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They just identified the unknown boy in Philadelphia. He was called the boy in the box, because they found his beaten, naked body in a box in 1957. Through DNA technology they were recently able to identify him. They haven’t even release the name yet, but they said they will soon may he rest in peace

Holy shit, this one dude finds an article about a random unsolved mystery one day and ends up with a full blown family out of it??? This is crazier than the original story if you ask me

I think that nurse gave him her number in order to help him. She sensed his suicidal tendency and thought maybe a talk would help him. There weren't suicide helplines back then. She kept quiet afterwards to avoid any awkward questions from her husband. Also it is easy for members of large families to in large countries to scatter and lose touch, especially if there was no desire to. During the 1930s my grandparents drove from Minnesota to Montana to find one of his brothers. They went to the town his last letter came from. They were told that he was an alcoholic and died in a car crash. No one knew how to contact any relatives.

I can’t believe in the space of a few months they have solved the case of the boy in the box, somerton man AND the Lady of the dunes. These cases all got me hooked on true crime and cold cases, and I never expected one would be solved, let alone all 3. Edit: they haven’t solved the lady of the dunes entirely, but they have found her identity!

What a sad ending to such a great mystery. My heart breaks for poor Charles Webb, he obviously had some sort of mental crisis going on. The saddest thing is that his immediate family had all passed and nobody reported him missing. May Mr Webb RIP. Well done Professor Abbott, your dedication to this case not only solved it but it brought you and Rachel together, a beautiful love story that may not have happened if you weren’t drawn to this case.

All the buzzfeed episodes being solved!! I appreciate ryan and shane for exposing the stories I wouldn’t probably have ever heard about

I can't believe they found both the Sommerton man and the Boy in a Box in a matter of weeks from each other. Hopefully more missing person's cases will be solved using this method

I appreciate the non-relative of Charles Webb admitting that the paintings in her living room are creepy and destined to be donated. That takes a lot of honesty. The unexpected love story attached to this investigation was really heart warming even if Mr. Webb's story turned out to be quite sad. This was an enduring and fascinating mystery nonetheless.

It’s honestly so sad no one reported him missing, I’m glad he has his name back

It's wild how much the relatives they found look like him, that's so cool

It sad to hear a person can die and not be missed by anyone. It was good to hear that some care and they buried him with respect.

The fact that the professor met the love of his life through this case makes me believe that the universe does have a plan

The family resemblance between Stuart Webb and Charles Webb is undeniable - Stuart even has the same dental anomaly (missing upper lateral incisors). It's a wonderful thing that Charles Webb got his identity back, congratulations to all those whose dedication made this possible.

I was a teen, when I first heard about this case. Over the last 45+ years, it occasionally came up again. It is nice to hear that they've given him his name back.

That Charles ended his life alone, with no identity, on a deserted beach, in a city where he didn't belong, must have indicated how he viewed himself in this world. He believed that he was a nobody, who belonged to nobody, with no place to call home. His is a sad story.😔

My birth mom disappeared when I was 4, and I was adopted out. At that time, she was pregnant with a son, who would be my only "full blood" relative in this world and my brother. I think I will never know what happened to her and my brother. It's sad. Her name was Jane Davis, she had a twin sister who died in her 30's from colon cancer, Caucasian, and boy baby would have birthed in Ft Worth, Texas around 1976 - 1978. He almost certainly was adopted out at birth. I guess each of us carry around unresolved mysteries and longing.

I’m American and I’ve been super interested in this case since I was fourteen. Md respect to that professor, and the unexpected little love story was really sweet. I’m glad they found out who he was

I have to admit that I think it's really sweet and touching that this case brought two people together and allowed them to start a family, all beginning from a case that served as a mutual interest and passion between them. It's definitely a unique story in regards to how a couple first met. I'm glad that they can have a good sense of humor about it as well. :)

Saying forensic genealogy is a game changer doesn't quite do it justice.... the number of cold cases that have been solved and John & Jane Does that have been identified in the US over the past few years is absolutely amazing. I was hoping it would start being used to solve cases here in Australia, so after following the Somerton Man case for many years it's brilliant to see the technology give Charles back his identity after so long. RIP Charlie.

