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Leonski: The Brownout Murders
The true story of the Brownout Strangler of Melbourne, Australia, who killed several women and attacked several more in 1942.
202 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1979
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May 9, 2016
A great read about Eddie Leonski. Based on court transcripts, news articles and interviews with people who knew Leonski while he was still alive, the author focuses on his inner mental state based on his (decidedly odd and often dangerous) behavior. This book must have been an immediate source for the movie version of Eddie's life, DEATH OF A SOLDIER; there are details common to both that never appeared in Ivan Chapman's LEONSKI. There are also case details in here that I have not seen anywhere else. Moving and largely convincing, although some of it must have been made up out of whole cloth, for instance the thoughts of the women drinking with him who didn't realize they were about to be killed. That didn't stop me from gulping it down and loving every minute.
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