It may have been a case where everyone knows, but can not say, because their incomes were dependent on their co-operation and silence, and Police nor the papers had any authority over the academics (Freemasons & those with power and connections). THE BLOG THAT BROKE THE SOMERTON MAN CODE & VERSE 70; THE SOMERTON MAN MYSTERY 2020. on Tuesday the 14th of June 1949. I think I have found that SM type ears (high cymba to cavum ratio) and high insertion calves are genetically associated. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted dekcaaeefbfb. Although the suitcase was an exciting find, it did little to help identify the man. We all die eventually so viewing this doco is time well spent as preparation I think. Her mother refused to give any details regarding how she knew the Somerton Man before her death, and said only that his identity was known to an authority higher than the police. Studying pictures of his ears (found below), it is also apparent that his upper ear hollow, or cymba, is larger than his lower ear hollow, or cavum- another condition found in only 1-2% of the population. Half the population are women and they were excluded. I still have to put some more images on the blog and will include Gransgog’s. So sm some how knew that she was using a new last name apart from her maiden one. Once I told others why I’d joined they asked for me to put the photo up. Was this hidden scrap of paper a final message before taking his own life? When no missing persons reports matched up with the body they found, they were forced to investigate the matter further. For example, certain letters or patterns in the code would refer to a specific page number and word on that page. Contrary to expectations, it seems that high insertion calves generally do not bulk up with exercise. Was SM’s grave site recycled. Coated steel, or any other commonly available material, would not wrinkle like the metal sheet/foil found in the suitcase. Her daddy killed the Somerton Man and the Beaumonts whom he dismembered in the bath after painting them up like carnival dolls. Really good article. Isn’t ‘the original body’ referring to the original plaster cast of the body? I suspect that it was added to pad out a deficient report; Included to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative. A question for you, given that the use you see is on the money, what other metals/ores could have been searched for by SM using the techniques you described? Whatever the heart lies in the mystery of the Somerton man's death, it was highly entertaining to learn about it! Congrats on Hub of the Day! Roma Mangnoson filed for divorce in June of 1953, on the grounds of “habitual cruelty”, although her husband was still being held. what ever happened to Boxall's copy of the Rubaiyat? If so then what you say would make some sense but I can’t find anywhere that suggests that was going to be the case. He first came to me as Carl McMahon (29/10/12) stating “You know my father”, and he began rolling out a story about his childhood, then once he gained my trust, he made an admittion to being Quentin’s Thomsons’ Grandson (Prosper’s brothers grandson). . ( Public Domain ) The unknown man was buried without anyone ever learning the truth of his life or death. Kristy LeAnn from Princeton, WV on October 18, 2013: This is one of the best hubs I've ever seen on hubpages. Kathryn Grace from San Francisco on August 26, 2014: Fascinating story! It is also quite possible that many cases of poisoning of different types went unreported especially where the symptoms were complained of over a period of time. There are trails there. Yet no one has ever gotten close to cracking the code. 3/12/48, d. 1988 was his Mother (she’s Quentin’s daughter) and that Jestyn was his great Aunt and Prosper his Great Uncle. I couldn't stop reading. KINGSDON (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD. These letters could be around .5 mm in height, perfectly achievable with practice. The grave of the Somerton Man in Adelaide, South Australia Michael Coghlan, Flickr // CC BY-SA 2.0 In the 70 years it has been open, the Somerton Man case has produced more questions than answers. Assuming, then, that this death was a suicide, why did he do it? You are very talented, and I think you could write about anything you like. Or, perhaps she gave him the pasty "for the ride home," he ate it for a late snack, felt too sick afterwards for the ride back to town, went to the beach to settle his stomach, wound up at the rocks, realized what had happened too late and tried to call over the couple but was too weak from the poison, and died right after that. This very situation occurred on December 1, 1948 at Somerton Park beach, just south of Adelaide in the early hours of the morning. Perhaps, they were modified as well? I’m not the threatening type