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The Somerton Man: Australia's Strangest Cold Case | History for Sleep
A man in a nice suit sat down against a sea wall on Somerton Beach in nineteen forty-eight and never got up. He had no wallet, no name, and every label cut out of his clothes. Tonight, we take the long way through one of the strangest cold cases in Australian history.
On the morning of December 1, 1948, a body was found on the sand just south of Glenelg, near Adelaide, South Australia. He was well-dressed, clean-shaven, and in excellent health. In his pockets were a bus ticket, an unused train ticket, a comb, some chewing gum, and nothing else. No money. No papers. No identification of any…
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