The Disappearance of the Beaumont Children

On January 26th, 1966 three children set off for the beach in Adelaide, South Australia, and never came home.

Show Notes

Warning: Talk of sexual assault and child deaths

On January 26th, 1966, three children set off for the beach in Adelaide, South Australia, and never came home. 

What happened to the Beaumont children? In what has become one of Australia’s most enduring mysteries, the theories are many and the answers are few.

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