Xlamb.And I also fail to see how “stay away from JEstyn ” sounds like a threat from whoever said it. One pair of trousers (with dry cleaning marks), with a 6d coin in the pocket. Her son Robin, who many believe to be fathered by the Somerton Man, died two years later. Then, according to the 14th June 1949 Adelaide News, the burial itself took place at 9.30am of that morning. Without a name he becomes ‘generic’ and everyone brands him as they please. The nylon line was more durable and not prone to attack from insects and wouldn’t break down like other fibres. It was soon replaced with the proper headstone. Really excellent summary. He could have got the University to run an X-ray diffraction scan on the powder. Her son was born in July of 1947. As an unidentified and unclaimed cadaver SM may have become the exception, because others stepped up to change his outcome. There are places of worship for There is one string of events that may make him put the paper there: the paper was a threat that he was finished. On June 6, 1949, two bodies were found 12 miles down the coast from Somerton Beach. In 1947, she moved to Glenelg and took her future husband’s last name. He explained that using fishing line allowed him to gage the weight e.g. He’s a taxidermist only, thus not qualified as an ‘expert witness’ when he gave his opinion on SM’s calves at the Inquest. It was indeed Dan. Nothing which you say happened. The Secret History of the Rosicrucians – 3. I am curious, however, with the term "singlet." If you view them you’ll see they are quite different and look to be images of two different people. It did seem to indicate that the man had known, in some way, that November 30th would be his last day. Since then, SM’s coffin has morphed into a bit of a Pandora’s box and I think we all need to see what lies inside that coffin, just in case a clue’s been left behind and overlooked. My Mother and older sister are also in the photo. It was common for people to write their name on all of their possessions. Completely out of options, they could only do two things: watch and wait. If he stepped up now to finish the job for SM he’d gain everyone’s respect and the publicity might force the Attorney General to reconsider Abbotts exhumation request. Stop trying to ruin it for everyone. Was this decided before or after SM was embalmed…before or after the Bookmakers Assoc. Further investigation, however was disappointing. Anyway don’t we have all the pictures of SM’s calves, feet etc. As a footnote to the poisoning theory, let’s examine the fact that there were no defensive wounds, no signs of a struggle, and no obvious injection site. 5) Someone with possible connections to the police tried and possibly succeeded to make the identity of SM as hard to establish as possible. Updated, 0630, 25/08/16, Who was buried on February 23rd 1949? The Tamám Shud case, also known as the Mystery of the Somerton Man, is an unsolved case of an unidentified man found dead in 1948 on the Somerton Park beach, just south of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The first twenty or so photos of sub 10 second sprinters that I was able to find that showed the cymba and cavum showed that all the sprinters did have a much higher cymba/cavum ratio than normal. I had never heard of this story before - what an intriguing mystery! Dan: could well be. Roman cemetery found at Somerton new school site ... image caption A brooch was one of the items found in an individual grave. I'm also wondering why Jessica's daughter was quoted as saying her mother spoke fluent russian whereas the professor said it was more like a couple of words. If she wanted to know some thing, she could ask them herself. From what I’ve read of that time frame, unclaimed cadavers / paupers etc. Coupled with the MS data for the other elements, I think that we might well be lucky, and only a single occupation will be indicated. They seem to appear/dissapear all of the sudden. Platinum foil was used in many different types of mineral identification tests (see Orsino C Smith for details) so almost any type of prospecting is possible; even oil, gas or coal. For example: I cannot believe I traveled all this way to have my heart trampled, would translate to: I C B I T A T H M H T. Like a shorthand for sad ideas you don't want other people to read but strongly want to express. His clothes were found on Henley Beach, where the Somerton Man’s train ticket had been purchased to go. Heather from Arizona on October 17, 2013: Congrats on HotD. In 1949, the body of the unknown man was buried in Adelaide's West Terrace Cemetery, where … TAMAM SHUD The Somerton Man Mystery. Immediate to death, the body’s composition begins to change rapidly. But this man had put expensive cigarettes into a cheap case. (The essence of the Rubaiyat is 'live for today': a message which