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In this final episode of 2025, Sleepers brings you one of the most significant witness accounts ever shared publicly about the disappearance of the Beaumont children.For nearly sixty years, she held her silence.She was a young mother on holiday at Glenelg on Australia Day 1966, sitting on the grass with her children, when a little boy played with her son on their picnic blanket.His name was Grant Beaumont.In this episode, she tells her story.She describes the man she saw with the children, the moment he rose and walked them toward the side shows, and the fear that drove her to flee South Australia the very next day. Her memories are clear, consistent, and unchanged across decades, and now, they become part of the public record.As we approach the 60th anniversary of the Beaumont disappearance on Australia Day 2026, this testimony raises new questions about old assumptions, long-dismissed leads, and the urgent need for renewed investigative action.Sleepers will continue in 2026, examining not only the Beaumont case but also cold cases across South Australia. The Adelaide Oval abductions, the 1980s Family murders, and the many stories still waiting in the shadows.If you know something… say something. - Your voice matters.

In Episode 10, we mentioned Hannah, a survivor whose childhood memories may hold a crucial piece of the Beaumont investigations.In this episode, you hear her voice for the first time.Hannah takes us inside the threats, the fear, and the world of Les Davis as she lived it from the age of six.She speaks about photographs, a white dress, digging in underground tanks, and the moments that shaped the trauma.Details she has carried, unchanged, for decades.Then, for the first time, her older sister Rachael steps forward as a second corroborating witness.Rachael independently confirms the fear in the household and the danger their father repeatedly tried to report to the police.She also brings new insight into Les’s behaviour, movements, and the patterns that now appear impossible to dismiss.Two sisters.Two perspectives, inside and outside.One story that aligns across time, memory, and lived experience.This is not rumour.This is not speculation.This is raw, consistent, and long overdue. testimony.⚠️ Content warning: This episode discusses child sexual abuse and trauma. Listener discretion is advised.Support Services🇦🇺 AustraliaLifeline Australia – Crisis Support & Suicide Prevention: 13 11 14 (24/7)Kids Helpline – For young people aged 5–25: 1800 55 1800 (24/7)Beyond Blue – free, confidential telephone counselling 24/7: 1300 22 4636MensLine Australia – Counselling for men: 1300 78 99 781800RESPECT – National Sexual Assault, Domestic & Family Violence Counselling Service: 1800 737 732 (24/7)🌍 InternationalUnited StatesRAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): 1-800-656-4673 (24/7)National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Dial 988 (24/7)United KingdomNSPCC (for children & young people): 0808 800 5000Samaritans UK: 116 123 (24/7)NAPAC (National Association for People Abused in Childhood): 0808 801 0331CanadaKids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868 (24/7)Talk Suicide Canada: 1-833-456-4566 (24/7)New ZealandSafe to Talk (Sexual harm helpline): 0800 044 334 or text 4334 (24/7)Lifeline New Zealand: 0800 543 354Europe (general)116 123 – European standard suicide helpline (works in many EU countries)116 111 – Child Helpline EuropeGlobalChild Helpline International: childhelplineinternational.org/child-helplinesInternational Suicide Hotlines Directory: findahelpline.com#SleepersPodcast #AustralianTrueCrime #ColdCases #BeaumontChildren #AdelaideOvalAbductions #SurvivorVoices #LesDavis #SouthAustraliaHistory #ChildProtection #InvestigativeJournalism

In this milestone episode, Sleepers uncovers the most confronting revelations yet about Les Davis, a man whose name has sat on the edge of South Australia’s darkest stories for sixty years.Through the voice of Kane Davis, Les’s own grand-nephew, we hear the first-ever family account of a figure long hidden from the public record. His movements, his crimes, his aliases, and his presence at Glenelg during the Beaumont Investigations all begin to form a pattern that can no longer be dismissed.Then Bryan and Brad break down the details that have never seen daylight:Confirmed multiple identitiesDirect overlap with known offendersNew locations, timelines and witness confirmationsA behaviour profile that matches historical suspectsEvidence and photographs that disappeared from public viewEpisode 10 also brings a significant breakthrough:The first known arrest photographs of Les Davis were taken in 1952 at just nineteen years old. These images, presented alongside the Beaumont identikit, reveal a likeness too strong to ignore.They are available on our Substack page.What emerges in this episode is not a coincidence.It is a network.And it is one South Australia has avoided confronting for decades.And this story is far from over.In Episode 11, we speak to Hannah, who lived under Les Davis’s control.What she reveals will change everything.#SleepersPodcast #TrueCrimeAustralia #BeaumontChildren #AdelaideOvalAbductions #LesDavis #SouthAustraliaCrime #ColdCaseInvestigation #ChildProtection #AustralianTrueCrime

