Murder at dusk : how US soldier and smiling psychopath Eddie Leonski terrorised wartime Melbourne
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Murder at dusk : how US soldier and smiling psychopath Eddie Leonski terrorised wartime Melbourne
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- Murder at dusk : how US soldier and smiling psychopath Eddie Leonski terrorised wartime Melbourne
- Title remainder
- how US soldier and smiling psychopath Eddie Leonski terrorised wartime Melbourne
- Statement of responsibility
- Ian W. Shaw
- Subject
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- trueAmericans in Australia
- trueArmed Forces
- Leonski, Edward Joseph, 1917-1942
- Melbourne (Vic.) -- Social conditions -- 1939-1945
- trueMelbourne, Victoria
- Murder -- Victoria | Melbourne
- Murder -- Victoria | Melbourne -- Case studies
- trueMurderers -- United States -- Case studies
- trueSerial murderers -- United States
- Americans -- Australia -- History -- 20th century
- trueSoldiers
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Australia
- trueWomen murder victims
- trueWorld War II home front
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Victoria | Melbourne
- trueSerial murders -- Melbourne, Victoria
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- APLS
- Dewey number
- 364.1523
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- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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