From the Disappearance of the Beaumont Children in 1966, the Rundle Street Seige in 1976, to the Snowtown Murders in the mid-1990s – These five solved and unsolved crime cases still rock Australia to this day.
Disappearance of the Beaumont Children
On Australia Day 1966, three young siblings caught the bus to Glenelg Beach, Adelaide. They told their mother they’d be back by noon, but haven’t been seen since.
Crime Insiders, ‘DETECTIVES: The Potential Burial Site of the Beaumont Children‘
The Snowtown Murders
A series of murders committed by a group of men between 1992-1999
The bodies were found in barrels, stored in an abandoned bank vault in Snowtown
The Last Podcast On The Left, ‘The Snowtown Murders Part I‘
The Somerton Man
In 1948, the body of an unidentified man was found with a note in his pocket reading “tamám shud” (Persian for ‘it’s over’).
The unsolved case involves a possible poisoning, a mysterious code, and a Cold War connection.
Redhanded, ‘Tamám Shud: The Mysterious Case of the Somerton Man‘
Rundle Street Siege
In 1976, a man stole two shotguns from a gun shop and opened fire.
Police responded quickly and the gunman was shot in the chest by a police sniper.
Crime Insiders, ‘DETECTIVES: The Rundle Street Siege‘
The Family Murders
The murders of five young men were believed to be committed by a group of individuals known as ‘The Family’.
Bevan Spencer von Einem is the only person to be convicted for one of the murders.
Crime Junkie, ‘The Family Murders’
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