Episode 8 of Sleepers takes listeners back to Yatina, the remote mid-north town in South Australia, where truth and terror share the same ground.In conversations with journalist Bryan Littlely, the survivor of the 1966 assault that ultimately led to the only prison time that Stanley Arthur Hart ever served, they recall growing up in Stan Hart's orbit, a man they would both quickly realise was the monster hiding in plain sight.From their first memories of the terror to the police investigations and successive governments that failed them, their stories reveal the human cost of silence and the strength it takes to speak after so long.Max Marten’s narration traces how a 2013 call to police set off the SAPOL Major Crime dig, how other survivors’ voices converged, and how two adjoining properties in Yatina have become a symbol of everything South Australia still refuses to confront.As the final minutes unfold, one quiet statement from Amanda stops everything cold: ‘That wasn’t my shoe.’A phrase that reopens the questions the state never answered, and propels Sleepers toward its most unsettling chapter yet.⚠️ Content warning: This episode discusses child sexual abuse and trauma. Listener discretion is advised.🌏 Support Services🇦🇺 AustraliaLifeline Australia – Crisis Support & Suicide Prevention: 13 11 14 (24/7)Kids Helpline – For young people aged 5–25: 1800 55 1800 (24/7)Beyond Blue – free, confidential telephone counselling 24/7: 1300 22 4636MensLine Australia – Counselling for men: 1300 78 99 781800RESPECT – National Sexual Assault, Domestic & Family Violence Counselling Service: 1800 737 732 (24/7)🌍 InternationalUnited StatesRAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): 1-800-656-4673 (24/7)National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Dial 988 (24/7)United KingdomNSPCC (for children & young people): 0808 800 5000Samaritans UK: 116 123 (24/7)NAPAC (National Association for People Abused in Childhood): 0808 801 0331CanadaKids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868 (24/7)Talk Suicide Canada: 1-833-456-4566 (24/7)New ZealandSafe to Talk (Sexual harm helpline): 0800 044 334 or text 4334 (24/7)Lifeline New Zealand: 0800 543 354Europe (general)116 123 – European standard suicide helpline (works in many EU countries)116 111 – Child Helpline EuropeGlobalChild Helpline International: childhelplineinternational.org/child-helplinesInternational Suicide Hotlines Directory: findahelpline.com

Warrior Women, #1In this episode of SLEEPERS, the silence is broken by voices that can no longer be ignored.Three Warrior Women, survivors, witnesses, and sisters, step forward to reveal what they saw, what they lived through, and what was covered up.Their accounts point deeper into the shadows of Stanley Arthur Hart and expose the cracks in systems that failed to protect the innocent.What they share is confronting, unsettling, and impossible to dismiss.And it is only the beginning. The revelations in this series are gathering momentum.What lies ahead will challenge everything you thought you knew about the Adelaide Oval abductions.SLEEPERS is not just unearthing the past. It is forcing the truth into the light.⚠️ Content warning: This episode discusses child sexual abuse and trauma. Listener discretion is advised.🌏 Support Services🇦🇺 AustraliaLifeline Australia – Crisis Support & Suicide Prevention: 13 11 14 (24/7)Kids Helpline – For young people aged 5–25: 1800 55 1800 (24/7)Blue Knot Foundation – Counselling for adult survivors of childhood trauma: 1300 657 380MensLine Australia – Counselling for men: 1300 78 99 781800RESPECT – National Sexual Assault, Domestic & Family Violence Counselling Service: 1800 737 732 (24/7)🌍 InternationalUnited StatesRAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): 1-800-656-4673 (24/7)National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Dial 988 (24/7)United KingdomNSPCC (for children & young people): 0808 800 5000Samaritans UK: 116 123 (24/7)NAPAC (National Association for People Abused in Childhood): 0808 801 0331CanadaKids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868 (24/7)Talk Suicide Canada: 1-833-456-4566 (24/7)New ZealandSafe to Talk (Sexual harm helpline): 0800 044 334 or text 4334 (24/7)Lifeline New Zealand: 0800 543 354Europe (general)116 123 – European standard suicide helpline (works in many EU countries)116 111 – Child Helpline EuropeGlobalChild Helpline International: childhelplineinternational.org/child-helplinesInternational Suicide Hotlines Directory: findahelpline.com

