Officially: the man who died twice — The Majavatn Mystery

David Morgan
Sep 27, 2021

Richard Osman has a fictional account of the Thursday Murder club called The Man Who Died Twice. But in 1971 Douglas Wicoff junior was declared the victim of the Majavatn mystery. He was run over by a train. The body was unrecognisable but they knew he was an exceptionally tall man. The body was cremated. The case was solved.

But then in December 1971, he sent a Christmas card to his friends in Norway.

My account of this mystery with the official solution and a suggested possible new direction:

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David Morgan

Was developing apps for social good e.g. Zung Test, Accident Book. BA Hons and student of criminology. Writing about true crime. Next cancer patient.