Murder at dusk : how US soldier and smiling psychopath Eddie Leonski terrorised wartime Melbourne / Ian W. Shaw.
Publication details: Sydney, N.S.W. : Hachette Australia, 2018.Description: xiii, 320 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780733640452 (paperback)
- Leonski, Edward Joseph, 1917-1942
- Leonski, Edward Joseph, 1917-1942
- World War (1939-1945)
- 1900-1999
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Victoria
- Serial murderers -- United States -- Case studies
- Serial murders -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Case studies
- Murderers -- United States
- Americans
- Armed Forces
- Murder
- Murderers
- Social aspects
- Social conditions
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia
- Murder -- Victoria -- Melbourne
- Murderers - United States - Case studies
- Leonski, Edward Joseph, 1917-1942
- Melbourne (Vic.) - Social conditions - 1939-1945
- Americans - Australia - History - 20th century
- World War II, 1939-1945 - Australia
- United States - Armed Forces - Australia
- Murderers -- United States -- Case studies
- Murder -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Case studies
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Victoria -- Melbourne
- Americans -- Australia -- History -- 20th century
- Melbourne (Vic.) -- Social conditions -- 1939-1945
- Melbourne (Vic.) -- Social conditions -- 1939-1945
- Australia
- United States
- Victoria -- Melbourne
- Melbourne (Vic.) -- Social conditions -- 1939-1945
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Australia
- 364.15232/099451 23
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 364.152 SHA | Available | 068283 |
Includes bibliographical references.
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.