In this episode of Sleepers, survivor Paul Cornelius speaks publicly for the first time about his abuse at the hands of disgraced magistrate Peter Liddy. His story shines a light on the hidden networks of power that thrived in South Australia through the 1970s and ’80s, linking surf clubs, politics, and the dark underbelly of Adelaide’s so-called establishment.Cornelius’s testimony doesn’t just revisit Liddy’s crimes; it connects to Stan Hart’s network, our prime suspect in the abduction and murder of Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon. Paul's experience draws new lines to convicted offender Tony Munro. His account also reopens the trail to Steve Williams, Gypsy Jokers president, who vanished after revealing too much.Snakes in the Grass is a story of survival and exposure, a reminder that the dangers were never just on the streets, but in the institutions meant to protect us.⚠️ Content warning: This episode discusses child sexual abuse and trauma. Listener discretion is advised.🌏 Support Services🇦🇺 AustraliaLifeline Australia – Crisis Support & Suicide Prevention: 13 11 14 (24/7)Kids Helpline – For young people aged 5–25: 1800 55 1800 (24/7)Blue Knot Foundation – Counselling for adult survivors of childhood trauma: 1300 657 380MensLine Australia – Counselling for men: 1300 78 99 781800RESPECT – National Sexual Assault, Domestic & Family Violence Counselling Service: 1800 737 732 (24/7)🌍 InternationalUnited StatesRAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): 1-800-656-4673 (24/7)National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Dial 988 (24/7)United KingdomNSPCC (for children & young people): 0808 800 5000Samaritans UK: 116 123 (24/7)NAPAC (National Association for People Abused in Childhood): 0808 801 0331CanadaKids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868 (24/7)Talk Suicide Canada: 1-833-456-4566 (24/7)New ZealandSafe to Talk (Sexual harm helpline): 0800 044 334 or text 4334 (24/7)Lifeline New Zealand: 0800 543 354Europe (general)116 123 – European standard suicide helpline (works in many EU countries)116 111 – Child Helpline EuropeGlobalChild Helpline International: childhelplineinternational.org/child-helplinesInternational Suicide Hotlines Directory: findahelpline.com

In our first-ever Sleepers forum episode, the public steps forward, and the ripple effect is undeniable.From firsthand memories of the Adelaide parklands to lost police reports, overlooked sightings, and new connections to persons of interest, this is the episode where long-held silence begins to crack.You’ll hear directly from listeners, ordinary people with extraordinary insight, who may hold the missing pieces that were never pursued, never filed, and never followed up on.As new witness names surface and old suspicions are re-examined, the question becomes unavoidable: Were we told the whole story in 1973? Or were key voices left out?The Sleepers are waking.

For over 50 years, Alex Bone’s name was absent from the record, omitted from the inquest, ignored in official files, and unknown even to Joanne Ratcliffe’s own sister. But Alex was there. He went to the football with the Ratcliffes. He searched for Jo and Kirste that afternoon. And, in this episode, he finally tells his story.This is not just a recollection, it’s a revelation that challenges everything we thought we knew about the Adelaide Oval abduction. From a timeline that no longer holds to police being denied access to key areas of the Oval, unknown Bones uncovers details long buried, and asks the questions no one else has.Because when the official story doesn’t match the lived truth… It’s time to listen to the voices left behind.Abbreviations & ExplanationsACB = The Australian Cricket Board - the governing body of all cricket matters in Australia.COPPERS = Australian slang for PoliceFAT CAT = Fat Cat was a popular children's television program for South Australian Children. FAT CAT CAME ON = Adelaide Local Television Channel 10 would put to air a 2-minute broadcast every weeknight at 7:30 pm of FAT CAT - 'going to bed'. - parental help at 'bedtime'ST. JOHN'S = The St. John Ambulance Service, precursor to the SA Ambulance Service, volunteer uniformed community qualified first aiders who patrol and provide first aid and patron assistance at South Australian sporting and community events to the present day.SACA = South Australian Cricket Association - co-owner and administrator of the Adelaide Oval to the present daySANFL = South Australian National Football League - co-owner of Adelaide Oval to the present daySAPOL = South Australia Police ForceREDLEGS = Norwood Football Club - One of the teams playing that day