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#8: The Wanda Beach Murders, 1965: The Girls Who Never Returned

Jeannette, Emily, Hayley

On a summer day in 1965, two 15-year-old best friends went for a walk in the dunes along Wanda Beach in New South Wales, Australia—and never returned.  What followed remains one of the most haunting unsolved cases in Australian history. 

In this episode, The Spooky Darlings examine the timeline of events leading up to the girls' disappearance, the discovery of their bodies, and the early days of the investigation. We explore the suspects, the theories, and the lingering questions that have haunted this case for 60 years. 

Sources:

Wikipedia

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

Casefile- Case 01: The Wanda Beach Murders [podcast]

ABCNews.com

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