About This Episode
This episode of the podcast Heart Starts Pounding investigates one of Australia's most unsettling unsolved cases — the disappearance of the three Beaumont siblings. On January 26, 1966, Jane (9), Arnna (7), and Grant Beaumont (4) took the bus to Glenelg Beach in Adelaide for a day at the seaside. They were seen playing with an unknown man and appeared to be comfortable in his company. The children never returned home.
The podcast walks through the events of that day, witness accounts from those who saw the children, and the extensive investigations that followed. The case shocked the nation and fundamentally changed how Australian parents approached child safety. Over the years, numerous theories and suspects have emerged, but no one has ever been convicted.
Heart Starts Pounding lays out the known facts of the case and discusses the various hypotheses about what happened to the three siblings. The episode also examines the case's lasting impact on Australian society and the Beaumont family's lifelong search for answers.