chimed strongly with zeitgeist of the 2nd World War.) Why haven’t you been arrested for criminal defamation yet? Despite … Changed that, and changed pastry to pasty, although every single source I've read has said that the baths next to the train station were closed and he had to go to city baths half a mile away, which is why he missed his train, so I've left that as is. H J Edwards, Corpl. This is not a game. What needs to be done is to have less rhetoric and more fact, in whatever I post I base it on facts and bring something forward to substantiate them whenever I can, indeed as you have done here. Those people are still tracking the health status of several hundred people, here in the US, who were exposed to Co60 as part of the development of radiological therapy. If you do choose to pay the Somerton Man a visit, keep your eyes open because you might not be the only one. You’re right, Ruth, it isn’t false memory syndrome, it’s fantasy land. A man's body was found lying in the sand across from the corner of The Esplanade and Bickford Terrace. SM now has the honour of symbolically representing every other ‘unknown man’ buried at West Terrace. And when women remove there stilettos, their calf muscles relax. They specially selected dry ground for SM (to prolong preservation in case he was exhumed later). Born: Somerton Enlisted: Oxford The Fallen in WW2 Thomas Haswell HALL Flying Officer, Pilot, 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force. As it was dark, he could not describe either of the men, and it is unknown whether this had anything to do with the case. That was 9 days before Lawson’s diary entry. Few people got to see the burial of the Somerton man, he was buried at West Terrace Cemetery at 9.30 am. It’s what I was told but I have no way of knowing whether that was true. If I recall there was another part of the analysis document it dealt with discarded data, i.e. He was well dressed, in a suit with shined and heeled shoes- odd attire for a beach on a summer day. 2009 March 19th, Dr Matthew Berryman notices rocks placed at the foot of the Somerton Man's grave in the Jewish tradition. I agree that the use of the words ‘re disposal of original body’ is unlikely to mean anything other than as it is presented. But on the upside apart from him hurting and annoying my mothers feelings. I think that my father was ‘used’ by others to begin and for this he has my sympathy. Brother, grandson, nephew, professional skater, married with child, gay man with lover, student colleague? Misca, that is a most unusual and interesting explanation for SMs calves and wedge toes not to mention new shoes. I am not saying that SM was a sprinter, only that he had the genetic capacity to be one. If a funeral scenario for an unidentified cadaver was play out in a T.V. Without doubt the most comprehensive and feasible account that I have read, All credit to the author. “By now they might know me,” Derek Abbott said, glancing around the Somerton cemetery for the groundskeepers. He was a Pole named Jaroslaw Sławomir Krakowski. If you Google Robin Thomson Jetty Photo I guess the site will come up. Whether that was just about the names of people who may have recognised SM or something else is not clear. There must be something ‘on line’ that explains the tissue breakdown, the chemical changes and time sequence for body decomposition. Note that lead in blood is eliminated with a half life of 28-35 days, so peaks like that seen at 400 and 1,050 are unlikely to be due to rapid variations in the blood lead levels. Gordon, I have been unable to track Michaelson but Granskog is traceable. Number of casualties: 1. I didn’t know there were such variations. pete: would be good to know. This man could’ve bought his clothes and suitcase used, explaining why the labels were all cut off. Prof. Maciej Henneberg explained to me a number of the processes… how the facial muscles become fixed etc.. Burial of the Somerton Man’s body occured on 14 June 1949 in Adelaide's West Terrace Cemetery. . This is going back a year or two. A label had been torn off of the suitcase, to hide its origin. the two short term spikes could very well specifically correspond to application of hair dye. 51335 He died on active service on 22 November 1943. For a pauper, the homeless and unclaimed, the orphan, prisoner etc. On March 21, 1950, Mangnoson escaped from the mental hospital he had been held in. False memory syndrome is one thing but this is fantasy, pure and simple. Pete, Semantic transposition? If she really did know the identity of the Somerton Man, she took that secret with her to the grave. I have previously cut platinum foil with scissors and I have just confirmed this again with a piece of foil from my prospecting kit. I think it’s very pompous of those ‘high up’ to exclude the general public, while at the same time