On 26 January 1966 three children named Arnna, Grant and Jane disappeared from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, Australia. 52 years later the case remains unsolved. The country changed that day; a collective realisation that something or someone sinister was lurking on the streets of Adelaide. It was no longer safe to let our children play in the streets out of sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The case has remained open by the South Australian police and as of 2018, an A$1 million reward has been offered in exchange for information related to the cold case. It is cases like the Beaumont children that are covered in one of Australia\u2019s top true crime podcasts – Casefile<\/strong><\/em>. Featuring stellar writing, research and production, Casefile<\/em> has reached 100 episodes – culminating with the Beaumont children’s case as the milestone marker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Casefile <\/em>covers both unsolved and solved cases from Australia and across the globe. Cases are riveting; holding your attention like a book you simply cannot put down. To celebrate the podcast’s milestone we reached out to Casefile\u2019s<\/em> creator \u2018Casey\u2019 – the show’s anonymous host. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Australia\u2019s fascination with true crime started long before Casefile<\/em>. Infamous crimes such as the Lindy Chamberlain<\/em><\/a> case, Ivan Milat<\/em><\/a>, Ned Kelly<\/em>,<\/a> the Beaumont Children<\/em><\/a>,<\/a> the Tamum Shud case<\/em><\/a> and William Tyrell continue to mystify the Australian public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When listening to Casefile<\/em> it is sometimes hard to accept the facts and a case’s truths. The murder and the deception undertaken by both men and women. The inhumanity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Casefile\u2019s<\/em> birth onto Australia\u2019s plate of true crime shows, books and podcasts came about from Casfile’s host and creator — referred to here as ‘Casey’ — needing something to focus on and distract himself from the long recovery of a surgery he had recently endured. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor me, it wasn\u2019t so much boredom, but more struggling with getting through the long recovery of another injury. It was my third in quick succession and as someone who likes to remain fairly active, I was looking at a good 12 months before my knee was back to 100% and I was not coping with that too well. So it wasn’t boredom, it was about needing something to focus my attention on to get my mind out of the fairly dark place I was in at that time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe birth of Casefile<\/em> and Australia\u2019s fascination with true crime<\/h3>\n\n\n\n