive to solve completely.
From the beaches of Adelaide to the shadowy world of international espionage, this is the story of the Somerton Man - and it will leave you questioning everything you think you know about Cold War intelligence operations.
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