Mystery · 1948

The Tamam Shud Case: A Dead Man and an Unbroken Cipher

On the morning of December 1st, 1948, an unidentified man is found dead on a beach in Adelaide. In a hidden pocket of his trousers is a torn piece of paper. It reads, in Persian: tamám shud.

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