Amazing how much his distant relatives alive today look like him. The family resemblance is striking. Glad that DNA evidence is being used to help solve mysteries like this. Kind of annoying to me that the police have yet to confirm anything. They would know by now, but are just sitting on it, possibly to try and discredit the Professor who worked tirelessly his whole life to solve a mystery they couldn’t. Well done professor for sticking to the case and giving this man a name.

Poor guy. I'm glad we have photos of him alive and smiling after years of wondering over that autopsy picture.

Well done Professor not only have you solved the puzzle but you got yourself a very beautiful wife and 3 great kids. I'm so happy this man now has a name and a big family. The brother who found the family photo, bears a striking resemblance to Charles. Many Blessings from Victor Harbor SA 🌻

FINALLY!!! I've known about this poor guy for a long time now. And I never thought they'd figure it out. I'm so glad that he has a name now!! I was always intrigued by his story, and checked now and then for any updates. Thank you for helping this poor guy!!

My great uncle went to Canada, and disappeared. We never found out his fate, and the family didn't have enough money to pay for private investigations. It was so sad and to this day we'd love to know what happened to him. We just pray that he didn't die alone or in bad circumstances, and that he is buried somewhere where someone, maybe, tends his grave. We pray someone loved him, or at least that he had a decent burial. He was born in 1894, and went to Canada in 1912; he disappeared in 1913, and nobody heard from him after that. If only, even now, we could know his fate 😥.

It is so great that this man finally has a name, Charles Webb. And the resemblance between the relatives, especially Stuart Webb is striking! I would like to think now that we can back up the short walk from Somerton Beach to Glenelg beach, and solve the mystery of the Beaumont children. We can but only hope and pray.🙏

Wow, UKposts recommended this episode to me this morning and I'm amazed and thankful to YT for letting me know this great mystery ive been fascinated was finally solved. Rest in peace, Charles Webb. the Somorton man , after all these decades, you got your name back.

I'm an Aussie American and I've followed this case for a long time. It's sounds like Mr. Webb was just a relatively normal guy who happened to become enshrined in history. For some reason, his story reminds me SO MUCH of Henrietta Lacks. Obviously Henrietta isn't a major mystery, but she was just a normal woman, who when she died, just happened to play a role in saving billions of lives (Polio, AIDS, pretty much every vaccine ever invented). Both Mr. Webb and Mrs. Lacks died without knowing what a massive impact they had on the world.

This man is the reason they found each other and formed a beautiful family. They were meant to be together. Such a great story!!!

The fact that nobody from his family looked for Charles but in a way, he helped create another family is making me cry.

There are many men like Charles Webb who slip through the net and feel alone and suicidal. We must take more care of eachother and get help for those family and friends with mental health issues.

I LOVE that they got married the next day and now are happy with three kids. With all the mystery surrounding this case a beautiful love story fits perfectly!

We know he was poisoned - we just don't know whether it was accidental. From his 1921 photos, he seemed happy. From his college photos in 1918 he seemed a bit depressed. The part of his life not covered by the documentary was that he was working in the Red Point Tool company - making drills until Dorothy had a maintenance order forcing him to pay £1 10s. That Dorothy wanted a divorce in 1951 because she was pregnant. She later married Geoffrey Lockyer but lost the child and then lived in Bute. That baby Lockyer is buried a short distance from Carl.

Such admiration for Prof. Abbott's work on bringing this mystery to an apparent conclusion. I do agree that ultimately it should be the Coroner who makes the final determination as to the evidence of the Somerton Man's identity but I suspect such credible research by a clearly very objective researcher (one who is more than willing to dismiss his own working hypothesis in the light of scientific evidence) will be welcomed at any inquest. A remarkable story and lovely to see the families embrace their connections with Charles and show him such respect as an individual while acknowledging his part in Australia's cultural history. RIP Charles Webb.

“Everyone who was involved in this case thought that something would come up tomorrow….but tomorrow never came” That’s so poignant, as the weeks go on it concerns me that this will be the fate of the Idaho murders also.

