# Wikipedia contributors n.d.: Somerton Man > Wikipedia contributors, n.d.. 33 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Used for the narrative of 1948-1949 and the code transcription pending direct… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CVC1S587WM4/somerton-man Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Somerton Man (Tamam Shud)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man)Wikipedia contributors n.d. **0** # Somerton Man Wikipedia contributors, n.d.. _Wikipedia_. Long reference article drawing on the inquest record (Cleland 1949), Feltus's 2010 book and press coverage. **Somerton Man (Tamam Shud)** Web pageChecked against the original0 ## What it's used for here Used for the narrative of 1948-1949 and the code transcription pending direct reading of the inquest file and Feltus. ## Cited by on this site 33 records [He died of natural causes.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/answers/ANS0CVC25427ZZ9/he-died-of-natural-causes) Answer ANS [He was another named candidate (H. C. Reynolds, Carl Halban, or a relative of Jessica Thomson).](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/answers/ANS0CVC22E47Q9R/he-was-another-named-candidate-h-c-reynolds-carl-halban-or-a) Answer ANS [He was poisoned by someone else, possibly in connection with espionage.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/answers/ANS0CVC24CM38JE/he-was-poisoned-by-someone-else-possibly-in-connection-with) Answer ANS [She did not know him; the number came to be in the book some other way.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/answers/ANS0CVC28S84N3X/she-did-not-know-him-the-number-came-to-be-in-the-book-some) Answer ANS [She knew him and concealed it.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/answers/ANS0CVC289M5DMA/she-knew-him-and-concealed-it) Answer ANS [The letters are meaningless, the product of a disturbed or intoxicated mind.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/answers/ANS0CVC27J66GJQ/the-letters-are-meaningless-the-product-of-a-disturbed-or) Answer ANS [Brown suitcase and contents](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/artifacts/ART0CVC2BQ0136M/brown-suitcase-and-contents) ART [Plaster bust (death cast) of the Somerton Man, with hair embedded](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/artifacts/ART0CVC2A8473XZ/plaster-bust-death-cast-of-the-somerton-man-with-hair) ART [Police photographs of the body and of where it lay, December 1948](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/artifacts/ART0CVC2CP85SGP/police-photographs-of-the-body-and-of-where-it-lay-december) ART [The Rubaiyat (Whitcombe and Tombs, 1941) with the pencilled code and telephone number](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/artifacts/ART0CVC2AFY695G/the-rubaiyat-whitcombe-and-tombs-1941-with-the-pencilled) ART [The exhumed remains](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/artifacts/ART0CVC2BF62F37/the-exhumed-remains) ART [The five pencilled lines from the Rubaiyat, with variant readings](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CVC29GP6HG3/the-five-pencilled-lines-from-the-rubaiyat-with-variant) Dataset DAT [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) Evidence EVD [A witness in 1959 reported seeing a man carrying another along the beach the night before.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/evidence/EVD0CVC24ME2ZSM/a-witness-in-1959-reported-seeing-a-man-carrying-another) Evidence EVD [Defence cryptographers in 1978 found too few symbols for a satisfactory answer.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/evidence/EVD0CVC27AC2ANR/defence-cryptographers-in-1978-found-too-few-symbols-for-a) Evidence EVD [Her daughter said in 2013 that her mother had lied to police and knew who he was.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/evidence/EVD0CVC28HE3NPF/her-daughter-said-in-2013-that-her-mother-had-lied-to-police) Evidence EVD [No physical evidence ties the death to another person or to intelligence work.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/evidence/EVD0CVC24W83TW7/no-physical-evidence-ties-the-death-to-another-person-or-to) Evidence EVD [The heart was normal and the pathologist found no natural disease to account for death.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/evidence/EVD0CVC25BW1SXB/the-heart-was-normal-and-the-pathologist-found-no-natural) Evidence EVD [These candidates rest on photograph comparison or circumstance, not DNA.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/evidence/EVD0CVC22NY5J86/these-candidates-rest-on-photograph-comparison-or) Evidence EVD [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) Evidence EVD [A brown suitcase linked to the man is found in the station cloakroom](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/events/EVT0CVC1XA247HW/a-brown-suitcase-linked-to-the-man-is-found-in-the-station) EVT [Body found against the sea wall at Somerton Park](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/events/EVT0CVC1X281KN4/body-found-against-the-sea-wall-at-somerton-park) EVT [Department of Defence cryptographers report the code cannot be read](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/events/EVT0CVC1YRY19GV/department-of-defence-cryptographers-report-the-code-cannot) EVT [Inquest resumed and adjourned sine die with no new findings](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/events/EVT0CVC1YH46GEW/inquest-resumed-and-adjourned-sine-die-with-no-new-findings) EVT [South Australia Police exhume the body for DNA testing](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/events/EVT0CVC1Z8J7MHY/south-australia-police-exhume-the-body-for-dna-testing) EVT [The man is buried at West Terrace Cemetery](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/events/EVT0CVC1XSP7479/the-man-is-buried-at-west-terrace-cemetery) EVT [The man is presumed to arrive by train, check a suitcase and take a bus toward Glenelg](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/events/EVT0CVC1WTE36TB/the-man-is-presumed-to-arrive-by-train-check-a-suitcase-and) EVT [Jessica Thomson (born Harkness)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/people/FIG0CVC1W306K6Z/jessica-thomson-born-harkness) FIG [The Somerton Man (Tamam Shud)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man) The mystery article MYS [Did Jessica Thomson know the man?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/questions/QST0CVC21721ZM4/did-jessica-thomson-know-the-man) Question QST [How did he die?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/questions/QST0CVC20QE314Y/how-did-he-die) Question QST [Jessica Thomson: Shown the plaster cast by police, said she did not recognise the man;…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/accounts/WIT0CVC207T7RXK/jessica-thomson-shown-the-plaster-cast-by-police-said-she) WIT [anonymous (two couples): One couple saw a man lying on his back in the spot where the body was…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/accounts/WIT0CVC20004QZD/anonymous-two-couples-one-couple-saw-a-man-lying-on-his-back) WIT ## Cite it ``` Wikipedia contributors (n.d.). 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