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Murder at Dusk: How Us Soldier and Smiling Psychopath Eddie Leonski Terrorised Wartime Melbourne

Murder at Dusk: How Us Soldier and Smiling Psychopath Eddie Leonski Terrorised Wartime Melbourne

Shaw, Ian W.

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Australia & OceaniaTrue CrimeWorld War II

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ISBN10: 0733640451
ISBN13: 9780733640452
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Published: May 12 2020
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.90
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Far away from any World War II battlefront, the citizens of Melbourne lived in fear of a serial killer - the Brownout Strangler.

May 1942: Melbourne was torn between fearing Japanese invasion and revelling in the carnival atmosphere brought by the influx of 15,000 cashed-up American servicemen. But those US forces didn't guarantee safety. Not long after their arrival, the city would be gripped by panic when the body of a woman was found strangled, partially naked and brutally beaten. Six days later another woman was found dead and her body told the same horrific story. A murderer was stalking the streets.

As women were warned not to travel alone, an intense manhunt ensued. Not long after a third woman was murdered, American soldier Eddie Leonski was arrested. A calculating psychopath, he had a twisted fascination with female voices, especially when they were singing . . . Acclaimed author Ian W. Shaw brings World War II Melbourne to life, and takes us into the mind of the Brownout Strangler, and a very different kind of terror.

'enthralling . . . makes for a fascinating read.' Canberra Times on Ian W. Shaw's The Rag Tag Fleet

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