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Murder at dusk : how US soldier and smiling psychopath Eddie Leonski terrorised wartime Melbourne
Tag	Description
001	$ 000063408017
020	$a9780733640452 (paperback)
082	$a364.15232/099451
100	$aShaw, Ian W.,
260	$aSydney, N.S.W. :$bHachette Australia,$c2018.
300	$axiii, 320 pages :$billustrations, portraits ;$c24 cm.
504	$aIncludes bibliographical references.
520	$aFar 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.
600	$aLeonski, Edward Joseph,$d1917-1942.
650	$aSerial murderers
650	$aAmericans.
650	$aArmed Forces.
650	$aSocial aspects.
651	$aMelbourne (Vic.)$xSocial conditions$y1939-1945.
651	$aAustralia.
651	$aUnited States.