There's certainly no denying the likeness between Charles and Stuart Webb! It's really quite chilling to understand that it's possible to go from a happy looking, large family gathering to anonymously dead and unmissed in the space of 20 years!! It just goes to highlight not just the fragile nature of life itself, but also the relationship ties that do so much to keep us all hanging in there. It does remain very intriguing as to how Jo Thomson links in with his last days but I imagine that that will now always have to remain a matter of speculation only. In the end though, it is nice that he's finally got his name and, just as importantly, his smile back. RIP mate 🌹

I actually worked at West Terrace Cemetery in Adelaide in the late 1990s and into the 2000s and was always fascinated with that grave and it's mysterious story surrounding it. West Terrace Cemetery in the heart of Adelaide was very very old and had many prominent people buried there so finding a grave like that, that had no answers, was fascinating to me. Glad family has been found.

So good to finally put an identity on that body. The passing of his parents and brother meant that no one really missed him and he was able slip away unnoticed by loved ones. The scrap of paper he kept in this pocket was a nice touch.

22:10 "This was a person" "he wasn't just an unsolved mystery, he was our family" - well said

The Somerton man case is sad, but can I just say, that my heart was warmed by the fact that the professor and the supposed granddaughter got married and had a family? if he is her grandfather, he can rest in peace knowing his family is larger because of him, and I like that.

I’ve always wondered what happened to this man. I wish we had all the answers. Can you imagine sitting down on a beautiful beach and dying and nobody knows who you are? Sad.

I quite simply loved this piece. Excellent handling of the material. Kudos to all involved.

When you realise that the biggest unsolved mysteries in the world happen because relatives just don’t bother to report their family missing .. it’s sad

This is heartwarming to see the closure finally. None should be left as unknown. We all deserve a name no matter what. This has been such a long running mystery. The new DNA tech and family ancestry contributions have been tremendous in solving such cases.

The only issue I had with this is sometimes it felt like they were bashing the people who knew him for not looking for him or reporting him missing after he went missing when in reality he might've pushed everyone away, might've been a not very nice person to be around, maybe they didn't even have a relationship and weren't in each other's lives, etc and it wasn't them just "being mean" and "not caring about him" plus we have to remember all this happened well over half a century ago and things were different back then, it was much easier to lose contact, they didn't have the technology we have today, people often just dipped out (my dad graduated from high school in the early 1980's and he says as a teenager him, his brother, their friends and other people they knew would often leave without warning and drive or hitch hike to different states and be gone for days and weeks sometimes and that once he got out on his own due to the lack of technology he'd go months to years without seeing or talking to his loved ones and really the only form of normal communication they had was postcards or letters with the rare phone call thrown in there), police departments weren't in as much contact with each other as they are today if at all, etc. I know it's easy to make someone who died especially tragically out to be a perfect saint and that they were a victim but life, people and relationships are way more complicated then that 🤷🏻‍♀️ I sadly have a few family members that i'm not close with, that live all over the world and that I haven't seen or talked to in years so if what happened to him happened to one of them (or to me) I or them wouldn't have any idea and it wouldn't be because we didn't care or we're mean but because we just didn't know and couldn't know, hell one of my friends often goes off the radar for months on end (living off the grid in his camper) because he just likes being alone and out in nature sometimes and won't even tell anyone when he does it so once again him being gone for long periods of time is normal and wouldn't be cause for alarm so if god forbid something did happen to him odds are no one would do anything either not because we don't care or we're mean but because he does it normally, so it's not fair to judge the people around him because we have no idea what their relationship was like and don't have any of the details 🤷🏻‍♀️

I've heard of this for so long, but I am glad that such a sad person, who wrote poetry and lost loved ones....is finally known. It is nice to know he had a large family, and that he is now a memory for family members and much of the world.

I'm not surprised his family never spoke about him or passed down the story. That generation was secretive

Well look. In the end he was never ever forgotten. More people devoted more time, passion, care, to identifying this man and telling his story, than almost anyone else gets. I'm glad he's been identified and his story has been told. One of adelaides tales has finally been concluded.