wanting be admired for the care and attention given a stranger, and their diligence to ensure he’s laid to rest in a dignified manner (as seen in the papers). via Wikipedia Commons. :). Where does it say that they were broken? So, what happened to the plaster cast? The big task now will be to find someone capable of deciphering the revealed code. He did love to show off his calf muscles. Where had this man obtained his completely unique copy of such a popular book? He was captured on April 26, 1950, eating almonds in a rubbish dump. The police arrived on the scene, confirming the man’s death, before taking his body to the Royal Adelaide Hospital. The laundry bag, the singlet and of course the white tie, which we’ve all seen. In 1949, the body of the unknown man was buried in Adelaide's West Terrace Cemetery, where the Salvation Army conducted the service. Doctors do have to learn some how…. I find it hard to accept that Australia was the only country in the World that settled for a copy of ‘Greys Anatomy’ , and relied on cadaver donations to train it’s medical students. Yes, it does look like SM was right handed and used some tool in his right hand as you describe. An unspecified number of pencils, mostly Royal Sovereign brand. If truly random and only used once they are theoretically unbreakable. . I can’t take u seriously though xlamb. Another Mysterious Manuscript, The Secret History of the Rosicrucians – 8. 12) the weird way his musclature presented might provide clues about his occupation (at least the official one). The preservative was introduced later for SM. In the same large biscuit tin that held the Reynolds I.D. Either could have been used in this case, and decomposed before the autopsy was performed. Screwing with other peoples lives and emotions is just one big laugh to them. I would really like to know if the teller that sold him the ticket (only 3 were sold that day for that route) remembered what type of accent he had? In order to find and read the code, the page containing the concealed writing was immersed in a strong bleach solution. I didn’t know any of them to begin with, and I don’t really care who bonked who back in the 1940’s. I know my own age obviously and my older brother’s pictured with me. SM did have a mark/mole above his upper lip whereas on Michaelsons papers it refers to a scar in that position. More information The case of the Somerton man, a dead man found on Australia’s Somerton beach, continues to rattle investigators and curious minds alike to this day. Usually who ever has ‘authority’ over the grave owns the body. It was Professor Plum in the kitchen with the candle stick. There is nothing to say he’s translated a direct or exact quote taken from that phone call…and worded ‘original’. A good hour of T.V. The lad in the jetty photo is not Robin and the HC Reynolds chap is not the Somerton Man. During the war, most goods were scarce, including clothing. We also have a broader field of expertise and the science to back it up. Henley: only if had a time machine – potato gems were introduced in 1953. But on July 23rd, 1949, the book was finally found. And, XRD was invented by the Adelaidians Professor Sir William Bragg and his son. He had no significant bruises, injuries, or defensive wounds that would normally be present if he had been attacked and fought for his life. At that time he was saying he was robins son. In a fit of despair, he wandered the 400m from her home to the beach where he was found, took the vial of poison he had prepared for such an occasion, and collapsed. It doesn’t sound like much, especially given the level of interest in the case, but a previous crowdfunding effort came to nothing. Great article. The entry is talking about piecing together the moulds, I assume that the head and body were done separately and then pieced together. passed the hat around to ensure he was spared from a paupers grave. The unknown man was alive and well in the photos. The West Terrace Cemetery is open to the public every day of the year and is one of Australia's oldest capital city cemeteries. IndeedIndeed: If they’re so nimble on stage with those ragged toes, and feet all bunioned and blistered, how is their gait once off stage and in regular shoes. Debs: Why would Prof. Derek Abbott risk his professional standing and his job at the University. Can’t help but think of Wally Clayton and his CPA Clandestine Printing operations. Gordon, yes, scissors will cut platinum foil quite easily. I heard him lament his life grievances often as a child. A special edition of a book could be used to encode a message, and the book itself was needed to decipher it. This theory does support that fact that no signs of a struggle, convulsions, or vomiting were found at the scene- he may have taken his poison at the water’s edge, thrown its carrier into the ocean