The Latest Breaking News from Carl Webb

Beast mode: Taumalolo winds back clock to fire Cowboys

North Queensland wrecking ball Jason Taumalolo is back to the form that lifted the Cowboys a maiden premiership and he says peak physical condition is key.

AAP · Apr 11

Devil in the detail: debutant Maroon's rise after ACLs

Beau Fermor has risen from two ACL ruptures in his short career and the Queenslander has erased any doubts about whether he could return to his best.

AAP · May 21, 2025

Carl Webb video clips fire Cotter to do Maroons proud

Queensland players wore an Indigenous jersey at training last week co-designed by late Maroons hero Carl Webb, and prop Reuben Cotter wants to do him proud.

AAP · Jun 1, 2024

What do we know about Carl Webb? Researchers find ads, photographs to paint picture of well-to-do man

Researchers uncover more details of Carl Webb, who they say is the Somerton Man, including images of his nephew and other members of the Webb family. They believe the Somerton Man may have been wearing his nephew's clothes when he was found in 1948.

ABC News · Sep 7, 2022

Is Carl Webb really the Somerton Man and if so, was he a spy?

The Somerton Man has all but been identified as Melbourne-born electrical engineer Carl "Charles" Webb — but not everyone is convinced.

ABC News · Sep 1, 2022

Somerton Man photo search focuses on Swinburne junior football snap from 1921

International Somerton Man sleuthing efforts have uncovered a photo of a junior football team from 1921 that could potentially contain an image of the mystery figure when he was just a boy, but the hypothesis remains far from certain.

ABC News · Aug 15, 2022

Somerton Man sleuth Nick Pelling steps up efforts to shed light on life of Carl Webb

The Somerton Man mystery has occupied the time of professional investigators as well as enthusiasts, with the recent breakthrough spurring them to dig further.

ABC News · Aug 4, 2022

Mystery of Somerton Man SOLVED after 73 years as DNA finally identifies body

Intrigue surrounded has surrounded the case of the Somerton Man for seven decades after nobody came forward to claim the body of a man found dead on a beach

Daily Mirror · Aug 4, 2022

The DNA, the code and the conspiracies — your top questions about the Somerton Man mystery answered

Following a breakthrough in the Somerton Man case, we asked you to put your burning questions to the experts. Here's what they had to say.

ABC News · Aug 3, 2022

Carl 'Charles' Webb's prisoner-of-war brother bears resemblance to Somerton Man

Researchers have found a photograph of Carl Webb's brother, who died a prisoner of war, and he bears a "reasonable" resemblance to the Somerton Man.

ABC News · Aug 2, 2022