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5 Crime Cases That South Australia Will Never Forget

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’).

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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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