The Somerton Man ..

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May 15

A of rumor of war

John Sanders has long been an angel of retribution, but to understand the man, hard as it is and without knowing his experiences in the Vietnamese war, a man can only imagine, and helping that imagination is to be had by reading a book by Phillip Caputo – an American youth only too happy to don the uniform, join the Marines, and when his lights died he wrote this book.

Having read it, and thinking now I have at last have some little understanding of that doomed American enterprise, am an understanding of what that old boy had gone through.

May 12

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Carl Webb’s hair.

A working theory as to how it got there.

May 10

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Provenance, who needs it?

Provenance is the place of origin, earliest known history, or the documented chain of ownership/custody of an object. It traces an item’s journey from creation to the present, verifying its authenticity, history, and legality in fields like art, archaeology, and computing, including the provenance of competing forensic evidence.

May 5

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AI – just asking

No need for any human input ..

Apr 27

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Preparations for death.

Ready ?

Apr 22

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The rootless hair and differing mitochondrial DNA in two hair shafts taken from the same body.

Just when we thought it was all sorted ...

Apr 19

One problem for the coroner and one for the professor

There is no inarguable chain of evidence that supports the accepted theory that the hair found on the outside of the bust belonged to the Somerton man.

There appears to have been no official search of morgue records as to whether there were any more unidentified bodies in the morgue at the same time as the Somerton man was occupying a space there.

Perhaps these are the reasons for the long delay.

And if they are, one might agree with Xanthe Mallett in that there may never be a coronial finding and the Somerton Man mystery will remain as such.

https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/xanthe-mallett

Apr 5

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What astounds me, is ..

Why nobody has ever risen to try and decipher the code, given that in every line of over seven letters, the seventh is the letter A

Mar 25

Spot the difference ..

Charlie in the top pic has had his height increased by 3 inches to 5’11” – the same height as the Somerton Man.

Mar 1

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SAPOL procedures back in the late forties.

… not so good.

Feb 27

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About the work of Paul Lawson – Updated.

.. and various other matters outstanding

Feb 24

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A tribute to Çlive

Of all the open-heàrted contributors over the many years this blog has been in operation there has been onè man who has maintained a dignified and learned presence .. except for his blasted puns, otherwise the old lad would be lionised.
So what can I say, Clive, apart from thanks, you kept the numbers up old son.

Pete.

Feb 20

A Spy Among Friends

Needs watching

Based on a book about Kim Philby, written by Ben Macyintre.

Episodes streaming on Apple TV plus others.

Feb 19

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The Abbott interview that never happened.

It was all over in a minute.

Feb 14

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The Rubaiyat, the code and the Tamam Shud slip

Links in a chain

Feb 12

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The hidden Jestyn.

Thirty years is a long time.

Feb 9

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Nazi technicians, nurses and hospitals.

You know it makes sense ..

Feb 4

What powers does a coroner have?

Did Coroner Cleland have the power to depose a witness despite the objections of the local police?

Feb 3

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The Somerton Man Super Slueths ..

The bloke who reckons you’re a mug is probably SAPOL.

Jan 30

The Sly Dog Strikes – SA Senior Politicians Run For Cover

Imagine, here you are in Adelaide and out of nowhere you get the chance to brace both the SA Deputy Premier and his AG ..

Jan 29

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Boxall, Harkness and Prosper Thomson

“When most people think about the Somerton Man case, they picture a mystery beginning and ending.” Gordon Cramer

Jan 27

Just when things couldn’t get any worse ..

… it doesn’t matter what you say, Carl Webb is no Carlotta.

Jan 25

The fact that nobody has made a comment here today …

… means the subject matter, being the Somerton Man Case, is old and nearly dead news.

Check Pelling – nothing doing there.

Check Cramer – nothing doing there, though the old boy’s not convinced.

Check here – it’s all been written.

Jan 23

This is what’s generally believed ..

From the left ..

Jan 21

Spy literature, what’s true, what’s fiction and who wrote what.

Influences.

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