# He took poison deliberately, probably a cardiac glycoside or a hypnotic.

> Most likely: He took poison deliberately, probably a cardiac glycoside or a hypnotic.

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Answer · Somerton Man (Tamam Shud)

# He took poison deliberately, probably a cardiac glycoside or a hypnotic.

He took poison deliberately, probably a cardiac glycoside or a hypnotic.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: three pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- His history shows suicidal intent.
- The organ findings fit a poison that 1948 toxicology could not detect.

## What would rule it out

- Evidence that he was moved or attacked, or a natural cause found in the remains.

## Evidence 3 for · none against

[A 1994 review by John Harber Phillips concluded 'there seems little doubt it was digitalis'.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/evidence/EVD0CVC244T59V4/a-1994-review-by-john-harber-phillips-concluded-there-seems)

Suggestive

FOR

[Cleland concluded death was almost certainly not natural and that poison was probably taken with suicidal…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/evidence/EVD0CVC23N61K3K/cleland-concluded-death-was-almost-certainly-not-natural-and)

Supported

FOR

[Webb's wife said he tried to kill himself with ether in 1946 and wrote poems about wanting to die.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/evidence/EVD0CVC23X04FNA/webbs-wife-said-he-tried-to-kill-himself-with-ether-in-1946)

Suggestive

FOR

## The questions it answers

[How did he die?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/questions/QST0CVC20QE314Y/how-did-he-die)

Most likelyHe took poison deliberately, probably a cardiac glycoside or a hypnotic

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). He took poison deliberately, probably a cardiac glycoside or a hypnotic. [Answer ANS0CVC23DC5VS0]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CVC23DC5VS0
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