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Australian True Crime

Shortcut: Xanthé Mallett: Unmasking the Killer of the Missing Beaumont Children

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6979 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.


Our guest host Dr. Xanthé Mallett is back to explore the groundbreaking book Unmasking the Killer of the Missing Beaumont Children, released in 2023.


Authors Stuart Mullins and former detective Bill Hayes discovered startling evidence pointing to a predator who lived near the last known sighting of the missing Beaumont children.


Jane, 9, Arna, 7, and Grant Beaumont who was just 4 years old when they all disappeared from South Australia’s Glenelg beach in 1966. 


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Click here to purchase "Unmasking the Killer of the Missing Beaumont Children".


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CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 

Guest Host: Dr. Xanthé Mallett

Guests: Stuart Mullins & Bill Hayes

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

This episode contains extra content from Channel 7's documentary "The Beaumont Children: What Really Happened?"


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Transcript

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0:00.0

I recently discovered an Australian true crime book that was released in 2023.

0:09.6

I can't believe it passed me by at the time because the title is unmasking the killer of the missing Beaumont children.

0:16.0

I'll admit I approached it with some skepticism because we've all heard many theories over the years about the fate of Jane,

0:23.2

Nine, Anna, seven, and Grant Beaumont,

0:26.8

who was just four years old when they all disappeared

0:29.2

from South Australia's Glenel Beach in 1966. I quickly realized though that this book was very different.

0:36.6

It wasn't just presenting a theory but startling evidence about a predator who lived very close

0:41.8

to the last place the children were seen.

0:44.8

Early in the book, the authors Stuart Mullins and former South Australian detective Bill Hayes

0:50.4

mentioned that they'd been working with our own Zanthi Mallet, whom they described as probably

0:56.0

Australia's leading criminologist.

0:58.4

Today, on Australian True Crime, the authors join Zanthi to talk about the compelling evidence they present in their book,

1:05.2

unmasking the killer of the missing Beaumont children.

1:08.9

This is Australian True Crime, produced with respect on Waragery country of the Kulin Nation.

1:15.8

And a warning, this episode of the podcast contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence.

1:27.0

I am Hypnot. I am Hypnot.

1:28.0

Recycle your electacles.

1:30.0

Recycle your electacles.

1:31.0

Don't bin your electacles. Recycle your electacles. Don't bend your electricals.

1:33.0

Recycle your electacles.

1:35.0

Anything with a plug battery or cable can be recycled

1:38.0

into life-saving equipment or tiny kitten cycles.

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