and begun to convulse and vomit there, before dragging himself up the beach to collapse near the seawall. These are some of the mysteries I’m having to deal with right now and I’d like a ‘Tamam Shud’ end / finish to this whole saga. Then switched for the photo shoot of the real man. business must have bothered the Thomson family. Inscribed on the paper, in an elaborate font, were the words “Tamám Shud.” (Newspapers misprinted it as Taman Shud, and the misprint has stuck through the years.) Ipso facto the original existed after the burial of SM as per the meeting with the Director and that mold could still exist somewhere within the Adelaide Museum. The streets could not have been that busy with cars in the late 40’s, so one might get to know the regular late night visitors, and mention it to the local Policeman over a drink. The hotel offers them a place to gather and vent. After speaking with Jessica, police believed that the Somerton man could be Alf Boxall, but they were able to locate him in Sydney in July of 1949 and his copy of the Rubaiyat was fully in tact. Found on his person was some Juicy Fruit chewing gum, a couple of combs, a box of Army Club cigarettes with more expensive Kensitas cigarettes inside, a used bus ticket to Glenelg and … The Somerton Man's rare copy of The Rubaiyat. Maybe Cowan struck out again? With the new information regarding the genetics of the ears running in the family , I’m more inclined to suggest he was a family member rather than a ” romance/affair of the heart ” like the nutty professor notions . Records showed that the public baths at the station were closed on November 30. You will find this: “Well known toe walker ‘Guy Martin’ has this to say on the woes of walking on ones toes; “Often I feel like it is a blessing in disguise to walk on ones toes; whilst I have vastly overdeveloped calf muscles aka “‘Dem Calfs”; I often feel the burning of eyes whilst I tip toe down the street like a T-Rex. So, if we get someone with missing lateral incisors, distinct ears, and a link to the Jefferson line, we might have something. If he ever wanted to serve the deceased, he’d have already done an encore. There was a push for physical fitness back in the 1940’s. On another question of left or right handed and as we have discussed elsewhere, when you look closely at SMs fingerprints you should see wear marks on the right thumb, forefinger and middle finger. According to the (1978) “Somerton Beach Mystery” documentary by Stuart Littlemore, flowers were left on the grave in the spring (though not every year) by an unidentified person. Looks like Dechenne victims have a reduced life span though and this would exclude SM; however the ‘Oculopharyngeal’ variation doesn’t present until one’s in their 40’s to 50’s. Police had to call on a newspaper reporter and a publican to … Andreae’s Two Journeys, The Secret History of the Rosicrucians – 10. The cut down knife looks to me like it could have been a skinning knife, and in a bush camp in the 1940s, as you would be aware, it was common to shoot kangaroos for meat. He said Caroline Thomson b. If the code used numbers, “37-12” might refer to the twelfth word on the thirty-seventh page. Teresa Coppens from Ontario, Canada on October 17, 2013: Nicely done. It's been almost 71 years since two trainee jockeys came across the body of a fully-clothed man lying near the shore of Somerton Park Beach, south of … That was in late June early July in 2010. In the end I think he was simply used and he came to realise this himself. I suppose that the “stencil brush” could be a “bedrock brush”. SOMERTON CEMETERY 4 NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & Memorials. But she categorically denied knowing him. The handwriting showing pencil markings in the back of a book of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám .The markings are presumed to be some sort of code. The parish includes the tythings of S.-Borough, S.-Earl, and Hurcott, and the hamlets of S.-Door, Catsgore, Highbrooks, and Midney. I remember he cried sometimes over his disappointment, and his ‘being used’. The man’s pictures, finger prints, and physical details were spread throughout the world. His hands and feet were clean and callous-free, indicating he did not do manual labor. Location: United Kingdom, Somerset. The service was arranged with some secrecy to ensure that the curious public would be kept away. He returned as an adult. Why has this mystery endured so long? As low as a factor of four for digitalis). We both grew up together in Adelaide early on in the piece. A wooden cross is placed on SM’s grave but within days a Keswick monumental mason Mr. A. Collins was given permission by Police to place an engraved stone and pour curbing and a concrete slab sprinkled with marble chips. Derek Abbott The Somerton Man's autopsy photos. Dan, I