OMG! I've waited so long for a resolution to this case!

It's great to hear that Sommerton man finally has a name. I think that the S.A police are dragging their feet with the official announcement, because it wasn't them who solved this mystery. If they'd done the DNA testing when they said they would, back when they exhumed the body, this could've been solved sooner. Hopefully, the coroner's office will get the job of formal identification done soon, so the Webb family can give Charles the funeral he deserves - even though it's 70 years later Rest in peace Carl " Charles" Webb. (AKA Sommerton Man.).🌹

I find it a very satisfying story. That he was just a normal guy makes the whole story so much better in my opinion. Rest in peace, troubled Charlie.

What a great story overall, even though Charles Webb's life was really sad. But through this mystery, two people were brought together and this alone made me smile. The mystery also connected the entire Webb family in a unique way, and this is another legacy of Charles Webb.

It’s remarkable the level of respect they gave this man in death.

I still remember when I found this case for the first time. I was a high schooler who still learning how to use the internet & interested in searching for mysteries. Then I look at this poor man's photograph in a thumbnail on one of mystery sites & clicked to read it. Years later, I find him again in a somewhat similar manner on this site, but with the mysteries solved in a very unexpected way. It's a sad, yet beautiful story. Thank you to the people who help Carl Webb & his family to find him back. May he rest in peace.

I never thought this case or "The boy in a box case" would be solved in my lifetime, they're tragic stories but cool to see. I would also like it if Lee Culter and Nicholas Barkley's cases could be solved too. I know there are thousands of cases but these two are two I haven't been able to forget.

I'm 48 and an American and this case has always intrigued me. So awesome to have some answers!

I only heard of this story a year or so ago. But these new details are very sad. He lost his mother, his father, a beloved brother and the end of his marriage. No wonder he was probably unhappy enough to commit suicide. Very very sad indeed. I am however glad that he finally has his rightful name back. Rest ln Peace, Charlie. 🌹😔🌹. 🐾🌈☮️🇨🇦

I am amazed that so many of these individuals have never heard of the case. I live in Minnesota (in the USA) and knew about this case 30 years ago.

I’ve heard of this case but never heard about this update. So glad they cracked it. It reminds of a story about a lady found dead in Europe somewhere on a snowy mountain top. I can’t remember the details, but she too had her tags cut out of her clothing. She stayed at a hotel and everything seemed odd, so a lot of people thought she might be a spy. She was tall with short dark hair. Crazy.

So very sad, to be so alone. He must have suffered from depression. May he be at peace now.

Seen another video that the nurse whose phone number was found in the book was questionned by police BUT was very much uncooperative, according to police reports (which I have not read, just for precision), the didnt push further because the cause was ruled a suicide and NOT a murder. So the theory was that Uncle Carlo was freshly divorced and up for a new start in a new city, things didnt go as planned (aka he was still depressed but now he was depressd at the beach, which sounds better but isnt), got the number for the nurse who distributed meds illegally as a side hustle (hence her non cooperation), and off he went at the nearby beach, pills in his stomach, watching the sunset one last time. The more romantic theory is that he had a relationship with her, his demons caught up with hi so she kicked him out. He took his stuff and some pills from the cabinet and went for a last sunset on the beach. The less romantic is that she gave him the pills because he was abusive. Either way the consensus seemed to be that the meds that poisonned him came from her, either willingly or not, and she didn't talk because she was either cheating on her husband or she was afraid to be arrested for murder.

I trust the professor more than I trust the police. Fascinating and outstanding work.

The irony he thought nobody cared and we all tuned in anting to find his identity ♥️ wish I could time travel to hug him and tell him he’s not alone

Stuart Webb looks just like Carl Webb. I've been following this case for several years. So happy that Carl Webb has finally got his name back.

Goosebumps and tears. I've heard about this mystery for years. It's a bittersweet resolution. I commend all the people who worked so hard on it. Rest in peace Charles ❤️

Absolutely amazing, tireless dedication to this case...I sincerely wish that Adelaide's other cold case of the missing Beaumont children could be solved as well.

