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Yes, a Shark in 1935 Vomited a Tattooed Human Arm in Australia

One of Australia’s biggest murder mysteries cost an arm and one hell of a stomach ache (for the shark). The unsolved murder of James Smith and the story of how his arm made it into the belly of a tiger shark in Sydney captured the imagination of Australians ever since the shark vomited the appendage out in 1935.

Nur Ibrahim reports.

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