They Called Him Mostly Harmless

They Called Him Mostly Harmless

After he was found, the search began.

202489 min6.3 / 10

A methodical true-crime investigation that transforms a mystery of identity into a meditation on who we are and what we leave behind.

When an unidentified hiker is found deceased in the Florida wilderness, authorities release a sketch. Multiple hikers call in claiming to have met the man. There's only one problem – he never told them his name. It would take two years, thousands of devoted internet sleuths, and a miracle of science to identify him, and that's when the trouble really starts.

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