think that Lawson in his diary refers to his work as the ‘mold’ and not the body so I don’t see how he would be referring to anything other than the body when he wrote that phrase. Correction…Joseph Wright, was my Great-grandfather on my fathers’ Mothers’ side. What was it that was ‘kept under wraps’?, The burial date and time, who would conduct the sermon, who would be the pall bearers would be the only things I could think of and none of those would have made any difference to Lawson’s words at the time he wrote in his diary. He needed the women of The Bletchley Circle to help him out! He commissioned an artist's rendering of what the man may have looked like while alive, and is hoping the picture will gain traction in the media. Police assuming the role of guardian instead, may have been insisting that all SM’s bits be returned to the cadaver, thus the ‘original’ body. Somerton man, as he became known for reasons about to become clear, was about 45 years old, in excellent physical condition, with unusually well defined and muscular calfs and smooth well-manicured hands. On the morning of December 1st, 1948, the body of an unidentified man was found lounging against a seawall on an Adelaide beach dead from unknown causes. I am certain that hair dye containing lead on/or silver would have affected the whole of the emerged hair (ie there would be a step in the MS lead trace). Great writing. Head and shoulders above the usual here. Most seem to be very kind and helpful people. Re-page 85 and 86 ‘The Unknown Man’. It looked fruitless. Thank you for trying to tone down the flurry of crazy comments. The Tamam Shud Man “Here lies the Unknown Man who was found at Somerton Beach 1st December 1948,” it says on his gravestone. Having the unknown man’s copy of the Rubaiyat, from which he had torn his hidden message, was an exciting break, but seemed to offer little help. This is assuming we are taking about the same guy? There have been many arguments against H. C. Reynolds being the Somerton Man by people close to the case, but a professor who examined the photo finds the theory plausible. Somerton (/ ˈ s ʌ m ər t ən / SUM-ər-tən) is a town and civil parish in the English county of Somerset.It gave its name to the county and was briefly, around the start of the 14th century, the county town, and around 900 was possibly the capital of Wessex.It has held a weekly market since the Middle Ages, and the main square with its market cross is today an attractive location for visitors. The feet might ache, but regain normality of sorts. As I said earlier, I emailed the photo to Nick maybe a week ago. A brain once removed may be sliced up to assist learning for medical student . Could it be that someone had replaced his cigarettes with others that had been laced with poison? He cannot understand where he went wrong with you. The cipher found in a book linked to the Somerton Man certainly attracts the interest of many codebreakers, from the amateur to the esteemed. I note that one of the symptoms of lead poisoning is an enlarged spleen. I have been researching it for some 8 nearly nine years and have been amazed at some of the scenarios that some have created. Gordon quickly builds his own theories on top of why the word “disposal” was used, but it turns out that if we follow the timeline of what happened, it all makes sense. Of interest was his time in hospital. Police took a full set of fingerprints and circulated them throughout the English speaking world, to no avail. Clive’s cause of death was undetermined, although natural causes were ruled out. In the graveyard of St Mary's Church, Somerton, his headstone reads "The Norfolk Giant". He is buried in grave 26 A 11 Reichswald Forest War Cemetery This interpretation assumes that the MS data are substantially correct, and that the high lead levels are not due to external contamination of the hair of some sort – dust containing lead, hair dye containing lead etc. large image. to fake a match to our father, it was a terrible thing to do. Detective Sergeant Lionel Leane wasn’t satisfied that the book contained no additional clues. The meaning of the phrase, “ended,” obviously indicates the man was facing an ending of some kind when he tore the scrap out. According to Abbott, Jessica's son clearly has both of these genetic traits. He’d managed to secure an arrangement where he helped the assistant to the teaching surgeon at the hospital in exchange for ‘mentoring’. Great job! Kate Thompson, the nurse's daughter, has come forward to request the Somerton Man's body be exhumed. back then, so if it’s not reported in the papers, the masses would never have known. There is a good chance that the MS data will enable us to eliminate a lot of sources for the lead, and maybe point to a specific industry.
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