Case 100

The Beaumont Children

*** Warning: This case involves a child victim ***

On January 26 1966, siblings Jane, Arna and Grant Beaumont joined the hundreds of Adelaide residents who flocked to Glenelg beach to find respite from the scorching summer heat. It was a trip they’d made on their own many times before, and as usual, their mother Nancy sent them off with just enough money to buy bus fare and lunch from the bakery. 

However, panic kicked in when the Beaumont children failed to return home. Their disappearance sparked one of South Australia’s longest-running criminal investigations and changed the Australian way of life forever.

CREDITS

 

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EPISODE:

Research & writing – Elsha McGill

Additional editing – Milly Raso

Narration – Anonymous Host

 

MUSIC:

‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro – www.dl-sounds.com

Audio production – Mike Migas 

Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn

 

OTHER:

Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska

RESOURCES

 

BOOKS:

‘Searching for the Beaumont Children’ – Alan J Whiticker

‘The Missing Beaumont Children’ – Michael Madigan

‘The Satin Man’ – Alan Whiticker & Stuart Mullins

 

VIDEOS:

The Beaumont Children: What Really Happened? – Channel 7 Investigates

International Tribunal for Natural Justice – Rachel Vaughan Witness Testimony

Criminal Investigation Australia: The Wanda Beach Murders & Beaumont Children Mystery

The Fishermen: Journey Into the Mind of a Killer 

 

ARTICLES:

Frail Parents of Missing Beaumont Children Still Suffering Police Say – The Australian

Beaumont kids breakthrough – New Idea

Beaumont children excavation called off by SA police – ABC

The Beaumonts, Kriste and Joanne: The Mystery May Be Over – The Sydney Morning Herald

Sister of abducted girl calls for urgent DNA retesting of evidence in long-term missing children cases – News.com.au

Child killer Derek Percy was linked to deaths of nine children – ABC

Allan “Max” McIntyre — who was linked to the disappearance of the Beaumont children in 1966 — has died – News.com.au

Vigilantes hunt convicted paedophile in South-East Asia to quiz him over the missing Beaumont children – Adelaide Now

Ex-Adelaide scout master Anthony Munro jailed for boys’ abuse – AU News

DIGGING FOR ANSWERS After five decades, are police about to solve the mystery of the missing Beaumont children? – WHO

Animal bones found at New Castalloy factory site as Beaumont children search continues – ABC News

 

ADDITIONAL SOURCES:

National Library of Australia Digital Archives

The Beaumont Children

The search of Myponga Reservoir

Crossed Wires in Kaniva

Missing Beaumont Children: SAPOL To Dig The Sink Hole at McIntyre Road, Stansbury – Change.org

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