- Tamam Shud Case: The Unidentified Body December 1, 1948… A body was found on Somerton Beach in Adelaide, Australia. The body had no identification documents on it, and even the labels of its clothes had been removed. The autopsy revealed that the body was poisoned, but the type of poison and cause of death could not be determined.
Making the incident even more mysterious was a piece of paper found in the body’s pocket. It read “Tamam Shud” (Persian for “The End” or “Finished”). This paper was torn from a copy of Omar Khayyam’s poetry book “Rubaiyat”. Another copy of the book was later found, and it turned out to have an encrypted message on the back. However, this message could not be deciphered either. The identity of the body, the cause of death, and the meaning of the “Tamam Shud” note are still a mystery. The Tamam Shud Case continues to be one of the most mysterious murders in modern history.