Hi, Crime junkies. I'm your host Ashley Flowers and I'm Britt. And since yesterday was Australia

day for our wonderful listeners, Down Under.

I guess not do that. We I think we did that in the fan club once where we tried to do

Australia in accents. It's really bad you guys. But anyways, we wanted to celebrate by

telling you about one of the most infamous and enduring mysteries in Australian history.

But before we tell you our story, though, we want to send our thoughts to everyone in

Australia during this horrific brush fire season, the Australian Red Cross is on the front

lines of disaster relief. And we encourage everyone to donate and support their efforts

like we are doing. You can find a link on our website or you can go to redcross.org.au.

Now today's story is one of those cases that never really let's go over countries, national

imagination, kind of like John Bene Ramsey for us here in the US or Madeline McCann for

those in the UK in 1966. Three young children left their home to go swimming at the beach

on Australia day and were never seen again. Their disappearance changed Australian life

forever and thrust caution into the forefront of parents' minds all over the country.

This is the story of the Beaumont children.

January 26, 1966 is a scorching hot day in Adelaide. Despite the weather, the city is

brimming with excitement because not only is it Australia day with this long weekend

coming up, but there's also an upcoming Ashes cricket test match. So the city is teaming

with sports fan from all across the country. The South Australian State Capitol Adelaide

is this coastal city on the St Vincent Gulf. And since the temperature is due to get up

to 40 degrees Celsius, which is like 104 degrees Fahrenheit, the local beaches are packed

on this day. Everybody has the same idea to beat the heat by heading to the ocean, maybe

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