I paused at 9 minutes. I'm not sure the revelation of who the Somerton Man was can top my shock at two strangers meeting to talk about this mystery and deciding to get married the next day. That broke my brain.

Thanks to everyone who worked on this case especially the Professor.

An amazing story, with a sad ending for Charles, but also a happy ending for the family

The divorce description of violent tendencies coupled with the alienation of friends and family make me wonder if he had a traumatic brain injury, possibly from playing football. Erratic behavior can become worse and even dangerous over time. The decline in behavior can be slow enough that people don't link it to the original injury. Sadly this happened to my husband.

It is heartbreaking story, but yet slightly comforting that now he has his name back. I am still wiping the tears off my cheeks and out of my eyes. I guess I'm just a silly sentimental older guy.

And still the Police haven’t cracked the case! Makes you wonder about the Beaumont children’s case. Perhaps the good Professor could take a look?

I’ve been wondering about the poor guy since I found out about him decades ago. So sad

His family didn't reported him missing because he was so unpleasant to be around. In a way, they were relieved that he had no contact with them. Human relationships, especially familial, are complicated, resulting in both joy and utter sadness.

Someone better tell Ryan and Shane that these cases are getting solved, this man, the boy in the box and the lady of the dunes!!! And I’m happy that the new technology are having some closure to these cold cases. May they Rest In Peace

Omg, this case has haunted me for years, I wish they also solve the case of " the boy in the box".

What a great story! As an amateur genealogist, I can attest that it is common for serious investigators to discover interesting family stories, long forgotten. My own family is no exception, and I’ve done family histories, almost always with interesting results, for several friends.

Such a sad ending to this mystery. He was a lonely depressed man who died being as alone as he felt. And that led to him not being recognized despite being a nation-wide mystery....

The saddest part was that he died alone, nobody knew who he was, and nobody looked for him in his family.

I always said to myself, "how could nobody recognize him." This is the late 40's. No TV. No national newspaper. When you take that away it is a very small radius. Once the immediate family has passed, the newer generations would have no reason to suspect anything. With that said, that nurse was FOS.

Everything makes sense and yet nothing does. WHY did no one report him? The family looked so happy in those pictures - surely there was at least one person who would've said "Anyone seen Charles?" Mind boggling.

I think that prior to the internet the difficulties with keeping in touch with people meant that no one thought it strange if a relative just up and left for good, particularly a troubled soul like Charles.

At 28:44 of this wonderful documentary, Charlie signed his name (I think), and it is a very happy use of characters, which seems unlike the sadness of his life story. I was in a bad relationship with my first wife, which was devastating to me while married, and in the divorce process, but I relate to the staggering depths of depression I was in. Lucky for me, my sons and my new wife pulled me back into appreciating myself and enjoying my new marriage and new life, away from the previous chaos. Charlie, we are brothers!

whoever edited/directed this video did a splendid job. from raising curiosity, to tugging at our heartstrings, to the sadness of depression and anger to domestic violence. and the last tidbit of comedy. it was all wrapped up into a very engaging story.

There was an almost identical case in Ireland where a man removed all the labels from his clothes and all trace of where he'd come from, then commited suicide on the beach. I think this gives a clue as to why they both chose the beach. They clearly didn't want to be traced. Maybe didn't want the shame of suicide, who knows. But the one piece of evidence neither of them could dispose of was their bodies. Give people a problem and they often come up with similar solutions. They did it on the beach in the hopes the tide would come in and carry their bodies out to sea before they could be discovered. That's my theory about the beach part anyway.

Finally! He deserved to be known. He has his place in the world.💪🏾

This case is really enduring. Not just the fact that someone has finally found him and I did find him, but the fact that people even cared enough to keep this case going. There are so many Jane and John Does and forgotten people. May he rest in peace

I don‘t know what will have to happen to make me believe the Nurse did really not know the man that died 5 minutes from her home, having a discarded a book with her number written on it a couple of weeks before… But anyway, I‘m saddened by Charlie Webb just as much as I was by the Somerton Man.

You know what's a bit sad? We keep having to 'research' our dead relatives, our family trees, partially (but not only) because we neglect to maintain relationships with them when they're still alive.

No way, seriously?! I didn’t think this would ever have a conclusion!

I was going to say the troubled fool must have alienated his entire family, else why did none of them go looking for him or place a death notice after a given period. But a complete vacuum there seems impossible especially with the size of that family gathering in the picture. Am I ing things or is there a cover-up going on. Why don't the police come out with it? Why was that nurse so terrified? They couldn't convince or cajole her into testifying, maybe with a promise to keep it confidential till she died? What was her role in the saga once again. That nurse slipping through their fingers is one of the most unfortunate things about this quest. It certainly a beautiful, gracious, heart-rending production. My thanks to all involved in it.

My older brother was “missing” for about 6 years. No one reported him missing either. I didn’t start even worrying about him until the 3rd year in because he was not a stable kind of person. He had an ex wife and 4 daughters. His last two may or may not be his biokids-dunno because his wife was not a stable person either. They both had personality issues and some drug use. My mom had a traumatic brain injury so I came back to the area briefly to help sort her financials so I tracked down some rumors I had heard of someone seeing him at this grill type restaurant and I just asked a waiter if he knew of him. He actually did and he knew where he was living and gave me detailed directions to what was basically a meth house. I stumbled thru trash in the back yard (the front was locked ) and thru two broken doors and kept looking until I saw one apartment and I knocked. He was in there-almost unrecognizable. Hair falling out and a mess 100x worse than his normal mess. But I told him about mom and that he needed to go see her. It took him 2 years, then he went and “borrowed” her car, stole it for 9 months then gave it to a “friend” and my sister heard rumors it had been seen so on one of her trips down there she drove around and around and finally spotted it in the backyard of some guys house. The police retrieved it, arrested the guy but didn’t ever prosecute. He claimed he didn’t know it was stolen. Then a few months later my brother showed up again and convinced mom and dad to let him move back in with them. Best thing he did-he got clean-mostly. Off the meth anyway, But with his extreme Adhd he always was gonna self medicate a bit just to function. He was still a crap father and the two youngest never got to know him, He was cooking meth and selling it even clean I believe. Mom’s travel trailer blew up so…likely. People who go missing aren’t necessarily missed if you know what I mean. I had always hated him for his extreme cruelty to me as a kid but when he discovered pot he got nicer kind of. After he died a few years ago I started researching to figure out what was wrong with him since birth. I came to the conclusion he was a chimera-a person with 2 DNAs. It answered everything. He was left handed and right footed-the doctors had said it was impossible. but that was just part of his oddities.

the somerton man, the lady of the dunes, and the boy in the box. all identified in the same year. absolutely incredible.

Coincidentally, my stepdad kept a copy of the Rubiyat in his pocket while a Prisoner of War in Burma.... He stated it saved his life.... Its only a small book with beautiful words...those words gave him comfort to survive .

Stuart looks so like Charles. Spooky really! What a great story. I do remember reading about case years ago and I’m very happy that Charles can now rest in pease, his name and family finally restored to him.

Wow. The minute I saw Stuart he was clearly related as he looked almost exactly like him. So glad that this case has been solved and that he can be put to rest and his family has some closure. Even if they didn't know about his case. Sometimes the craziest stories bring about the most beautiful unexpected results.

i think ryan and shane covered this a couple years ago. my condolences to this man. i hope more cases can be solved

I wish they had of tracked down and interviewed Dorothy Robinson's family, there's possibly a very good reason they didn't go searching for him, perhaps she was just so relieved he was no longer there being abusive to her. Sad story really. I wonder if he'd found temporary comfort in the arms of the nurse? She did seem cagey when police first interviewed her after finding her phone number in his pocket.

Had a chuckle about the paintings at the end.. glad they solved this mystery. It’s interesting how our imaginations can paint an entire reality that never was..

This makes me cry thinking of this man losing so much in such a short time. He deserves the best in burial and for his living family to find out what happened to him after he left and was found a year later dead on a beach.